Mary Jobe Akeley papers, 1859-1940

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Mary Jobe Akeley papers, 1859-1940

1859-1940

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Papers relate to Mary Jobe Akeley and her husband Carl E. Akeley. Boxes 1-3 of the 1977 accession include biographical data, correspondence, expedition journals and notes, museum activity records, printed or draft articles and personal items, among them a great deal of material on the sculpture of a lion that Carl designed as a monument to Theodore Roosevelt. Boxes 4-7 include newspaper clippings, primarily of articles by or about the Akeleys, some dealing with gorillas, others with people, expeditions, game hunting, and animals. The 1992 accession includes one folder received in 1978 from Art Greenham of Projection. The 1967 accession consists of 11 boxes of unprocessed mateiral.

11.25 Linear Feet (25 boxes) : including 5 printing plates

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American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Education.

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American Museum of Natural History. Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals

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Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926

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Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe), 1878-1966

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Mary Jobe Akeley was an explorer and author. Joined several expeditions to Canada and Africa, and was noted for her expedition to the northern Canadian Rockies. Married Carl Akeley in 1924. Continued his work after his death in 1926, and became a special advisor at the American Museum of Natural History. Carl Ethan Akeley was an animal sculptor and taxidermist, an inventer, naturalist and photographer. Led collecting expeditions to Africa, most notably providing specimen...

Martin Johnson African Expedition Corp.

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