Edgar A. Mearns correspondence, 1883-1915

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology

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The Department of Ornithology, sits within the Division of Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. It maintains one of the largest collections of bird specimens in the world. The research collections of the Department number nearly one million specimens; these include skins, skeletons, alcoholic preparations, eggs, nests, and tissue samples for molecular biochemical studies. A large number of type specimens and rare or extinct species are also found in its collections. The specime...

American Museum of Natural History. Dept. of Mammalogy.

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Collecting area: Material relating directly to the scientific specimens of the Department of Mammalogy. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511357 Richard Archbold sponsored a series of biological expeditions to Madagascar, New Guinea, and Australia. A field station in Florida is geared toward experimental and observational use. From the description of Expeditions and scientific staff records: Archbold Expeditions, 1...

Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914

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Founder of the American Museum of Natural History. Resigned from the post of superintendent in 1884 to assume that of curator of the Dept. of Public Instruction. From the description of Lectures to teachers. 1888-1903. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 12629895 From the description of Lectures to teachers [microform]. 1888-1903. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 41120621 Curator at the American Museum of Natural Histor...

Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964

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James Paul Chapin (July 9, 1889 – April 5, 1964) was an American ornithologist. Chapin was a former Curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. At the age of 19 he took the role of assistant to the American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915). This began his life-long association with that region and established his place as an expert on the birds of the Congo. A graduate of Columbia University, Chapin worked at the Museum from 1905 until his official retirement i...

Merriam, Clinton Hart, 1855-1942

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C. Hart Merriam was a biologist who work for the Smithsonian Institution from 1910-1939. Merriam was born December 5, 1855 in New York City. His childhood was spent in Locust Grove, Lewis County, New York. Merriam’s father introduced him to Prof. Spencer Baird who attached the seventeen year old Merriam to a government expedition, the Hayden Survey. He spent a summer collecting birds and eggs in the Yellowstone region. That year, he attended college, first at the Pingry Military School in Elizab...

Woodward, Anthony Joseph

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Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945

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Richardson, Jenness.

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Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921

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Ornithologist, Curator in the Dept. of Mammalogy and Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Correspondence, 1870-1920, 1899-1903 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155513490 Ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Correspondence, 1868-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155510520 Canadian geologist Robert Bell directed the Geological Survey of Canada from 1901-1906. ...

Gratacap, L. P. (Louis Pope), 1851-1917

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Geologist, museologist. From the description of Gratacap, Louis Pope, 1851-1917 papers, 1884-1968, 1884-1920 (bulk). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155571512 ...

Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916

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Edgar Alexander Mearns (1856-1916) was an army surgeon and field naturalist. He developed an early interest in natural history, studying the flora and fauna around his home in Highland Falls, New York. Mearns was educated at Donald Highland Institute, Highland Falls, and in 1881 graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. In 1883, he was commissioned assistant surgeon in the Medical Corps of the Army and assigned to duty at Fort Verde, Arizona. He was transferred to Fort ...