Alfred M. Bailey papers 1912-1978.

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Alfred M. Bailey papers 1912-1978.

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This large collection holds the papers and photographs of A.M. Bailey, Director of the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science) from 1936-1969, and Curator of Birds and Mammals from 1921-1926. The papers are stored in eighty-two boxes and are arranged by record type, then chronologically and then by subject. The Bailey collection contains extensive notes and photographs from his own field expeditions, which took him to all continents of the world. He also contributed articles to many publications, both popular, such as Field and Stream, and scholarly, such as The Journal of Mammalogy. Bailey was very interested in the development of the Museum and was involved in the creation and installation of popular dioramas that illustrated the content of the museum collections. In the collection, there are 15,900 images of flora, fauna, people and scenery in various formats, ranging from prints and negatives to glass based images, movie film and 35mm slides. These images were used for Bailey's many lectures and publications. His ethnographical photographs of Alaska natives, images taken in the 1920s, have gained international recognition as important windows on the folkways of the area from that time. These images also included views showing the impact twentieth century innovations were making on the population. The papers in the collection also document museum administration and collection specimen acquisition.

89 boxes.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Bailey, Alfred Marshall, 1894-1978

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Alfred M. Bailey was the second director of the Denver Museum of Natural History (now the Denver Museum of Nature & Science), serving from 1936 to his retirement in 1969. During this time, the museum achieved world recognition as a leading natural history museum with extensive collections and stunning displays of wildlife from around the world. Bailey was born in 1894 in Iowa City, Iowa. He studied museum methods at the University of Iowa, where he expanded his interests to include taxidermy and...

Denver Museum of Natural History

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Most of these records were transferred to the Archives from the Building Maintenance Department, although some later records come from the Exhibits Department. In 1996, the records were rehoused in chronological order and catalogued on Data Trek, the in-house library system, as well as on ARGUS, the Museum collections system. Among the architects who designed substantial portions of the present building are Frederick Junius Sterner, George Hebard Williamson, Roland L. Linder, and Stearns-Roger A...