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Scientific expeditions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 214 Collections and/or Records:

16mm Film Reels, 1939-1979, bulk 1955-1979

 Series
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents

This series consists of 16mm film reels.

Dates: 1939-1979, bulk 1955-1979

35mm Film Reels, 1955-1979

 Series
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

This series consists of 35mm film reels.

Dates: 1955-1979

Accessions records, 1952-1969

 File
Identifier: Box 2: Folder 1
Abstract

This file contains accessions records and correspondence and includes accession paperwork for mammals collected for habitat groups and for the Maurice Machris produced Tres Marias Islands collecting expedition film.

Dates: Other: 1952-1969

Alaskan expedition, 1919

 File
Identifier: Box 3: Folder 2
Abstract

This file contains correspondence related to the 1919 Museum collecting trip to Alaska as well as hunting permits.

Dates: 1919

American Association of Museums, 1920-1921

 File
Identifier: Box 4: Folder 5
Abstract

This file contains correspondence with the American Association of Museums and Museum taxidermist John Rowley regarding a collecting expedition to Africa and a planned Chimpanzee habitat group.

Dates: 1920-1921

American Association of Museums -- expedition presentation, 1966

 File
Identifier: Box 46: Folder 1
Abstract

This file contains correspondence, airline tickets, meeting pamphlets and itinerary, and director Fred Gehring's presentation on museum expeditions titled "The Business of Major Expeditions" given at the 1966 meeting of the American Association of Museums.

Dates: Other: 1966

American Museum of Natural History, 1919

 File
Identifier: Box 3: Folder 3
Abstract

This file contains correspondence with the American Museum of Natural history regarding Museum collecting expeditions to Alaska and Africa, Museum patron Leslie Simson, and a pamphlet for the AMNH lecture with Theodore Roosevelt titled "Through Africa with Roosevelt."

Dates: 1919

Archaeology, 1974-1977

 File
Identifier: Box 50: Folder 5
Abstract

This file contains correspondence regarding San Nicolas Island, stolen antiquities, the United States v. Simpson legal case, pre-Columbian artifacts, and includes federal antiquities act permits.

Dates: Other: 1974-1977

Audio Reels and Loops, 1955-1979

 Series
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents

This series consists primarily of 16mm magnetic audio reels and includes 35mm sound loops and quarter-inch open reel magnetic audio tape.

Dates: 1955-1979

Avil East African expedition, 1968

 File
Identifier: Box 4: Folder 16
Abstract

This file contains correspondence regarding the Avil East African expedition and includes budget records and collecting permits.

Dates: Other: 1968