This file contains correspondence with Jonas Brothers taxidermy studios regarding taxidermy price lists, giraffe taxidermy mounts, and planning for the African waterhole habitat group.

This file contains correspondence regarding the Lathrop Austria/Yukon expedition and planning for a possible chamois habitat group.

This file contains correspondence with the Life Sciences division regarding Association of Systematics Collections, professional evaluations, habitat group organization, and the ichthyology department.

This file contains correspondence regarding Museum division name changes, anthropology, the Museum of the American Indian, the Arabian oryx group, as well as newspaper clippings, resumes, and journal publications.

This file contains correspondence with the Life Sciences division regarding the El Segundo sand dunes, a collecting expedition to Africa, work in the diorama halls and includes correspondence with Maurice A. Machris regarding the Arabian Oryx diorama.

This file contains correspondence and hunting permits for the Logan expedition to British Columbia and includes planning for a stone sheep habitat group.

This file contains preliminary plans for a proposed mammal hall.

This file contains correspondence relating to the Museum's marine life dioramas.

This file contains a report given by Maurice A. Machris to the Board of Supervisors regarding elephant habitat group and African expedition planning.

The Maurice Machris film collection consists of 1432 film reels, the bulk of which are 16mm films and also include 34mm film, 16mm magnetic audio tape, and 35mm sound loops. These scientific and ethnographic films document Museum collecting expeditions sponsored by prominent museum patron Maurice A. Machris (1905-1980), primarily in East Africa and South Asia shot between 1955-1979.