Beebe, William, 1877-1962
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1877 - 1962
Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:
A Preface about William Beebe, and The Curious Crabs of Singapore, 1955
Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: F
Identifier: 104340B
Scope and Contents
Edited film likey presented at NYZS Annual Meeting about the Department of Tropical Research's 54th expedition in Malaya, and narrated by Jocelyn Crane. Begins with preface showing William Beebe and Michael Tweedie, director of the Raffles Museum, followed by Beebe visiting the Johor Zoo. The Curious Crabs of Singapore documents Jocelyn Crane's studies on 32 species of Ocypodid crabs. Footage of Singapore waterfront, followed by footage and descriptions of various crabs, with focus on...
Dates:
1955
[Bathysphere, Bermuda; Arcturus; and Zaca expedition footage], circa 1925-1937
Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: D
Identifier: 103918
Scope and Contents
This reel contains three different Department of Tropical Research expeditions: 1) The Bathysphere, Bermuda [also #3]: "Animation, Bathysphere descent. Pulling in twisted hose and uncoiling. Hurricane on Nonsuch Island. Loading Bathysphere from the deck of Taifun, onto the [barge] Ready"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, p41. "With Beebe and Barton on top. First testing of the Bathysphere - bailing out Bathysphere from water. Second testing of Bathysphere - bailing out Bathysphere from...
Dates:
circa 1925-1937
Bathysphere lecture I, and Bathysphere lecture II, circa 1930-1934
Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: C
Identifier: 102454
Scope and Contents
“Bathysphere Lecture, New. I. Nets out from stern, wire unwinding. Engine. [Octopus shooting ink. Animation of shrimp creating defense cloud.] Animation of chiasmodon. Animation metamorphosis of Gulper eel. Bringing in net. Bringing in pressure gauge and opening. Gladisfen coming in [the tugboat that towed the Ready, the ship that the first dives the Bathysphere were conducted from]. Catch carried to laboratory. Emptying and examining catch. Live caulolipus. Live melamphaes. Live white...
Dates:
circa 1930-1934
Bathysphere lecture I, and Galapagos lecture I, 1925, 1930
Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: E
Identifier: 102440
Scope and Contents
“Bathysphere Lecture, New. I. Nets out from stern, wire unwinding. Engine. Animation of chiasmodon. [Live squids shooting black ink]. Squid smoke - shrimp luminescence. shooting black ink. [Live octopus]. Animation metamorphosis of Gulper eel. Stylophthalmus. Bringing in net. Bringing in pressure gauge and opening. Gladisfen [ship] coming in. Catch carried to laboratory. Emptying and examining catch. Live caulolipus. Live melamphaes. Live white ceratiad. Live black pediculate. Live...
Dates:
1925, 1930
[Birds and reptiles of Llanos San Geronimo at Rancho Grande, Venezuela], 1948
Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103823
Scope and Contents
Footage of birds and cattle, followed by footage of birds and reptiles, taken from a rowboat on a river, with shots of William Beebe in the rowboat.
Dates:
1948
[Butterflies and other insects at Simla, Trinidad], 1952-1953
Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104755
Scope and Contents
William Beebe working with butterflies. Macro photographic field studies of insects caterpillars and the egg, larva, pupa life cycle of the butterfly. Some of this reel duplicates footage from reel 104230, Dr Beebe's Moths and Butterflies.
Dates:
1952-1953
Capturing Rare Birds in Trinidad, 1959
Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104287B
Scope and Contents
Edited film presented at 1960 NYZS Annual Meeting. David Snow and William Beebe feeding, trapping, color banding, and collecting courting, plumage, and molt data on manakins. Snow with a parabolic microphone used for audio field recording. Ends with William Beebe's face emerging from behind binoculars. "Capturing Rare Birds. in Trinidad. Copyright New York Zoological Society MCMLX. Photographed at the Department of Tropical Research Station at "Simla" by Russ Kinne"--Film credits. "[Dr....
Dates:
1959
Color on the Wing in Trinidad: Butterfly Studies at the Society's Tropical Research Station, circa 1953-1956
Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104309
Scope and Contents
Edited film likely presented at NYZS Annual Meeting. DTR staff members building a new insectary on the grounds of Simla. Time lapse studies of the pupa, chrysalis, and cocoon stages of butterfly development. Footage of researcher, possibly Rosemary Kenedy, working with butterflies. "Butterfly Studies at the Tropical Research Center. Photographed by Russ Kline, Jocelyn Crane, Nautica Waterbury, Rosemary Kenedy"--Film Credits
Dates:
circa 1953-1956
Curioseando en la Selva, 1948
Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104470
Scope and Contents
The Department of Tropical Research's first sound film, a summary of their wildlife field work in Venezuela, intended for a Venezuelan juvenile audience and produced by the Creole Petroleum Corporation, owned by ESSO Standard Oil. There is no known English language version of this film. Includes introduction in Spanish by William Beebe. "La siguiente película se presenta por cortesía del Dr. Beebe, director del Departamento de Investigaciones Tropicales de la Sociedad Zoológica de Nueva...
Dates:
1948
[Department of Tropical Research activities, Bermuda, part I], circa 1928-1929
Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104293
Scope and Contents
Home movie reels from Elswyth Thane. Footage of Gloria Hollister's dog Trumps, Beebe on the beach, and other researchers from the Department of Tropical Research. Further description pending digitization; expected October 2024.
Dates:
circa 1928-1929
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 41
- Collection 16
- Subject
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 5
- Bathysphere 4
- Scientific expeditions -- Bermuda Islands 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Tropics 3
- Wildlife conservation 3
- Fishes -- Catalogs and collections 2
- Invertebrates -- Catalogs and collections 2
- Scientific expeditions -- California, Gulf of (Mexico) 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands 2
- Submersibles 2
- Zoo animals 2
- Amphibians -- Trinidad 1
- Amphibians -- Venezuela 1
- Animal dealers 1
- Arima (Trinidad and Tobago) 1
- Bats -- Venezuela 1
- Biological illustration 1
- Birds -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Birds -- New York State -- Bronx County 1
- Birds -- Trinidad 1
- Birds -- Venezuela 1
- Butterflies -- Venezuela 1
- Explorers 1
- Fishes -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Fishes -- Trinidad 1
- Fishes -- West Indies 1
- Giant panda 1
- Ichthyologists 1
- Insects -- Trinidad 1
- Insects -- Venezuela 1
- Invertebrates -- Identification 1
- Mammals -- Trinidad 1
- Mammals -- Venezuela 1
- Marine animals -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Meteorology -- Observations -- Trinidad 1
- Moths -- Venezuela 1
- Naturalists 1
- Oceanographic submersibles 1
- Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Venezuela) 1
- Reptiles -- Trinidad 1
- Reptiles -- Venezuela 1
- Scientific expeditions 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Guyana 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Haiti 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Pacific Ocean 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Peru Current 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Sargasso Sea 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Venezuela 1
- Scientific expeditions -- West Indies 1
- Syrinx (Bird anatomy) 1
- Tropics -- Research 1
- Underwater exploration 1
- Vertebrates -- Catalogs and collections 1
- Vertebrates -- Identification 1
- Wildlife art 1
- Zoo directors 1
- Zoo exhibits 1
- Zoo veterinarians 1
- Zoo visitors 1
- Zoos -- Administration 1
- Zoos -- Design and construction 1
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