New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Terrestrial expeditions. Simla Station, Trinidad records
Scope and Content
This collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and field observations, primarily by William Beebe, during the New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research studies at Simla Station, Trinidad, between 1949 and 1961. The documentation of specimens and the disposition of specimens is a major topic; study materials and meteorological records are also included.
Dates
- 1949 - 1961
Creator
- New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
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Historical Note
In 1950 William Beebe, Director of the New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research donated a field station named Simla, in the Arima Valley of Trinidad, to NYZS. Beebe had purcahsed the property in 1949 and named it after Simla in India, which he had visited in 1910. After Beebe’s death in 1962, the Simla Station was renamed the William Beebe Tropical Research Station by the NYZS Board of Trustees. From 1965 through 1971, Simla Station was administered through the Institute for Research in Animal Behavior (a collaborative effort between NYZS and Rockefeller University). In 1974, the property was donated to the Asa Wright Nature Center.
Extent
0.8 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and field observations, primarily by William Beebe, during the New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research studies at Simla Station, Trinidad, between 1949 and 1961.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series:
- Series 1
- Meteorological records, circa 1951-1961
- Series 2
- Notes on Trinidad insects, vertebrates, and birds, 1949-1958, arranged in three subseries:
(2A) Insecta
(2B) Vertebrates (except birds)
(2C) Birds
Acquisition Information
Internal transfer.
Items Separated
F. W. Ulrich, Trinidad fauna. (Folder separated to Collection 1005K.)
Trinidad: Photographed map of Arima. (Folder separated to Collection 1005K.)
- Amphibians -- Trinidad
- Arima (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Beebe, William, 1877-1962
- Birds -- Trinidad
- Fishes -- Trinidad
- Insects -- Trinidad
- Mammals -- Trinidad
- Meteorology -- Observations -- Trinidad
- New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research
- Reptiles -- Trinidad
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation
Creator
- New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Records of the New York Zoological Society Department of Tropical Research Simla Station, Trinidad Expeditions, 1949-1961 1005D
- Status
- Published
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository