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New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research additional records
Collection
Identifier: 1016
Abstract
This collection consists of records related to the work of the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research, which conducted ecological expeditions between 1916 and 1964. These records appear to have been transferred to the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives after the primary DTR collections were processed, and they supplement those collections (WCS Archives Collections 1005A-1005J). The majority of the records were created by DTR Director William Beebe and Assistant...
Dates:
circa 1916-1964; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1949
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research expedition illustrations and related visual materials
Collection
Identifier: 1039
Abstract
Throughout its history, the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research employed artists to illustrate the specimens they observed and collected during their expeditions. Artists participated in the expeditions and collaborated closely with DTR scientists to create their illustrations. This collection includes around 2,000 color and black-and-white illustrations of living and non-living specimens created by these field artists between 1916 and 1953. Among the artists are...
Dates:
circa 1916-1964; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1964
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. General records
Fonds
Identifier: 1005A
Abstract
The Department of Tropical Research (DTR), founded by William Beebe, carried out intensive ecological investigations in terrestrial and oceanographic settings. This collection spans the extent of DTR history and activities and contains a wide range of materials, including correspondence, expedition reports, guest books, specimen catalogues, and catalogues of motion pictures and illustration. DTR staff represented within the records include Beebe, Jocelyn Crane, Gloria Hollister, and John...
Dates:
1900 - 1971
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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- Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Haiti 1
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- Tee-Van, John 2
- Anable, Gloria Hollister 1
- Asaeda, Toshio, 1893-1968 1
- Bostelmann, Else (Else Winkler von Röder), 1882-1961 1
- Boyden, Douglas 1
- Cooper, Isabel, 1892-1984 1
- Crane, Jocelyn 1
- Dickerman, Donald Horace, 1893- 1
- Franklin, Dwight 1
- Geske, E. J. (Erich John), 1873-1934 1
- Gosner, Kenneth L., 1925- 1
- Hartley, Rachel M. 1
- Howes, Paul Griswold, 1892-1983 1
- Miller, Llewellyn 1
- Schlageter, Laura, 1922-2000 1
- Swanson, George Alan, 1908-1968 1
- Taylor, Anna Heyward, 1879-1956 1
- Tee-Van, Helen Damrosch, 1893-1976 1 ∧ less
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