American Museum of Natural History
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
New York Zoological Park. Offices of Director and Department of Herpetology Curator. James A. Oliver records
Fonds
Identifier: 2027
Abstract
After having received his doctorate at the University of Michigan, James A. Oliver was hired as Assistant Curator of Herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History. In 1948 Oliver left the Museum for the University of Florida's Biology Department; after three years the New York Zoological Society hired him to be the Bronx Zoo's Curator of Herpetology. Under his direction the Zoo's herpetological collections and research efforts flourished; Oliver also renovated and modernized the...
Dates:
Circa 1926-1963; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1959
The Flight of a Drone Fly, 1955
Item — Container: Unit 2, Shelf: C
Scope and Contents
High-speed macro-photographic study of a drone fly filmed at 3,000 frames per second. Directed by Henry M. Lester." Supervised by Dr. C.H. Curran The American Museum of Natural History. The Sperry Gyroscope Co. Inc. Study of drone fly wing action"--Film credits.
Dates:
1955
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- Herpetologists 1
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- Reptiles 1
- Snakes 1
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