New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1916 - 1964
Found in 78 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
[Alaskan king crab, horseshoe crab, fiddler crab], 1966
Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: D
Identifier: 102969
Scope and Contents
A compilation reel with close-up footage of various crab species, apparently in tanks: "Alaskan king, horseshoe, fiddler, arrow, and unidentified crabs (not necessarily in this order)"--Original can label. Some of the footage is similar to Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the social behavior of crabs. There are additional shots of crab exhibits at the New York Aquarium. The reel ends two unidentified researchers drawing a sample from a horseshoe crab, possibly at the Osborn Laboratories of...
Dates:
1966
Along African Shores in Search of Fiddlers, 1957
Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104406B
Scope and Contents
Edited film likely presented at NYZS Annual Meeting. A combination travelogue and overview of Jocelyn Crane's worldwide field studies of the fiddler crab. Footage of local landscapes and indigenous people in Africa and the Indo-Pacific region. "A brief record of Jocelyn Crane's journey to Zanzibar and points south and west to study the biology of Uca."--Film credits. "[The] fifty-eighth expedition [of the Department of Tropical Research], this was a field trip to Africa, the fourth scheduled...
Dates:
1957
Arcturus logbook, 1925 February 12-1925 August 2
File — Box: 4
Abstract
The bulk of this collection consists of records created by the Department of Tropical Research during their investigation of the Sargasso Sea, Humboldt Current, and Hudson Gorge, aboard the Arcturus. Records include the logbook of the steamship, dredging records, haul summaries, outlines and field notes on fishes and pediculates, data on deep sea fauna, and background notes for published studies. Additionally, this collection holds some records created during...
Dates:
1925 February 12-1925 August 2
[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, Bermuda; Kartabo, British Guiana; and Bermuda lectures], circa 1920-1934
Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104786
Scope and Contents
This reel contains three groupings of footage related to two Department of Tropical Research expeditions: 1) William Beebe testing the Bathysphere in Bermuda: "Window leaking. Opening door. Explosion of Bathysphere. Bailing out of water. Removing imperfect window"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, p41. "Loading Bathysphere with chemicals"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, p13. "Gloria Hollister outside and William Beebe inside phoning. John Tee Van signaling on deck. Bathysphere going up. Going...
Dates:
circa 1920-1934
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
Biologist in the Tropics: An Expedition to Simla, the New York Zoological Society Research Station in Trinidad, 1954
Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104367
Scope and Contents
Edited film likely presented at NYZS Annual Meeting. Film showing the typical workday of the William Beebe, Jocelyn Crane, Henry Fleming and Ellen Ordway on the grounds and interior research lab of the Department of Tropical Research in Simla, Trinidad. "Biologist in the tropics: An expedition to "Simla" (The NY Zoological Society Research Station in Trinidad) 1954. Photographed by Sam Dunton additional scenes by Jocelyn Crane"--Film credits.
Dates:
1954
[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
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 63
- Collection 15
- Subject
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 7
- Bathysphere 4
- Scientific expeditions -- Bermuda Islands 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Tropics 3
- Amphibians -- Venezuela 2
- Birds -- Venezuela 2
- Fishes -- Catalogs and collections 2
- Invertebrates -- Catalogs and collections 2
- Mammals -- Venezuela 2
- Reptiles -- Venezuela 2
- Scientific expeditions 2
- Scientific expeditions -- California, Gulf of (Mexico) 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Guyana 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Peru Current 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Sargasso Sea 2
- Scientific expeditions -- Venezuela 2
- Submersibles 2
- Wildlife conservation 2
- Amphibians -- Guyana 1
- Amphibians -- Trinidad 1
- Arima (Trinidad and Tobago) 1
- Bats -- Venezuela 1
- Biological illustration 1
- Birds -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Birds -- Guyana 1
- Birds -- Trinidad 1
- Butterflies -- Venezuela 1
- Fishes -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Fishes -- Guyana 1
- Fishes -- Trinidad 1
- Fishes -- Venezuela 1
- Fishes -- West Indies 1
- Ichthyologists 1
- Insects -- Trinidad 1
- Insects -- Venezuela 1
- Invertebrates -- Identification 1
- Mammals -- Guyana 1
- Mammals -- Trinidad 1
- Marine animals -- Bermuda Islands 1
- Marine laboratories 1
- Meteorology -- Observations -- Trinidad 1
- Moths -- Venezuela 1
- Oceanographic submersibles 1
- Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Venezuela) 1
- Public aquariums 1
- Public aquariums -- Administration 1
- Public aquariums -- Design and construction 1
- Reptiles -- Guyana 1
- Reptiles -- Trinidad 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Haiti 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Pacific Ocean 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
- Wildlife conservation -- Africa 1
- Wildlife conservationists 1
- Wildlife research 1
- Zoo exhibits 1
- Zoos -- Administration 1
- Zoos -- Design and construction 1
- Zoos -- Employees 1 ∧ less
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