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New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1916 - 1964

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

[Gloria Hollister expedition to British Guiana: Sugar boat on Canje River], 1936

 Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104764
Scope and Contents

A tracking shot, viewed from a boat in motion, of the cargo sailing vessel "Kindly Light," originating from Ipswich. Canje Creek was a route taken on the Department of Tropical Research's twenty-third expedition in early May, 1936.

Dates: 1936

Highlights from the Forty-Ninth Expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, 1951

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Identifier: 104202
Scope and Contents

Edited film presented at the 1952 NYZS Annual Meeting: Highlights from the forty-ninth expedition of the DTR. William Beebe with man who appears to be Laurance Rockefeller. Macro photography of various insects with local flora flowers; Jocelyn Crane performing studies with butterflies.

Dates: 1951

[Home movie featuring human baby], circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104277
Scope and Contents

Home movie footage of a possible christening. A baby dressed in white is being held by a collared clergy member. Originally housed in same box as reel 000104302, and possibly shot or collected by Elswyth Thane.

Dates: circa 1930-1940

[Insects at Caripito, Venezuela I], 1942

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103793
Scope and Contents

Macro photography studies of "grasshopper (not eating), green beetle, gold, blue and white caterpillar, sphinx caterpillars on tree, pupa, Hel, chy. against dark sun and bee on stick"--Note in original can.

Dates: 1942

[Insects at Caripito, Venezuela II], 1942

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: D
Identifier: 103945
Scope and Contents

Henry Fleming capturing moths. Studies of various insects, including moths and butterflies, capturing and eating prey. Footage of insects interspersed with footage Chiriqui the monkey harnessed to a stand while a human hands him insects to examine.

Dates: 1942

[Insects at Simla, Trinidad], circa 1950-1955

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102592
Scope and Contents

Macro photography footage of various insects, mostly caterpillars, on flora.

Dates: circa 1950-1955

[Inversed fiddler crabs and ring-legged fiddler crabs in Karachi and Pemba Island], circa 1955-1957

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104117
Scope and Contents

Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behavior and ecology of crabs in Pakistan and Tanzania. "Inversa, annulipes, lactea Karachi, and Zanzibar"--Original can label. "Sea 1. Karachi. ?inversa. Sea Karachi.? inversa; the annulipes and lactea. Afr 10. Zanzibar. Kombeni. annulipes. Afr 11. Zanzibar. Kombeni. annuli. Afr 23. Pemba. Kiburunzi. Annulipes"--Note in original can.

Dates: circa 1955-1957

New York Zoological Society Board of Trustees. Office of President. Madison Grant and W. Redmond Cross records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1030
Abstract Madison Grant (1865-1937) was President of the New York Zoological Society from 1925 until his death in 1937. W. Redmond Cross (1874-1940) succeeded Grant in 1937 and served as President until his retirement in 1940. The bulk of this collection reflects the activities of Grant and Cross during their respective tenures as President. Among the subjects represented here are the Society's art gallery, wildlife conservation, and the Save the Redwoods League. The bulk of the records deal with...
Dates: 1906 - 1940

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

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

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
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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
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