New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research
Dates
- Existence: 1916 - 1964
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
[Gloria Hollister expedition to British Guiana: Sugar boat on Canje River], 1936
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.
Highlights from the Forty-Ninth Expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, 1951
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.
[Home movie featuring human baby], circa 1930-1940
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.
[Insects at Caripito, Venezuela I], 1942
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.
[Insects at Caripito, Venezuela II], 1942
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.
[Insects at Simla, Trinidad], circa 1950-1955
Macro photography footage of various insects, mostly caterpillars, on flora.
[Inversed fiddler crabs and ring-legged fiddler crabs in Karachi and Pemba Island], circa 1955-1957
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.
New York Zoological Society Board of Trustees. Office of President. Madison Grant and W. Redmond Cross records
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research additional records
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research expedition illustrations and related visual materials
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- 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