New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1916 - 1964
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Terrestrial expeditions. Simla Station, Trinidad records
Fonds
Identifier: 1005D
Abstract
This collection consists of handwritten and typed notes and field observations, primarily by William Beebe, during the New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research studies at Simla Station, Trinidad, between 1949 and 1961.
Dates:
1949 - 1961
New York Zoological Society. Office of President. Fairfield Osborn records
Fonds
Identifier: 1029
Abstract
This collection contains the records of Fairfield Osborn, who served as President of the New York Zoological Society from 1940 to 1968. Considered one of the foremost conservationists of his era, Osborn was a driving force behind the expansion of the Society’s international wildlife conservation efforts, and he founded the Conservation Foundation as an offshoot of the Society to promote environmental education and research. During his presidency, Osborn also oversaw the development of...
Dates:
1933 - 1973
[Nonsuch Island, Bermuda compilation, part I], 1940
Item — Box: Unit 5, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102576
Scope and Contents
Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research field studies in Bermuda. The reel opens with an exterior shot of a building, the back of William Beebe, and an unknown man walking toward the stairs. Close-up shots of "hibiscus [flowers], spiders, centipedes, and an unknown insect catching its prey. [Close-up of an] antlion, various crabs, and a toad on a stick [floating] in the water. [A medium shot of two] large land crabs [climbing up a tree], [Jocelyn...
Dates:
1940
[Nonsuch Island, Bermuda compilation, part II], 1940
Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102588
Scope and Contents
Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research's field studies in Bermuda. This reel includes shots of a building's exterior, antlions, land crabs, toads [duplicating footage found on reel 102576]. William Beebe with a man possibly called Bob capturing fish at night ["Night light-- Bob and I"--Note in original can for reel 102576]. Close-up shots of squilla mantis, squid, Leptocephalus, and William Beebe collecting specimens while swimming in the bay,...
Dates:
1940
[Nonsuch Island, Bermuda compilation, part III], 1940
Item — Box: Unit 5, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102603
Scope and Contents
Various footage from the 40th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research field studies in Bermuda. William Beebe and two unidentified people collecting specimens while swimming in the bay. Close up footage of an angelfish, and pipefish swimming. A long-angle shot of William Beebe with an unidentified woman and man on the shore collecting pipe fish in sargassum beds in a rock pool. William Beebe removing an octopus from a bucket, a mantis squid swimming and William Beebe with a man...
Dates:
1940
[Oilbirds in Trinidad], 1966
Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Identifier: 104201
Scope and Contents
Unidentified researchers traveling to study oilbirds in caves near Simla station in Trinidad. Film begins with close-ups of researchers' faces. Includes footage of landscape; snakes; oilbird cave opening; oilbirds in cave, including chicks.
Dates:
1966
Plundering the Sea, 1925
Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104768
Scope and Contents
"Pathe Review presents Plundering the Sea, A camera record of the Arcturus oceanographic expedition led by Dr. William Beebe. Released in cooperation with the NY Zoological Society. The Arcturus Expedition, fresh from the Sargasso Sea, arrives now at an equally strange field of investigation, the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific..."--Film credits. Includes footage used in reel 104766. Includes footage of William Beebe helmet diving (also in reel 104766), Isabel Cooper painting underwater,...
Dates:
1925
[Ring-legged fiddler crabs in Chake Chake, Pemba Island and the Philippines], circa 1956-1963
Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: D
Identifier: 103944
Scope and Contents
Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behaviour and ecology of Austruca lactea annulipes [Ring-legged fiddler crabs], a species of fiddler crabs that are found along the eastern coastline of Africa and the Indo-Pacific region. "AFR-26 Pemba food and chake hill annulipes. -J. crane" --Film leader "AFR Pemba. Chake chake. annul. Sp 1. Suva. lactea. SP 14. Manila lactea.(also marionis and Ilyoplax. SP Davao. (Madaum). Lactea. Sea 7. Kallong. lactea (rest of sequence in AM 1956 reel). all [ ]...
Dates:
circa 1956-1963
The Arcturus Expeditionary Ship of the NYZS [and Galapagos lecture, reel II], 1925
Item — Box: Unit 5, Shelf: E
Identifier: 102440B
Scope and Contents
Two short films from the 1925 DTR expedition to the Galapagos. The first film is an edited film with title cards. "The Arcturus, expeditionary ship of the New York Zoological Society, sails investigates the life of the sea"--Title card. Shows Arcturus leaving port, DTR staff working on board, doing depth soundings, deep-sea dredging and inspecting and sorting specimens. The second film: "Galapagos lecture reel number II. Indefatigable [island volcano] model. Panorama South Seymour....
Dates:
1925
[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela I], 1942-1948
Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103792
Scope and Contents
Exterior of Rancho Grande field station, various animals, William Beebe and Henry Fleming climbing a tree to collect specimens. Shots of bottles of various acids. Sequence of marionette appearing to do something with bottle of acid. "Assorted flowers, birds, small animals, fulgurites (includes Mung, red howler monkey and arum sequences)"--Note in original can.
Dates:
1942-1948
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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