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New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1916 - 1964

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela II], 1942-1948

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 103795
Scope and Contents

A compilation reel with macro photography footage subjects including insects, amphibians, and reptiles on various flora; also footage highlighting the pupa and chrysalis stages of the development of a butterflies.

Dates: 1942-1948

[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela III], 1942-1948

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 103796
Scope and Contents A compilation reel including shots of animal field studies, landscapes, and DTR staff members' work stations inside the new biological field station Rancho Grande. Footage includes child playing with an insect, exterior shots of the Rancho Grande field station, William Beebe and other DTR staff catching a snake on the grounds of Rancho Grande, an ocelot playing with a puppet, Jocelyn Crane with a monkey, George Swanson painting a snake as he holds it in his hands. Contains some duplicate...
Dates: 1942-1948

[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela IV], 1942-1948

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103835
Scope and Contents

William Beebe walking with bush dog; footage of snakes, insects, squid, and fish; lizard eating insects, antlion, fish, and crabs in front of a sunset.

Dates: 1942-1948

[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela V], 1942-1948

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: D
Identifier: 103934
Scope and Contents

Close up of the eyes of amphibians, and lizards eating butterflies. Motion studies of reptiles in trees.

Dates: 1942-1948

[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela VI], 1942-1948

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104138
Scope and Contents

"Frogs, coral snake, caterpillar (sphinx). Moths at light, [...], ends with Macaw"--Note in original can. Henry Fleming's field experiments in attracting moths and butterflies. Contains some duplicate material from reel 104247 and 103945.

Dates: 1942-1948

[Various animals at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela VII], 1942-1948

 Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104249
Scope and Contents Footage of birds; heliconia plant; insects; landscape; Chiriqui the monkey harnessed to a stand and playing with a small net; William Beebe using an anemometer to measure air velocity. William Beebe (with Chiriqui perched on his shoulder), Jocelyn Crane and Henry Fleming out in the field with a bird net; Chiriqui examining insects from William Beebe's hand; butterflies participating in a color preference study with color swatches; paintings of a flowering heliconia plant. This is the camera...
Dates: 1942-1948

[Various crabs], 1961

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: E
Identifier: 103002
Scope and Contents

An edited film study of various crab species, shot by Jocelyn Crane as part of her field research the social behavior of crabs.

Dates: 1961

[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela I], 1942

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103761
Scope and Contents

Footage taken during the 43rd expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. "Children in forest, finding [ocelot], boy in hammock scrap, good unused mudhole collect, fighting beetle"--Note in original can. Also shows William Beebe and Henry Fleming collecting various animals. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.

Dates: 1942

[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela II], 1942

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103763
Scope and Contents

Footage taken during the 43rd expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. Includes landscapes and shots of local people. Shows the process of a building being constructed with local plant materials. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.

Dates: 1942

[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela III], 1942

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103787
Scope and Contents

Footage from the DTR's 43rd expedition, headquartered at Caripito, Venezuela. A compilation reel showing local children, Chiriqui (the DTR's pet monkey), and various wild animals engaged in eating, climbing, and cleaning themselves. Much of the footage is reproduced in the film Curioseando en la Selva.

Dates: 1942

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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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