Skip to main content

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1916 - 1964

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela IV], 1942-1948

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103788
Scope and Contents

Footage of various animals, including armadillo, lizard, sloth. Also shows William Beebe and Henry Fleming collecting specimens in the mud. Various scenery, insects, and birds. William Beebe feeding and petting an anteater; unidentified local man, who likely worked with the DTR, cuddling an ocelot cub.

Dates: 1942-1948

[Various footage at Simla Research Station, Trinidad], 1951

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102437
Scope and Contents

Shot on DTR's forty-ninth expedition, this reel includes footage of William Beebe touring the grounds at the new Department of Tropical Research lab Simla in Trinidad, and of Jocelyn Crane working in "the Flutter Inn," a "large insectary for housing and breeding butterflies and other insects under study"--1951 NYZS Annual report, p49. There are multiple macro photography shots of butterflies, caterpillars, and other insects. "Photography: J. Crane"--Film can.

Dates: 1951

[Various footage from British Guiana], circa 1920-1924

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103601D
Scope and Contents Fledgling hoatzin walking on a tree limb. "Gold boats. River. Canje Creek. Potaro Rapids. [Department of Tropical Research staff standing with local and possibly Indigenous people in front of post office.] [Indigenous people walking and] running on trail"--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, p37. "William Beebe cutting bromeliads. Pouring out golden frogs. Tadpoles on hand. Kaieteur Falls. [William Beebe] capturing a thirty [probably closer to 10] foot boa. William Beebe holding it for Isabel...
Dates: circa 1920-1924

[Various footage, likely at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela], 1942-1948

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: D
Identifier: 103935
Scope and Contents

Various footage, some and likely all from Venezuela. Footage includes William Beebe and a young man on a small sailboat, exterior shot of a building and grounds. Microphotographic shots of birds, insects, crabs on the the beach. A large land crabs climbing a tree, antlions, unidentified insects, Squilla mantis, unidentified fish.

Dates: 1942-1948

[Various footage of landscapes and butterflies in Venezuela and Trinidad], 1940-1962

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103781
Scope and Contents

Various landscapes and butterfly field studies. "Original scenery. Pedro [illegible] puddle in road, plain river shot, branch with dry leaves, green jungle shot and plants. Jungle shot, guayacan, Trinidad, purple orchid, manais garden, flowers"--Note in original can.

Dates: 1940-1962

[Various Gloria Hollister footage], circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104731
Scope and Contents

Includes silent dupe negative of footage from British Guiana used in the Paramount newsreel Miss Christopher Columbus with no titles or credits. Shots include aerial footage over Kaieteur Falls. Also includes footage of Hollister in the water in Bermuda with her dog Trumps, and Hollister descending and then ascending off rowboat into water in diving helmet.

Dates: circa 1930-1940

Various tropical fish, original, circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box: Unit 4, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104382
Scope and Contents

Dark footage of tropical fish and coral reefs.

Dates: circa 1930-1940

[William Beebe's diving helmet], 1925, 1927

 Item — Box: Unit 7, Shelf: E
Identifier: 104766
Scope and Contents

Reel shows footage of William Beebe diving in copper helmet and appears to be from two expeditions. From 0:00-2:57, the footage is from the Arcturus expedition to the Galapagos; the remaining footage, from 2:58-6:14 is believed to have been shot during the DTR's Haiti expedition and includes more underwater footage.

Dates: 1925, 1927

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
∨ more
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