New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research
Dates
- Existence: 1916 - 1964
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
[Various footage at Caripito, Venezuela IV], 1942-1948
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.
[Various footage at Simla Research Station, Trinidad], 1951
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.
[Various footage from British Guiana], circa 1920-1924
[Various footage, likely at Caripito and Rancho Grande, Venezuela], 1942-1948
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.
[Various footage of landscapes and butterflies in Venezuela and Trinidad], 1940-1962
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.
[Various Gloria Hollister footage], circa 1930-1940
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.
Various tropical fish, original, circa 1930-1940
Dark footage of tropical fish and coral reefs.
[William Beebe's diving helmet], 1925, 1927
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.
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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
- 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