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Beebe, William, 1877-1962

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1877 - 1962

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

New York Zoological Park. Office of Director. William T. Hornaday and W. Reid Blair incoming correspondence and subject files

 Fonds
Identifier: 1001
Abstract William T. Hornaday (1854-1937) was the first Director of the New York Zoological Park, from 1896 until his retirement in 1926. W. Reid Blair (1875-1949), Veterinarian from 1902 to 1922 and Assistant Director beginning in 1922, directed the Zoo from 1926 until 1940. These records consist of incoming correspondence (and sometimes carbon copies or drafts of outgoing correspondence), staff memoranda, reports, and working papers reflecting the planning, policies, and day-to-day operations...
Dates: 1895-1940

New York Zoological Society Board of Trustees. Office of President. Madison Grant and W. Redmond Cross records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1030
Abstract Madison Grant (1865-1937) was President of the New York Zoological Society from 1925 until his death in 1937. W. Redmond Cross (1874-1940) succeeded Grant in 1937 and served as President until his retirement in 1940. The bulk of this collection reflects the activities of Grant and Cross during their respective tenures as President. Among the subjects represented here are the Society's art gallery, wildlife conservation, and the Save the Redwoods League. The bulk of the records deal with...
Dates: 1906 - 1940

New York Zoological Society. Department of Ornithology. Office of Curator. William Beebe records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1008
Abstract William Beebe (1877-1962) was among the earliest of the curatorial staff of the Bronx Zoo, joining the Zoological Park in 1899 as Assistant Curator of Birds. He was Curator of Birds from 1902 through 1918, Honorary Curator of Birds from 1919 to 1962, and founding Director of the Department of Tropical Research. Portions of this collection, predating Beebe's tenure with the Zoological Park, include catalogs of birds collected and skinned, 1896-1897, and student course notes from lectures by...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1894-1932

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research additional records

 Collection
Identifier: 1016
Abstract This collection consists of records related to the work of the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research, which conducted ecological expeditions between 1916 and 1964. These records appear to have been transferred to the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives after the primary DTR collections were processed, and they supplement those collections (WCS Archives Collections 1005A-1005J). The majority of the records were created by DTR Director William Beebe and Assistant...
Dates: circa 1916-1964; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1949

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research expedition illustrations and related visual materials

 Collection
Identifier: 1039
Abstract Throughout its history, the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research employed artists to illustrate the specimens they observed and collected during their expeditions. Artists participated in the expeditions and collaborated closely with DTR scientists to create their illustrations. This collection includes around 2,000 color and black-and-white illustrations of living and non-living specimens created by these field artists between 1916 and 1953. Among the artists are...
Dates: circa 1916-1964; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1964

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. General records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1005A
Abstract The Department of Tropical Research (DTR), founded by William Beebe, carried out intensive ecological investigations in terrestrial and oceanographic settings. This collection spans the extent of DTR history and activities and contains a wide range of materials, including correspondence, expedition reports, guest books, specimen catalogues, and catalogues of motion pictures and illustration. DTR staff represented within the records include Beebe, Jocelyn Crane, Gloria Hollister, and John...
Dates: 1900 - 1971

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. Antares and Hardi Biaou records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1005H
Abstract The New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research collected data on marine life among the Leeward and Grenadine Islands from the yacht Antares during 1932. The following year, DTR Director William Beebe and other staff returned to the West Indies aboard the Antares. In 1936, the DTR gathered material during a West Indian cruise aboard the yacht Hardi Biaou. The records in this...
Dates: 1932 - 1936

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. Bermuda records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1005J
Abstract This collection consists of data, manuscript notes, and lists documenting the marine science activities of the Department of Tropical Research staff at Bermuda from 1929 through 1939. Included are trawling records, fish outlines, bird censuses. This collection also includes logbooks of notes dictated to Gloria Hollister by William Beebe via telephone from the bathysphere dives of 1930, 1931, and 1932; correspondence concerning the bathysphere, 1929-1930, from John H. J. Butler's office at...
Dates: 1929 - 1949

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. General records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1005E
Abstract

This collection derives from many of the oceanographic expeditions of the Department of Tropical Research, between 1923 and 1957, led by William Beebe. It includes records created during the DTR's explorations in the depth of the sea with the submersible diving bell, the bathysphere. Documentation and disposition of marine specimens is a major topic. Study materials and miscellaneous correspondence are also included, with pediculates and other deep-sea fishes among the prominent subjects.

Dates: 1923-1957

New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. Noma and Arcturus records

 Fonds
Identifier: 1005F
Abstract The bulk of this collection consists of records created by the Department of Tropical Research, under the direction of William Beebe, during their investigation of the Sargasso Sea, Humboldt Current, and Hudson Gorge, aboard the Arcturus. Records include the logbook of the steamship, dredging records, haul summaries, outlines and field notes on fishes, data on deep-sea fauna, and background notes for published studies. Additionally, this collection holds some...
Dates: 1923-1925

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Subject
Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 5
Bathysphere 4
Scientific expeditions -- Bermuda Islands 3
Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 3
Scientific expeditions -- Tropics 3
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Wildlife conservation 3
Fishes -- Catalogs and collections 2
Invertebrates -- Catalogs and collections 2
Scientific expeditions -- California, Gulf of (Mexico) 2
Scientific expeditions -- Galapagos Islands 2
Submersibles 2
Zoo animals 2
Amphibians -- Trinidad 1
Amphibians -- Venezuela 1
Animal dealers 1
Arima (Trinidad and Tobago) 1
Bats -- Venezuela 1
Biological illustration 1
Birds -- Bermuda Islands 1
Birds -- New York State -- Bronx County 1
Birds -- Trinidad 1
Birds -- Venezuela 1
Butterflies -- Venezuela 1
Explorers 1
Fishes -- Bermuda Islands 1
Fishes -- Trinidad 1
Fishes -- West Indies 1
Giant panda 1
Ichthyologists 1
Insects -- Trinidad 1
Insects -- Venezuela 1
Invertebrates -- Identification 1
Mammals -- Trinidad 1
Mammals -- Venezuela 1
Marine animals -- Bermuda Islands 1
Meteorology -- Observations -- Trinidad 1
Moths -- Venezuela 1
Naturalists 1
Oceanographic submersibles 1
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Venezuela) 1
Reptiles -- Trinidad 1
Reptiles -- Venezuela 1
Scientific expeditions 1
Scientific expeditions -- Guyana 1
Scientific expeditions -- Haiti 1
Scientific expeditions -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) 1
Scientific expeditions -- Pacific Ocean 1
Scientific expeditions -- Peru Current 1
Scientific expeditions -- Sargasso Sea 1
Scientific expeditions -- Venezuela 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
Zoo directors 1
Zoo exhibits 1
Zoo veterinarians 1
Zoo visitors 1
Zoos -- Administration 1
Zoos -- Design and construction 1
Zoos -- Administration 1
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