Beebe, William, 1877-1962
Dates
- Existence: 1877 - 1962
Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:
[Department of Tropical Research activities, Bermuda, part II], circa 1928-1929
[Department of Tropical Research staff and grounds at Simla, Trinidad], 1957
[Department of Tropical Research staff at Caripito, Venezuela], 1942
DTR staff members at work at their headquarters and out in the field. William Beebe looking through binoculars, a young boy with a donkey, William Beebe collecting subterranean mammals, George Alan Swanson painting a lizard as he holds it in his hands, an ant colony, various insects.
Dr Beebe's Moths and Butterflies: A Newsletter in Pictures from the Trinidad Field Station of the Department of Tropical Research, 1954
Edited film likely presented at an NYZS Annual Meeting. William Beebe greeting a visitor to Simla. Jocelyn Crane working in an insectary at Simla. Various examples of the trials conducted with butterflies to study color preferences and behavior. Macro photographic field studies of caterpillars and the egg, larva, pupa life cycle of the butterfly. "A Newsletter in pictures from the Trinidad Field station of the Department of Tropical Research. Photography by Rosemary Kenedy"--Film credits.
[Fiddler crabs], circa 1955-1966
Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behaviour and ecology of Uca marionis crabs in an unidentified location. "Sina Marionis"--Original can label. "Annual meeting. Uca (pre....) bow (triangle symbol"--Note found inside the can. The name Uca marionis is no longer recognized; these are likely Gelasimus excisus.
[Fiddler crabs in Australia and the Philippines], circa 1955-1956
[Fiddler crabs in Singapore, Venezuela, and Zanzibar], circa 1950-1957
Jocelyn Crane's field studies of Uca marionis crabs in Singapore, Venezuela, and Zanzibar; close-up studies of the social behavior of crabs. The name Uca marionis is no longer recognized; these are likely Gelasimus excisus.
Galapagos lecture III [including footage from Noma (1923) and Arcturus (1925) expeditions), 1923 - 1925
Highlights from the Forty-Ninth Expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, 1951
Edited film presented at the 1952 NYZS Annual Meeting: Highlights from the forty-ninth expedition of the DTR. William Beebe with man who appears to be Laurance Rockefeller. Macro photography of various insects with local flora flowers; Jocelyn Crane performing studies with butterflies.
[Insects at Simla, Trinidad], circa 1950-1955
Macro photography footage of various insects, mostly caterpillars, on flora.
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- Type
- Archival Object 41
- Collection 16
- Subject
- Zoological specimens -- Collection and preservation 5
- Bathysphere 4
- Scientific expeditions -- Bermuda Islands 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Trinidad and Tobago 3
- Scientific expeditions -- Tropics 3
- 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 ∧ less