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Beebe, William, 1877-1962

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1877 - 1962

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

[Department of Tropical Research activities, Bermuda, part II], circa 1928-1929

 Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: C
Identifier: 104293B
Scope and Contents Footage from the Department of Tropical Research work in Bermuda. Some shots are similar to Pathe's Beebe footage, but there are additional shots. Based on the black edges, this reel looks to be 16mm footage shot with a home movie camera, not a reduction print from 35mm nitrate negative. Presumed to be shot by Elswyth Thane. Staff and researchers are shown observing and documenting sea life outside and inside the buildings adapted for the DTR's laboratories. The motorboat Skink departs from...
Dates: circa 1928-1929

[Department of Tropical Research staff and grounds at Simla, Trinidad], 1957

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: B
Identifier: 103872
Scope and Contents An edited reel capturing the arduous task of local Trinidadians and DTR staff moving supplies and setting up equipment for the 57th expedition of the Department of Tropical Research to Simla, Trinidad. Exterior shots of station and surrounding area. Shots of William Beebe using binoculars. Shots of a man, possibly David Snow, operating a motion picture camera. Dr. Snow has "continued the observation of manakin displays begun during 1956 and embarked on cine-photography which will help in...
Dates: 1957

[Department of Tropical Research staff at Caripito, Venezuela], 1942

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 103842
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1942

Dr Beebe's Moths and Butterflies: A Newsletter in Pictures from the Trinidad Field Station of the Department of Tropical Research, 1954

 Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: B
Identifier: 104230
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1954

[Fiddler crabs], circa 1955-1966

 Item — Box: Unit 3, Shelf: D
Identifier: 104294
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: circa 1955-1966

[Fiddler crabs in Australia and the Philippines], circa 1955-1956

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: D
Identifier: 103943
Scope and Contents Jocelyn Crane's field studies on the behaviour and ecology of Uca marionis crabs in Australia and the Philippines taken on "the fifty-fourth, and fifty-sixth expedition of the Department of Tropical Research to the South Pacific by Jocelyn Crane, [part of] a five-year grant by the National Science Foundation for a worldwide study of Fiddler Crabs. It occupied two and a half months, and included Hawaii, Fiji, Tahiti, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Australia and the Philippines"-1955 and 1956 NYZS Annual...
Dates: circa 1955-1956

[Fiddler crabs in Singapore, Venezuela, and Zanzibar], circa 1950-1957

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102594
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: circa 1950-1957

Galapagos lecture III [including footage from Noma (1923) and Arcturus (1925) expeditions), 1923 - 1925

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: A
Identifier: 103529
Scope and Contents The majority of this reel was shot on the 1925 Arcturus Galapagos expedition; there is also some material from the 1923 Noma Arcturus Galapagos expedition. “Isabel [Cooper] painting underwater. Moorish idol and moray eel. [Hunting a giant manta ray. Bringing manta ray on deck. Examining and sketching it.] Frigate [birds] courting. Frigate, normal and slow flight. Sea lions [swimming.] Sea lions; Noma, Ruth [Rose]. Sea lions; Arcturus, Don [Dickerman]”--Beebe film catalog circa 1940, P25....
Dates: 1923 - 1925

Highlights from the Forty-Ninth Expedition of the Department of Tropical Research, 1951

 Item — Box: Unit 2, Shelf: F
Identifier: 104202
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1951

[Insects at Simla, Trinidad], circa 1950-1955

 Item — Box: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Identifier: 102592
Scope and Contents

Macro photography footage of various insects, mostly caterpillars, on flora.

Dates: circa 1950-1955

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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
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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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