Crandall, Lee S., (Lee Saunders), 1887-1969
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
[Lee Crandall expedition to New Guinea], 1928
Item — Container: Unit 1, Shelf: F
Scope and Contents
"Crandall (New Guinea)"--Original can label.
Dates:
1928
[Lee Crandall expedition to New Guinea], 1928
Item — Container: Unit 1, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents
"Map--Guys in pith helmets"--Original can label. "Shots of Indigenous people putting out brush fires. Communal plowing and planting. Indigenous people climbing very tall coco palm. Opening of coconuts, using feet to split it. Shots of various birds, some of the shots colored. Two of the birds are beautiful. Shots of koala bear, pigmy oppossum. Shots of Indigenous people returning, gathered in village square., four armed Indigenous soldiers. Indigenous men going off to military service....
Dates:
1928
[Lee Crandall expedition to New Guinea], 1928
Item — Carton: Vinegar Box 008
Identifier: 102740
Scope and Contents
"Crandall packing. Leg of Aboriginal. Shots of birds, one colored. Indigenous people bringing members of expedition specimens. Cloud covering mountains. Indigenous people smoking same pipe as in Reel #237. Indigenous people sitting around, old man showing off his long hair. Indigenous people holding four long, painted instruments that look like painted chopsticks, using bow and arrows and setting traps. Bird. Expedition moves on. Mountains again. Village--thatched huts. Village gallants...
Dates:
1928
[Lee Crandall expedition to New Guinea], 1908 or 1928
Item — Container: Unit 5, Shelf: C
Identifier: 102542
Scope and Contents
"New Guinea Lee S. Crandall 5. Shots of Indigenous People dancing continued. Much footage devoted to dance. Shots of trip back to mainland. Shots of steamer back home"--NYZS 1942 Inventory.
Dates:
1908 or 1928
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 Park. Office of General Curator and General Curator Emeritus. Lee S. Crandall records and papers
Fonds
Identifier: 1019
Abstract
Lee Saunders Crandall (1887-1969) began his sixty-one year association at the New York Zoological Society's Bronx Zoo in June 1908 as a student keeper in the animal departments, and was thereafter steadily promoted through the ranks, eventually becoming the Zoo's General Curator in charge of mammals and birds in 1943. Following his 1952 retirement, Crandall continued coming in to work for another 17 years, as the Zoo's General Curator Emeritus. Crandall was lauded for his collecting trips...
Dates:
1898 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1969
[Various Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium staff], circa 1958-1959
Item — Container: Unit 4, Shelf: B
Scope and Contents
Footage of Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium staff, at exhibits, offices, and indoor facilities. William Conway; Lee Crandall; Grace Davall; Charles Gandal; Hernon Dowling; Joe Davis and secretary; John Tee-Van; Gordon Cuyler; Publications, Education, Administrative, Facilities staff; Aage Svend Olsen; and Christopher Coates.
Dates:
circa 1958-1959
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- Archival Object 5
- Collection 2
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- Zoo animals 2
- Zoos -- Administration 2
- Animal dealers 1
- Birds of paradise (Birds) 1
- Mammalogists 1