Expedition illustrations, 1916 - 1953
Scope and Contents
This series consists of around 2,000 color and black-and-white illustrations of living and non-living specimens created by the field staff of the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research during expeditions between 1916 and 1953. Subjects include various tropical terrestrial and marine flora and fauna; a majority of the illustrations include handwritten identifications of the subjects and other information on their reverse sides. The vast majority of the illustrations measure approximately 11.5x14.5 inches.
Each subseries notes artists that are known—through their signatures or other records in the WCS Archives—to have created illustrations within that subseries. It is possible that a subseries may include unsigned works by other artists.
Dates
- 1916 - 1953
Access Restrictions
Please consult the WCS Archives regarding possible access restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 21.9 Cubic Feet (45 flat boxes )
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger boxes, 1 half-Hollinger box)
From the Collection: 7 Items (Oversize items in map case drawers)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Collection: Asaeda, Toshio, 1893-1968 (Person)
- From the Collection: Beebe, William, 1877-1962 (Person)
- From the Collection: Bostelmann, Else (Else Winkler von Röder), 1882-1961 (Person)
- From the Collection: Boyden, Douglas (Person)
- From the Collection: Cooper, Isabel, 1892-1984 (Person)
- From the Collection: Dickerman, Donald Horace, 1893- (Person)
- From the Collection: Franklin, Dwight (Person)
- From the Collection: Geske, E. J. (Erich John), 1873-1934 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gosner, Kenneth L., 1925- (Person)
- From the Collection: Hartley, Rachel M. (Person)
- From the Collection: Miller, Llewellyn (Person)
- From the Collection: Schlageter, Laura, 1922-2000 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swanson, George Alan, 1908-1968 (Person)
- From the Collection: Taylor, Anna Heyward, 1879-1956 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tee-Van, Helen Damrosch, 1893-1976 (Person)
- From the Collection: New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research (Organization)
- From the Collection: Howes, Paul Griswold, 1892-1983 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives Repository