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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
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research films
Collection
Identifier: 5013
Abstract
The Department of Tropical Research (DTR) Film Collection is composed of 156 film reels created by the New York Zoological Society (NYZS)’s DTR between approximately 1920 and 1966. Formats include black-and-white and color motion pictures; the majority are silent, 16mm, acetate films. The bulk of the collection consists of films shot in expedition locations in the West Indies and South America. These films document the day-to-day ecological field studies conducted by staff members of...
Dates:
circa 1920-1966
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
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
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research. Oceanographic expeditions. Zaca records
Fonds
Identifier: 1005G
Abstract
The New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research, led by William Beebe, used the diesel schooner Zaca for two expeditions, the first in 1936 in the Gulf of California, and the second in 1937-1938 in the Eastern Pacific. These records include station data, dredging and net haul records, vertebrate catalogs, miscellaneous correspondence, and data on invertebrates, fishes, and fish stomach examinations.
Dates:
1936-1938
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
New York Zoological Society. Department of Tropical Research photographs
Collection
Identifier: 5014
Abstract
The Department of Tropical Research Photographs Collection comprises more than 18,000 photographs created between 1916 and approximately 1964 during scientific expeditions conducted by the Department of Tropical Research (DTR). Formats include glass and film negatives, photographic prints, and lantern slides. The images document wildlife and plants, expedition personnel, local people, research vessels and expedition camps, and landscapes and marine environments during DTR expeditions to...
Dates:
circa 1916-1964
Found in:
Wildlife Conservation Society Archives