Research Library at American Musuem of Natural History
Manuscript Collection Inventory

Manuscript Collection Inventory

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Location Call  # Creator Title Date Summary Biographical/Historical Note Physical Description (Linear feet) Physical Description Immediate Source of Acquisition Note Action Note (Conservation) Restrictions on Access Note Terms Governing Use & Reproduction Note Publisher Subject Added Entry - Topical Term  Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name Subject Added Entry - Index Term - Uncontrolled Added Entry - Personal/Corporate Name Location
6-17 F1-F2 A3 Adamson, Hans Christian, 1890-1968 Hans Christian Adamson papers   Includes galley proofs and manuscripts for: Rebellion in Missouri, 1861, Hell at 50 Fathoms, Keepers of the Lights, Blood on the Midnight Sun, Admiral Thunderbolt, Battles of the Philippine Sea, Tragedy at Honda, The Sportsman’s Game and Fish Book, Eddie    4.50 13 Hollinger boxes 1978 accession—transferred from the Library of Congress Manuscript Division                  
  A341 Akeley, Mary L. Jobe, b. 1885 Mary Jobe Akeley correspondence   Miscellaneous AMNH files, 1920s-30s. Mostly correspondence.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-17 E1-E2 A342 Akeley, Mary L. Jobe, b. 1886 Mary Jobe Akeley papers   Correspondence, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, writings, maps, and notebooks. Inventory.    7.00 11 Hollinger boxes 1967 accession—Mary Jobe Akeley bequest                  
6-17 C1 A343 Akeley, Mary L. Jobe, b. 1886 Mary Jobe Akeley papers   Writings, newspaper clippings, and photocopies of photographs.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1993 accession—transferred from PA office                  
6-17 D1-D2 A344 Akeley, Mary L. Jobe, b. 1886 Mary Jobe Akeley papers   Correspondence, newspaper clippings, notebooks, lectures, articles, and information about and related to Carl Akeley.    7.00 13 Hollinger boxes 1977 accession—transferred from Mystic Historical Society                  
6-17 C1 A345 Akeley, Mary L. Jobe, b. 1886 & Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926 Mary Jobe Akeley papers       0.50 1 Hollinger box 1992 accession - transferred from Mystic Historical Society                  
  A43 Aldrich, J.M. (John Merton), 1866-1934 J. M. Aldrich correspondence   Miscellaneous filing cabinet collection, mainly correspondence.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-17 A-45 O73 Oral History Project Oral History Project records   Transcripts and tapes of participants in Oral History Project.    9.75 29 Hollinger boxes                    
6-17 C2 A451 Allen, J.A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 J. A. Allen correspondence 1870-1902 30 page inventory. Collection of letters.    2.00 7 Hollinger boxes                    
6-17 C2 A452 Allen, J.A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921 J. A. Allen correspondence       0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-17 C2 A461 American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science correspondence 1916 & 1928 Box 1: Correspondence related to meeting in Dec. 1916; Box 2: Assorted correspondence from 1928   1.00 2 Hollinger boxes                    
  A465 American Museum Congo Expedition American Museum Congo Expedition records   Notes on fishes from 1909-1915   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-17 A1-A2, 6-18 A1 A51 Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 Roy Chapman Andrews papers 1920-1940     8.00 16 Hollinger boxes                    
6-18 A1 A52 Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 Roy Chapman Andrews correspondence 1912 & 1918 Correspondence from Japan   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-18 A53 Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 Roy Chapman Andrews papers 1919-1930 RCA’s Journals of Expeditions to Mongolia. Blowbacks.   2.00 1 Paige box                    
6-18 A1 A54 Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 Roy Chapman Andrews papers 1934-1944 Correspondence, writings, and assorted memorabilia.  2 page inventory.   1.00 2 Hollinger boxes 1987 accession—donated by George B. Andrews                  
6-18 A2 A76 Aronson, Dr. Lester R. Lester R. Aronson papers 1975 File on the "Midwife Toad Paper - 1975. Kammerer / Noble Scandal.   0.75 2 Hollinger boxes                    
6-18 A2 A93 Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 John James Audubon correspondence       0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-18 A2 A95 Avinoff, Andrey, 1884-1949 Andrey Avinoff papers 1935-1942 Notes, correspondence, and articles.    0.50 1 Hollinger box 1983 accession—donated by Dr. Nicholas Shoumatoff                  
6-18 B2 B41 Bean, Thomas, c. 1850-? Thomas Bean correspondence 1877-1879 Bound letter book.     1 Hollinger box Received from Dept. of Entomology.                  
6-18 B2 B42 Bean, Thomas, c. 1850-? Thomas Bean correspondence 1877-1879 Loose correspondence. Private correspondence of Thomas Bean of Galina, Illinois concerning entomology collections.   2.00 3 Hollinger boxes 1988 accession--transferred from Dos Passos, Department of Entomology                  
6-18 E2 B5351 Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 Albert S. Bickmore papers Feb. 9, 1900 Report by Albert S. Bickmore on February 9, 1900 to the public: "American Museum of Natural History"   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1998—found in Special Collections Librarian office                  
6-18 F2 B5352 Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 Albert S. Bickmore papers   Autobiography of Albert S. Bickmore Vol. I & II (set 6) typescript.     1 Hollinger box                    
6-18 E2 B5353 Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 Albert S. Bickmore collection   Miscellaneous material  including diaries, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and photographs   4.00 6 Hollinger boxes, 2 posters 1968 accession—from Bickmore family (?) Collected and centralized during move 1992                  
6-18 C1-E2 B5354 Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 Albert S. Bickmore correspondence 1865-1903     16.00 32 Hollinger boxes                    
6-18 E2 B5355 Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 Albert S. Bickmore correspondence   Letter from Cyrus Field.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1194—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-18 E2 B5356 Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 Albert S. Bickmore correspondence       0.50 1 Hollinger box 1996 accession                  
6-18 F2 B5357 Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1914 Albert S. Bickmore drawing   P. R. Uhler & Albert S. Bickmore drawing of a Plan for a Museum of Natural History.     1 flat folder                    
  B5358 Bickmore, Albert S. (Albert Smith), 1839-1915 Albert S. Bickmore correspondence   Miscellaneous early correspondence; letters and clippings on the founding of the AMNH; list of Bickmore's donations.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-18 F1 B536 Blanford, William Thomas, 1832-1905 William Thomas Blanford correspondence 1899 One letter.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-18 E1-G2 B55 Bliss, Dorothy E.  Dorothy Bliss collection 1950-1979 Research notebooks, raw data, articles, bibliographies, galley proofs, charts, correspondence, and slides.    25.00 50 Hollinger boxes, 4 slide cases, 1 unnumbered Hollinger box, 1 book 1979 accession—transferred from Department of Animal Behavior                  
6-19 E1 B64 Boekelman, Henry J. Articles 1938 Miscellaneous articles on cultured pearls and oysters, copied by Henry J. Boekelman. Typescript (original or carbon copy), in loose-leaf binder.   0.25 1 Hollinger box Transferred from main stacks 1999.                  
  B66 Bonnet, C. (Charles), 1720-1793 Prints   Miscellaneous prints, including print of Chas. Bonnet     1 Hollinger box                    
6-19 E1 B67 Borup, George, 1884-1912 George Borup correspondence and obituary   Inventory of correspondence. Council of the American Geographical Society obituary on George Borup, 1912. Handwritten in ink and sealed, signed by Chairman and Secretary.   0.50 1 Hollinger box 1994—correspondence moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-19 A2 B74 Breder, Charles M. (Charles Marcus), 1897- Charles M. Breder field notes 1924 Field Notes from the March Darien Expedition to Panama 1924.   0.25 1 Hollinger box April 1998 accession - gift of James Howe                  
6-19 B1-E2 B76 Brown, F. Martin (Frederick Martin), 1903- F. Martin Brown papers   Correspondence, notebooks, data cards, articles, notes, and Theodore Mead research and article materials.   21.00 51 Hollinger boxes                    
6-19 B761 Brown, F. M.    1998 Presumably also Brown, F. Martin (Frederick Martin), 1903-   13.50 9 Hollinger boxes Accession number 1998-99-04                  
6-19 B84 Buffon, Georges Louis LeClerc, comte de, 1701-1788 Prints   Miscellaneous prints, one letter.     1 Hollinger box                    
6-20 A1-B2 B87 Burden, W. Douglas (William Douglas), 1898-1978 Papers 1920-1949 Personal files, notebooks, correspondence, and screenplays.  Inventory. (3 boxes of personal papers need to be returned to family—note on accession record).   11.00 23 Hollinger boxes 1983 accession—Department of Mammalogy                  
6-20 B2 B88 Butler, Frederick B., 1st Lt. U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers Collection 1924-1927 Correspondence, notebooks, articles, lectures.    1.00 3 Hollinger boxes                    
6-20 C1 C36 Campbell, William Durant Papers   Typewritten notes, newspaper clippings.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1996 accession                  
6-20 C1-C2 C375 Carter, T. Don (Thomas Donald), 1893- Collection 1906-1970 Newspaper clippings, articles, lists, notes, correspondence, notebooks, memorabilia, photographs, audio tapes.    6.50 15 Hollinger boxes, 1 folder n.d. -- donated by Mrs. Kissinger                  
6-20 C2-D1 C377 CBS Adventure Series Scripts 1953-1956 Scripts, press releases, etc.    3.00 6 Hollinger boxes, 2 binders                    
6-34 A2-B2 C446 Central Asiatic Expeditions (1921-1930) Papers   Applications, administrative papers, correspondence and newspaper clippings about the Third Asiatic Expedition.    7.00 14 Hollinger boxes                    
6-20 D1-E1 C4536 Chamberlain, Joseph Miles Papers 1966-1969 Correspondence & administrative papers   6.00 12 Hollinger boxes                    
6-21 G1 C4537 Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964 Correspondence 1953 Correspondence to and from Chapin mostly in preparation for his trip to the Belgian Congo with his wife Ruth. Some personal correspondence. Note inside box reads: "6/29/64 I have been through these letters and have discarded those of no importance […]"   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-21 G1 C454 Cherrie, George Kruck, 1865-1946 Correspondence 1902 One letter to Cherrie from E. Markert.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-21 C475 Chubb, Samuel Harmsted Typescript   Typescript of unpublished work "Along Mountain Trails"   0.50 1 Hollinger box                    
6-21 G1 C48 Churchill, Llewella Pierce  Manuscript 1899 Manuscript of The Last Hawaiian Temple     1 folder                    
6-21 G1 C53 Clark, Hamlet, 1823-1867 Correspondence 1865-66 Two letters to Clark from J. Van Voorit?   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-21 G1 C54 Cleckley, M. T. Correspondence 1896 List and one letter from Cleckley to L. S. Foster regarding the list     1 folder                    
6-21 C661 Congo Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1909) Correspondence 1918-1920     0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
MIA C662 Congo Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1909) Records   Notes, reports, correspondence, and a map.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection.                  
6-21 C667 Conant, Roger Correspondence   Correspondence, monographs, maps, articles, personal papers.    55.00 118 Hollinger boxes numbered through 115                    
6-21 F1-F2 C67 Cope, Edward Drinker, 1840-1897 Papers 1846-1903 Correspondence and articles.   3.00 6 Hollinger boxes                    
6-21 D1-E2, F2 C76 Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) Records   Papers concerning the organization and administration of the Crocker Land Expedition the purpose of which was to search for and to explore "Crocker Land" island sighted by Stefansson. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, lectures, and articles.   11.50 19 Hollinger boxes, 1 Paige box                    
6-21 D1 C88 Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 Collection c. 1800 Books, prints, engraving, correspondence, and memorabilia. Includes a letter addressed to unknown person (Monsieur) in French from "Monica" (possibly Cuvier’s daughter, his wife as Ann-Marie) and co-signed by Georges Cuvier, n.d.    0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
  D431 Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 Correspondence   Letters. As of 1990 these letters are missing.  Andrea LaSala never saw them only notes on it. (message from Accession reports)       1978 accession                  
  D432 Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 Correspondence 1888-1927 Letters.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-21 D2 D433 Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 Correspondence   Sketchbooks.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1993 accession—transferred from Dept. of Ichthyology                  
6-21 D2 D434 Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 Correspondence 1892-1908 Collection of correspondence the majority of which are between 1900-1902 to Bashford Dean at Columbia University mostly thanking him for books or articles and communications concerning scientific work. There is little or no personal information.    0.50 1 Hollinger box 1938 accession—transferred from Department of Ichthyology, Eugene W. Gudger                  
6-21 D2 D54 Dietz, William George, 1848-1932 Correspondence 1888 One letter.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-21 D64 Dolkart, Andrew Proofs   Proofs for "Breaking New Ground"     1 Hollinger box                    
6-25 A2 D66 Domherr, Lydia Correspondence   Photos, letters, etc. Jochelson correspondence.     9 Hollinger boxes                    
6-23 C1-G2 D67 Dos Passos, Cyril. F., 1887- Papers 1932-1978 Largely correspondence, newspaper clippings, receipts, and administrative papers.    30.00 59 Hollinger boxes, 1 folder                    
6-23 D88 Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1853-1903 Correspondence   One letter to Francis Nathan, 1896   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-23 A1, B1-B2 E39 Edwards, Henry, 1824-1891 Correspondence 1882-1891 Correspondence. The last two boxes are photostats of original letters and biographies with original prints and engravings. Not sure of original provenance.    9.00 17 Hollinger boxes n.d.—Archives acquired with Lepidoptera Collection.                  
6-23 E391 Edwards, Henry, 1824-1891 Correspondence   Entomological correspondence.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-23 E8 Eugenics papers of Frederick H. Osborn and Gladys C. Schwesinger Papers   Papers on eugenics.   12.00 19 Hollinger boxes                    
6-23 A2, 6-24 A1-A1 E94 Eugenics Society (London, England) Papers   Articles, notes, lectures, pamphlets, correspondence, and reports. Inventory. Restricted collection. Must go through public affairs.   5.50 14 Hollinger boxes 1980 accession—transferred from the Dept. of Anthropology  (maybe 2 collections?)                  
6-26 F2 E973 Expedition to China (1901-1904) Correspondence 1900-1901 Berthold Laufer correspondence.    0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-24 A1 G33 Gabb, William M.  Papers Sept. 1859 Catalogue of the Invertebrate Fossils of the Cretaceous Formation of the U.S. with references, manuscript notes, and some marginalia     1 folder                    
6-24 A2 G378 Garton, Richard I. Papers 1950-53 Richard I. Garton was an employee of the Dept. of Education. Correspondence deals with routine work of the Department of Education, organizing material for use in the AMNH and for use by educational  and other organizations. Inventory completed 7/92   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-24 A2 G64 Goelet, Robert G. Papers   Collection appears to be incomplete; ends with "R." Rehoused by General Counsel’s staff 6/98.   12.00 6 Paige boxes                    
6-24 A1 G742 Green, Jacob, 1790-1841 Papers   Green’s additional essays on the American Trilobites   .25 1 folder                    
6-24 G2, 6-25 G1 G7441 Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876- Papers 1920-1947 Professional Societies and Associations.  Inventory completed 1991—more material has been added since inventory. Correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, newspaper clippings, and brochures.   3.00 86 Hollinger boxes                    
6-25 E1-G2 G7442 Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876- Papers   miscellaneous collections.       22 Hollinger boxes, 3P Various accessions.                  
6-24 C2-G2 G7443 Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876- [Collection #1] Papers 1889-?? Correspondence, publications, notes, receipts, galley proofs, some photos, etc.     26.00 77 Hollinger boxes 1983 accession—transferred from Dept. of Mammalogy                  
6-25 E1-E2 H33 Haas, Otto, 1887- Papers 1909-1976 Correspondence, notebooks, photographs, and miscellany.   4.50 10 Hollinger boxes 1989 accession—transferred from University of Nevada-Reno                  
6-25 E2 H45 Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939 Diary 10/9/1917-1/12/1918 Diary covering his return trip from the First Asiatic Expedition.  Original and typed copy.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
    Hovey     Unlabeled, unnumbered box marked Hovey     1 Paige box                    
6-25 D1 H681 Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 Correspondence 1903-1924 5 page inventory for 3 boxes   2.75 4 Hollinger boxes                    
6-25 D1-D2 H682 Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924 Papers   Correspondence and administrative papers including charts, notes, and lists.   20.00 10 Paige boxes                    
6-25 H85 Hunter, Jean [John] and Anne Papers   Two letters, one print   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-25 A1 H86 Hyman, L. H. (Libbie Henrietta), 1888-1969 Notebooks   6 notebooks   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-25 A1 J33 Jacolot, Aristide Alphonse Marie Notes 1867? Note sur les curados de culebras recueillies a Tuxpan (golfe du Mexique)   0.25 1 folder                    
6-26 A1 J63 Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937  Correspondence 1936 Letter from Martin Johnson.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-26 A1 J65 Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937 and Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953 Papers   Papers relating to "Corporation and Talking Pictures, Inc.", diary and reports, 1923-25, bulletins, and correspondence.    2.00 4 Hollinger boxes                    
6-26 K35 Kalbfleisch Field Research Station Records   Records from the Kalbfleisch Field Research Station   2.00 1 Paige box                    
6-26 B1 K43 Kearfott, William Dunham, 1864-1917 Papers   Sale of collection record, notes, drawings, correspondence, notebooks, note cards, and articles.   1.50 4 Hollinger boxes                    
6-26 B1-B2 K56 Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956 Papers   Research notes, worksheets, geographical notations, correspondence.    2.50 5 Hollinger boxes 1995 accession—transferred from Dept. of Entomology                  
6-26 B2 K57 Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 Manuscripts   Toppy and Me, by Rhoda Kalt, published Falmouth Enterprise (MA) 5/88, 129 pages. "Autobiography of an Artist" by Charles Knight, unpublished, 160 pages. Autobiography also on microfilm.   0.25 1 Hollinger box, 1 filmstrip 1992 accession—donated by Rhoda Knight Kalt                  
6-26 C1 K64 Koebele, Albert, 1852-1924 Papers   Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, including newspaper clippings.   0.50 1 Hollinger box Donated by the Estate of F. Martin Brown.                  
6-26 K861 Kunz, George F., 1856-1932 Correspondence   Postcards, correspondence, and notes. Inventory completed 1988   2.00 4 Hollinger boxes 1987 accession                  
6-26 C1-F1 K862 Kunz, George F., 1856-1932 Papers   Correspondence, manuscripts, and miscellany including postcards, brochures, and notes. Appraisal completed in 1979 serves as inventory.   19.00 31 Hollinger boxes, 1 folio 1982 accession—transferred from the Dept. of Mineral Sciences in 1982.  Original owner was Lawrence Conklin.                  
6-26 F2 L33 La Cepede, M. le comte de (Bernard Germain Etienne de la Ville Sur Illon), 1756-1825 Correspondence 1796 3 letters from La Cepede.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
  L35 Lala, Ramon Reyes Notes c. 1899 Lecture Notes on the Philippines. Envelope found in Memorabilia Storage above Library Director’s office. In pencil "Lecture notes of Dr. Ramon Reyes Lala-the Philippine Islands". Typewritten pages pasted into notebook (6 ½" x 9"), 69 pages, bound.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-26 F2 L37 Lartet, Louis, 1840-1899 Correspondence 1854(?) One letter from Lartet.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection.                  
6-26 G1 L39 Lawrence, George Newbold, 1806-1895 Correspondence 1865-1894  3 page inventory.   3.00 6 Hollinger boxes                    
  L47 Lerner Marine Laboratory Collection   Unprocessed material; organized into eight parts.   21.00 30 Hollinger boxes, 3 Paige boxes                    
  L67 Le Corbeiller, Jean Typescript   Early chapters from Jean Le Corbeiller's text for the pictorial history of the AMNH     1 book, 2 maps                    
6-27 D2 L83 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Correspondence 1916 & 1922 2 letters to Dr. Lucas.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-27 D2 L88 Lutz, Frank Eugene, 1879-1943  Collection   Cricket research including notebooks, photos, sound film, and picture film.   4.00 2 Hollinger boxes                    
6-28 A1 L94 Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 Correspondence   Correspondence    0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-28 A1-A2 M333 MacDougall, Thomas Baillie, 1896-1973, Horticulturist, AMNH collector Diaries 1918-1973 Mostly diaries organized by subject/date, but also including notebooks, correspondence, lists, newspaper clippings, and maps. Inventory completed 1989.   6.00 22 Hollinger boxes 1974 accession—donated by Emmanuel Shemin, MacDougall executor                  
6-28 B1 M338 Matthew, William Diller, 1871-1930, Geologist Papers 1925-1926 Administrative correspondence from 1925 and 1926 concerning personnel, employment, Crinoid Collections, meteorites, etc. arranged alphabetically. Box was marked "Private Leters".     0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-28 B1 M35 McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 Papers   Agreement with John Bisco for sale of "History of Aborigines of North America".   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-28 B1 M43 Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916 Correspondence 1883-1915 Correspondence    0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-28 B1-B2 M45 Meister, Walter Papers 1952-1967 Correspondence and administrative papers.  Most of the material in this collection is duplicated from the original source (perhaps in the Central Archives). It appears that the papers were weeded. Meister was not responsible for decisions […]   2.50 5 Hollinger boxes                    
6-28 M55 Milner. Richard, 1941- Typescript, audio cassette   Typescript of "Darwin for the Prosecution" and audio cassette of "Musical tribute to Stephen Jay Gould"   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-28 B2 M671 Morden, William James, 1886-1958 Manuscript 1933 Africa Rings the Changes by Wm. & Irene Morden.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-28 C1 M672 Morden, William James, 1886-1958 Maps   Map collection.  Inventory.   2.00 4 Hollinger boxes                    
6-28 B2-C1 M673 Morden, William James, 1886-1958 Papers 1922-1957 Journals, notebooks, correspondence, article and book drafts, clippings, and reprints.  Inventory   3.00 6 Hollinger boxes 1976 accession—donated by Mrs. Charles Sweet (daughter of Wm. Morden)                  
6-28 E2, F2 M69 Moynihan, William Papers   Administrative files.   10.00 6 Paige boxes 1996 accession.                  
6-28 C1 M85 Muir, John, 1838-1914 Papers   The Story of My Boyhood & Youth autobiography typescript and posthumous tributes.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-28 C1 M87 Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887- Collection   Articles and clippings from files.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1993 accession—transferred from Public Affairs Office.                  
  N47 New York Times Capsule     Contest entries, correspondence related to the competition.                          
6-28 C1 N498 Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 Correspondence 1905-1906 Letters.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection.                  
6-28 C2, D1 N531 Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), b. 1883 Papers 1907-1958 Journals and bibliography   3.25 7 Hollinger boxes                    
6-28 D1-E1 N532 Nichols, John T. (John Treadwell), b. 1883 Papers   Desk diaries, journals, biography materials, guest book, notebooks, and newspaper clippings.   9.00 18 Hollinger boxes                    
6-28 F2-G2, 6-29 A1-G2, 6-30 D2 N54 Nicholson, Thomas D. Papers   Administrative files.    88.00 45 numbered Paige boxes, 7 unnumbered Paige boxes 1991 accession                  
6-30 A1 O27 Obruchev, V. A. Typescript 1900 Typescript of "Central Asia, Northern China and the Nan Shan. Account of the journeys of V. A. Obruchev, Mining Engineer, carried out under the direction of the Imperial Russian Geographic Society in 1892-94. Publication of the Imperial Russian Geographic   0.50 1 Hollinger box                    
6-30 A2-C2 O451 Oliver, James Arthur, 1914- Papers   Administrative papers.   20.00 22 Hollinger boxes                    
6-30 A2-C3 O451A Oliver, James Arthur, 1914- Papers       8.00 4 Paige boxes                    
6-30 C2 O452 Oliver, James Arthur, 1914- Papers   Correspondence and typescript of Oliver on WNBC-TV "Speaking Freely" videotaped Nov. 8, 1968 / aired Nov. 16, 1968 and articles.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1993 accession.                  
6-30 D1, E2, 6-31 A1-G2, 6-32 A1-G2 O835 Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935           127 Hollinger boxes, unboxed books, book covers, containers, 1 oversize folder                    
  O8351 Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1936         0.50 2 Hollinger boxes                    
6-33 G1 O836 Osborn, Herbert, b.1856 Correspondence   Letters.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection.                  
6-33 G2 O837 Osborn, Lucretia Perry Papers   Letters and papers   0.50 3 Hollinger boxes                    
6-33 G1 O941 Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 Correspondence   Letters.   0.25 1 Hollinger box, 1 folder                    
6-33 G1 O942 Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 Holograph manuscript 1852 Osteological contributions to the natural history of Chimpanzees (Troglodytes) and orangs (Pithecus). No. 5, Comparison of the lower jaw and vertebrate column of the Troglodytes Gorilla, Troglodytes niger, Pithecus styrus […]   0.25 1 book 1987 - accession                  
6-33 G1 O943 Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 Holograph manuscript 1870-75(?) The Ethnology of Egypt holograph manuscript.   0.25 1 book                    
          Unhoused map?                          
6-33 G2 P371 Parr, Albert Eide, 1900- Collection   Miscellany.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 G2 P372 Parr, Albert Eide, 1900- Papers   Correspondence and clippings.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 G2 P373 Parr, Albert Eide, 1900- Publications 1942-1973 Publications, except in one case all are written by Albert Parr, collected in the Dept. of Public Affairs’ Biography file. Very little biographical information is here except an article about Parr published in Farmand Grunnlaght [...]   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 P374 Parr, Albert Eide, 1900- Papers       0.25 1 Hollinger box Papers found within the auditorium                  
6-33 G2 P44 Phelps Dodge Corporation Reports 1966-1967 2 volumes of bound reports (photocopies and original) with index concerning the sale of Phelps Dodge Corporation to Natural Minerals, Inc. of Ore Payment.  Description completed 1992.  2 bound reports with indices.   2.00 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 G1 P53 Plant, Philip M., 1901-1941 Collection   Photos and newspaper clippings.   2.00 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 G2 P64 Poey, Felipe, 1799-1891 Typescript 1832 Illustrated typescript of Lepidopteres de L'lle de Cuba   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
          20 unhoused and unlabeled books?                          
6-33 E1-F2 P66 Pond, Alonzo William, 1894- Collection 1924-1972 Correspondence, articles, photographs/negatives, and films. Organized by subject. 14 page inventory completed 1989. One box of "Personal" material was sent back to Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison on the recommendation of the Pond family.     26 Hollinger boxes, 1 map                    
  P67 Pope, Micajah W. Typescript 1910-1913 Notes on game life observed in Alaska and Canada along the 141st meridian collected during the field work seasons of 1910 to 1913 inclusive. By M. W. Pope. Baltimore Md., 1916.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1999 - transferred from main stacks                  
6-33 D1 P74 Preston, Douglas J. Papers   3 notebook binders with correspondence, manuscripts,  and related editorial remarks concerning Preston’s book Dinosaurs in the Attic, 1986   1.00 3 Hollinger boxes 1988 accession—donated by Douglas Preston                  
6-33 D1-D2 R38 Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944 Papers   Correspondence, manuscripts, and notes.   2.00 4 Hollinger boxes                    
6-33 D2 R44 Reeds, Chester Albert, 1882 Papers June 1924, 1928-29, 1930- Correspondence and administrative papers from Natural History Editor’s files   0.50 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 C1 R6671 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Collection   Booklets and pamphlets related to the memorial and exhibit information.  Needs to be sorted.   2.25 5 Hollinger boxes                    
6-33 C2 R6672 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Collection   Memorial and exhibitions     1 Paige box 1998—transferred from memorabilia collection                  
6-33 C1 R6673 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence 1899-1916 Copies of letters to Frank M. Chapman   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 C1 R6674 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence 1871-1937? Facsimile. Correspondence and other memorabilia. Bulk between F. M. Chapman and Roosevelt.  Inventory.  It is not know where the original letters are located.    0.25 1 Hollinger box These were found up in the Art & Memorabilia storage during the move […]                  
6-33 D2 R6675 Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence and related papers 1871-1937  Inventory completed 1992   0.50 1 Hollinger box                    
6-21  A1, B1, B2 R668 Root, Nina J. Papers   Administrative papers from her time as Director of the Library at AMNH     5 Paige boxes                    
6-33 B1 R87 Rusconi, Mauro, 1776-1849 Correspondence 1820 Letters from Rusconi.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-33 B1, B2 R98 Ryus, David D. Papers 1972-1983 Correspondence, administrative papers, notes, book projects, TV Films, etc.   7 page inventory completed 1990.   5.00 10 Hollinger boxes                    
6-33 B2 S28 Saville, Marshall Howard, 1867-1935 Correspondence 1896-1903 Letters found with Financial papers and removed January 1989.    0.50 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 B2 S333 Schaedel, Kaiser Otto des Grosse Papers 1896(?) Zwei Photographen in nat. Gross nach Zeichnungen von Moler Ochs dabeiszwei Original briefe der Archiv-directors con Magdeburg von Jahre 1869. Written MSS note. With illustrations.     1 large envelope                    
6-33 B2 S353 Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1960 Manuscript   Manuscript of Stingless Bees: Meliponidae   0.50 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 B2 S3531 Schwarz, Herbert Ferlando, 1883-1961 Correspondence   Correspondence   0.50 1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 B2 S354 Schweinfurth, Georg August, 1836-1925 Correspondence   2 letters from Schweinfurth   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-33 A1 S37 Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911 Correspondence   2 letters from Scudder   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-33 A1-A2 S41 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 Papers   Correspondence, etc.    6.00 3 Paige boxes From gray filing cabinet in reading room.                  
6-33 A1 S42 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 Photographs and sheet music   Photographs and sheet music.     1 Hollinger box 1989 accession—donated by Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, The Grace Gallatin Seton Collection                  
6-33   Seton     No call number. Un-labeled box marked "Seton," placed after S42. Presumably Seton, E. T.     1 Hollinger box                    
6-33 A1 S535 Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1841-1906 Manuscript   On the geology of the Cambrian district of Bristol County Massachusetts. Cambridge: Printed for Museum. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Whole series vol. XVI, no. 2. Incudes MSS notes of A.W. Vogdes 1st Lieut. & R.Q.M., 5th Arty.     1 small envelope                    
6-21 A2 S537 Shapiro, Harry Lionel, 1902- Papers 1930s-1950s? English translations of articles published from 1874 to 1938 pertaining to anthropological research. Most articles were translated by Edward Hulles or Grace P. Eldridge.     193 Hollinger and Paige boxes, plus folders and miscellaneous objects                    
6-33 A1 S55 Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885 Correspondence   Letters   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994 - moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-33 A2 S56 Skinner, Morris F. Field notebooks 1927-1976 Notebooks from trips to Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Colorado, […]   4.00 5 Hollinger boxes                    
6-34 A1 S74 Stejneger, Leonhard Hess, 1851-1943 Correspondence 1901 One letter from Stejneger.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-34 S747 Stephens, D. Owen Papers   Papers   1.00 1 Hollinger box                    
6-34 A1 S76 Stout, Gardner D. Papers 1963-1971 Correspondence and newspaper clippings.   Description completed 1990.   0.50 1 Hollinger box                    
6-34 A1-A2 S78 Stunkard, Horace Wesley, 1889 Papers   Unsorted administrative files including notes and correspondence.   4.00 8 Hollinger boxes From Dept. of Invertebrates.                  
6-34 A2 S85 Suksdorf, P.P. Correspondence 1911 & 1939 2 letters.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-34 B2 T74 Treadwell, George Papers   Correspondence and newspaper clippings.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-34 B2 U53 Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929 Notes.   Men of Science Lecture Notes.  Organized by lecture.  Inventory.   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1992 transferred from memorabilia to archives                  
  V47 Verrill, A. E. (Addison Emery), 1839-1926 Illustrations   Illustrations—Verrill Mollusks, Dept. of Invertebrates   0.50 1 Hollinger box From Dept. of Invertebrates                  
6-34 C1-C2 W353 Waldov, Liz Papers   Correspondence and administrative papers   1.50 3 Hollinger boxes                    
6-34   Waider, Elizabeth Correspondence       4.00 2P                    
  W3551 Wallace, Alfred Russell, 1823-1913 Correspondence 1890-1914 Letters   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-34 C2 W3555 Wallace, Mene Papers   Rolf Gilberg’s clippings file assembled in preparation for his book Mennesket Minik (1888-1919): Engronlaenders liv mellam 2 verdenar.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-34 C2 W37 Ward-Coonley Meteorites Collection 1896-1900 Pamphlets, booklets, and small books.    Inventory completed 1992   1.00 1 Hollinger box                    
6-34 C2 W443 Weber, Neal A. (Neal Albert) Collection 1989 Documentation for Weber narration of Central African Expedition, 1948 (#145).  Includes video cassette, audio cassettes, and papers.   0.25 1 Hollinger box                    
6-34 C2 W444 Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947 Correspondence 1885-1935 Letters    0.25 1 Hollinger box 1994—moved from filing cabinet collection                  
6-34 C2-D1 W445 Weidenreich, Franz, 1873-1948 Collection   Notes, drawings, photos, charts, tables, memos, lectures, articles, and correspondence.   3.50 11 Hollinger boxes                    
6-34 W449 Weyer Collection       7.00 9 Hollinger boxes                    
6-34 D1 W448 Wetherill, Richard, 1858-1910 Papers 1893-1897 Hard copy of material microfilmed in 1987. Original material is located in Anthropology. Correspondence and other items related to Wetherill’s research on the cliff-dwellers, accounts of the Grand Gulch Expedition (1893-1897), correspondence […]   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1987 accession—transferred from Anthropology                  
6-34 E1-E2, F2 W454 Whelan, Sidney Smith Papers   Unsorted administrative files.   10.00 5 Paige boxes                    
6-34 F2 W455 White, Alexander M., 1904-1968 Correspondence   Letters   0.25 1 Hollinger box 1993 accession—transferred from Public Affairs Office                  
6-34 D2 W55 Wilkinson, Ronald Sterne, 1934- Collection 1803-1930 1957-1975 Box 1: Historical correspondence & photos collected by Wilkinson. Box 2: General correspondence, 1957-1975.   2 page inventory completed in 1980.   3.00 6 Hollinger boxes                    
6-34 F2 W57 Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947 Papers 1942-1943 Survey of the AMNH -typescript carbon, incomplete.  Removed from archives filing cabinet March 1992. Original notes and typed drafts of same.    0.50 2 Hollinger boxes Removed from Admin. Arch. 11/1998                  
6-34 G1, G2 W66 Woods, Frederick Adams, 1873-1939 Papers    Diaries, letters, photographs, and miscellaneous info., manuscripts, and notes.   5.00 10 Hollinger boxes                    
6-34 G2 Y55 YMCA Lecture Series Records 1918-1919 Exploration Tales for Soldiers-Sailors series lectures, Peary lectures, correspondence, etc..    Inventory completed 1992.   0.25 1 Hollinger box