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[Journal] March 6-November 22, 1933 / Richard Archbold.
([1933], 1933) Archbold, Richard.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Archbold Expeditions Collection.; American Museum of Natural History.; Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (1st : 1933-1934)
Portion of the daily journal kept by Archbold during the 1st Expedition to New Guinea. Entries cover the activities of the expedition including the hiring of laborers, hunting, trapping and specimen preparation activities, details about photography, quantitative data about the weather and altitude, as well as general description of their travels, social activities and dealings with local residents. Locations mentioned include Mount Albert Edward, Port Moresby, Rona, and Yule Island. Richard Archbold was a sponsor of scientific study, mountaineer, aviator and research associate at the American Museum of Natural History from 1931. He established Archbold Expeditions (formerly Biological Expeditions) which sponsored field work, a collection and curatorial staff at the American Museum of Natural History. He also founded the Archbold Biological Station in Florida in 1941 as a center for scientific research and ecological study. One of the first to recognize the value of air transport in expeditionary work, Archbold led three of the New Guinea expeditions, the third of which culminated in the seaplane Guba II's historic transcontinental flight.
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Mammal catalogue of Richard Archbold September 22, 1930 to March 8, 1934 / Richard Archbold.
([1930-1934], 1934) Archbold, Richard.; Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (1st : 1933-1934); American Museum of Natural History.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Field Book Collection.
Specimen collection lists compiled by Archbold between 1931 and 1934, including both mammals and some birds. Data includes number, sex, name, measurements, locality and date collected, and remarks. Also notes when material is collected by someone else, and if preserved in spirits. Locations include Thomasville, Georgia, the Adirondacks in New York, and areas of Papua New Guinea visited in the first Archbold New Guinea Expedition. Page lines are numbered, some spans are missing. Additional notes have been added in red pen, potentially by AMNH personnel. Mammals -- field numbers 1-43, 251-320, 1296-2140; Birds -- field numbers 1-16 birds. Richard Archbold was a sponsor of scientific study, mountaineer, aviator and research associate at the American Museum of Natural History from 1931. He established Archbold Expeditions (formerly Biological Expeditions) which sponsored field work, a collection and curatorial staff at the American Museum of Natural History. He also founded the Archbold Biological Station in Florida in 1941 as a center for scientific research and ecological study. One of the first to recognize the value of air transport in expeditionary work, Archbold led three of the New Guinea expeditions, the third of which culminated in the seaplane Guba II's historic transcontinental flight.
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[Notes on plants, 1st Archbold New Guinea Expedition] [1933-1935] / Leonard Brass.
([between 1933 and 1935], 1935) Brass, L. J. (Leonard J.); American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Archbold Expeditions Collection.; American Museum of Natural History.; Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (1st : 1933-1934)
Manuscript of notes compiled by Brass referencing the 1933-1934 expedition to New Guinea. Sections include an introduction, physiography and climate, plant formations, and detailed descriptive sections first arranged by location (camp) and then by habitat type. These describe the climate and environment, observations and notes about specific species types, cultivation and conditions. Locations include Port Moresby, Rona camp, Mount Albert Edward, Baroka camp, Kubuna camp, Dieni Camp, Mafulu camp, Bella Vista camp, Nemodi, Mt. Tafa, Murray Pass, Gerenda camp, and the Oriomo River. Leonard J. Brass (1900-1971) was an Australian botanist and Associate Curator of the Archbold Collections in the American Museum of Natural History Department of Mammalogy. He began his expeditionary work for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and was brought into the Archbold Expeditions by Richard Archbold in 1933 for the 1st of the New Guinea Expeditions. He would join all but the last of the New Guinea Expeditions, leading the 4th, 5th and 6th, as well as the expedition to Cape York. He participated in other American Museum of Natural History expeditions, and also maintained ties with the Arnold Arboretum. Brass was involved in a research directorial capacity at the Archbold Biological Research Station in Florida from its inception in 1941 and retired in 1966.
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Richard Archbolds journal : First Archbold Expedition to New Guinea January 12, 1933 to May 8, 1934
(1934) Archbold, Richard.; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Archbold Expeditions Collection.; Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (1st : 1933-1934); American Museum of Natural History.
Daily journal kept by Archbold during the 1st Expedition to New Guinea; possibly a combination of original typewritten entries and those transcribed from handwritten pages. Entries cover his journey to Papua from New York, expedition activities including the hiring of laborers, hunting, trapping and photography, and general description of the environment and people. Also includes pages of temperature readings and a catalog of expedition photographs and negatives. Richard Archbold was a sponsor of scientific study, mountaineer, aviator and research associate at the American Museum of Natural History from 1931. He established Archbold Expeditions (formerly Biological Explorations) which sponsored field work, a collection and curatorial staff at the American Museum of Natural History. He also founded the Archbold Biological Station in Florida in 1941 as a center for scientific research and ecological study. One of the first to recognize the value of air transport in expeditionary work, Archbold led three of the New Guinea Expeditions, the third of which culminated in the seaplane Guba II's historic transcontinental flight.