Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR 001 American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History state appropriation records 1884-1886 State appropriations. 1 box (0.25 linear feet) DR 002-004 American Museum of Natural History. Conference notes during the presidential years of Henry Fairfield Osborn 1908-1934 Special edition of American Museum of Natural History meetings with signature and notation by Henry Fairfield Osborn. Henry Fairfield Osborn presidential copy. Conference notes, proposals, budget, general American Museum of Natural History administrative business. Includes indexes of conferences. 9 boxes (5 linear feet) Related material can be found in Henry Fairfield Osborn Papers, 1877- 1935 (bulk 1908-1935)., call number: MSS .O835 DR 005 The Press of New York on the Educational Work and Proposed New Buildings of The American Museum of Natural History March 31, 1917 A collection of articles appearing in various New York newspapers relating to proposed building and educational projects at the American Museum of Natural History, printed by the Trow Press of New York. 1 box (1 linear feet) DR 005A Fortune Magazine Fortune Magazine and American Museum of Natural History reprints April 1937 Article about the American Museum of Natural History from Fortune Magazine, April 1937. Seven copies of American Museum of Natural History reprints of article as well as two complete copies of the Fortune Magazine issue featuring the article. Some photographs of the museum credited to Margaret Bourke-White. 1 folder (1 linear foot) DR 006 American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History historical brochures 1950s-1960s Historical AMNH brochures. 1 box (0.25 linear feet) DR 007 American Museum of Natural History. Grapevine newsletters 1942-1992 (bulk 1942-1966, 1983- 1992) Grapevine. The Employees benefit Association of American Museum of Natural History newsletter. 6 boxes, 2 binders (2 linear feet) DR 008 American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History inheritance tax correspondence 1917 Correspondence of the federal estate tax committee. 1 box (0.5 linear feet) DR 009 American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History Charters, By-laws, and Rules and Regulations pamphlets 1890-1958 Pamphlets outlining laws affecting museum series of charters and bylaws, rules and regulations. Titles include: Rules and Regulations of the Scientific and Administrative Departments; General Regulations of the Scientific and Administrative Departments; American Museum of Natural History Detailed Financial Statement; Seventh Annual Report of the Board of the Trustees of the New York State Roosevelt Memorial; Status of the Collections of the AMNH in the year 1923 (Extract from the Fifty-fifth Annual Report of the President, entitled “The American Museum and the World”); American Museum of Natural History Charter, Contract with the City of New York, Constitution, By-Laws; General Regulations of the American Museum of Natural History. 2 boxes (2 linear feet) AMNH Research Library, Departmental Records Revised August 2013 Page 1 of 30
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Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR 001 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History state appropriation records
1884-1886 State appropriations. 1 box (0.25 linear feet)
DR 002-004 American Museum of
Natural History.
Conference notes during the
presidential years of Henry
Fairfield Osborn
1908-1934 Special edition of American Museum of Natural History meetings with
signature and notation by Henry Fairfield Osborn. Henry Fairfield
Osborn presidential copy. Conference notes, proposals, budget, general
American Museum of Natural History administrative business. Includes
indexes of conferences.
9 boxes (5 linear feet) Related material can be
found in Henry Fairfield
Osborn Papers, 1877-
1935 (bulk 1908-1935).,
call number: MSS .O835
DR 005 The Press of New York on the
Educational Work and Proposed
New Buildings of The American
Museum of Natural History
March 31, 1917 A collection of articles appearing in various New York newspapers
relating to proposed building and educational projects at the American
Museum of Natural History, printed by the Trow Press of New York.
1 box (1 linear feet)
DR 005A Fortune Magazine Fortune Magazine and American
Museum of Natural History
reprints
April 1937 Article about the American Museum of Natural History from Fortune
Magazine, April 1937. Seven copies of American Museum of Natural
History reprints of article as well as two complete copies of the Fortune
Magazine issue featuring the article. Some photographs of the museum
credited to Margaret Bourke-White.
1 folder (1 linear foot)
DR 006 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History historical brochures
1950s-1960s Historical AMNH brochures. 1 box (0.25 linear feet)
DR 007 American Museum of
Natural History.
Grapevine newsletters 1942-1992 (bulk
1942-1966, 1983-
1992)
Grapevine. The Employees benefit Association of American Museum of
Natural History newsletter.
6 boxes, 2 binders (2
linear feet)
DR 008 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History inheritance tax
correspondence
1917 Correspondence of the federal estate tax committee. 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
DR 009 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History Charters, By-laws, and
Rules and Regulations pamphlets
1890-1958 Pamphlets outlining laws affecting museum series of charters and
bylaws, rules and regulations. Titles include: Rules and Regulations of
the Scientific and Administrative Departments; General Regulations of
the Scientific and Administrative Departments; American Museum of
Natural History Detailed Financial Statement; Seventh Annual Report of
the Board of the Trustees of the New York State Roosevelt Memorial;
Status of the Collections of the AMNH in the year 1923 (Extract from the
Fifty-fifth Annual Report of the President, entitled “The American
Museum and the World”); American Museum of Natural History Charter,
Contract with the City of New York, Constitution, By-Laws; General
Regulations of the American Museum of Natural History.
2 boxes (2 linear feet)
AMNH Research Library, Departmental RecordsRevised August 2013
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Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR 010 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History monthly statements
1910-1940 Contains annual audit reports 1910-1940 and monthly reports 1935-
1940.
3 boxes (1.25 linear feet)
DR 011 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History faculty meeting minutes
1910-1937 Some in binders. Originals and carbons. Includes 4 bound volumes. 3 boxes (1 linear foot)
DR 012 American Museum of
Natural History.
Museum Memo 1951-1960 Issues of American Museum of Natural History publication. Museum
Memo ran from 1951 to 1960 and in October 1960 continued in Natural
History Magazine.
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
DR 013 American Museum of
Natural History.
Rifle Club papers 1935-1940 Naturalist rifle and revolver club minutes, rules and accounts, and
targets.
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
DR 014 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History pension reports
1935-1968 Reports on pension funds made from actuarial investigations by
consulting actuaries and insurance consultants. Reports labeled
duplicates on cover may contain unique hand-written notations.
4 boxes (1.75 linear feet)
DR 015 OPEN CALL NUMBER
DR 016 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History quarterly reports for
restricted gifts
1984-1988 Financial reports. 1 box (0.5 linear feet)
DR 017 OPEN CALL NUMBER
DR 018 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History pension pamphlets
1885-1958 Pamphlets of Pension Fund annual reports and Pension Fund rules and
regulations.
2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
DR 018A American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History Retirement Plan
pamphlets
1936, 1941 Retirement plan for the employees of the American Museum of Natural
History, effective July 1, 1936 with some copies revised to July 1, 1941.
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
DR 019 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History reports and surveys
1962-1984 Profile and consumer use and evaluation 1974 and 1981, House
keeping committee report 1968 (3 copies), Traffic Impact study 1974,
Security survey 1972, Museum salary survey 1984, Storage survey
booklet 1984, preliminary salary budget 1978, Survey of public relations
1955, food service management proposal 1962
1 box (1.5 linear feet)
DR 020 American Museum of
Natural History.
Curator (magazine) papers 1957-1966 Correspondence, administrative and editorial records, including meeting
minutes of the editorial committee, for CURATOR, a quarterly
publication of the American Museum of Natural History. Also includes
one mock-up with black & white photographs.
1 box (1 linear foot)
DR 021 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History reports
1913-1989 Miscellaneous reports 1913 -1989. Including American Museum of
Natural History President's office reports 1913-1932, Letters and other
materials to and from Roy Chapman Andrews, Administrative and labor
1927-1985, Consititution, Financial statements 1913-1942 and 1980s,
Planning committee reports 1941, 1945, 1947, 1985, 1989, Long range
planning committee 1984.
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
DR 022 Kane, Parsons &
Associates, Inc.
A Survey of Persons Visiting the
Dinosaur and Fossil Exhibits at the
American Museum of Natural
History
1989 A survey , 2 copies. 1 folder (1 linear foot)
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Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR 023 American Museum of
Natural History.
Resolutions in Appreciation of
Morris Ketchum Jesup
1908 From the title page: Resolutions in appreciation of Morris Ketchum
Jesup, by the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History, the
scientific staff of the American Museum of Natural History, the New York
Academy of Sciences, the Audubon Society of the state of New York,
the American Ethnological Society, the Linnæan Society of New York,
the Peary Arctic Club, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., the
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, the Carnegie
Museum, Department of the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, die Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft,
Frankfurt a/Main, Germany, la Universidad de La Habana, Cuba.
1 bound volume (1 linear
foot)
DR 024 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History building plans
1911-1918 Proposed building plans used in the planning the growth of the
American Museum of Natural History. Proposals include building the
new east facade facing Central Park, the southeast wing and southeast
court, and plans for future building and arrangement of collections. One
envelope containing blank ground plans. Notes hall names for
permanent exhibitions.
4 envelopes (1 linear foot) Additional building plans
located in the AMNH
Research Library 1st floor.
DR 025 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History scrapbooks
1873-1886 Scrapbooks containing articles relating to ornithology, mammalogy, and
museum interest news stories.
2 boxes (1.5 linear feet); 4
scrapbooks
DR 025A American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History scrapbooks
1870s-1930s Mixed material from oversize scrapbooks. Contains pamphlets and
newspaper clippings. Eleven scrapbooks intact.
23 boxes, 11 scrapbooks
(29.75 linear feet)
DR 026 OPEN CALL NUMBER
DR 026 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History miscellaneous records
1869-1935 Accounting ledgers, minutes of faculty meeting, and other
miscellaneous materials.
7 boxes, 15 bound
volumes (12 linear feet)
DR 027 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History financial book
1871-1872 Vouchers and report of the treasury. Miscellaneous receipts, pasted in
and numbered.
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
DR 028 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History financial records
1869-1946 Papers, including some related to Roy Chapman Andrews.
Correspondence, ledgers, general cash books, field fund accounts,
budgets, African Hall funds, pension fund accounts (1913-1918).
21 boxes (14 linear feet)
DR 028A American Museum of
Natural History.
Financial Office contributions
records
1950-1969 Contributions arranged alphabetically by donating party. 6 boxes (3 linear feet)
DR 028B American Museum of
Natural History.
Congo Expedition bills and
expenditures
1909-1920 Financial information regarding the Lang-Chapin Congo Expedition. 2 boxes (0.75 linear feet) Expedition materials. Lang-
Chapin Congo Expedition.
DR 028C American Museum of
Natural History.
Crocker Land Expedition financial
records
1912-1922 Financial ledgers for the Crocker Land Expedition. 1 box (1.5 linear feet) Expedition materials.
Crocker Land Expedition.
DR 029 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History commercial sales and
exchanges
1936-1942 Commercial sales and exchanges. Includes invoices for electricity,
insurance, and publications. Also royalties, and film rentals to the U.S.
military.
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
DR 030A American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History register of visitors
1872-1886 Register of visitors from 1872-1886. 1 bound volume. 1 box (1.5 linear feet)
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Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR 030B American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History collection of calling cards
1909-1918 Collection of calling cards assembled in a scrapbook format. 5 bound
volumes.
1 box (1.5 linear feet)
DR 031 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History insurance polcies
circa 1898-1922 Expired insurance policies. 3 boxes (.75 linear feet)
DR 032 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History donor records
1975-1981 Donor files. 6 boxes (3 linear feet)
DR 033 American Museum of
Natural History. Dept. of
Exhibition.
Fourth Floor Fossil Hall
Renovation, Final Documentation
of the Interpretive System
1992-1996 7 oversize volumes in binders: All titles begin with "Final Documentation
of the Interpretive System." Includes graphic panels and other labeling
and signage for exhibitions.
3 linear feet
DR 034 American Museum of
Natural History.
Junior Natural History Magazine 1963 Braille Editions, May 1963 and June/July/August 1963 1 box (1.5 linear feet)
DR 035 American Museum of
Natural History. Office of
Public Affairs.
Office of Public Affairs
correspondence and press
releases
1985-1987 Correspondence between the Department of Public Affairs and the
Museum of the American Indian as well as department press releases.
Informational materials about the Museum of the American Indian.
2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
DR 036 American Museum of
Natural History.
Employee Benefits Association
records
circa 1920s-1970s Bank statements, checkbooks, correspondence, minutes, membership
certificates, and cash ledgers (1947-1969, 1970-1975) relating to the
operations of the Employee Benefits Association. Approximately 10
bound volumes.
4 boxes (6 linear feet)
DR 037 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History contracts and purchases
1890-1930 Legal papers regarding purchases and donations to various
various museum departments, exhibitions, complaints, correspondence,
includes correspondence with Mayor Ed Koch.
12 boxes (18 linear feet)
DR 110 American Museum of
Natural History. Dept. of
Exhibition.
American Museum of Natural
History Exhibition Department
papers
1950-1999 Papers pertaining to exhibitions including budgets, planning,
correspondence, guide books and tour materials, museum attendance,
loans.
36 boxes (46.5 linear feet)
DR 111 OPEN CALL NUMBER
DR 112 American Museum of
Natural History. Board of
Trustees.
American Museum of Natural
History Board of Trustees Minutes
1868-2010 Meeting minutes, by-law ammendments, quarterly reports to the
trustees and other meeting materials.
52 boxes, 9 binders (30
linear feet)
DR 113 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History Management Board
original minutes
1910-1987 Original minutes of the American Museum of Natural History
Management Board. Some materials are duplicates from board
meetings located in "Minutes of the AMNH" red leather books.
23 boxes (9 linear feet)
DR 114 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History General Counsel papers
1990s Includes Planetarium Project, NSF Correspondence, Wang printout,
general files, correspondence, proposals and exhibition construction
materials.
7 boxes (14 linear feet)
DR 115 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History President George D.
Langdon papers
1988-1993 Administrative papers from George D. Langdon's term as president of
the museum.
9 boxes (13.5 linear feet)
DR 116 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History President's office files
1960s Bequests, Trustee correspondence, Centennial Activities and
miscellaneous files.
2 boxes (3 linear feet)
DR 117 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History President's office files
circa 1988-2007 Administrative files from William J. Moynihan, including American
Association of Museums Self Study materials from the AMNH
President's Office. Administrative files from Ellen V. Futter's term as
president of the museum.
27 boxes (27 linear feet) Additional administrative
papers relating to William
J. Moynihan can be found
in AMNH Special
Collections: DR 119 and
DR 121
DR 118 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History Government Relations
papers
circa 1997-2006
(bulk 2003-2006)
Administrative records relating to museum events and activities. 7 boxes (7 linear feet)
DR 118A American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History Government Relations
papers
Administrative records relating to museum events and activities. 10 boxes (10 linear feet)
DR 118B American Museum of
Natural History.
Government Relations records circa 1990-2000 Unprocessed administrative records. 12 boxes (12 linear feet)
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Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR 119 American Museum of
Natural History.
American Museum of Natural
History administrative files from
the director's office
circa 1980s Administrative files from the museum director's office including those of
Thomas D. Nicholson, Director 1969-1989. Includes correspondence
with William J. Moynihan and George D. Langdon.
48 boxes (72 linear feet) Additional papers relating
to Thomas D. Nicholson
can be found in AMNH
Special Collections: DR
120; Additional papers
relating to William J.
Moynihan can be found in
AMNH Special Collections:
DR 121
DR 120 Nicholson, Thomas D. Thomas D. Nicholson papers The collection consists of 51 boxes of unprocessed administrative
papers, correspondence and planetarium correspondence.
51 boxes (88 linear feet) Additional papers relating
to Thomas D. Nicholson
can be found in AMNH
Special Collections: DR
119
DR 121 Moynihan, William J. William J. Moynihan papers The collection consists of 6 boxes of unprocessed administrative papers
and correspondence.
6 boxes (10 linear feet) Additional papers relating
to William J. Moynihan can
be found in AMNH Special
Collections: DR 119
DR 122 Chamberlain, Joseph
Miles
Joseph Miles Chamberlain papers 1966-1969 The collection consists of correspondence and administrative papers
from Chamberlain's three years as assistant director of the American
Museum of Natural History, from 1966 into fiscal year 1969. The
collection consists primarily of typewritten or printed matter, with some
handwritten memos and letters. Included are annual reports of various
scientific committees and departments of the AMNH; correspondence
and articles; budget reports, attendance records, administrative memos
and style sheets, "irregular incident" reports, and letters from the public,
with copies of the official responses.
12 boxes (6 linear feet)
DR 123 Goelet, Robert G. (Robert
Guestier)
Robert G. Goelet correspondence Collection appears to be incomplete; ends with "R." Rehoused by
General Counsel’s staff 6/98.
6 boxes (12 linear feet)
DR 124 Meister, Walter F. Walter F. Meister 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 […]
5 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
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Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR 125-125A Oliver, James Arthur, 1914-James Arthur Oliver papers The collection consists primarily of administrative papers from the years
1959-1969 when Oliver was director of the AMNH. The files were
arranged arranged alphabetically by subject, most likely by Oliver's
secretary, and have been kept in their original order. A typewritten
Guide to the file cabinet was found in box 1. Some miscellaneous files
from the last box were interfiled. Most of the material is typewritten or
printed matter, but there is a handwritten signed letter from explorer Roy
Chapman Andrews. Other material relates to the museum's centennial
in 1969, the opening of new exhibit halls, the museum's educational and
publishing activities, the establishment of theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Fund, and the supervision of the research activities of the various
departments, including the work of the five research stations operated
by the museum. There are also four large boxes of unprocessed papers
covering the years 1960 to 1966. Additional resources may be located in
the AMNH Dept. of Herpetology.
22 boxes (20 linear feet); 4
boxes (8 linear feet)
DR 125B Oliver, James Arthur,
1914-1981.
James Arthur Oliver papers 1959-1971 (bulk
1963-1968)
Contains correspondence, articles and editorials written by and about
James Arthur Oliver, AMNH Museum Director, from journals and
magazines including "Science: January 1963," the employee newsletter
"Grapevine Vol. 26 No.6," "National Geographic Reprinted from the Feb.
1963, Magazine: Behind New York's Window on Nature: The American
Museum of Natural History By James A. Oliver, Ph.D," and transcript of
James Arthur Oliver's appearance on WNBC-TV's "Speaking Freely"
undated Blueprints and a box containing additional blueprints for the Zeiss
projector, as well as materials relating to the Hayden Planetarium.
3 linear feet Additional materials for
Zeiss projector can be
found in DR-H 24.
DR-H 10 NASA publications and
miscellaneous materials
undated Various NASA publications along with other materials. 1 box (1 linear foot)
DR-H 11 United States. National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
NASA Apollo 11 documents and
printed material
1969-1970 Collection includes: Lunar Orbiter photographic data, Apollo Mission
photography indexes, Apollo 11 lunar landing mission press kit, Apollo
11 photographic catalogue, Apollo 11 lunar photography with
correspondence, 2 posters, and 2 copies of promotional Log of Apollo
11.
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
DR-H 12 Periodicals relating to
astronomical events
1969-1981 Various periodicals relating to famous astronomical events such as the
moon landing and the Viking robot landing on Mars. Some of the
periodicals include Time magazine and the New York Times.
2 boxes (4 linear feet)
DR-H 13 Hayden Planetarium. Hayden Planetarium materials and
scientific publications
undated Academic materials, bulletins, journals, correspondence, summary of
annual reports, geological related miscellanea, moon maps, newspaper,
various published materials.
2 boxes (2 linear feet)
DR-H 14 Nicholson, Thomas D. Thomas Nicholson astronomy
papers
undated Various academic papers and periodicals concerning astronomy that
were compiled and annotated by Thomas Nicholson.
2 boxes (2 linear feet)
DR-H 15 Chartrand, Mark R. Mark Chartrand correspondence 1978-1980 Chronological, alphabetized correspondence pertaining to and written by
Mark R. Chartrand.
6 boxes (6 linear feet)
DR-H 16 Franklin, Kenneth L. Kenneth Franklin papers and other
materials relating to Leon Gold
circa 1960s-1970s Mostly consists of Kenneth Franklin's assorted binders and papers,
scientific research and reports. Also includes correspondence, lecture
calendars and articles. Other materials include bibliographies, Leon
Gold materials, various annotations presumably by Leon Gold, star
finder, various publications, reports on radio astronomy and Jupiter and
notes made at the Kalbfleisch Research Station.
7 boxes (7 linear feet)
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Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR-H 17 Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Neil deGrasse Tyson papers undated Various papers from Neil deGrasse Tyson. 2 boxes (2 linear feet)
DR-H 18 Hayden Planetarium. Hayden Planetarium new building
visual records
circa 1990s Pictures, documents, and illustrations that show the design for the new
1980-2001 Slides for Measuring Time, Exploring Space exhibition and Perkin
Library Slides concerning celestial objects. Includes black and white
prints and paper documents.
1 box (0.25 linear foot)
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Call Number Creator Title Dates Summary Physical Description Related Archival DR-H 44 Hayden Planetarium. Hayden Planetarium show kits circa 1990s Show kits and storyboards in binders. Each binder contains a different
exhibit. Shows include: Apollo 11 25th anniversary, Cosmic Mind
Bogglers 1995, Seven Windows to the Universe, Frontiers, Amazing
Worlds of Weather, Robots in Space, Violent Universe, City of Stars,