Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
101. Natural History Department, 1913 - 1931
File
Scope and Contents
Principal respondent: Murphy, Robert C. Correspondence regarding sale of Neumogen Collection; American Ornithologists' Union; purchase of Presprey shell collection; field work; murals, H.B. Tschudy; expedition, Antonio Miranda.
Dates:
1913 - 1931
102. Natural History Department, 1914 - 1929
File
Scope and Contents
Principal respondent: Murphy, Robert C.
Correspondence regarding objects, including Dibos loans; exchange of birds; whaling collection; F. Braun fossil collection, loan. Letter of resignation. Correspondence regarding Robert H. Rockwell (taxidermist) expedition to Alaska; Peruvian expedition, including regarding motion pictures; proposal for motion picture project and purchase of Akeley camera; expedition to Florida; trip to New Bedford; expedition to California. Report on future development...
Dates:
1914 - 1929
405. Department of Natural Sciences, 1914 - 1922
File
Scope and Contents
Principal respondent: Murphy, Robert C. Correspondence regarding staff, including resignation of R.C. Murphy (1917); department plans; publication of Science Bulletin, 'Birds of the Orinoco.'
Dates:
1914 - 1922
Publications - The Desert Life group and an Account of the Museum Expedition into Lower California, October 1917
File — Box 8, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Departmental Administration series outline the organizational and exhibition activities of the Natural Sciences Department in its early development, gallery layout, and specimen display, specifically detailed in the monthly department reports (1900-1904) and entomology files (1905-1913). The minutes of the Natural Sciences department as a nominal educational club/committee are included in the series and span from 1944-1960. Also included is the correspondence regarding expeditions of the...
Dates:
October 1917