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E.R. Fenimore Johnson photographs
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0995
Overview
Eldridge Reeves Fenimore Johnson (1899-1986) was a pioneer in the development of underwater photography and was also an explorer, yachtsman and researcher. His interests in underwater photography developed during World War II when he enlisted in Naval Research and worked with underwater demolition and photography. He created his own company, Fenjohn Underwater Equipment Company and patented equipment inventions. The E.R. Fenimore Johnson photographs, 1929-1970, is a rich collection of...
Dates:
1929 - 1970
Richard Harlan Papers
Collection — Container: Box Small Collections 15
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0904
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of manuscript pages for articles published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1824-1825; two annotated engraved plates of "an extinct species of crocodile not before described" from vol.4, part 1 of the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1824; and an extract of Publication Committee minutes, 1826 signed by Harlan.
Dates:
1824-1826
Vertebrate Zoology Department Records
Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0587
Dates:
1830-1941
William Stimpson, Catalogue of Reptiles
Collection — Box: Small Collections 10
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0408
Scope and Contents
American conchologist, friend of Louis Agassiz, member of the National
Museum staff, accompanying the personnel on the North Pacific Exploring
Expedition, 1853-56, under the command of Capts. Ringgold and Rodgers.
Later moved to Chicago where he planned a monumental work on mollusks,
for which he borrowed material from a great many institutions. While engaged
in that project, Mrs. Leary's cow set fire to the city and destroyed all
Stimpson's specimens and work. He died soon after, perhaps...
Dates:
1853-56
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- Harlan, Richard (1796-1843) 1
- Johnson, E. R. Fenimore (Eldridge Reeves Fenimore), 1899- 1
- Petrullo, Vincenzo, 1906-1991 1
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