Tibet
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Brooke Dolan (1908-1945) papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0064
Scope and Contents
Phillilps and Phillips (1963) stated, "These papers consist of records and documents of the Asiatic Expeditions, correspondence in 1941 showing his various pre-war activities, and papers about his Memorial Meeting at the Academy in December, 1945."
Dates:
1931-1935
Exhibit Sign for the Sze-Chwan Takin
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1,2,3
Identifier: ANSP-2010-092-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This exhibition sign was displayed for the Sze-Chwan Takin. Scientific name: budorcas tibetana milne-edwards. The exhibition sign reads: A rare animal of the almost inaccessible mountains of Western China. While cattle-like in appearance, it is a mountain antelope probably related to the Rocky Mountain Goat of Western North America. It lives at an altitude of 7,000 to 16,000 feet, mostly in the thick rhododendron forests. Group collected and presented by Brooke Dolan,II. The glass label is...
Dates:
6/21/2010
Film "Exploring the Top of the World: The Second Brooke Dolan Asiatic Expedition for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [1934-1936]"
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-2012-080