Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
37 Pages (Articles, 5.5 x 7 in. - 8.5 in.-14 in. (document), 12.5 x 9.5 in. (envelope))
Container:
Item HelUncat011
Type:
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
circa 1935
General note:
From the Heller archival collection.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 5.5 x 8.5 in. - 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item M069f
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1912 - 1939
Scope and Contents note:
Autobiographical sketch submitted for "The Explorers Club" (345 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City) application. Application instruction included.
General note:
Carbon copy, corrected and signed by Heller. M069f is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
3 Items (Photograph, 4.75 x 4 in.)
Container:
Item M070g
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1875 - 1939
General note:
M070g is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item M072g
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1911
Scope and Contents note:
New species of antelopes and monkeys collected on the Rainey African Expedition of 1911 and described as new species practically all named (for) or first described by Edmund Heller.
General note:
Single spaced, carbon copy of a typescript document. M072g is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Correspondence, 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item HelUncat004
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1935 February 25
General note:
From the Heller archival collection.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
6 Items (Black-and-white photographs, 3.5 x 3.75 in. - 6.5 x 12.25 in.)
Container:
Item M069b
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1900 - 1939
Scope and Contents note:
The collection includes: 1. Uncaptioned photo of Theodore Roosevelt and unidentified man viewing the Grand Canyon. 2. Mrs. Edmund Heller with pigmy mother and child in Africa. 3. Photo portrait of native African woman. 4. Unidentified white woman in bathing suit by water's edge. 5. Heller (?) with dead mountain gorilla; Heller holds rifle. 6. Heller with land iguana.
General note:
M069b is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Correspondence, 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item M069i
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1934 November 13
Scope and Contents note:
Discusses animal cruelty amongst animal trainers.
General note:
Retained carbon copy of a typed letter. Unsigned but with a number of corrections in Heller's hand. M069i is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Correspondence, 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item M069j
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1934 June 15
Scope and Contents note:
Refers to the plans of someone named Sage to capture a giant panda alive. Offers advice on the feeding of nursing monkeys (and pandas). The autograph draft pages present refer to Frank Buck and his 'cruel' film 'Bring 'Em Back Alive.' He calls Buck a 'faker' who never went into the wild to capture an animal but always purchased them from natives on the coast. Describes Buck's two books as 'chiefly lies and fake experiences...'
General note:
Retained carbon copy of a typed letter. Unsigned but with a number of corrections in Heller's hand. Attached is a 2 page autograph draft of a letter, signed by Heller. These are pages 2 and 3. No copy of page 1. M069j is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Correspondence, 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item M069m
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1919 February 2
Scope and Contents note:
A letter of condolence on Theodore Roosevelt's death.
General note:
Retained carbon copy of typed letter. M069m is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Correspondence, 8 x 13.5 in.)
Container:
Item M072a
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1925 March 28
Scope and Contents note:
Discusses Heller's request for permission to shoot four gorillas.
General note:
M072a is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 3 x 5 in. - 8.25 x 14 in.)
Container:
Item M073a
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1900 - 1939
General note:
Typed, with extensive corrections in Heller's hand, including occasional pages of handwritten notes. M073a is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 8.5 x 14 in. (document), 12.5 x 9.25 in. (envelope))
Container:
Item M073b
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1875 - 1939
General note:
Several typed carbon copies. M073b is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 5 x 3 in. - 8.5 x 14 in.)
Container:
Item M073h
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1928 - 1935
General note:
M073h is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 5 x 3 in. - 8.5 x 14 in. (document), 12 x 9 in. (envelope))
Container:
Item M073i
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1875 - 1939
Scope and Contents note:
Authors reviewed include T.H. Knottnerus-Meyer, C. Emerson Brown, and Lee S. Crandall.
General note:
M073i is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list, of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Articles, 6 x 9.5 in.)
Container:
Item M073k
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1933
General note:
M073k is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. Apparently this is the original typescript manuscript of the article in M073j that was published in volume IV, number 1 of the Bulletin of the Washington Park Zoological Society of Milwaukee (May 1933), with extensive corrections in Heller's hand, as well as pages of handwritten inserts.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Black-and-white photographs; Articles, 5 x 3 in. - 8.5 x 14 in.)
Container:
Item M073m
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1930 - 1939
Scope and Contents note:
Concerning antelope, chimpanzees, and the Rainey Expedition.
General note:
M073m is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
82 Items (Black-and-white photographs, 1.75 in. x 2 in. - 6.5 in. x 5 in. (document), 9 in. x 6.5 in. (envelope))
Container:
Item M073p
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1924
Scope and Contents note:
One small photo of a pair of gigantic elephant tusks, each held upright by an African, posed in front of large house. Photo of dead gorilla with several Africans, and other photos probably taken at time of the gorilla hunt. One shows a gorilla's hand next to a human hand.
General note:
M073p is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. Envelope marked "Heller Misc Photos B. "
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
2 Items (Notes, 8.5 x 11 in. (document), 9 x 12 in. (envelope))
Container:
Item M069k
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1909 - 1910
General note:
Two copies of typescript notes. Both are contained in an envelope marked 'Notes-Field/Roosevelt Safari. ' Both copies have corrections (not necessarily identical) in Heller's hand. M069k is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Correspondence, 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item HelUncat005
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1935 February 25
General note:
From the Heller archival collection.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Correspondence, 4 x 7.5 in. - 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item HelUncat006
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1935 February 20, 26
Scope and Contents note:
Heller's inquiry concerning the position of educational director of the American Express Company's Zoological Tour of Europe. Includes inquiry, reply, and brochure.
General note:
From the Heller archival collection.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
