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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 (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 (Manuscripts (document genre), 6 in. x 9.25 in.)
Container:
Item M073c
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1929 January 23
General note:
Autograph draft in Heller's hand. M073c 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:
7 Pages (Narratives (document genres), 8.5 x 14 in.)
Container:
Item HelUncat013
Type:
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
circa 1928 - 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 (Lantern slides, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Container:
Item M068
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1909 or 1910
Scope and Contents note:
Theodore Roosevelt is shown heading for a tent in the background. A young white male, presumably Kermit Roosevelt, sits on the ground in the right foreground. The photo appears in African game trails, facing page 254. It is captioned "Camping after death of the first bull." The photo is credited to Edmund Heller.
General note:
The slide is cracked. M068 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 (Correspondence, 8.5 x 11 in.)
Container:
Item M072e
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1919 - 1921
Scope and Contents note:
Includes three letters: 9 December 1921, to Chester A. Lindsley; 29 November 1921 to Chester A. Lindsley; and 25 February 1919, to A.J. Cox.
General note:
M072e 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:
20 Pages (Manuscripts (document genre), 6 x 9.5 in. - 7.25 x 10.25 in.)
Container:
Item M069e
Type:
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1909 - 1939
Scope and Contents note:
The notes appear to relate to Heller's typed article on the Roosevelt elephant hunt.
General note:
M069e 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), 5.5 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:
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.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
7 Pages (Annual reports, 8.5 x 14 in.)
Container:
Item HelUncat012
Type:
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
circa 1928 - 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:
12 Items (Black-and-white photographs, 6.5 x 8.5 in. - 12 x 10 in.)
Container:
Item M067
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1931 - 1935
Scope and Contents note:
One photo of an African native woman; one photo of (another?) African native woman; one photo of African elephant herd in woodland which appears (enlarged) in Theodore Roosevelt's African game trails, facing page 258. The caption states 'Taken by Kermit Roosevelt at a distance of about twenty-five yards; he was on the dead limb of a tree five or six feet from the ground.' One photo of a Philip Goodwin drawing (1910) that appears in African game trails, facing page 252.
General note:
A few photos captioned on back in Heller's hand. M067 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:
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.
