Record

CodeCX6074
Dates1893-present
Person NameField Museum of Natural History; 1893-present
ActivityThe Field Museum was incorporated in the State of Illinois on September 16, 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago with its purpose the "accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of objects illustrating art, archaeology, science and history." In 1905, the Museum's name was changed to Field Museum of Natural History to honor the Museum's first major benefactor, Marshall Field, and to better reflect its focus on the natural sciences. In 1921 the Museum moved from its original location in Jackson Park to its present site on Chicago Park District.
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Corporate NameField Museum of Natural History
Catalogue
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DF/TM/1/26/22Correspondence E: Egan & Co; Ehlers; Elliot 
DF/ZOO/230/143Bird Section Correspondence: T 
DF/ZOO/236/7/1023Beecher, Dr W J 
DF/MIN/1/61/66Chicago Field Museum 
DF/ZOO/232/5/14/6/13Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/703Skiff, F 
DF/ZOO/200/174Exchange of mammals with the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 
DF/TM/1/62/15Correspondence F: Findin Bros & Kay; Field; Field Columbian Museum 
DF/TM/1/34/2Correspondence F: Faust; Field Columbian Museum 
DF/ZOO/200/54/20Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, USA  
DF/TM/1/26/4Correspondence C: Cherrie 
DF/TR/1/1/32/153Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/ZOO/232/6/14/5/5Field Museum 
DF/TR/1/1/31/193Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/ZOO/232/6/11/17/6Samborn, Colin Campbell 
DF/TM/1/55/21Correspondence F: Field 
DF/ENT/306/51Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA 
DF/PAL/100/173/3Osgood, W H 
DF/ZOO/232/6/8/3/6Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/MIN/1/38/50Chicago Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/PAL/100/97/11Chicago Natural History Museum 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/521Meek, Seth Eugene 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/2/131Meek, S 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/3/145Meek, Seth. Eugene. 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/6/146Meek, Seth. Eugene 
DF/BOT/400/11/14Coulter, J M (Chicago, USA)  
DF/BOT/400/15/47Correspondence S 
DF/PAL/100/109/3Denison, Robert H 
DF/TM/1/27/1Correspondence F: Farrah; Faust; Field Columbian Museum 
DF/TR/1/1/30/159Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/PAL/100/184/21Richardson, Eugene S 
DF/TR/1/1/26/163Elliot, [Daniel] [Giraud] 
DF/TR/1/1/29/212Field Columbian Museum 
DF/ZOO/236/4/293Correspondence and Subject file: Turdus (i.e. thrushes) 
DF/ZOO/232/6/12/30/1Simms, S.C 
DF/ZOO/232/6/15/5/2Field, Henry 
DF/ZOO/232/5/17/13/8Osgood, W.H. 
DF/ZOO/230/122/254USA (Illinois): Chicago Natural History Museum, later Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 
DF/ZOO/230/122/252USA (Illinois): Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/10/70Meek, S E 
DF/ZOO/232/6/12/9/3Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/ZOO/232/6/14/11/7Osgood, Dr W H 
DF/TR/1/1/34/162Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/ENT/332/3/29Museum Memos 
DF/ENT/340/20/10Schaper - Scholten 
DF/ENT/340/25/24Weir - Wettstein 
DF/ZOO/233/1/1/56Correspondence Me 
DF/BOT/400/12/17Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History (USA) 
DF/BOT/400/13/69Millspaugh, P F (Chicago, Field Museum, USA)  
DF/BOT/400/14/13Correspondence Ca - Col 
DF/BOT/400/15/22Correspondence Sh - Sm 
DF/BOT/400/16/27Correspondence Sa - Sh 
DF/BOT/400/18/30Correspondence Me - Mo 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/4/146Meek, S. E. 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/5/161Meek, Seth. Eugene. 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/7/159Meek, Seth Eugene 
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/8/145Meek, Seth. Eugene 
DF/ZOO/232/6/9/5/11Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/ZOO/232/6/11/5/13Field Museum of Natural History 
DF/ZOO/232/6/11/13/9Osgood, W H 
DF/ZOO/232/6/11/19/2Simms, S.C 
DF/ZOO/232/6/12/23/2Osgood, W H 
DF/ZOO/232/6/13/12/7Osgood, W H 
DF/ZOO/230/122/253USA (Illinois): Chicago Natural History Museum. formerly Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 
DF/ENT/340/16/10Osgood - Oxford 
DF/PAL/140/4/6Photographs by Kenneth Oakley, 1950-1972 
DF/PAL/140/4/3Correspondence of Kenneth Oakley, A-Z, 1968-1971 
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