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/PAL/100/173/3Osgood, W H
DF/BOT/400/11/14Coulter, J M (Chicago, USA)
DF/ZOO/200/174Exchange of mammals with the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
DF/MIN/1/61/66Chicago Field Museum
DF/TM/1/26/22Correspondence E: Egan & Co; Ehlers; Elliot
DF/ZOO/236/7/1023Beecher, Dr W J
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/703Skiff, F
DF/TM/1/62/15Correspondence F: Findin Bros & Kay; Field; Field Columbian Museum
DF/BOT/400/18/30Correspondence Me - Mo
DF/MIN/1/38/50Chicago Field Museum of Natural History
DF/ZOO/200/54/20Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, USA
DF/TM/1/34/2Correspondence F: Faust; Field Columbian Museum
DF/TR/1/1/30/159Field Museum of Natural History
DF/TR/1/1/31/193Field Museum of Natural History
DF/TR/1/1/32/153Field Museum of Natural History
DF/ZOO/232/6/12/30/1Simms, S.C
DF/TM/1/26/4Correspondence C: Cherrie
DF/ZOO/232/6/14/5/5Field Museum
DF/TM/1/55/21Correspondence F: Field
DF/ENT/306/51Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA
DF/BOT/400/15/47Correspondence S
DF/TR/1/1/29/212Field Columbian Museum
DF/ZOO/232/5/14/6/13Field Museum of Natural History
DF/ZOO/232/6/8/3/6Field Museum of Natural History
DF/PAL/100/184/21Richardson, Eugene S
DF/PAL/100/109/3Denison, Robert 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/235/1/1/1/521Meek, Seth Eugene
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/2/131Meek, S
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/3/145Meek, Seth. Eugene.
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/4/146Meek, S. E.
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/5/161Meek, Seth. Eugene.
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/6/146Meek, Seth. Eugene
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/8/145Meek, Seth. Eugene
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/10/70Meek, S E
DF/BOT/400/13/69Millspaugh, P F (Chicago, Field Museum, USA)
DF/BOT/400/14/13Correspondence Ca - Col
DF/ENT/340/16/10Osgood - Oxford
DF/BOT/400/16/27Correspondence Sa - Sh
DF/BOT/400/12/17Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History (USA)
DF/BOT/400/15/22Correspondence Sh - Sm
DF/ZOO/230/143Bird Section Correspondence: T
DF/ZOO/232/6/11/5/13Field Museum of Natural History
DF/ZOO/232/6/11/13/9Osgood, W H
DF/ZOO/232/6/12/23/2Osgood, W H
DF/ZOO/232/6/13/12/7Osgood, W H
DF/TM/1/27/1Correspondence F: Farrah; Faust; Field Columbian Museum
DF/ZOO/236/4/293Correspondence and Subject file: Turdus (i.e. thrushes)
DF/ZOO/232/6/15/5/2Field, Henry
DF/ZOO/232/6/11/17/6Samborn, Colin Campbell
DF/ZOO/232/6/14/11/7Osgood, Dr W H
DF/ZOO/232/6/12/9/3Field Museum of Natural History
DF/ZOO/232/5/17/13/8Osgood, W.H.
DF/PAL/100/97/11Chicago Natural History Museum
DF/ZOO/230/122/253USA (Illinois): Chicago Natural History Museum. formerly Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/7/159Meek, Seth Eugene
DF/ZOO/232/6/9/5/11Field Museum of Natural History
DF/ZOO/232/6/11/19/2Simms, S.C
DF/TR/1/1/26/163Elliot, [Daniel] [Giraud]
DF/TR/1/1/34/162Field Museum of Natural History
DF/PAL/140/4/6Photographs by Kenneth Oakley, 1950-1972
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
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