Talk by Leonard J. Brass (News Review)

Title Variants

Alternative: Australian Broadcasting Commission, Brisbane

By

Brass, L. J. (Leonard John), 1900-1971

Australian Broadcasting Commission.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Field Book Collection.
Cape York Expedition (1948)

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Typescript.

Typed transcript of radio talk given by Leonard Brass explaining the mission and background of the Cape York Expedition and previous Archbold New Guinea Expeditions, as well as the cooperation of the local Queensland scientists.

Leonard J. Brass (1900-1971) was an Australian botanist and Associate Curator of the Archbold Collections in the American Museum of Natural History Department of Mammalogy. He began his expeditionary work for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and was brought into the Archbold Expeditions by Richard Archbold in 1933 for the 1st of the New Guinea Expeditions. He would join all but the last of the New Guinea Expeditions, leading the 4th, 5th and 6th, as well as the expedition to Cape York. He participated in other American Museum of Natural History expeditions, and also maintained ties with the Arnold Arboretum. Brass was involved in a research directorial capacity at the Archbold Biological Research Station in Florida from its inception in 1941 and retired in 1966.

Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant.

Subjects

(1948) , (Leonard J.) , Australia , Botany , Brass, L. J , Broadcasts , Cape York Expedition , Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) , Description and travel , Field notes , Mammals , Papua New Guinea , Scientific Expeditions , Transcripts , Travel

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.139222
OCLC: 984127507
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51412974