Autobiographical sketch submitted for "The Explorers Club" (345 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City) application. Application instruction included.
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.
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M070g is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
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.
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.
From the Heller archival collection.
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.
M069b is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Discusses animal cruelty amongst animal trainers.
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.
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.
A letter of condolence on Theodore Roosevelt's death.
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.
Discusses Heller's request for permission to shoot four gorillas.
M072a is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
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.
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.
M073h is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Authors reviewed include T.H. Knottnerus-Meyer, C. Emerson Brown, and Lee S. Crandall.
M073i is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list, of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
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.
Concerning antelope, chimpanzees, and the Rainey Expedition.
M073m is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
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.
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. "
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.
Heller's inquiry concerning the position of educational director of the American Express Company's Zoological Tour of Europe. Includes inquiry, reply, and brochure.