Gloria Hollister Anable Papers
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Gloria Hollister Anable Papers1916-2003 (bulk 1929-1936)
Anable, Gloria Hollister, 1900-1988
Biographical History for: Gloria Hollister Anable Papers1916-2003 (bulk 1929-1936)
Biographical Note Date Event 1900, June 11 Born, New York, N.Y. 1924 B.S., Connecticut College, New London, Conn. 1925 M.S. in zoology, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1928-1941 Research associate, Department of Tropical Research, New York Zoological Society, New York, N.Y. 1930-1934 Team member, oceanographic explorations in bathysphere designed by William Beebe and Otis Barton, Nonsuch Island, Bermuda 1934 Descended 1,208 feet in bathysphere, a record for a woman that stood for three decades 1936 Led scientific expedition to the Kaieteur plateau and falls, British Guiana, sponsored by the New York Zoological Society 1941 Married Anthony Anable (died 1980) 1942-1945 Joined the American National Red Cross serving on the blood donor program and the Speakers Bureau of the Public Relations Department 1953-1974 Cofounder and officer, Mianus River Gorge Wildlife Refuge and Botanical Preserve, Westchester, N.Y. 1988, Feb. 19 Died, Fairfield, Conn.
Scope and Content Note The papers of Gloria Elaine Hollister Anable (1900-1988) span the years 1916-2003, with most of the material concentrated in the period 1929-1936. Journals, correspondence, writings, clippings, notes, and photographs comprise the bulk of the collection. It is arranged alphabetically by type of material or name of topic and thereunder chronologically. The collection primarily documents Anable’s activities in the 1930s as a research associate on William Beebe’s oceanographic expeditions under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society. During this period before her marriage she became widely known (under her maiden name Gloria Hollister) with the media generating publicity about her work. Joining Beebe’s team in 1928, she helped establish his research station on Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, and participated in inaugural deep sea explorations in the bathysphere designed by Beebe and Otis Barton. Notable in the papers are mostly intact holographic journals from 1930 to 1933 that include Anable’s ichthyological notes, ships’ logs, comments on expedition personnel and the bathysphere, and other observations from expeditions in Bermuda, the West Indies, and the Pearl Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Photographs, Anable’s articles, and clippings in the papers also relate to this period. Anable earned further recognition as leader of a zoological expedition into the seldom explored interior of British Guiana in 1936. Material in the papers related to this trip include correspondence, clippings, background material, ephemera, and notes for articles and lectures. She left the zoological society in 1941 and devoted time to conservation issues, most notably as a cofounder and leader of the Mianus River Gorge Wildlife Refuge and Botanical Preserve in Westchester, New York. The papers include a brief amount of printed matter relating to her work with this project.
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Articles, 1926-1936, 1958, 1974, undated
Biographical material, 1941-1988
British Guiana expedition
Background articles, 1916-1936, undated
Flora and fauna notes, undated
Miscellaneous notes, 1936, undated
Photographs and motion picture notes and lists, 1936-1941, undated
Printed matter, 1929-1936, undated
Clippings, 1929-1941, 1950, 1988, undated
Correspondence
Miscellany 1923-1941, undated
National Geographic Society, 1936-1939, 1948
Ephemera, 1936, 1981, undated
Journals
1930, Apr.-Sept.
1931, May-Oct.
1932, June-July
June-July
Aug.-Sept.
Lecture announcements, 1941, undated
Mianus River Gorge Wildlife Refuge and Botanical Preserve in Westchester, N.Y., 1970, 1980-2003
Photographs, 1932-1934, 1956, 1971, undated