Gloria Hollister Anable
An Register of Her Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Michael Spangler
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2006
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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2006
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006048
Title: Papers of Gloria
Hollister Anable
Span Dates: 1916-2003
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1929-1936)
ID No.: MSS85249
Creator:
Anable, Gloria Hollister,
1900-1988
Extent: 600
items;
3 containers;
1 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Zoologist and
naturalist. Journals, correspondence, notes, writings, clippings, photographs,
and ephemera relating primarily to Anable’s activities in the 1930s as a
research associate on oceanographic expeditions with William Beebe. Also
contains material related to her own travels into the interior of British
Guiana for the New York Zoological Society in 1936.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Names:
Anable,
Gloria Hollister, 1900-1988
Beebe,
William, 1877-1962
New York
Zoological Society
Subjects:
Ichthyology
Logbooks
Oceanography
Natural areas--New York
(State)
Scientific
expeditions--Bermuda Islands
Scientific
expeditions--Guyana
Scientific
expeditions--Pearl Islands (Panama)
Scientific
expeditions--West Indies
Submersibles
Underwater
exploration
Occupations:
Naturalists
Zoologists
Provenance: The papers of Gloria Hollister Anable, zoologist and naturalist, were
given to the Library by her niece Gloria E. Kozel in 2005.
Processing History:The papers of Gloria Hollister Anable were arranged and described in
2006.
Copyright Status:Copyright in the unpublished writings of Gloria Hollister Anable in
these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library
of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Gloria Hollister Anable, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
| 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. |
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.
Correspondence of Gloria Hollister Anable is also located in the
Records of the Society of Woman Geographers in the Manuscript Division. Other
papers of Anable are held by the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York,
N.Y.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material or name
of topic and thereunder chronologically. .
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Articles,
1926-1936, 1958, 1974, n.d.
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Biographical material,
1941-1988
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| BOX 1
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British Guiana
expedition
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Background articles,
1916-1936, n.d.
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| BOX 1
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Flora and fauna notes,
n.d.
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| BOX 1
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Miscellaneous notes,
1936, n.d.
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| BOX 1
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Photographs and motion picture
notes and lists,
1936-1941, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Printed matter,
1929-1936, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Clippings,
1929-1941, 1950, 1988, n.d.
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 2
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Correspondence |
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| BOX 2
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Miscellany
1923-1941, n.d.
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 2
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National Geographic Society,
1936-1939, 1948
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| BOX 2
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Ephemera,
1936, 1981, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Journals |
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| BOX 2
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1930, Apr.-Sept.
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| BOX 2
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1931, May-Oct.
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| BOX 2
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1932, June-July
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1933
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| BOX 2
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June-July
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| BOX 3
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Aug.-Sept.
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| BOX 3
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Lecture announcements,
1941, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Mianus River Gorge Wildlife Refuge
and Botanical Preserve in Westchester, N.Y.,
1970, 1980-2003
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Photographs,
1932-1934, 1956, 1971, n.d.
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