Archbold Biological Station
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"Richard Archbold and the Archbold Biological Station,"
a biography by Roger A. Morse
published in 2000 by University Press of Florida.

Roger Morse, renowned professor of apiculture at Cornell University’s Department of Entomology, and seven of his graduate students, regularly conducted research on honey bee behavior and biology at Archbold, 1963-1998. After his retirement from Cornell’s faculty, Roger started work on a biography of Richard Archbold, visiting libraries and archives in New York (and especially at the American Museum of Natural History) during the summer, and combing the Station’s rich historical archives during the winter. The book includes a foreword by Archbold’s Executive Director Hilary Swain and a chapter by Richard’s sister and President of Archbold Expeditions, Frances Archbold Hufty. Sadly, Roger Morse died on 12 May 2000 at his home in Ithaca, New York, just a few weeks after the book was published.

RICHARD ARCHBOLD: Patron of science

Richard Archbold was born in 1907 in New York City. Heir to early fortunes of the Standard Oil Company, Archbold became an internationally renowned aviator and explorer. During 1929-1939, he organized, supported, and led four biological expeditions, first to Madagascar and then three to interior New Guinea. These expeditions are still famous for their comprehensiveness and significance to science. They included the discovery of a major human civilization in the New Guinea highlands, previously unknown to the outside world.

In 1941, he moved to Lake Placid to fulfill a dream. He established a permanent biological research station on a 1,000-acre preserve, where scientists could live, explore, and conduct research on animals and plants in their native settings. Following World War II, Archbold continued to support biological explorations in New Guinea and Australia, but he remained in Lake Placid the rest of his life. Living at the Station, he became an active member of the Lake Placid community, assisting countless service organizations. He helped bring electricity to the rural regions of Highlands County. He worked constantly at improving the Station's facilities, collections, and library, and personally supported the research and living costs of every scientific visitor. In 1973, he added 3,000 acres of adjacent native habitat to the Station. Richard Archbold died of cancer on August 1, 1976. He left his estate, Archbold Expeditions, to provide permanent core funding for the unique biological station that bears his name.

See also: Morse, R. 2000. Richard Archbold and the Archbold Biological Station. Univ. Press of Florida, Gainesville. 107 pp.

Richard Archbold, publications
compiled by Fred E. Lohrer, 1976

  1. Archbold, R. 1930. Bevato, a camp in Madagascar. Natural History 30:645-682.
  2. Archbold, R. 1932. A new lemur from Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 518, 1 p.
  3. (Archbold, R., L.J. Brass, and R.V. Oldham.) 1934. Camera impressions of New Guinea. Natural History 34:447-457.
  4. Archbold, R. and A.L. Rand. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 7. Summary of the 1933-1934 Papuan Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 68:527-579.
  5. Archbold, R. and G.H.H. Tate. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 1. A new genus and species of squirrel from Celebes. American Museum Novitates 801, 6 pp.
  6. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 2. Twelve apparently new forms of Rattus from the Indo-Australian region. American Museum Novitates 802, 10 pp.
  7. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 3. Twelve apparently new forms of Muridae (other than Rattus) from the Indo-Australian region. American Museum Novitates 803, 9 pp.
  8. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 4. An apparently new race of wallabies from southern new Guinea. American Museum Novitates 804, 2 pp.
  9. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 5. Seven apparently new forms of Phalangeridae from the New Guinea region. American Museum Novitates 810, 8 pp.
  10. Archbold, R.. 1936. An ascent of Mt. Albert Edwards. American Alpine Journal 2: 449-454.
  11. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1936. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 8. Four apparently new polyprodont marsupials from new Guinea. American Museum Novitates 823, 4 pp.
  12. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1936. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 9. A new race of Hyosciurus. American Museum Novitates 846, 1 p.
  13. Archbold, R. and A.L. Rand. 1937. With plane and radio in stone age New Guinea. Natural History 40:567-576.
  14. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1937. Results of the Archbold Expeditions No. 16. Some marsupials of New Guinea and Celebes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 73:331-476.
  15. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1938. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 18. Two new Muridae from the western division of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 982, 2 pp.
  16. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1939. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 23. A revision of the genus Emballonura (Chiroptera). American Museum Novitates 1035, 14 pp.
  17. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1939. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 24. Oriental Rhinolophus, with special reference to material from the Archbold collections. American Museum Novitates 1036, 12 pp.
  18. Archbold, R. 1940. Flight to the stone age. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences 2:95-98.
  19. Archbold, R. and A.L. Rand. 1940. New Guinea Expedition, Fly River area, 1936-1937. New York, R.M. McBride and Company, 206 pp.
  20. Archbold, R. 1941. Unknown New Guinea. National Geographic 79:315-344.
  21. Archbold, R. and A.L. Rand. 1941. Latch key to a savage tribe. Natural History 46:193-199.
  22. Tate, G.H.H. and R. Archbold. 1941. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 31. New rodents and marsupials from New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 1101, 9 pp.
  23. Archbold, R., A.L. Rand, and L.J. Brass. 1942. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 41. Summary of the 1938-1939 New Guinea Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 79:197-288.

 


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