Smithsonian Institution Archives

Correspondence, 1952-1953, 1966, 1977-2015

Summary
Collection ID:
SIA.FA18-149
Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Dates:
1952-1953, 1966, 1977-2015
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Descriptive Entry
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of correspondence created or maintained by Robert Hershler, Associate Curator, Curator, and Research Zoologist, 1985-2018, and Chairman of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, 2003-2004, in the Division of Mollusks at the National Museum of Natural History. Hershler specialized in gastropods with focus on snails. Topics covered include data exchanges, specimen identification, publications, expeditions, research, and projects. Some materials are dated before 1965, when the Department of Zoology was divided into vertebrate and invertebrate branches. Materials include correspondence, charts, reports, maps, geological surveys, photographs, field notes, scientific illustrations, and related materials.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-149, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Correspondence
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