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Collected Catalogs, Correspondence, and Specimen Lists on Mineral Sciences, 1894-1910 and undated

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Collection ID:: SIA.FARU7291
Creators:: United States National Museum
Dates:: 1894-1910 and undated
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 0.75 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 half document box)
Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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This collection consists of accession catalogs maintained by the Department of Geology, 1900-1910, and by the Division of Mineralogy of the Department of Geology (prior to 1897, the Department of Minerals), 1894-1910; catalogs, specimen lists, and an alphabetic index of the Frederick A. Canfield Mineral Collection which was bequeathed to the United States National Museum in 1926; and outgoing correspondence concerning the Petrographic Reference Collection of the Department of Geology, 1896-1906.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7291, United States National Museum, Collected Catalogs, Correspondence, and Specimen Lists on Mineral Sciences

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Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
United States National Museum. Department of Geology	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
United States National Museum. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Frederick A. Canfield Mineral Collection	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Petrographic Reference Collection	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Geology	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Mineralogy	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Manuscripts	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

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