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Collected Notes, Photographs, and Graphic Illustrations on Turtles, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, 1853-1953

Summary

Collection ID:
SIA.FARU7445
Creators:
United States National Museum. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
Dates:
1853-1953
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

Descriptive Entry
This collection, which probably began to be assembled in the 1930s, comprises an information file on turtles, containing a high proportion of visual material: chiefly photographs (often only negatives) and graphic illustrations, many in watercolor. Several of these are by illustrator Antonio Zeno Shindler, and one is by Spencer F. Baird. Working notes and correspondence pertaining to turtles make up the balance of the collection. Leonhard Stejneger appears initially to have collected the material, and Doris Mable Cochran continued the task.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7445, United States National Museum, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, Collected Notes, Photographs, and Graphic Illustrations on Turtles, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians

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Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cochran, Doris M. (Doris Mable), 1898-1968 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Turtles Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Herpetology Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scientific illustrations Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Black-and-white photographs Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Black-and-white negatives Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nitrate materials Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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