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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Drawings, and Manuscripts on Mollusks, circa 1869-1920 and undated
Summary
- Collection ID:
- SIA.FARU7461
- Creators:
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United States National Museum
- Dates:
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circa 1869-1920 and undated
- Languages:
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English
- Physical Description:
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Descriptive Entry
Descriptive Entry
This collection consists of notes, lists, catalogs, drawings, and manuscripts on mollusks. Much of the material relates to specimens in the Division of Mollusks, National Museum of Natural History.
The collection includes a manuscript on the mollusks of the Republic of Panama by James Zetek, 1917; a list of Florida shells collected for the Smithsonian Institution by Henry Hemphill, circa 1884; notes on squid collected around Bermuda by Joseph William Collins, circa 1880; a report on a voyage from Washington, D. C., to South Carolina by Robert Platt, United States Navy, undated; and a catalog of shells collected in Florida by Robert Edwards Carter Stearns, 1869.
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Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7461, United States National Museum, Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Drawings, and Manuscripts on Mollusks
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