Frederick Knab Papers
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Knab, Frederick, 1865-1918
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1885-1891, 1903-1914
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7108
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist principally of family correspondence, 1885-1891 and 1903-1914, in English and German; a small quantity of professional correspondence; and a journal of part of Knab's trip up the Amazon River in 1885-1886.
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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
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circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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3.5 cu. ft. (7 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7083
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection documents Mearns' career as a field naturalist and expedition member and consists of correspondence, 1898-1909, including photocopies of letters written by Mearns while he served on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition of 1909; biographical material on Mearns and his family; field notes, research notes, specimen lists, ...
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Hubbard, Henry Guernsey
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1871-1899
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1.93 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7107
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of Public Affairs
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1969-1985
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 513
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include exhibition catalogs, news releases, news clippings and articles from the serious and popular press, mailings, public correspondence seeking more information on artists and art-related topics, invitations to openings and other special events, and many photographs.
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United States National Museum. Division of Engineering
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1886-1956
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 297
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the activities of the Division of Engineering and its predecessors. Included is early correspondence between curators and administrators of the USNM and the Smithsonian; an incomplete general correspondence file, R-Z, circa 1904-1919; annual and quarterly reports of the Division; histories of the Division of Technology, ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Birds
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circa 1854-1959
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18.5 cu. ft. (37 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 105
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of correspondence of the Division of Birds, most of which was conducted by the three curators listed above. There is a lesser amount of correspondence of Associate Curators. Also included is material concerning the history of the Division and distribution and destruction of specimens.
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Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Oatman, Olive Ann
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undated
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37 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1135
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National Anthropological Archives
Contents: 1. Ham-mock-ha-vi [vocabulary], by Major Heintzelman. No date. 6 pages. 2. Mohave [vocabulary], by Lt. Mowry. No date. 6 pages. Recorded in Comparative Vocabulary. Copied by George Gibbs. Informant: Olive Catman, a five year captive of the Mohave. 3. Comparative vocabulary of Mohave and Humokhavi. No date. 13 pages. Recorded in Depa...
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Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Milhau, John J.
Oatman, Olive Ann
Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
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1856
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22 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1043
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes Gibbs' draft of the same, 3 pages. "Map of the Indian Tribes in the neighborhood of Fort Yuma, Cal.," document 1 page. "Notes on the Indians of the Colorado," by Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry, Third Artillery. Fort Yuma, Calif. March 23, 1856. Autograph document signed. 10 pages including note of transmittal on page 8. (21 pages, total)
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Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886
Husband, Bruce
Encinas, Fr
Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863
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undated
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183 items (numbered pages )
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1627
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National Anthropological Archives
On page 129-134, there is a Comanche vocabulary alongside with Spanish and Luiseno. Follows items called for in Smithsonian Institution Comparative Vocabulary. Some Comanche terms lacking.
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National Air and Space Museum
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circa 1988-1995
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-140
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a collection of files documenting the Enola Gay exhibition and aspects of the controversy which followed. The files include the correspondence of the Director of the Museum, Martin Harwit; the Department of Aeronautics; the curator, Michael Neufeld; and the Exhibit Project Coordinator, Victor Govier. Also included ...