United States Exploring Expedition Collection
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United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
- Dates:
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1838-1885
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4.37 cu. ft. (6 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7186
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Several reports covering the scientific work of the expedition were made, and most were published. One of the exceptions was the ichthyology report, which Charles Pickering was originally assigned to prepare. It was delayed, however; and by the middle of 1849, Jean Louis Agassiz had been placed in charge of the work. Due to the pressures of hi...
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-340
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "Asiloid Flies" website, maintained by the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, as it existed on October 23, 2016. The website provides information on asiloid fly research conducted by research entomologist Torsten Dikow and his laboratory. Materials are in electronic format.
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2013-2017
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-342
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "No Bones" blog as it existed on June 6, 2017. Maintained by the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, this blog documents departmental news and research. The first post was in February 2013. Materials are in electronic format.
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2014-2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-343
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "Smithsonite" blog, maintained by the Department of Mineral Sciences, as it existed on November 29, 2016. The blog, launched in February 2014, highlights research and outreach activities. Materials are in electronic format.
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2014-2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-339
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the Department of Entomology blog as it existed on November 22, 2016. The blog, established in January 2014, focuses on collections, research, and staff from the National Museum of Natural History, the United States Department of Agriculture's Systematic Entomology Laboratory, and the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit,...
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2017
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-344
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the Antarctic Meteorite Program section of the Department of Mineral Sciences website as it existed on February 16, 2017. The program is a cooperative agreement between the National Science Foundation, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Smithsonian Institution which provides for...
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2017
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-345
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program website as it existed on June 21, 2017. The Global Volcanism Program, administered within the National Museum of Natural History, seeks to document, understand, and disseminate information about global volcanic activity. The website includes volcano activity ...
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2011-2017
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-347
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "Digging the Fossil Record: Paleobiology at the Smithsonian" blog, maintained by the Department of Paleobiology, as it existed on February 27, 2017. The blog, launched in April 2011, chronicles dinosaurs, fossil collections, field reports, research news, historical photographs and more. Materials are in electroni...
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2017
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-341
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology website as it existed on May 24, 2017. The website includes information about the department and its staff, research, and collections. Several "feature" sections of the website were crawled separately between January 16 and May 24, 2017. Files from the web server for most o...
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National Museum of Natural History
- Dates:
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2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-346
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a section of the Department of Paleobiology website dedicated to Joseph Augustine Cushman, known as the father of American micropaleontology. Cushman was a pioneer in the use of foraminifera to support oil exploration in North America, developing a classification method that for the first time allowed foraminifera ...