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
- Repository:
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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
- Repository:
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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
- Dates:
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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
- Repository:
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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
- Repository:
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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
- Dates:
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1886-1956
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 297
- Repository:
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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
- Repository:
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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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National Air and Space Museum
- Dates:
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circa 1988-1995
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-140
- Repository:
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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 ...
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Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924
Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897
- Dates:
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July 9, 1909
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5 items (ca. 5 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1691
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Also Story of the Meteor or Fire Dragon, by Gatschet, translated into Miami by J.P. Dunn.
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Swan, James G., 1818-1900
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
- Dates:
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March 30, 1878
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4 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1035
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Notes and corrections to Contributions to North American Ethnology, Volume 1, 1877 (Part I, W. H. Dall, "Tribes of the Extreme Northwest;" Part II, George Gibbs, "Tribes of Western Washington and Northwestern Oregon.")
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Swan, James G., 1818-1900
- Dates:
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August 3, 1876 - September 19, 1876
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20 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1037
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives