Exhibition Records
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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1974-1987, with related records from 1956
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 564
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of scripts for National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) permanent and temporary exhibitions. Also included are various reports on NMNH exhibitions, visitor surveys, and correspondence and memoranda concerning the preparation of background dioramas for the habitat groups hall in 1956.
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Berlandier, Jean Louis, -1851
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1826-1851, and related papers to 1886
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8.21 cu. ft. (15 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 microfilm reel)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7052
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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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Erdman, Donald S.
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1948
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7428
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Erdman's field work in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea and include a journal and account book; notes, lists, and collection data; and color photographs, slides, and negatives.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
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undated
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7427
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection of photographs of noted lepidopterists active primarily from the 1840s through the 1950s was assembled over a period of years by staff of the Department of Entomology. Many of the lepidopterists pictured worked for either the United States National Museum or the United States Department of Agriculture. Included are photographs ...
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Capps, Hahn William, 1903-
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1939-1964
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7399
- 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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Stelfox, Arthur Wilson, 1883-1972
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1904-1967
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7379
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Stelfox's work as a naturalist in Great Britain and Ireland and the development of his collection of Hymenoptera. They include diaries concerning Hymenoptera and other insects collected, 1921-1965; lists of mollusks collected, 1904-1917; correspondence, primarily with A. Clive Jewitt, G. E. J. Nixon, and R. C. L. Perkins,...
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Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur), 1902-2000 interviewee
- Dates:
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1984
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6 audiotapes (reference copies). 10 digital .mp3 files (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9524
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mollusks
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1888-1988 and undated
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7418
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection was maintained by the Division of Mollusks. It contains photographs of Division curators including William H. Dall, Paul Bartsch, Robert Edwards Carter Stearns, Charles Torrey Simpson, Harald A. Rehder, Robert Tucker Abbott, Joseph Rosewater, and Richard S. Houbrick; malacologists, invertebrate zoologists, and other scientists ...
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Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948
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1865-1942
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2.19 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7417
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of Florence Merriam Bailey's diaries, 1874, 1887, as well as additional journals kept on trips to the Bermuda Islands, 1890; California, 1907; and Maine; 1911. Other materials include expense account books; articles and news clippings concerning and written by Bailey; a scrapbook; childhood writings; college papers an...
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Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984. interviewee
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1980-1982
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3 audiotapes (reference copies). 6 digital .mp3 files (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9526
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...