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file
Collection ID:
Accession 11-003
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Contained In:
Henry Stephens Washington Papers
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Dates:
1890-1909
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 16-254
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the correspondence of Henry Stephens Washington, a noted geochemist, who, along with Whitman Cross, Joseph Paxson Iddings, and Louis V. Pirsson, created a system of normative nomenclature for the classification of igneous rocks, which became known as the CIPW Norm. Notable correspondents include James Furman Kemp and...

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Digitized Content James A. Peters Papers, and Records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
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Creators:
Peters, James Arthur, 1922-1972
Dates:
1927-1973 (Papers), 1927-1966 (Records)
Size:
24.25 cu. ft. (48 document boxes) (1 half document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7175
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers include both personal and professional correspondence and documents relating to Peters' academic and curatorial careers. Also included are files of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians maintained by Peters' predecessor, Doris Mable Cochran (1898-1968). Correspondents include Jorge W. Abalos, M. Acosta-Solis, Kraig Kerr Adl...

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