Query: United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology

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Ray S. Bassler Papers
Dates:
1875-1961 and undated
Size:
5.22 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (2 5x8 boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7234
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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in Record Unit 7234 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology

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Materials
Records
Dates:
circa 1947-1974 and undated
Size:
6.15 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 3x5 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 424
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the operation of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, circa 1955-1974. Also included are plans of operation, circa 1947-1960; public inquiries for identification of specimens and information; and glass plate negatives which document the field work of Frederick William True and James W. Gidley …

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in Record Unit 424 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology

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Untitled
Level:
file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 201
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Department of Geology, Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology (prior to 1897, the Department of Paleontology; prior to 1894, the Departments of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Fossils). Includes the Sections of Vertebrate Fossils, Invertebrate Fossils (Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Anozoic), and Paleobotany.

in Record Unit 201 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology
Covers his youth, education, and career at the USNM, c. 1902-1965, including: family and childhood in Flushing, New York; mineral collecting with Arthur Payne; undergraduate major in chemistry at Colgate University, 1921-1924; stratigraphic research for the M.S. degree from Colgate in 1926; doctoral program at Yale University under supervision of Carl O. Dunbar and Charles Schuchert, 1926-1929; initial work on brachiopods with Schuchert at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1928-1930; doctoral dissertation on the stratigraphy of the Hamilton formation, 1929; continuation of brachiopod research at the USNM, 1930s; establishment of acid-etching program for silicified fossils; Ozarkian-Canadian dispute between Ulrich, Foerste, Bridge, Resser, and Cooper, 1934; reminiscences of his supervisor, Charles Resser, 1930-1943; state of the brachiopod collection upon his arrival in 1930 and its subsequent development; effects of the Great Depression including Work Progress Administration assistants, 1930s; field work in the United States and Canada; reminiscences of his early years at the USNM, including museum services, curatorial responsibilities, and USNM director Alexander Wetmore; field work in Mexico during World War II; relationship between paleontology and stratigraphy, and the switch to the name "paleobiology"; relationship of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to the USNM; acquisition of specimens from the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, 1960s.
Level:
file
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9524
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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in Record Unit 9524 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology

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G. Arthur Cooper Papers
Dates:
1923-1993 and undated,with material from 1878 to 1892
Size:
18.61 cu. ft. (36 document boxes) (1 half document box) (2 3x5 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7318
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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in Record Unit 7318 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology

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Smithsonian Institution Paleontology Videohistory Collection
Dates:
1987-1988
Size:
5 videotapes (Reference copies). 7 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9530
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical research when …

in Record Unit 9530 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology

Archival
Materials
Records
Dates:
1930-1932, 1937-1984 and undated, with related records from 1882
Size:
17.56 cu. ft. (35 document boxes) (1 folder oversize material)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 328
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Archives would like to thank Frederick J. Collier and Martin A. Buzas for their assistance in the transfer of these records to the Archives.

in Record Unit 328 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology

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Materials
Records
Dates:
circa 1900-1987
Size:
21 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7425
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records are the official files of the Branch Chief, Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch, USGS, and document its research program and administration from 1900 to 1987. Included is a large amount of correspondence of the first two Branch Chiefs, Stanton and Reeside, which concerns the identification of specimens, field work of USGS …

in Record Unit 7425 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology
Photograph of Charles Lewis Gazin's field work and collecting in Wyoming, 1941. Two tents and a Jeep in the center of image, with mountains in the background. [Image no. SIA2012-2692]
Charles Lewis Gazin Papers
Creators:
Gazin, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1904-1996
Dates:
1901-1984 and undated
Size:
23.91 cu. ft. (45 document boxes) (2 16x20 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7314
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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in Record Unit 7314 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology

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G. Arthur Cooper Oral History Interviews
Creators:
Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur), 1902-2000, interviewee
Dates:
1984
Size:
6 audiotapes (Reference copies). 10 digital .mp3 files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9524
Repository:
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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in Record Unit 9524 for United States National Museum. Division of Stratigraphic Paleontology
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