Curatorial Records
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
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1946-1998
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-084
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of curatorial records created by Nicholas Hotton, Associate Curator, Curator, and Curator Emeritus, 1959-1998. Materials include correspondence; memoranda; research notes, illustrations, proposals, and grants; exhibition files and floor plans; photographs and slides of specimens; lectures; and professional activity ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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1981-2002
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-068
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development, design, and execution of special exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Some records also document installations of these NMNH exhibitions at other museums or traveling exhibitions from other museums that were installed at NMNH. Exhibitions documented i...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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1962-1977
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-075
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, grant proposals, papers and publications, publicity materials, budget records, and notes pertaining to the Flora North America (FNA) Project. FNA was a project to create a computerized data bank of information about the vascular plants of North America north of Mexico. The ...
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American Ornithologists' Union
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2005-2007
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-075
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) annual meeting materials and documents. Some materials are in electronic format.
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National Zoological Park. Department of Animal Programs
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2000-2005
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-077
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the behavior of individual animals, care of animals, breeding, and significant events at the Bird House. Materials consist of observations and notes by the keepers, including daily reports, checksheets, and enrichment sheets.
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Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
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1890s-1970s
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
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- Accession 08-080
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of photographs, slides and negatives documenting Waldo L. Schmitt's life and career. Images include numerous portrait photographs of Schmitt and his colleagues, field work views and group photographs. Most of the images are unidentified. Materials include black-and-white photographs, negatives, and transparencies; ...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Director
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2002-2007
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-087
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting interactions between Julian Raby, Director, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and other museums and cultural institutions. Some materials also document policy and planning at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery as well as Raby's professional activities. Ma...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Director
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2005-2007
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-088
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the planning and production of Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery exhibitions during the tenure of Director Julian Raby. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries;" "In the Beginning: Bibles Befor...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Deputy Director
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2001-2006
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
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- Accession 08-093
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records related to the exhibition, "Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits." These materials were created and maintained by Carolyn Kinder Carr, Deputy Director and co-curator for the exhibition. Among Carr's co-curators were Marion Oettinger, Director and Senior Curator, San Antonio Museum of Art; Fatima ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1984-1991, 1995-1998, 2003
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-081
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of videotapes created during the production of "Smithsonian World," an educational television series that explored people, ideas, and events that shape world culture, blending art, science, history, and the humanities to create an exciting harmony among disciplines. The production was narrated by historian David G....