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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds
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1958-1986
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 391
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This colleciton contains invoices for specimens and equipment on loan to and from the division of birds, within the Smithsonian, and with outside museums and universities. Also included is correspondence relating to the transfer and extension of these loans. Most folders contain a list of loan recipients, date of transfer, and number and type ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Engineering
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1886-1956
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 297
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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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Interdisciplinary Communications Program
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1968-1976
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85.5 cu. ft. (85 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 300
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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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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds
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1960-1973
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4 cu. ft. (8 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 270
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of the official correspondence of the Division with the public and with ornithologists from museums and universities throughout the world. Topics include exchange of specimens, research projects, and scientific publications.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Medical Sciences
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circa 1890-1977
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21.13 cu. ft. (42 document boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 244
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the activities of the Division of Medical Sciences and its predecessors, chiefly for the years 1917-1975. Included are correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, and administrative files concerning the Division's collections, exhibits, and research into the history of medicine and pharmacy. Of special interest is an ...
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United States National Museum. Department of Zoology
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1943-1958
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9 cu. ft. (18 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 243
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of records of the Department of Zoology under Head Curator Waldo LaSalle Schmitt and includes outgoing correspondence, 1946-1957; correspondence with the public, 1947-1957; and administrative records, 1943-1958. Also included are records of the Department of Biology, 1943-1947. For other records relating to the Depar...
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United States National Museum. Department of Biology
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1897-1943
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9.51 cu. ft. (17 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (1 folder oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 242
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration of the Department of Biology under Head Curators True, 1897-1911, and Stejneger, 1911-1943. Records include correspondence of the Department, 1897-1943; quarterly reports, 1910-1940; annual reports, 1901, 1911-1941; and plans of operation, 1911-1940. For other material relating to the Department o...
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United States National Museum. Division of Marine Invertebrates
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1921-1965
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 235
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit includes annual reports of the Division of Marine Invertebrates, 1930-1965; examination and reports, 1921-1965; personnel records, 1947-1964; and an administrative file, 1946-1965.
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United States National Museum. Division of Cryptogams
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1946-1951
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 228
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence (1946-1951) that documents, in part, the history of the United States National Museum, Department of Botany, Division of Cryptogams, while George Albert Llano was an associate curator with the Division (1948-1951), as well as Llano's scientific activities and personal matters. Materi...
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United States National Museum. Division of Phanerogams
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1920-1961
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 230
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of mostly incoming and outgoing correspondence with botanists; colleagues; friends; herbarium curators; directors of arboreta; private collectors of plants; and publishers; and they concern specimen identification; recommendation of books to be used for identification of plants; requests for reprints; purchase and acquisi...