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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, High Energy Astrophysics Division
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1973-1985
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0.8 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 467
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of administrative memoranda distributed by Benson Rowe, the Program Manager for the Division. The memoranda concern budgets and expenditures, personnel actions, travel and work requests, and other administrative matters. They do not contain the product of the Division's scientific research, although budgeting and ...
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National Museum of Natural History, Division of Neuropteroids and Diptera
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1963-1989, with related records from 1938
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2.1 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 422
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Curators represented by these records include Grace E. Glance (Associate Curator, 1948-1957), Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Associate Curator, 1961-1965; Curator, 1965- ), and Richard W. Baumann (Associate Curator, 1972-1975). These records consist of professional correspondence and administrative files documenting the research and activities of the ...
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National Museum of Natural History, Division of Lepidoptera
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1963-1990, with related records from 1942
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7 cu. ft. processed holdings.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 427
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of professional correspondence and administrative files documenting the activities and research of the Division of Lepidoptera. The correspondence for the most part concerns the loan, acquisition, identification, and distribution of insect specimens. A small amount of the correspondence dates to before the 1963 establishm...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs
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circa 1963-1988
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1.3 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 420
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of biographical files collected by the Office of Public Affairs primarily for the use and convenience of that office. Like many biographical files, the records were added to as bits of information were collected, from the newspaper, from press releases, from The Torch, or from SI announcements. The more important figures...
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National Museum of Natural History, Mammal Identification Service
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1966-1976
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0.4 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 407
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the eight-year history of MIS and consist of correspondence of Handley, Ranck, and Pine concerning the creation of the project, the identification of mammal specimens, professional activities, and administrative matters; proposals submitted to NIH to provide funding for MIS; annual reports and a final report of the proje...
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Office of the Director
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1965-1986, with related records from circa 1903
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10.3 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 412
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the research programs and administration of the Radiation Biology Laboratory (RBL), 1965-1983, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), 1983-1986, under Director William H. Klein. Also included are smaller amounts of material created by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and the ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs
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1958-1988
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0.4 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 405
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Calendar of Events was originally published by the Smithsonian Museum Service, which was established in 1958 to provide non-technical information about exhibits, research, and events to the public. G. Carroll Lindsay was appointed Acting Curator of the service in 1958 and Curator in 1959. He served until 1966, when Meredith Johnson wa...
Motion Pictures and Videotapes
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National Zoological Park, Office of Education
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circa 1938-1980 and undated
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2.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 395
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of motion pictures taken by veterinarians, keepers, directors, and other staff at the National Zoological Park (NZP) for research and documentation purposes. These motion pictures, along with footage shot for television news and other programs, were kept by the Office of Education as part of their mission to disseminat...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Under Secretary
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1972-1984 & related records, 1971-1978
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23 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 392
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the Under Secretary's involvement in all aspects of the Institution's operations from the perspective of a senior policy-maker, as well as contacts with governmental, corporate, and private bodies with which the Smithsonian interacted as it conducted its affairs. A few records deal with Brooks's work as Deputy Under Secr...
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National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology
- Dates:
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1965-1987
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3.2 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 382
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of records of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, primarily under the chairmanships of George E. Watson and Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., with additional material from the tenures of Philip S. Humphrey, George R. Zug, W. Ronald Heyer, and Richard W. Thorington, Jr. The records include memoranda, correspondence, and subject ...