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6080 records — Page 362 of 608
Ernest P. (Ernest Pillsbury) Walker Papers
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Creators:
Walker, Ernest P, (Ernest Pillsbury), 1891-
Dates:
circa 1923-1956
Size:
8.1 linear meters.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7161
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers include some correspondence and notes prior to Walker's tenure at the National Zoological Park, as well as working papers on mammalogy and some correspondence dating from his time at the National Zoological Park.

F. G. (Frank Getz) Ashbrook Papers
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Creators:
Ashbrook, F. G, (Frank Getz), 1892-
Dates:
circa 1915-1965
Size:
2.6 linear meters.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7143
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

Charles K. Wead Papers
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Creators:
Wead, Charles K, 1848-1925
Dates:
circa 1893-1913
Size:
1 folder.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7159
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers consist of Wead correspondence concerning personal matters and Philosophical Society of Washington affairs, particularly the memorial meeting for Simon Newcomb in 1909. Also included are two letters from Simon Newcomb to John A. Kasson, one concerning a committee of Congress to investigate the possibility of establishing the ...

Records
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Creators:
Washington Academy of Sciences
Dates:
circa 1888-1972
Size:
5.7 linear meters.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7099
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee.

Records
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Creators:
Systematic Biology Resource Management Project
Dates:
1971-1973
Size:
0.8 linear meter.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7142
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

Wesley Wait Papers
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Creators:
Wait, Wesley, 1861-1949
Dates:
1921-1925
Size:
0.1 linear meter and oversize.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7094
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Wesley Wait (1861-1949), dental surgeon and inventor, corresponded with the Smithsonian between 1921 and 1925 in regard to his research on "The Unity of the Universal Existence." Though most of this correspondence is presently missing, these papers contain a typescript of "The Unity of the Universal Existence" by Wait, 1901, and nineteen ...

Joseph Ashmead Clay and John Randolph Clay Papers
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Dates:
1841, 1859-1866 and undated
Size:
0.1 linear meter.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7095
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Samuel P. Langley Papers
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Creators:
Langley, Samuel P, 1834-1906
Dates:
1867-1906
Size:
12.88 linear meters and oversize.
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7003
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Samuel P. Langley (1834-1906) was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Apparently, many of Langley's papers were accidentally burned after his death. Langley papers in the Smithsonian are housed in the Smithsonian Archives and the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). The Allegheny Observatory holds papers from Langley's ye...

Proceedings
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Creators:
American Historical Society
Dates:
1835-1841
Size:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7057
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The American Historical Society was founded in 1835 in Washington, D.C., to "Discover, procure, and preserve, whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of America in general, and the United States in particular." In 1840 the Society became the Department of American History and Antiquities of the National ...

Charles Armistead Alexander Papers
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Creators:
Alexander, C. A. (Charles Armistead), -1869?
Dates:
1840-1870
Size:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7059
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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