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Foreman, Edward R., 1808-1885
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circa 1868-1879
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7216
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers include lectures and notes on chemistry, ethnology, and natural history, especially botany; a sketch of the geology of Arkansas; and various lists of specimens.
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National Museum of Natural History
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circa 1825-1972
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1.15 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 3x5 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7217
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection contains field catalogs and notebooks, manuscript notes, lists, and drawings primarily concerning mammal specimens. Also included are lists, autographs, and related materials regarding mammalogists and naturalists who collected mammal specimens for the United States National Museum. The field catalogs and notebooks are the ...
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United States National Museum
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circa 1835-1850, 1861-1863 and undated
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0.68 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7218
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection includes manuscript notes and lists on the mollusks of New York and on Naiades in the Smithsonian. The only identified author is C. J. Robinson. The collection also contains original drawings of shells for the plates of Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot, circa 1835-1850.
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Conway, Anthony J.
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1929-1970
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7225
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of newspaper clippings concerning the National Zoological Park (NZP), including public relations information, donations to the NZP, and animal collecting expedition articles.
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Bean, Barton A. (Barton Appler), 1860-1947
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circa 1892-1897, 1903-1908
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7224
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers include correspondence, notes, and notebooks of Barton A. Bean concerning his work with the Fish Commission in 1892 and 1897; trips to New York, Florida, and the Bahamas, 1894, and circa 1903-1908; and daily activities in Washington, D.C., 1895-1897. There is also a personal journal, apparently kept by a member of Bean's family, ...
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Chapelle, Howard Irving
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1969-1975
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3 cu. ft. (6 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7228
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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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Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878
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circa 1875
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7194
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers include a letter to Joseph Henry on existing manuscript sources for the history of Guatemala, April 2, 1875; manuscript notes on Central America; and other notes and letters, some in Spanish.
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National Museum of Natural History
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1839, 1849-1851, 1855-1987
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4.94 cu. ft. (8 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7215
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection contains manuscript notes, lists, and catalogs concerning bird specimens. The catalogs are the primary documentation for many of the specimens of the Division of Birds. Although they vary in content, as a general rule they contain specimen-related data including catalogs of specimens collected, dates, localities, tag numbers, ...
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Brown, James Templeman
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circa 1883-1884
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7193
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers consist of a manuscript concerning the various boats, harpoons, cutting tools, and other instruments used by the United States whaling fleets, circa 1883.
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Dimmock, George 1852-1930
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circa 1878-1915
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7195
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
In 1878 Dimmock began keeping a series of notebooks on his larval studies and his collections. Later he began calling the series Entomological Notes. The notebooks contained observations, notes on collecting localities, and illustrations, many in color. The notebooks are arranged numerically by specimen number. An index to the notebooks i...