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United States National Museum. Division of Insects
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1878-1906
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 138
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the official incoming correspondence of the Division of Insects (outgoing correspondence for part of the period is included in record unit 139). Included is correspondence from entomologists and others requesting determinations, loans of specimens, or regarding purchase or gift of specimens for the museum; and correspondence ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Insects
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1909-1963
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 140
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records comprise the official correspondence of the Department of Entomology. Because a close relationship existed between the Department of Entomology of the National Museum and the Bureau of Entomology of the Agriculture Department, there is considerable correspondence of Agriculture Department staff, notably August Busck and Carl...
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United States National Museum. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
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circa 1889-1957
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10.5 cu. ft. (21 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 156
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1889-1957, and to a greater extent, document the professional and administrative activities of Charles W. Gilmore when he was a staff member with the Division (1905-1945). Materials include daybooks and journals kept by Gilmore, containing the daily work activities ...
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Ethnogeographic Board (Washington, D. C.)
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1942-1946
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16.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (29 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 87
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection includes records concerning the Board's projects, general correspondence, committee and organization work and information concerning specialized data and special subjects. Postwar regional administration records, geographic reports, country information files, photographs and uncompleted project records are also included, a...
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United States National Museum. Superintendent of Construction for the United States National Museum Building
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1903-1911
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24.02 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box) (5 tall document boxes) (11 folders oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 81
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The National Museum Building Construction Records, 1894 - 1919 (bulk 1903 - 1911), document the process and methods used to construct the National Museum Building that is now known as the National Museum of Natural History. These records primarily refer to the management of the construction aspects of the project, documenting specifications ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1948-1970
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48 cu. ft. (48 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 155
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the administrative files of the Office of the Director, National Museum of Natural History. Most of the records date from the late-to-mid 1950s. Those records created prior to 1959 are the records of the Director of the United States National Museum, although they are records relating primarily to that segment of the U. ...
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America's Smithsonian (Traveling exhibition). (1996-1998)
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1996-1997
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-046
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of visitor comment cards from the traveling exhibition, "America's Smithsonian." Venues for which comment cards exist in this accession include Los Angeles, Kansas City, New York, Providence, St. Paul, and Houston.
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Browning, M. Ralph
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1966-1994
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-058
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
M. Ralph Browning worked in the National Museum of Natural History Bird and Mammal Laboratories through the United States Geological Survey, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These records pertain to his ornithological cataloging work and research in Oregon and the northwest United States.
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Association of Systematics Collections
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1989-1997
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-087
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of publications, reports, and newsletters produced by the Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) and its staff.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
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1961-1989
- Size:
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-095
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of chronological correspondence to and from Kenneth McCarn Towe, Geologist and Curator in the Department of Paleobiology. Materials also include some correspondence and records pertaining to National Museum of Natural History exhibits and specific topics of Towe research.