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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1974-1987
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 362
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document special programs and projects undertaken in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Included are files on the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program, Scholarly Studies Program, Short-Term Visitors Program, a 1987 NMNH expedition to Henderson Island in the South Pacific, the 1987 NMNH Task Force on Research, the ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1969-1982
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 364
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly document the role of NMNH in the organization and programs of the Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) during the tenures of the Directors Richard Sumner Cowan, 1969-1973; Porter M. Kier, 1973-1979; and Richard S. Fiske, 1980-1982. The ASC was established on July 7, 1972 to foster the care, management, preservatio...
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Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies. Associate Director for Education Programs
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1974-1983
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 399
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document educational programs at the CBCES under Associate Director John H. Falk. They consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed materials concerning CBCES educational programs, especially the Summer Ecology Program and the Work/Learn Program in Environmental Studies; the dissemination of environmental informatio...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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circa 1953-1988
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8.5 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 400
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the staff of the Division of Mammals and primarily concern the identification, loan, and acquisition of specimens; requests for information from colleagues and the public; the publication of scientific papers; and research projects of the staff.
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Anacostia Museum. Exhibits Department
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1967-1984, 1987
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 378
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration of the Exhibits Design and Production Laboratory for approximately first ten years of operation, and describes the mission, philosophy, planning, and construction of the facility. The records contain planning materials for many of the museum's early exhibitions, which reflect the involvement of ...
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Anacostia Museum. Education Department
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1967-1989
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 390
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records include incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda from Zora Martin-Felton and other staff of the Education Department, as well as program reports, budget justifications, and planning statements. These materials are scattered throughout the records and have many chronological gaps. The records also describe the development ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1971-1990
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79.5 cu. ft. (78 record storage boxes) (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 374
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the administration of the NMNH during the tenures of Kier, Fiske, and Hoffman. A small amount of files were created by Talbot, and Acting Directors James F. Mello, 1979, and James C. Tyler, 1985 and 1988. The records document the research, exhibition, and educational missions of the NMNH. They also document ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
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1882-1922 and undated
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 248
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of incoming correspondence primarily to Frederic Augustus Lucas, a curator in the Division, from Charles E. Beecher, William Cooper, Nelson Horatio Darton, James W. Gidley, George Brown Goode, James Hall, John Bell Hatcher, Othniel Charles Marsh, William McAdams, Henry Fairchild Osborn, and Charles D. Walcott. Also includ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology
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1932-1963
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5 cu. ft. (10 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 268
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists primarily of Edward P. Henderson's official correspondence files as associate curator of the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology. A smaller amount of files were created by Roy S. Clarke, Jr., who was appointed chemist in the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology in 1957. Correspondence before 1942 was carried out ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Meteorites
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1963-1970 and undated
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 269
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of correspondence documenting the operation of the Division of Meteorites, 1963-1970. The correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and concerns the identification and acquisition of specimens; the publication of scientific manuscripts; exhibits; participation in professional societies; and divisional administratio...