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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
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circa 1947-1974 and undated
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6.15 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 3x5 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 424
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the operation of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, circa 1955-1974. Also included are plans of operation, circa 1947-1960; public inquiries for identification of specimens and information; and glass plate negatives which document the field work of Frederick W...
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Archives of American Art
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1954-1985, with related records from 1917
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 401
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of the correspondence of Edgar P. Richardson, Director, 1954-1964; his successor, William E. Woolfenden, 1964-1983; Richard N. Murray, 1983- , and other staff members; minutes and records of the Board of Trustees; manuscripts, correspondence, and other records of the Archives of American Art Journal; and the files ...
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Archives of American Art
- Dates:
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1954-1985
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29.69 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 402
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection documents the development of the Archives of American Art (AAA), chiefly the period since acquisition of AAA by the Smithsonian in 1970, though some records from its earlier history in Detroit and New York are also included. These records contain minutes, files, and correspondence of the Board of Trustees and the Advisory ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Plants
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1889-1896, 1902
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 236
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of incoming correspondence to Ellen W. Cathcart, scientific assistant in the Division of Botany, United States Department of Agriculture, and concern the identification, determination, and exchange of cryptogams. Some of the correspondence was addressed to Frederick Vernon Coville, Curator of the United States National ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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1889-1968
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 237
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of an autograph collection, attributed to Ellsworth Paine Killip, Aid, Assistant Curator, Associate Curator, and Curator of the Division of Plants, and Head Curator of the Department of Botany. Much of the correspondence making up this collection was written to John Donnell Smith, Research Associate in the Division ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
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1922-1971
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3 cu. ft. (6 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 246
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain annual reports of the Department and its predecessors, 1922-1970, including curators' and divisional reports, statistics on specimens and accessions, and publications lists; plans of operations, 1927-1951, 1953-1966; and requisitions for purchase of specimens, 1964-1971. Also included are reports to the Department on acti...
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United States National Museum. Division of Plants
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1899-1947
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15.12 cu. ft. (14 document boxes) (14 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 223
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records, for the most part, document the history of the collection of the United States National Herbarium (USNH), United States National Museum, Division of Plants, while William Ralph Maxon was aid, assistant curator, associate curator, and curator of the USNH, Division of Plants (1899-1946). This material includes loose incoming ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Plants
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1902-1922
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 224
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Material contains official outgoing letterpress correspondence from Paul Carpenter Standley, United States National Museum, Division of Plants, 1902-1922, regarding identification, examination, and reports of specimens sent to the Division; exchange and purchase of national collections; explorations and collecting expeditions; botanical s...
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United States National Museum. Division of Plants
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1904-1911
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 225
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This material mostly contains Joseph Hannum Painter's incoming and outgoing correspondence with botanists and Smithsonian staff regarding the shipment of specimen collections; the identification of specimens; the mounting of collections and Painter's work on the yellow pond lily Nymphaea; also includes outgoing copies of payments made by Josep...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
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circa 1948-1974
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11.5 cu. ft. (23 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 247
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The record unit contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, manuscripts, and other materials documenting the activities of the Department of Entomology and its staff, especially during the tenures of John Frederick Gates Clarke, Karl V. Krombein, and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., as chairman. Some material concerning the professional activities ...