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Henk Wolda Papers
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Creators:
Wolda, Henk
Dates:
circa 1974-1990
Size:
7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 95-018
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Henk Wolda is an entomologist and retired staff member of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). This accession consists of general correspondence between Wolda and professional colleagues concerning the identification of specimens, research projects, the publication of scientific papers, and professional activities; and notes ...

Philip W. Wolle Papers
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Creators:
Wolle, Philip W., 1893-1969
Dates:
1883-1969
Size:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7385
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers consist mostly of materials documenting Wolle's studies on algae. Included is a series of notebooks containing observations and drawings from his research, as well as information on his family; correspondence with Paul S. Conger, Ruth Patrick, Francis Drouet, and other algologists concerning a wide range of research topics; photog...

Digitized Content Edward William Nelson and Edward Alphonso Goldman Collection
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Dates:
circa 1873-1946 and undated
Size:
21.66 cu. ft. (34 document boxes) (7 12x17 boxes) (11 3x5 boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7364
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection consists primarily of papers documenting the professional career and personal life of Edward William Nelson. A smaller amount of material was created by Edward Alphonso Goldman and relates to both professional and private matters. Apparently, Goldman assumed control of Nelson's papers after the latter's death, probably for...

Digitized Content Vail Telegraph Collection
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Dates:
1830-1898, 1912-1917
Size:
10.14 cu. ft. (10 document boxes) (4 half document boxes) (6 16x20 boxes) (oversize material)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7055
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection contains papers concerning the invention and development of the telegraph by Samuel F. B. Morse, Alfred Vail, and others, especially Vail's work with telegraph instruments and operation of telegraph stations, patent litigation, and Vail's publications concerning the telegraph; correspondence between Alfred and George Vail ...

Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives, Maps, and Drawings
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Dates:
1867-1993, undated
Size:
0.58 cu. ft. (1 tall document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 06-100
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of miscellaneous photographs, negatives, maps and drawings. The records represent a broad range of subjects and topics such as early 20th century photographs of China taken by Dr. Bailey Willis; a photograph of a portrait painting of Richard Delafield, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, 1865-1871; exterior photograp...

John A. Wood Papers
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Creators:
Wood, John A., 1932-
Dates:
1950-2005
Size:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 05-265
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers consist primarily of correspondence and include photographs, clippings, research files and biographical information on John A. Wood.

William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers
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Dates:
circa 1984-1986
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 05-250
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of a manuscript for an unpublished autobiography by Lucile Quarry Mann titled I Remember Grandma. Multiple drafts are included. The autobiography focuses primarily on her childhood.

Photographs and negatives of trilobites
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Dates:
1915 and undated
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 06-069
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of 25 glass plate negatives of Symphysurina trilobites which are found in the Canadian Rockies. Additionally there are various black-and-white transparencies, negatives, and prints of unidentified trilobites.

William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann Papers
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Dates:
1930, 1935-1938, 1954, 1962, and undated
Size:
0.69 cu. ft. (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Accession 03-024
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document Lucile Quarry Mann's work at the National Zoological Park as well as her scholarly work. Materials consist of newspaper clippings, black and white photographs of her and of her husband William M. Mann, and a 1954 edition of her 1934 book, Tropical Fish.

Digitized Content Lantern Slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition
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Creators:
Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910)
Dates:
circa 1909-1910, 1989
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 06-093
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of eight hand-colored glass lantern slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition. It is unclear as to who the photographer was. Also included are black-and-white prints made of the lantern slides by Smithsonian Photographic Services (SPS) in 1989.

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