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Stone, Alan, 1904-, interviewee
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1997
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3 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9614
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Knutson, Lloyd, 1934-
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1958-1999
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-130
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of slides of Lloyd Knutson (1934-2018), an entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture, the Systematic Entomology Laboratory, the Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute, and the Agricultural Research Service. His primary research interest was Sciomyzidae. Images depict ...
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1960-1988
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7426
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection contains information on administrative activities, curation of collections, publication of scientific manuscripts, cooperative research agreements with universities, budgets, staffing, committees, and grants. Incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, research proposals, newsletters, and annual reports also document ...
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Kirkbride, Joseph H.
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1967-1968, 1972, 1976-1986, 1989-2015, undated
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-239
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes and diaries of Joseph H. Kirkbride, botanist. Kirkbride was an Associate Curator in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, 1976-1979, but spent the majority of his career with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Following his reti...
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1949-1980
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7419
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist mainly of professional correspondence documenting Spangler's work in the Division of Coleoptera and his research on aquatic beetles. Most of the material concerns the identification of entomological specimens. A small amount of correspondence predates Spangler's association with the USNM.
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1910-1973
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25 cu. ft. (50 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7309
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection contains the official correspondence of the Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, and its predecessors, 1925 to 1973. The correspondence, which is both incoming and outgoing, mostly concerns the identification of specimens sent to the USDA for determination. Smaller amounts of correspondence document research projects of...
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Photographs and Biographical Information
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1797-1988 and undated
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9.19 cu. ft. (17 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7323
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection was created by combining two separate accessions of biographical information on and photographs of entomologists. Series 1 consists mostly of biographical materials on dipterists (entomologists who specialize in the study of flies) but also includes information about other entomologists and scientists in general. The material,...
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1903-2003
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20 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-158
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Paul J. Spangler, curator at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). These records include correspondence, grants, loans, administrative records, research materials, manuscripts, specimen information, reference information, and materials related to his work with professional s...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Dates:
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1982-1989
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-222
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Lu Ann Jones, researcher for the Southern Agriculture Oral History Project, documenting her research activities in regard to oral histories about farming and rural life in the United States. Jones used this information to co-write a review essay on oral history and agriculture for the "Journal of ...
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United States. Department of Agriculture
- Dates:
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1906-1907.
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1096
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains thirty-three glass plate negatives documenting the construction of Laboratory A and B of the Department of Agriculture building in the early 1900s.
