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Coimbra, Luis
- Dates:
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circa 2000
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11 Video recordings (20 hours, color sound; VHS)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2001.02
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Human Studies Film Archives
11(?) 1/2" VHS video tapes: "Saude Na Amazonia". Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within thi...
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Coudert, George C.
- Dates:
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1924
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14 Negatives (photographic)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.133
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Photographs made by George C. Coudert among the Tenharim and Parintintín (Parintintin) communities in Brazil during a 1924 expedition.
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National Zoological Park. Division of Exhibit Interpretation
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1981-2000
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-075
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Richard H. Hider, Supervisory Horticulturist and later Supervisor, Graphics and Production, documenting the planning and development of exhibitions such as Amazonia, the grasslands exhibition, Olmsted Walk, the Think Tank, and the tiger and gibbon facilities as well as general i...
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National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
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1958-1999
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40 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-044
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the programs and activities of National Zoological Park (NZP) offices and departments during the tenures of Directors Theodore H. Reed, 1958-1983; and Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, departmental reports, meeting minutes, planning files, research propo...
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Smithsonian Institution. Biological Diversity Program. Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
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circa 1979-1989
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-124
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFF - formerly the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project), headed by Project Director Richard O. Bierregaard. A joint venture in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Instituto Nacional de Pes...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Biodiversity Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
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1978-2002
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-098
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administration, research, outreach, and programs of the Biodiversity Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, a bi-national collaborative research project between the Smithsonian Institution and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (National Institute for Research in the Amazon) in B...
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National Zoological Park. Office of Exhibits and Outreach
- Dates:
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1974-2001
- Size:
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-028
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records, created and maintained by David Jenkins, Associate Director, Office of Exhibits and Outreach (previously Associate Director for Interpretive Programs), document his professional activities and ideas for educational activities as well as development of new and improvement of existing exhibitions and the upkeep and safety of ...
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Ferdinand Anthony Stahl photographs from the Peruvian Amazon
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Stahl, Ferdinand Anthony, 1874-1950
- Dates:
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1925
1928
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3 Negatives (photographic)
18 Photographic prints
6 Copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.141
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Photographic prints and negatives taken by Seventh-day Adventist missionary Ferdinand Anthony Stahl amongst indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon. These include the Asháninka (Campa/Chuncha), Yagua (Yahua) and Amahuaca communities.
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Meggers, Betty Jane
Evans, Clifford, 1920-1981
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1893-2012
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129 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2013-01
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National Anthropological Archives
The Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans Papers document their research and professional activities from 1946-2012 and primarily deal with their archaeological and anthropological research in South America. Their work at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and their frequent collaboration with other researchers and professional organizations is also represented. In addition, this collection contains detailed records on South American research conducted by the Smithsonian Institution from the 1950s through the 2010s. The collection consists of research and project files, raw data and analysis, graphs and illustrations, photographs, correspondence, maps and charts, and administrative files.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Quincentenary Programs
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1984-1993
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37 cu. ft. (37 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-149
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities which the Office of Quincentenary Programs coordinated or organized to mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The Quincentenary programs began in 1985 under the coordination of Smithsonian's Directorate of Inte...
