Oral history interviews with David Challinor
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Challinor, David, 1920-2008, interviewee
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1999
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27 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9599
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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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1992-1999, 2005
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13 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9596
- 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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Silberglied, Robert E., 1946-1982
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1960-1982, with related materials to 1984
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20 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7316
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Robert E. Silberglied provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career. They include materials relating to his initial interest in entomology; his academic training; his teaching career at Harvard University; his duties as a staff member of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI); his efforts as a conserv...
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Longley, William Harding, 1881-1937
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1892-1904, 1913-1935 and undated
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1.93 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 half document box) (5 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7223
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers contain notebooks of William Harding Longley concerning field work in the Tortugas, Hawaii, Samoa, and the Pacific; examination of specimens in European and American museums; and the evolution and distribution of species, including notes on botanical species. There is also a notebook which is marked as Longley's, but appears ...
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National Ecology Research Center (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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1963-1975, 1988-1989
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-027
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes, research, and catalogue records created or maintained by Roger B. Clapp. Clapp worked in the Biological Survey Unit, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey from 1970 until his retirement in December of 2011. (In 1989, the Biological Survey Unit was called the Biological S...
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National Zoological Park, Dept. of Zoological Research
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circa 1969-2001
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14 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-168
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting research performed by the staff of the Dept. of Zoological Research. The majority of the records were created and maintained by Devra G. Kleiman who served as Scientist, 1972-1982; Acting Assistant Director for Animal Programs, 1982-1983; Assistant Director for Animal Programs, 1983-1984; Assistan...
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circa 1850-1943
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1.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7441
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of papers documenting the research of both Stejneger and Baur on tortoises. Much of the Baur material was created during his research for the planned USNM monograph on North American tortoises. The papers consist of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, lists, newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives, and drawings. ...
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Smith, Frank, 1857-1942
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1893-1942 and undated
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0.4 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7262
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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1965-1966
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-011
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program (POBSP) consisted of biological surveys of an area of the Pacific Ocean that was dotted with clusters of islands and atolls. The major goals of the program were to learn what plants and animals occurred on the islands, the seasonal variations in their numbers and reproductive activities, and the ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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1934-1939, 1956-2017
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26.99 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 blueprint storage box) (4 16x20 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of curator emeritus Richard W. Thorington (1937-2017), who specialized in systematics, evolution, anatomy, and functional morphology in mammals, especially of primates and squirrels. The records primarily document Thorington's curatorial activities in the Division of Mammals at the National Museum of Natu...