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2000
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1 audiotape (Reference copy).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9605
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Oral History Program is part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The purpose of the program is to conduct interviews with current and retired members of the Smithsonian staff who have made significant contributions, administrative and scholarly, to the Institution. The project's goal is to supplement the published record and manuscrip...
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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
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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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Shropshire, Walter, interviewee
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1998-2000
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18 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9597
- 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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National Zoological Park. Department 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 Department 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; ...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Dates:
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1990
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1 audiotape (Reference copy).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9580
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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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circa 1850-1943
- 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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1906-1925 and undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-172
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials documenting the curatorial activities of Joseph Nelson Rose, a curator in the Division of Plants, 1896-1911 and 1917-1928. Rose specialized in the study of cacti. Some materials document Rose's leave of absence from the United States National Museum for field work in South America. Materials include co...
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Smith, Frank, 1857-1942
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1893-1942 and undated
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7262
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Frank Smith document his research on earthworms. They consist of correspondence with biologists and USNM administrators and staff, including Paul Bartsch, Nathan A. Cobb, Gordon Enoch Gates, Chancey Juday, James Arthur MacNab, John Percy Moore, Brayton Howard Ransom, Mary Jane Rathbun, Richard Rathbun, William deC. Ravenel, ...