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A. Myra Keen Oral History Interview
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Creators:
Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-1986, interviewee
Dates:
1983
Size:
1 audiotape (Reference copy).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9527
Repository:
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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J. Laurens Barnard Papers
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Creators:
Barnard, J. Laurens (Jerry Laurens), 1928-1991
Dates:
1949-1974
Size:
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 84-151
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of J. Laurens Barnard's professional correspondence relating to his research on amphipods. Most of the correspondence is unarranged.

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A. Myra Keen Papers
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Creators:
Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-1986
Dates:
circa 1918-1985 and undated, with family material dating from 1839
Size:
13.69 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7333
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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Digitized Content George Sprague Myers Papers
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Creators:
Myers, George S. (George Sprague), 1905-1985
Dates:
circa 1903-1986 and undated
Size:
32.19 cu. ft. (63 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7317
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The papers of George Sprague Myers provide extensive documentation of his research career in ichthyology and herpetology. The collection also offers substantial information concerning the development of Myers' interest in natural history; his college work at Indiana University and Stanford University; his teaching career at Stanford University...

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Digitized Content Records
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mollusks
Dates:
1851-1982 and undated
Size:
58.76 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes) (9 document boxes) (26 tall document boxes) (9 microfilm reels)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 73
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Archives would like to thank the staff of the Division of Mollusks for their cooperation in transferring the records to the Archives. We especially appreciate the help of Clyde Roper, Richard Houbrick, and Michael Sweeney.

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Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records
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Creators:
United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board
Dates:
1870-2010
bulk 1962-1985
Size:
39 Slides (photographs)
35 Negatives (photographic)
257 Photographic prints
14 Linear feet
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.072
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

The Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records collection includes documents and photographs related to works of art accessioned into the IACB collection from it's inception in 1935 to 1999. The collection also includes docuements related to objects accessioned into the IACB's run Southern Plains Indian Museum. The collection is nearly comprehensive and includes works of art from Alaska Native artists to Catawba pottery, and includes artwork from several renowned artists including, Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), James Kivetoruk Moses (Inupiaq), and Don Morse "Lelooska" Smith (Cherokee).

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Digitized Content Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records
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Creators:
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art
Dates:
1883-1962
bulk 1885-1962
Size:
265.8 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.carninst
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The records of the Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art measure 265.8 linear feet and date from 1883-1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1885-1940. The collection includes extensive correspondence between the museum's founding director, John Beatty, and his successor, Homer Saint-Gaudens, with artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, museum directors, representatives abroad, shipping and insurance agents, and museum trustees. The collection also includes Department of Fine Arts interoffice memoranda and reports; loan exhibition files; Carnegie International planning, jury, shipping, and sale records; Department of Fine Arts letterpress copy books, and a copy of the original card catalog index to these records.

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S. Stillman Berry Papers
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Creators:
Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984
Dates:
1880-1984
Size:
14.43 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7335
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee. The Archives would like to thank Paul F. Allen, the executor of the Berry Estate for selecting the Smithsonian Institution Archives as home for the Berry papers; Phillip J. Livoni, a close associate of Drs. Allen and Berry, for his ...

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Harry Hoogstraal Papers
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Creators:
Hoogstraal, Harry, 1917-1986
Dates:
circa 1940-1986
Size:
113.74 cu. ft. (98 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (22 16x20 boxes) (2 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7454
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers document the professional career, and to a lesser extent, the personal affairs of Harry Hoogstraal. Most of the papers concern his work after he joined NAMRU-3 in 1949. There appears to be little documentation of his participation on scientific expeditions during the 1930s and 1940s. The papers primarily consist of a voluminous ...

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Digitized Content Melbourne R. Carriker Papers
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Creators:
Carriker, Melbourne R. (Melbourne Romaine), 1915-2007
Dates:
1934-2007
Size:
30.8 cu. ft. (30 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (2 3x5 boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 08-005
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the research and professional activities of Melbourne R. Carriker, marine malacologist. Carriker's research interests included snails, oysters, clams, invasive species of mollusks, marine mariculture, and estuarine ecology. Much of Carriker's research focused on South America, where he was ...

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