Query: Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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Records
Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Dates:
1925-1949
Size:
78.77 cu. ft. (65 record storage boxes) (1 half document box) (90 3x5 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 46
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit traces the operation of the Smithsonian from 1925 to 1949. It contains records from the last years of Secretary Charles D. Walcott's administration, perhaps most notably the ambitious but abortive fund raising campaign to add $10,000,000.00 to the Smithsonian's endowment. The Depression and consequent cut-backs in government support are also …

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in Record Unit 46 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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MS 4975 Map embracing frontiers of his majesty's [Spanish] territories in North America...showing locations of Indian groups in northern Mexico and Texas [1766]
Creators:
Fora, Nicolas de la, approximately 1730-
Dates:
undated
Size:
14 Sheets
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4975
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
in NAA.MS4975 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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Alexander Wetmore Papers
Creators:
Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
Dates:
circa 1848-1983 and undated
Size:
116.34 cu. ft. (206 document boxes) (10 half document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (2 16x20 boxes) (29 3x5 boxes) (13 5x8 boxes) (oversize materials)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7006
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The papers of Alexander Wetmore were received in the Smithsonian Archives in several different accessions between 1978 and 1987. The Archives would like to thank Mrs. Beatrice T. Wetmore for her help in transferring her husband's papers to the Archives. We also appreciate the assistance of the staff of the Division of …

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in Record Unit 7006 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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Austin Hobart Clark Papers
Dates:
1883-1954 and undated
Size:
10.61 cu. ft. (19 document boxes) (1 half document box) (2 12x17 boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7183
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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

in Record Unit 7183 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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Leonard Peter Schultz Papers
Creators:
Schultz, Leonard P. (Leonard Peter), 1901-1986
Dates:
circa 1915-1970, with related papers from 1899
Size:
16.36 cu. ft. (32 document boxes) (1 5x8 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7222
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers concern Schultz's personal and professional life and include notes, correspondence, research data, sketches, manuscripts, meeting programs, clippings, and published works concerning general ichthyology; ichthyological nomenclature; sharks and shark attacks; professional societies; expeditions, particularly the Bikini survey and resurvey program in conjunction with the atomic bomb tests; Schultz's teaching …

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in Record Unit 7222 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)
Photograph of Charles Lewis Gazin's field work and collecting in Wyoming, 1941. Two tents and a Jeep in the center of image, with mountains in the background. [Image no. SIA2012-2692]
Charles Lewis Gazin Papers
Creators:
Gazin, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1904-1996
Dates:
1901-1984 and undated
Size:
23.91 cu. ft. (45 document boxes) (2 16x20 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7314
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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

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in Record Unit 7314 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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Materials
Records
Dates:
1890-1929
Size:
57.93 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (104 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (oversize materials)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 45
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit documents the growth and management of the Smithsonian from 1890 to 1929. Of special interest is the Institution's entry into the field of the fine arts through the creation of the National Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian continued to pursue a wide variety …

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in Record Unit 45 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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Charles D. Walcott Collection
Creators:
Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
Dates:
1851-1940 and undated
Size:
108.59 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes) (84 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 12x17 box) (2 16x20 boxes) (8 5x8 boxes) (oversized materials and framed panoramas)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7004
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Charles D. Walcott Collection Papers (Record Unit 7004) were given to the Smithsonian Institution by his wife, Mary Vaux Walcott, with certain more recent additions. The Archives would like to thank Dr. Ellis L. Yochelson, United States Geological Survey, and Frederick J. Collier, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural …

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in Record Unit 7004 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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S. Dillon Ripley Oral History Interviews
Creators:
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001, interviewee
Dates:
1977-1993
Size:
48 audiotapes (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9591
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 …

in Record Unit 9591 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)

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Materials
Records
Dates:
1884, 1888, 1899-1965
Size:
13.84 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 half document box) (13 12x17 boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 229
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers document the history of the agrostology section of the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture (1901-1939), and the Section of Grasses, United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1912-1963) at the time Albert Spear Hitchcock and Mary Agnes Chase worked for the USDA and the USNH …

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in Record Unit 229 for Eighth American Scientific Congress. (1940: Washington, D. C.)
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