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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
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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. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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1963-1967
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-362
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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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Ladd, Harry S. (Harry Stephen), 1899-1982
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1912-1973
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-046
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of field notes of Harry S. Ladd (1899-1982), a geologist who spent much of his career with the United States Geological Survey (1940-1969) and with the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology (1969-1979). He specialized in the geology of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Materials also ...
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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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Field Research Records
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National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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1961-1973
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 83-126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of historical information, background material, and specimen reports on the islands and their flora and fauna. Records include field notes, maps, correspondence, printed items, photographs, and annotated lists. Many of the materials in this collection have been digitized. View Digitized Materials.
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Thomas Horton Associates
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1992-1993
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36 Film reels (color sound; 35,148 feet)
25 Video recordings (12 hours 30 minutes, color sound; BetacamSP)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2012.09
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Human Studies Film Archives
Full film record directed by Andrew Clark Horton and filmed by Geoffrey Hoffman for a television documentary that was never produced. Footage includes an interview with Thor Heyderdahl, Birdman cult re-enactment of swim to rock, caves with human bones, quarry and the Moai heads (large head stone statues) before they were raised to current position...
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Rand, A. Stanley (Austin Stanley), 1932-2005
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1961-1985
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-092
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of film footage taken by A. Stanley Rand, a biologist specializing in the ecology and behavior of tropical reptiles and amphibians. After receiving his Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University in 1961, Rand served as a zoologist at the Departamento de Zoologia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1964, he was hired as a biologist at ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
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122.58 cu. ft. (234 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (5 3x5 boxes) (4 5x8 boxes) (14 oversize folders) (20 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 245
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the administration, field work, and research activities of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, especially its bird banding, island survey, and pelagic survey programs. Included are reports, correspondence, field records, office records, contracts, data, notes, manuscripts, maps, and photographs. The records also...
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Ladd, Harry Stephen, 1899-
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circa 1915-1982 and undated
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2.58 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7396
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Ladd's career with the USGS and his research on the geology of Pacific Islands. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting field work, USGS matters, research and the publication of papers, and professional activities; diaries and field notes, mostly documenting his investigations in the Pacific; sc...
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Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982
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undated
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38 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7552
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National Anthropological Archives
Concentrates on problems and provides recommendations.Includes a cover letter from L.E. Bach to the Chief Administrator, Field Headquarters, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
