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Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-1986
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circa 1918-1985 and undated, with family material dating from 1839
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13.69 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7333
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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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Reeside, John B,(John Bernard),1889-1958
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1916-1958 and undated
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0.7 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7326
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The 1879 act establishing the United States Geological Survey (USGS) declares "And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, and fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer need...
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Charles D. Walcott Collection
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Walcott, Charles D, (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
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1851-1940 and undated
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11.7 linear meters and oversize.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7004
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Charles D. Walcott Collection Papers (Record Unit 7004) were given to the Smithsonian 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 History, for th...
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Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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circa 1848-1983 and undated
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50.21 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7006
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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 Birds, National Museum ...
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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circa 1934-1969
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-129
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the organization of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) in 1934 and its activities through the late 1960s. Included are constitutions, by-laws, and correspondence of founders; files of SVP officers; materials documenting SVP annual meetings; files of SVP committees; copies of the SVP "New...
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Knight, J. Brookes (James Brookes), 1888-1960
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circa 1928-1955 and undated
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5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7251
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of general correspondence with his family and amateur and professional paleontologists; unpublished manuscripts on gastropods and a typescript by F. M. Wadley of the United States Department of Agriculture; and drawings and a map of geological formations in central Texas. Correspondence concerns family financial matte...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
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1890-1929
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14.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 45
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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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Association of Systematics Collections
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circa 1972-1988
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34 cu. ft. (34 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7459
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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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Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977.
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1907-1978
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79.56 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (121 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (60 3x5 boxes) (3 5x8 boxes) (2 film boxes) (oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7231
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Waldo LaSalle Schmitt provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career, 1907-1977. They also illustrate, to a lesser degree, his personal life. Particularly well represented in the papers is material concerning Schmitt's carcinological research, his curatorial and administrative careers at the United States Nat...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1948-1970
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48 cu. ft. (48 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 155
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the administrative files of the Office of the Director, National Museum of Natural History. Most of the records date from the late-to-mid 1950s. Those records created prior to 1959 are the records of the Director of the United States National Museum, although they are records relating primarily to that segment of the U. ...