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Correspondence
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Fishes
Dates:
1941-1990
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 07-152
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document the tenure of Ernest A. Lachner (1915-1996), Associate Curator and Curator, 1949-1981 in the National Museum of Natural History, Division of Fishes. Materials include correspondence, certificates, reports and a small amount of papers relating to Lachner's service with World War II U. S. Army ...

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Records
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Fishes
Dates:
circa 1885-1978
Size:
6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 415
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence compiled by the Division of Fishes, circa 1965-1978. Most of the correspondence is from ichthyologists, collectors, donors and students and concerns the identification, exchange and distribution of specimens, collecting work and requests for publications. Also found in the...

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Records
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Creators:
United States National Museum. Division of Fishes
Dates:
1865-1941
Size:
7 cu. ft. (14 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 213
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit includes correspondence of the division, 1865-1941; accession and distribution record books, 1882-1936; invoices on specimens, ca. 1895, 1911-1923; and related notes, lists and materials on fishes.

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Digitized Content James A. Peters Papers, and Records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
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Creators:
Peters, James Arthur, 1922-1972
Dates:
1927-1973 (Papers), 1927-1966 (Records)
Size:
24.25 cu. ft. (48 document boxes) (1 half document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7175
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers include both personal and professional correspondence and documents relating to Peters' academic and curatorial careers. Also included are files of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians maintained by Peters' predecessor, Doris Mable Cochran (1898-1968). Correspondents include Jorge W. Abalos, M. Acosta-Solis, Kraig Kerr Adl...

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Digitized Content Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Illustrations, and Records on Fishes
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History
Dates:
circa 1835-1974 and undated
Size:
0.68 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (1 12x17 box) (1 folder oversize materials)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7220
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit consists of a small amount of notes, lists, and illustrations in the Archives, and a much larger quantity of field notes, catalogs, and records kept in the Division of Fishes, Cataloging Room.

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Digitized Content Leonard Peter Schultz Papers
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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 a...

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Research Award Proposals, Awards, and Contracts
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
Dates:
1965-1971
Size:
8.5 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 150
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These files include the record copy of proposals for research awards for the fiscal years 1967 and 1968. Included are both new proposals and those proposals from previous fiscal years for which continued support was sought. The FY 1967 proposals and progress reports were generally made to Harry Hyman, Smithsonian Research Award Administrator ...

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Correspondence
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Dates:
1922, 1927-1965
Size:
12.50 cu. ft. (25 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 234
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of correspondence of the members of the staff of the Division of Fishes, 1922, 1927-1965. Most of the correspondence is from domestic and foreign ichthyologists, aquarists, collectors, colleges and universities, museum officials, and the general public. The correspondence generally concerns the identification, exchange, ...

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Records
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Dates:
1926-1988
Size:
30.62 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (43 document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7149
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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