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Richards, Oscar W., Dr.
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1848-1989
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6 Cubic feet (18 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0343
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is made up of materials collected by Dr. Oscar W. Richards on various topics related to microscopes.
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds
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1970s-1980s
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-147
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of approximately 3000 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images of bird feathers created by Roxie C. Laybourne, a pioneering forensic scientist at the Smithsonian Institution. Her expertise in identifying bird feathers helped government agencies and jet engine manufacturers take measures to keep birds away from aircraft...
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Borasky, Rubin, 1910-199?
Schaeffer, Asa Arthur
Borasky, Charlotte S., Mrs.
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1930-1988
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5 Cubic feet (16 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0452
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This material was collected by Mr. Borasky over a long period during which he worked in the field of electron microscopy. Borasky's correspondence with many of the major figures in the field is included. Much of this correspondence was initiated by Borasky as a means of documenting the history of electron microscopy that he attempted to write ove...
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Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Kisch, Bruno Z., 1890-1966
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1904-1968.
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3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0835
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of materials from the professional life of Dr. Bruno Z. Kisch.
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Science Service
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circa 1920s-1970s
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19 cu. ft. (38 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-094
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Science Service was established in 1920 through the efforts of the E. W. Scripps Company in collaboration with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), and the National Research Council (NRC). In 1919 Scripps had established the American Society for the Dissemination of Science. ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
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1955-2013
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21 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-300
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Ian G. Macintyre, Curator Emeritus, who specializes in carbonate sedimentology with a multidisciplinary interest in post-glacial history of coral reefs, submarine lithification, skeletal mineralogy of reef organisms, bioerosion, and Holocene sea-level history in the western Atlantic and eastern ...
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Marton, Ladislaus Laszlo, 1901-1979 (physicist)
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1932 - 1970
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4.66 Cubic feet (14 boxes, one (1) 16 mm film)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0100
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of materials documenting the history of electron optics, especially electron microscopes. Included are engineering drawings of Marton's devices, designed in Belgium, Stanford and RCA in the 1930s and 1940s; notebooks concerning extensive investigations in electron microscopy; photographs and micrographs concerning developm...
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Harring, Harry K.
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1910-1923, 1929 and undated
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7237
- Repository:
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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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Higgins, Robert P.
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1962-1992
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-011
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the research career and professional affairs of Robert P. Higgins. They include correspondence between Higgins and professional colleagues documenting his research on crustacea; correspondence relating to his professional activities at the Smithsonian, 1969-1977; and correspondence documenting his service as Associate Edi...
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Sohn, I. G. (Israel Gregory), 1911-2000
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1945-1998
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-079
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
I. G. (Israel Gregory) Sohn (1911-2000) was a Research Associate in the United States Geological Survey who focused on Ostracodes, marine and non-marine microscopic shelled crustacea of the Late Paleozoic to the present. These papers consist of correspondence, professional activity files, project files, and examinations and reports conducted ...