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McGee, W J, 1853-1912
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circa 1883, 1890
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-089
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
W J McGee (William John McGee was known to his colleagues and signed his notebooks as "W J McGee", without periods) was a geologist with the United States Geological Survey primarily in charge of surveying the Atlantic Coastal Plain, 1881-1893 and was an ethnologist in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology (BAE) at the Smithsonian In...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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1982-1989
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-222
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Lu Ann Jones, researcher for the Southern Agriculture Oral History Project, documenting her research activities in regard to oral histories about farming and rural life in the United States. Jones used this information to co-write a review essay on oral history and agriculture for the "Journal of ...
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Richmond, Edward Avery, 1887-1970
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1914-1967
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7374
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of papers documenting Richmond's career and includes correspondence with colleagues concerning his research on water beetles; correspondence and photographs relating to his Army work on Horn Island, Mississippi, and subsequent research on the natural history of the island; and rearing notes and other research materials...
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Hyde, George E., 1882-1968
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circa 1915
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11 Prints (silver gelatin on postcard stock)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4457
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National Anthropological Archives
Images of several varieties of corn, including types of Pawnee corn, Canadian Sioux corn, Navajo corn, Mandan red sweet-corn, and Red Lake Ojibwa "flint corn." The collection also includes one image of a hoe blade made from a buffalo scapula.
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Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872
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1865–1872
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65 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M1907
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 65 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M1907. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Mississippi headquarters for the Assistant Commissioner and his staff officers and the subordinate field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872. The files contain some pre–Bureau record series, dated 1863–1864, that were created by military commanders and U. S. Treasury agents who dealt with refugees and freedmen during the Civil War. These records consist of bound volumes and unbound records, containing materials that include letters sent and received, monthly reports, registers of complaints, and other records relating to freedmen's claims and bounty payments.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Work and Industry
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1976-2009
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-058
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Pete Daniel, Curator, and document his curatorial and professional activities in the Division of Work and Industry, and during the years when that Division was known as the Division of Industry and Technology, the Division of the History of Technology, and the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resour...
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Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843
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circa 1838-1839
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0.6 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 84-176
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This material appears to be the product of J. N. Nicollet's 1838-1839 expedition to explore the triangle of land bordered by Canada and the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. It includes botanical and geographical observations.
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Benjamin, Foster Hendrickson
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circa 1927-1933
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7128
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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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Tracy, S. M. (Samuel Mills), 1847-1920
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1895-1914
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7278
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence from colleagues and friends concerning the importation of cultivated plants to use for forage in the United States, botanizing in Alabama, receiving publications, and personal matters.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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1860-1961
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66 cu. ft. (132 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7176
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists primarily of reports, notebooks, notes, photographs, maps, and related materials documenting field research conducted by staff naturalists of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and its predecessor, the Bureau of Biological Survey. The reports, which primarily concern biological surveys conducted in the Un...
