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Kavanagh, Thomas W., 1949-
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June 16, 1990
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83 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7502
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National Anthropological Archives
The text is in the form of brief notes and footnotes. Most of the manuscript is made up of photographs of the figures, some groups showing the changes made in exhibiting them. The coverage is to 1955.
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Russell E. Train Africana collection
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Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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1663-2004
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6,500 items (estimated)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CL.XXXX-0014
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Smithsonian Libraries
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa.
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Dept. of Anthropology
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undated
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350 negatives (circa, nitrate)
350 prints (circa, silver gelatin and contact prints)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.88-25
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of busts and, in the case of infants, head and body casts made by A. Joseph Andrews. Generally, images consist of front, rear, and two side views. The busts show American white infants, females, males; American Indian males and females; African American males and females; and a pygmy male. The persons are identified by name and age and ...
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National Museum of Natural History, Mammal Identification Service
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1966-1976
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0.4 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 407
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the eight-year history of MIS and consist of correspondence of Handley, Ranck, and Pine concerning the creation of the project, the identification of mammal specimens, professional activities, and administrative matters; proposals submitted to NIH to provide funding for MIS; annual reports and a final report of the proje...
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Smithsonian Institution
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2015
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-018
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge" website, which documents the Sharing Knowledge Project, as it existed on August 10, 2015. Through the project, members of Indigenous communities from across Alaska and northeast Siberia are working with the Smithsonian Institution and the Anchorage Museum to interpre...
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Laybourne, Roxie C., 1910-2003 interviewee
- Dates:
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2001
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17 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9610
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997 interviewee
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1974-1975
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7 audiotapes (reference copies). 11 digital .mp3 files (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9505
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Wright, A. Gilbert, (Arthur Gilbert), 1909-1987
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circa 1936-1981 and undated
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1.4 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 3x5 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7331
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of A. Gilbert Wright provide partial documentation of most aspects of his professional career. Included are materials concerning Wright's tenure as a Rockefeller Foundation Intern at the Buffalo Museum of Science, 1937-1938; his work at the Florida State Museum, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, and the Smithsonian Institut...
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Hughes, Phillip S., interviewee
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1985
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7 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9525
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Assistant Director for Automatic Data Processing
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1965-1990
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-169
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the development of automated data management systems for the collections of NMNH and other museums, the establishment of data handling and storage standards, and the consolidation of administrative structures to control automation policy at the Smithsonian. They include documentation of the Health, Education and Welfare ...