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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Registrar
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1974-1992, with related records from 1967
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18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 568
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the activities of the Office of the Registrar under the direction of Richard H. Lytle, 1974-1976; Philip Leslie, 1976-1985; and Mary E. Case, 1986-1993. They include reports, minutes, and other records of the Council of Registrars and the Collection Policy and Management Committee; a subject file containing ...
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United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
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1890-1919
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 128
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include correspondence from the Registrar to United States National Museum staff and others, mostly regarding transportation of specimens, and the annual report of the Registrar to the Assistant Secretary, including a statement of specimen distributions. The materials document the work of Stephen C. Brown, Registrar, 1880-1919.
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United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
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1875, 1880, 1904, 1919
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0.32 cu. ft. (16 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 118
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of miscellaneous records relating to accessions, contained in 16 microfilm reels. The materials are arranged in the following order: Index to donors, circa 1875, 1 volume; index to donor names, accessions through circa 1886, 14 volumes; index to accession records checked out from the Office of the Registrar, unda...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Registrar
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1970-1975
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90021
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of materials pertaining to a collections access survey conducted by the Office of the Registrar, primarily by Richard H. Lytle and Dagobert Soergel, and headed by Paul N. Perrot, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs. It consists of completed survey forms and information relating to accession information and col...
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United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
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1885-1929
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 123
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These are records of shipments received by the Office of the Registrar and usually contain only scant information about specimens or objects. The materials document the work of Stephen C. Brown, Registrar, 1880-1919; and Herbert S. Bryant, Chief, Division of Correspondence and Documents, United States National Museum, 1917-1948.
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United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
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1891-1919
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 121
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Registrar recorded information about specimens received by the United States National Museum and assigned each unit a control number, which is the accession number for those items which were retained. This record lists the specimens by control number and the name of the curator who was assigned to examine and report on them. The materials ...
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United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
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1948-1971
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 199
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include the files of the Registrar relating to budgets, personnel, organization, procedures, and policy. They do not contain accession records. The materials document the work of Helena M. Weiss, Registrar.
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United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
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1874-1908
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This is a record of specimens and objects stored and controlled by the Registrar's office. Information on contents is usually very limited. The materials document the work of Stephen C. Brown, Registrar, 1880-1919.
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United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
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1853-1920
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44.00 cu. ft. (88 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 186
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence and specimen listings and provide supplemental information to the entries maintained in the Specimen Distribution Record Books, record unit 120. Records which did not provide additional information were culled and discarded. Material concerns the distribution of specimens to schools, museums, public ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Registrar
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1976-1989, with related records from circa 1960
- Size:
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 566
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the operations of the Office of the Registrar and, to a lesser extent, the professional activities of Margaret A. Santiago. They include correspondence, memoranda, reports, and budget materials concerning the establishment of the office, registration procedures, collection management policies, workshops and ...