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Harris & Ewing
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1949
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1 Print (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.80-36
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National Anthropological Archives
Photograph depicting Smithsonian officials Dr. Frank M. Setzler, Dr. David H. Johnson, and H. G. Deignan with opened boxes and artifacts from the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in 1948. Collection includes a narrative description provided by the news service.
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United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
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circa 1838-1842
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-053
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of pencil and color drawings prepared for the Report on Mollusca of the United States Exploring Expedition. Artists represented include Joseph Drayton, Joseph P. Couthouy, Frederick M. Bayer, and A. F. Bellows. This accession relates to materials in Record Unit 7186.
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1956-1960
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-291
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes from the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions. These expeditions were done in conjunction with J. Bruce Bredin and document station data and specimens collected. Materials also include scientific illustrations.
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1930
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-145
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of 31 photographs taken at Barro Colorado Island in 1930 by David B. Dill, Sr., during his scientific expedition to Panama. David B. Dill, Jr., joined his father on the trip. Materials also include typewritten excerpts from the younger Dill's letters written home to his mother and sister. The Panama facility was later ...
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Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
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circa 1910
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2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-014
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of 76 photogravure plates from the Harriman Alaska Series, a 14-volume publication detailing the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. The plates were made from photographs and drawings made during the Expedition. Prominent photographers include C. Hart Merriam and Edward S. Curtis.
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Glassell, Alfred C. (Alfred Curry), 1913-2008, interviewee
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2002
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3 mini-audiotapes (Originals).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9601
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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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Western Union Telegraph Expedition Collection
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1865-1867
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0.75 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7213
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection includes correspondence, mostly to Spencer F. Baird, from members of the Scientific Corps of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition, including Kennicott, Dall, Bannister, and Elliott; copies of reports submitted to divisional chiefs from expedition staff members; newspaper clippings concerning the expedition; copies of notes ...
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1999-2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-023
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the online exhibition "Living Fossils of the Deep: An Expedition to the Bahamian Sea Floor" on the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) website as it existed on April 15, 2016. The exhibition documents a 1999 expedition by NMNH and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute scientists to the Bahamas to study inverteb...
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Kellers, Henry C., 1874-1954
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1929-1930
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0.55 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (2 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7241
- 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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circa 1900-1969, 2000
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-254
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the travels and family of Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, ornithologist and entomologist specializing in bird lice. His association with the Smithsonian Institution began in 1940, when he collected birds in Vera Cruz, Mexico, for the United States National Museum (USNM). From 1941 to 1952, Carr...
