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Carriker, Melbourne Armstrong, 1879-1965
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circa 1900-1969, 2000
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-254
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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...
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Glassell, Alfred C., Jr. 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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National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program
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1980-1999
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-047
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of the Smithsonian Institution's Biodiversity Program (BDP) as maintained by Marsha E. Sitnik, Scientific Program Administrator. Some of the projects and programs represented in the files include the BIOLAT (Biological Diversity in Tropical Latin America) program; ...
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United States Exploring Expedition Collection
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United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
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1838-1885
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4.37 cu. ft. (6 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7186
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Several reports covering the scientific work of the expedition were made, and most were published. One of the exceptions was the ichthyology report, which Charles Pickering was originally assigned to prepare. It was delayed, however; and by the middle of 1849, Jean Louis Agassiz had been placed in charge of the work. Due to the pressures of hi...
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United States National Museum. Department of Botany
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1918-1949
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 226
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history of the United States National Museum, Division of Plants (1919-1947) and Department of Botany (1947-1949) while Ellsworth Paine Killip was an aid, assistant curator, associate curator, and curator of the Division and the Department, as well as personal correspondence between Killip and his colleagues document...
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Dill, David B. Jr.
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1930
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-145
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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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Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
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1925-1927
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0.3 cu. ft. (2 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-011
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of glass lantern slides taken during Waldo LaSalle Schmitt's trip on the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the east and west coasts of South America, 1923-1927. The photographs depict various towns and cities in Brazil such as Rio de Janeiro, Paqueta, Sao Sabastino, Sao Francisco, in addition ...
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Roosevelt Memorial Association
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circa 1901-1928, 1933, 1936 and 1958
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7472
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Newspaper clippings and personal accounts of the 1913 expedition document malaria infections and the wound Roosevelt sustained when he plunged into the river, trying to save a capsized canoe. The newspaper clippings also include information about the specimens collected during the expedition for the American Museum of Natural History. For...
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Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
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1887, 1911, 1914, 1925-1927, 1934-1939, 1950, 1962-1972
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by invertebrate zoologist, Waldo L. Schmitt, documenting his research and collecting trips. Schmitt's chief research interest was crustacea. Collecting trips documented in this accession include the Presidential Cruise of 1938 to the Galapagos Islands as well as trips to Antarctica, ...
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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
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.