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Research Records
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
Dates:
1856-1891, 1913, 1963, 1975, 1993-1994, 1999
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 16-122
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of sedimentology records of the Department of Paleobiology. Most of these materials are hydrographic sheets of sea bottom specimens created by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Materials also include correspondence, scientific illustrations, and maps.

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Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
Dates:
1955-2013
Size:
21 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 17-300
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the records of Ian G. Macintyre, Curator Emeritus, who specializes in carbonate sedimentology with a multidisciplinary interest in post-glacial history of coral reefs, submarine lithification, skeletal mineralogy of reef organisms, bioerosion, and Holocene sea-level history in the western Atlantic and eastern ...

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Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
Dates:
1966-1968
Size:
1.02 cu. ft. (1 16x20 box) (3 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
Accession 18-241
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of the records of Ian G. Macintyre, Curator Emeritus, who specializes in carbonate sedimentology with a multidisciplinary interest in post-glacial history of coral reefs, submarine lithification, skeletal mineralogy of reef organisms, bioerosion, and Holocene sea-level history in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific...

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Records
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Creators:
Geological Survey. Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy
Dates:
1894-1956 and undated
Size:
5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7327
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The 1879 act establishing the United States Geological Survey (USGS) declares "And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, and fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer need...

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Digitized Content Thomas Wayland Vaughan Papers
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Creators:
Vaughan, Thomas Wayland, 1870-1952
Dates:
1908-1947 and undated
Size:
9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 99-124
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers consist of Vaughan's professional correspondence with American and foreign scientists concerning descriptions of fossil localities; the identification, description and exchange of specimens; research in coral foraminifera and oceanography; research conditions in Europe around the time of World War II; and the activities of sc...

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Richard L. Hay papers
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Creators:
Hay, Richard L. (Richard LeRoy), 1926-
Leakey, L. S. B. (Louis Seymour Bazett), 1903-1972
Leakey, Mary D. (Mary Douglas), 1913-1996
Dates:
1953-2005
Size:
15.97 Linear feet ((13 document boxes, 3 flat boxes, 8 card file boxes, and 1 oversized box) plus 1 CD-RW and 1 map folder)
Collection ID:
NAA.2008-09
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Richard LeRoy Hay was a geologist, known for his contributions to sedimentary petrography and archaeological geology. This collection contains field notebooks, maps, photographs, data, and documentation of geological specimens he collected, primarily in Africa, but also in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He was known for his work with Mary Leakey, in which he provided the geological framework for Olduvai Gorge and Laetoli in Tanzania.

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Plans
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services
Dates:
1961-1969 and undated
Size:
1.19 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Accession T89075
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession includes blueprints for modifications and renovations to various systems and spaces at the National Museum of Natural History, and cabinet sketches for the National Zoological Park Bird House.

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Digitized Content G. Arthur Cooper Oral History Interviews
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Creators:
Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur), 1902-2000, interviewee
Dates:
1984
Size:
6 audiotapes (Reference copies). 10 digital .mp3 files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9524
Repository:
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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Bruce C. Heezen Papers
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Creators:
Heezen, Bruce C.
Dates:
circa 1947-1977
Size:
98.7 cu. ft. (96 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (5 oversize tube boxes) (6 globes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7464
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. International and Environmental Programs
Dates:
1962-1975
Size:
22.5 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 218
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document the general administrative activities of the Office of International and Environmental Programs, and in particular, the Office's environmental research programs. They include general administrative correspondence, contract files, agency reports, program files, case files, and project reports concerning the organiz...

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