Query: Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Leonhard Stejneger and Georg Herman Baur Collection
Dates:
circa 1850-1943
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7441
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection consists of papers documenting the research of both Stejneger and Baur on tortoises. Much of the Baur material was created during his research for the planned USNM monograph on North American tortoises. The papers consist of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, lists, newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives, and drawings. Of special …

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in Record Unit 7441 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Leonhard Stejneger Papers
Dates:
1753, 1867-1943
Size:
23.86 cu. ft. (46 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (oversize materials)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7074
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The papers of Leonhard Stejneger consist of manuscripts on Japanese herpetology, Chinese herpetology, Puerto Rican and West Indian herpetology, North American herpetology, poisonous snakes, turtles, fur seals, ornithology, European fauna and the study of life zones; manuscripts, general notes and bibliographic notes and correspondence regarding the publication of Stejneger's biography …

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in Record Unit 7074 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Records
Creators:
United States National Museum. Department of Biology
Dates:
1897-1943
Size:
9.51 cu. ft. (17 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (1 folder oversize materials)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 242
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit documents the administration of the Department of Biology under Head Curators True, 1897-1911, and Stejneger, 1911-1943. Records include correspondence of the Department, 1897-1943; quarterly reports, 1910-1940; annual reports, 1901, 1911-1941; and plans of operation, 1911-1940. For other material relating to the Department of Biology see Record Units 143, 7074, and 7181.

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in Record Unit 242 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Records
Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
Dates:
1873-1968
Size:
12.98 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (6 tall document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 161
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection consists of correspondence of the Division of Reptiles and Batrachians, a correspondence which was conducted by Yarrow, Stejneger, and Cochran. The correspondence of James A. Peters (1922-1972), who came to the United States National Museum in 1964 and was appointed Curator in Charge of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians …

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in Record Unit 161 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Biographical File
Dates:
1860-1973 and undated
Size:
8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7320
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection contains a variety of materials documenting the lives and careers of scientists from a wide range of fields, including mammalogy, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, botany, entomology, paleontology and geology. Also included are files on conservationists, taxidermists, historical figures, explorers, frontiersmen, and hunters. The files include biographies, news clippings, press …

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in Record Unit 7320 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Photographs and Biographical Information
Dates:
1797-1988 and undated
Size:
9.19 cu. ft. (17 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7323
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection was created by combining two separate accessions of biographical information on and photographs of entomologists. Series 1 consists mostly of biographical materials on dipterists (entomologists who specialize in the study of flies) but also includes information about other entomologists and scientists in general. The material, which dates between 1797 and …

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in Record Unit 7323 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Records
Dates:
1851-1982 and undated
Size:
58.76 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes) (9 document boxes) (26 tall document boxes) (9 microfilm reels)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 73
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Archives would like to thank the staff of the Division of Mollusks for their cooperation in transferring the records to the Archives. We especially appreciate the help of Clyde Roper, Richard Houbrick, and Michael Sweeney.

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in Record Unit 73 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Curators' Annual Reports
Dates:
1881-1964
Size:
49 cu. ft. (98 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 158
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The administration of the United States National Museum required curators to submit regular reports on the activities of the departments, divisions, and sections. Prior to about 1900 these reports were often made monthly and semiannually as well as annually. The reports were traditionally submitted to the Director of the National Museum …

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in Record Unit 158 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
Dates:
Circa 1858-1925
Size:
circa 8000 Glass negatives (Gelatin and Collodion)
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.176
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

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in NAA.PhotoLot.176 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Department of Anthropology records
Creators:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
Dates:
1840s-circa 2015
Size:
330.25 Linear feet (519 boxes)
Collection ID:
NAA.XXXX.0311
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The Department of Anthropology records contain administrative and research materials produced by the department and its members from the time of the Smithsonian Institution's foundation until today.

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in NAA.XXXX.0311 for Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943