Chief Taxidermist Records
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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circa 1970-1999
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3.43 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-082
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the work of Frank M. Greenwell, Smithsonian Taxidermist 1957-1999. Greenwell retired in 1999 and had achieved the title of Chief, Taxidermy/Conservation, National Museum of Natural History, Office of Exhibits. Greenwell was also a member of the National Taxidermists Association. Materials include information on...
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United States National Museum, Taxidermist
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circa 1903-1904, 1907-1908, 1936 and undate
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0.1 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 433
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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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United States National Museum, Taxidermist
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1883-1889
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0.3 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 210
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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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Perrygo, Watson M., 1906-1984
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circa 1880s-1979
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6.16 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (3 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (2 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7306
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence from Alexander Wetmore, field co-workers, and museum curators concerning authorization for field trips, instructions on natural history specimens desired and areas to visit, and acknowledgments of specimens and camping equipment; correspondence from state game and fisheries agencies concerning hunting ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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1860-1973 and undated
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8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7320
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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 hunter...
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2009-2011
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15 digital audio files; 42 digital video files
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9622
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) 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. Progra...
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Perrygo, Watson M. interviewee
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1978
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26 audiotapes (reference copies). 52 digital .mp3 files (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9516
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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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Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1834-1906
Theobald, Wm.
Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937
Theobald, Charles.
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1878-1934
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8 Items
- Collection ID:
- SIL-DL.MSS001756A
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Smithsonian Libraries
Collection of William Temple Hornaday's notes and correspondence, chiefly relating to his travels, his publications, and his collecting of wild animals. Includes lists of Hornaday's expenses and animals collected on an expedition to Borneo in 1878 for Henry A. Ward, with addendum dated 1933; correspondence from Albert N. Theobald, Charles Theobald, and Wm. Theobald of the Theobald Brothers firm of taxidermists in Mysore, south India (1906-1919); letters from Norman W. Mumford of Boston, Mass. (1920), G.W. Beardsley of the Evening Herald Co., Binghamton, N.Y. (1909), and Mortimer Osborne Bigelow, Capt. 8th U.S. Cavalry, Fort Huachuca, Arizona (1909), and a letter from Hornaday and his wife Josephine to Wm. Sarre[?] (1934).
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United States National Museum
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1881-1919 and undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 408
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of weekly, monthly, and annual reports of the United States National Museum (USNM) staff involved with the preparation of collections for study and exhibition. The reports were submitted to the Director of USNM and maintained by the Division of Correspondence and Documents. Included are reports of the Taxidermist, ...
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Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944
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1912-1914
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7178
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of a field journal of Raven's kept in the East Indies from 1912 to 1914 and a field map of Borneo.