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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Zoology
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1965-1987
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 382
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of records of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, primarily under the chairmanships of George E. Watson and Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., with additional material from the tenures of Philip S. Humphrey, George R. Zug, W. Ronald Heyer, and Richard W. Thorington, Jr. The records include memoranda, correspondence, and subject ...
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Sandved, Kjell Bloch, 1922-
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1975
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-013
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Kjell Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of the NMNH in 1975. They also document the visit in October 1975 of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Some of the NMNH staff represented...
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Senate of Scientists Project (National Museum of Natural History)
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1963-1987
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 429
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the establishment and activities of the Senate of Scientists. They were primarily created by the chairmen of the senate and include constitutions and amendments; committee files; minutes of council and annual meetings; records concerning dinner forums, seminars, and other senate events; membership records; treasurers ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Zoology
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1982-1992
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1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-139
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of Chairman's records pertaining to research, special projects, and collections management in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence with Smithsonian administration, departmental staff, and outside museums and organizations; research proposals; divisional memoranda ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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1934-1939, 1956-2017
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26.99 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 blueprint storage box) (4 16x20 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of curator emeritus Richard W. Thorington (1937-2017), who specialized in systematics, evolution, anatomy, and functional morphology in mammals, especially of primates and squirrels. The records primarily document Thorington's curatorial activities in the Division of Mammals at the National Museum of Natu...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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circa 1953-1988
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8.5 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 400
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the staff of the Division of Mammals and primarily concern the identification, loan, and acquisition of specimens; requests for information from colleagues and the public; the publication of scientific papers; and research projects of the staff.
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Heyer, W. Ronald
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1963-2015
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-132
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of papers documenting the career of W. Ronald Heyer, Research Zoologist in the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Heyer's research focuses on the systematics, evolution, and biogeography of Neotropical amphibians. Materials include correspondence, presentations, gr...
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Ecology Program Records
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Environmental Sciences
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1965-1973
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11.5 cu. ft. (23 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 271
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of files documenting the operation of the Smithsonian Office of Ecology (SOE), 1965-1970, and its successor, the Ecology Program of the Office of Environmental Sciences (OES), 1970-1973. The records were created primarily by administrators Buechner, 1965-1968; Wallen, 1969; and Jenkins, 1970-1973. They include organiz...
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Kearns, Robert W.
Kearns, Timothy
Brown, Brian Ivan
Quan, John
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1963 - 1999
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8.5 Cubic feet (24 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1406
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the inventive career of physicist and engineer Robert W. Kearns. Kearns invented and patented in 1967 the windshield wiper system with intermittent operation (US 3,351,836), among other inventions. The papers include notebooks, correspondence, reports, memoranda, photographs, patents, drawings, and trade literature.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Activities
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1965-1977
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21 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T89080
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of grant audits, progress reports, correspondence and travel files. See Record Unit 180 for similar materials.