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United States National Museum. Department of Geology
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1862-1927 and undated
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9.5 cu. ft. (19 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7230
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This biographical file was maintained by the United States National Museum's Department of Geology and several of its curators. Included in the file are biographies, obituaries, memoirs, and memorial service programs and addresses of prominent scientists, particularly American geologists and paleontologists, as well as some notable Smithsonian...
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United States National Museum. Department of Geology
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circa 1909-1924
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2.74 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 5x8 box) (3 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-086
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of glass plate negatives of specimens from the Burgess Shale in the Rocky Mountains, near Field, British Columbia, Canada, collected by Charles D. Walcott, fourth Smithsonian Secretary. Materials include glass negatives of fossilized remains embedded in shale slabs and illustrations used in publications, as well as ...
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United States National Museum
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1894-1910 and undated
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0.75 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7291
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of accession catalogs maintained by the Department of Geology, 1900-1910, and by the Division of Mineralogy of the Department of Geology (prior to 1897, the Department of Minerals), 1894-1910; catalogs, specimen lists, and an alphabetic index of the Frederick A. Canfield Mineral Collection which was bequeathed to ...
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1932-1963
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5 cu. ft. (10 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 268
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists primarily of Edward P. Henderson's official correspondence files as associate curator of the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology. A smaller amount of files were created by Roy S. Clarke, Jr., who was appointed chemist in the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology in 1957. Correspondence before 1942 was carried out ...
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1930-1932, 1937-1984 and undated, with related records from 1882
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17.56 cu. ft. (35 document boxes) (1 folder oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 328
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Archives would like to thank Frederick J. Collier and Martin A. Buzas for their assistance in the transfer of these records to the Archives.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Mineral Sciences
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1936, 1938, 1948-1977 and undated
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12.5 cu. ft. (25 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 266
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of correspondence documenting the operation of the Department of Mineral Sciences, 1963-1977, and its predecessor the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology of the Department of Geology, 1948-1963. With the exception of a few letters, correspondence of the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology prior to 1948 is not i...
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1875-1961 and undated
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5.22 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (2 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7234
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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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Henderson, Edward P. (Edward Porter), 1898-
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circa 1930-1987 and undated, with materials from 1859
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7349
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence and photographs documenting Henderson's career at the USNM and NMNH, and his research on meteorites. Most of the material dates from the 1960s and 1970s when Henderson was Curator Emeritus. Also included is an 1859 letter from an ancestor of Henderson's, Charles Henderson, to Martha M. Henderson, chronicl...
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Richard Rathbun Papers
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Rathbun, Richard, 1852-1918
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1870-1918 and undated
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7.9 cu. ft. (15 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 3x5 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7078
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Richard Rathbun document his early investigations in geology and paleontology; his college career at Cornell University, 1871-1872; his work as geologist on the Geological Commission of Brazil, 1875-1878; and his scientific and administrative careers with the United States Fish Commission and United States National Museum. O...
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Knight, J. Brookes (James Brookes), 1888-1960
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circa 1928-1955 and undated
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5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7251
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of general correspondence with his family and amateur and professional paleontologists; unpublished manuscripts on gastropods and a typescript by F. M. Wadley of the United States Department of Agriculture; and drawings and a map of geological formations in central Texas. Correspondence concerns family financial matte...
