Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of History and Technology. Department of Cultural History
- Dates:
-
1957, 1964-1975
- Size:
-
4 cu. ft. (8 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 251
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records of the Department of Cultural History and its predecessor, the Department of Civil History, consist of administrative files including memoranda and correspondence concerning exhibits, general museum and departmental policies, the acquisition of objects, and the search for a curator; general correspondence with donors, researchers...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
United States National Museum. Department of Arts and Industries
- Dates:
-
circa 1887
- Size:
-
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 219
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of descriptive labels prepared for the collection by Edwin H. Hawley, preparator in the Department of Arts and Industries.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
- Dates:
-
1963-1967
- Size:
-
2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 148
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
A great majority of the records concern donation of other receipt of specimens in the National Museum; distribution or loan of specimens from the Museum; requests for determination of specimens by other entomologists and the general public (a considerable proportion of the determinations were made for state departments of entomology); and ...
Found In
United States Department of Agriculture Building Construction Glass Plate Negatives
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
United States. Department of Agriculture
- Dates:
-
1906-1907.
- Size:
-
0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1096
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains thirty-three glass plate negatives documenting the construction of Laboratory A and B of the Department of Agriculture building in the early 1900s.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of History and Technology. Department of National History
- Dates:
-
1956-1979
- Size:
-
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90039
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of memoranda from the Chairman's office of the Department of National and Military History, incoming and outgoing correspondence from Edgar M. Howell, and administrative files from the Department of National and Military History, renamed the Department of National History in 1979. Correspondents include Robert P. M...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
- Dates:
-
undated
- Size:
-
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7427
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection of photographs of noted lepidopterists active primarily from the 1840s through the 1950s was assembled over a period of years by staff of the Department of Entomology. Many of the lepidopterists pictured worked for either the United States National Museum or the United States Department of Agriculture. Included are photographs ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
- Dates:
-
1922-1971
- Size:
-
3 cu. ft. (6 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 246
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain annual reports of the Department and its predecessors, 1922-1970, including curators' and divisional reports, statistics on specimens and accessions, and publications lists; plans of operations, 1927-1951, 1953-1966; and requisitions for purchase of specimens, 1964-1971. Also included are reports to the Department on acti...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Political History
- Dates:
-
circa 1950-1969
- Size:
-
3 cu. ft. (6 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 252
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of general correspondence, primarily public inquiries, particularly concerning the First Ladies' Hall and objects associated with presidents and other prominent figures; administrative files pertaining to exhibits and the operation of the Department of Civil History and MHT; annual reports of the Divisions of Civil H...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Zoology
- Dates:
-
1954-1970
- Size:
-
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 136
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The majority of the records date from the creation of the Department in 1964, but they include material from the divisions of the Department of Zoology at the then United States National Museum which later became the Department of Vertebrate Zoology. The records include internal correspondence concerning travel, departmental committees, h...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History
- Dates:
-
1981-1985
- Size:
-
10.8 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 86-155
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document research for the major permanent exhibition in the museum, After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800, which opened in 1985. Included are scripts; contracted research reports by non-museum historians; graphics files for logos and stationery; public relations and educational t...
