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United States National Museum. Department of Zoology
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1943-1958
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9 cu. ft. (18 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 243
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of records of the Department of Zoology under Head Curator Waldo LaSalle Schmitt and includes outgoing correspondence, 1946-1957; correspondence with the public, 1947-1957; and administrative records, 1943-1958. Also included are records of the Department of Biology, 1943-1947. For other records relating to the Depar...
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United States National Museum. Department of Zoology
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1901-1954
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 143
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The correspondence in this record unit contains only a portion of the correspondence of the two Departments. Other material relating to the Department of Biology can be found in the Frederick William True Papers, record unit 7181, and the Leonhard Stejneger Papers, record unit 7074.
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United States National Museum. Division of Birds
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circa 1854-1959
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18.5 cu. ft. (37 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 105
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of correspondence of the Division of Birds, most of which was conducted by the three curators listed above. There is a lesser amount of correspondence of Associate Curators. Also included is material concerning the history of the Division and distribution and destruction of specimens.
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Bartsch, Paul, 1871-1960
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1907-1937, 1989
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-213
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes of Paul Bartsch (1871-1960), a zoologist in the United States National Museum Department of Zoology. Major expeditions include the Albatross Philippine Expedition, the Johnson-Smithsonian Deep Sea Expedition to the West Indies, and the Smithsonian-Roebling Expedition to Cuba. Materials also include c...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Zoology
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1954-1970
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 136
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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...
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United States National Museum. Division of Birds
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1930-1961
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 151
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of reports prepared by the Curator of the Division of Birds and sent to the Head Curator of the Department of Zoology (prior to 1917, the Head Curator of the Department of Biology). The report for 1957-1958 includes some parts of the departmental report in additional to the divisional report, probably because at t...
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United States National Museum, Division of Marine Invertebrates
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1853-1962
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7.9 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 233
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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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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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1947-1986
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-004
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes of Perry C. Holt (1910-1999), a professor of zoology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. These materials document his research of branchiobdellids in the United States and Mexico, and some may correspond to specimens in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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circa 1906-1945
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-297
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes of Sol Felty Light (1886-1947), a zoologist at the University of California, Berkeley, 1926-1947. These field notes document freshwater copepods collected mostly in the United States, and some notes document specimens collected by others. These materials were maintained by the National Museum of Natu...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Dates:
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1857
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-298
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a catalog of crustacea collected during the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. This catalog was compiled by James Dwight Dana (1813-1895), a geologist and zoologist on this expedition. These specimens are housed at the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, and this c...