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United States National Museum. Division of Fishes
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1874-1903 and undated
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3 oversize folders.
- Collection ID:
- Accession 86-058
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a group of maps found in the Division of Fishes, and a watercolor painting of Unalaska by Henry Wood Elliott, 1874, marked as a gift to Mary Helen Churchill Baird (Mrs. Spencer F. Baird).
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United States National Museum. Division of Fishes
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1865-1941
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7 cu. ft. (14 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 213
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit includes correspondence of the division, 1865-1941; accession and distribution record books, 1882-1936; invoices on specimens, ca. 1895, 1911-1923; and related notes, lists and materials on fishes.
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1922, 1927-1965
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12.50 cu. ft. (25 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 234
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence of the members of the staff of the Division of Fishes, 1922, 1927-1965. Most of the correspondence is from domestic and foreign ichthyologists, aquarists, collectors, colleges and universities, museum officials, and the general public. The correspondence generally concerns the identification, exchange, ...
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2003-2004
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37 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9616
- Repository:
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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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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Fishes
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1943-1987
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-530
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence with the United States Navy concerning the naming of submarines after fishes. Much of the correspondence provides descriptions of the fish to that particular submarine's commander. Information comes from various curators within the Division of Fishes as well as Alexander Wetmore at the time when he ...
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circa 1892-1897, 1903-1908
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7224
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers include correspondence, notes, and notebooks of Barton A. Bean concerning his work with the Fish Commission in 1892 and 1897; trips to New York, Florida, and the Bahamas, 1894, and circa 1903-1908; and daily activities in Washington, D.C., 1895-1897. There is also a personal journal, apparently kept by a member of Bean's family, ...
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United States Fish Commission Records
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United States Fish Commission
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1871-1892
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4.66 Cubic feet (20 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0256
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Most of the collection consists of drawings, both pen and ink and pencil, photoengravings and photographs and blueprints of fish, fishermen, fishing gear, nets, traps, seines, fishing vessels both small and large, and fish processing. Some are identified by type, some by location; others lack specific identification. Many carry comments and direct...
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1853-1962
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33.22 cu. ft. (56 document boxes) (9 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 233
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit includes correspondence of the division, 1861, 1877, 1881-1937; correspondence of assistant and associate curator Clarence R. Shoemaker, 1919-1958; monthly and annual reports, 1881-1936; invoices of specimens received and sent out, 1853-1921; catalogue of duplicate specimens, 1872-1881; and historical material and typescripts.
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National Museum of Natural History
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circa 1835-1974 and undated
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0.68 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (1 12x17 box) (1 folder oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7220
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of a small amount of notes, lists, and illustrations in the Archives, and a much larger quantity of field notes, catalogs, and records kept in the Division of Fishes, Cataloging Room.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Dates:
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1925-1968
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-141
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of three ledgers containing invoices of specimen loans from the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, and later the United States Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. The specimens documented in the ledger form part of the National Museum of Natural History, Division of ...
