Records
This record unit includes annual reports of the Division of Marine Invertebrates, 1930-1965; examination and reports, 1921-1965; personnel records, 1947-1964; and an administrative file, 1946-1965.
Records
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.
Clarence R. Shoemaker Papers
These records consist of glass plate negatives taken by Clarence R. Shoemaker, who has held the title of Aid, Assistant Curator, Associate Curator, and Associate in Zoology between 1911 and 1958 in the United States National Museum, Division of Marine Invertebrates. Subjects include scientists, specimens and specimen diagrams, laboratories, and maps of …
Annual Reports
The Curator of the Division of Mollusks, Paul Bartsch, began to refer to a Section of Corals in his annual reports although there was never a curator for the Section. This practice continued, with the reports in this record unit forming a separate section of the Division of Mollusks annual …
Records
These records consist primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the curatorial staff of the Division of Crustacea, 1965-1979, and its predecessor, the Division of Marine Invertebrates, 1908-1965. Most of the correspondence dates from 1937, with a small amount created before that date. A few photographs and manuscripts are included in the records …
Records
These records consist primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the curatorial staff of the Division of Echinoderms, 1907-1980. Most of the correspondence dates from 1965, with a small amount created before that date. Some photographs and slides are included in the records and are noted in the folder listing. The correspondence …
Henry B. Roberts Papers
These papers consist primarily of correspondence relating to Roberts' official duties with the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany and the Division of Marine Invertebrates. Also included are letters documenting his research on recent and fossil decapod crustacea.
Waldo L. Schmitt Papers
The papers of Waldo LaSalle Schmitt provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career, 1907-1977. They also illustrate, to a lesser degree, his personal life. Particularly well represented in the papers is material concerning Schmitt's carcinological research, his curatorial and administrative careers at the United States National Museum (USNM), his career as …
Records
The Archives would like to thank the staff of the Division of Mollusks for their cooperation in transferring the records to the Archives. We especially appreciate the help of Clyde Roper, Richard Houbrick, and Michael Sweeney.
Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Drawings, and Manuscripts on Mollusks
This collection consists of notes, lists, catalogs, drawings, and manuscripts on mollusks. Much of the material relates to specimens in the Division of Mollusks, National Museum of Natural History. The collection includes a manuscript on the mollusks of the Republic of Panama by James Zetek, 1917; a list of Florida shells …
