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United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition (1853-1856)
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1852-1861 and undated
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1.25 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7253
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection documents the natural history work of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition and consists of correspondence and notes, manuscripts, and drawings by William Stimpson on the crustacea collections made on the expedition. Also included is Stimpson's journal of the expedition.
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Baer, John
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undated
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10 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS338A
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National Anthropological Archives
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Baer, John
- Dates:
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undated
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6 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS338B
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National Anthropological Archives
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Baer, John
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1852-1855
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41 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS338C
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National Anthropological Archives
Vocabularies collected by the expedition team at the sites called Yerigen (Yergin, Yarga on Arakamchechen Island) and Siqluk (Chak-lock, on the nearby Yttygran Island) respectively, off the Glasenap Harbor, Senyavin Strait, west side of Bering Strait. Yergin/Yarga and Siqluk/Chak-lock are about 2 miles apart.
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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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Gill, Theodore, 1837-1914
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circa 1858-1909
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T89103
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers contain Gill's manuscript notes for a variety of published and unpublished essays on his taxonomic studies and specimen descriptions. Included are descriptive lists and notes of specimens acquired from the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1942), North Pacific Railroad Expedition (1853-1856), and Mexican Boundary Survey (1855-1857)....
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Echinoderms and Lower Invertebrates
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1907-1982
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16 cu. ft. (32 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 325
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 ...
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Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927
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circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927
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32.36 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (51 document boxes) (1 half document box) (4 5x8 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7073
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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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Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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1663-2004
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6,500 Items (estimated)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CL.XXXX-0014
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Smithsonian Libraries
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa.
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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1860-1973 and undated
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8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7320
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection contains a variety of materials documenting the lives and careers of scientists from a wide range of fields, including mammalogy, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, botany, entomology, paleontology and geology. Also included are files on conservationists, taxidermists, historical figures, explorers, frontiersmen, and hunter...