Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1930-1932, 1937-1984 and undated, with related records from 1882
- Size:
-
17.56 cu. ft. (35 document boxes) (1 folder oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 328
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Archives would like to thank Frederick J. Collier and Martin A. Buzas for their assistance in the transfer of these records to the Archives.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Marvin, Ursula B.
- Dates:
-
circa 1928-2012
- Size:
-
4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-001
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Ursula Marvin's professional career and personal life. Materials include correspondence with friends, family and colleagues; biographical information about Marvin; detailed dairy-like journals of her work and travels; and photographs and slides of her family, work, lectures, and travels. Of special note are journals detai...
Found In
Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1949-2005
- Size:
-
6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-060
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of William A. Oliver in his positions at the United States Geological Survey (1957-1993) and the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology (1967-2005), as well as some materials dating back to his studies at Cornell University. His research interests included the study of Silurian and...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1894-1956 and undated
- Size:
-
5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7327
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The 1879 act establishing the United States Geological Survey (USGS) declares "And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, and fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer need...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1959-1996, 2005
- Size:
-
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-098
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes of Robert J. Horodyski (d. 1994), a paleontologist and geologist with the Department of Geology at Tulane University. He spent much of his field time in Glacier National Park. Upon his death, part of his collection was sent to the National Museum of Natural History. Materials also include scientific ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
circa 1970-1988
- Size:
-
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 548
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda documenting the operations of the Division of Meteorites, 1970-1988. The records concern the identification and acquisition of specimens, divisional administration, and professional activities of its staff members. Staff members represented by correspondence includ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1991-1994
- Size:
-
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-139
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of Ellis Leon Yochelson's professional correspondence relating to his invertebrate paleontological research with the United States Geological Survey. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence with other scholars about the identification of fossil samples, commentary on research papers, and other iss...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1951-1980
- Size:
-
7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 84-071
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence and related records documenting the career of Ellis Leon Yochelson, a paleobiologist. Especially well-represented are files documenting his paleontological research and his career with the United States Geological Survey.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1878-1936
- Size:
-
8.51 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 3x5 box) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7082
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence with conchologists, naturalists, and shell collectors pertaining to shell collections and exchanges, and responses to Shimek's questionnaires on Pomatiopsis lapidarias and other shells; notebooks listing personal names of those to whom Shimek sent his publications on loess, geology, and botany; a not...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
- Dates:
-
1987-1994
- Size:
-
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-115
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) was created in 1985. It is a multidisciplinary organization, including persons within the fields of anthropology, zoology, botany, geology, paleontology, and others interested in the development and preservation of natural history collections. This accession consists ...
