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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Fishes
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1937-1988
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
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- Accession 99-134
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of alphabetic correspondence, 1979-1988; visitors records, 1937-1981; chronological correspondence, 1971-1975; research and nomenclature correspondence, arranged by family grouping, c. 1950's-1980's; and correspondence with Smithsonian Institution Secretaries, c. 1940's-1960's.
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Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
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1930s-1960s
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1.34 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 3x5 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 89-130
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of miscellaneous photographs, drawings, and plates relating to Waldo L. Schmitt's research on crustacea.
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Dearborn, John H.
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1950-2006
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-281
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
John H. Dearborn (1933-2010) was professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine (1966-1999). He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in zoology from the University of New Hampshire in 1955. During summer 1956 John was a field assistant with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Laboratory, Boothbay Harbor. He received a Master of Science ...
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Murchie, William Roger, 1920-1968
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1954-1967 and undated
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7266
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Murchie's research on earthworms and include manuscripts and related materials regarding the preparation and publication of manuscripts and records concerning earthworm collections made by Murchie.
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Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
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circa 1873-1963
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2.69 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90099
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Waldo L. Schmitt's career as a botanist, but chiefly as an invertebrate zoologist, began in 1907 at the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He then worked at the United States National Museum (USNM), 1910-1957.Over the course of his career Schmitt came into the possession of correspondence, research notes, and papers of other naturalists who...
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National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program
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1976-1994
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-065
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the professional activities and official travel of the Director of the Smithsonian Institution's Biodiversity Program, Don E. Wilson, 1990-2000. The bulk of the material relates to Wilson's participation in meetings regarding bat research. Records created prior to 1990 were created and transferred...
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Rand, A. Stanley (Austin Stanley), 1932-2005, interviewee
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1986, 1989-1990
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4 audiotapes (reference copy).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9579
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives 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. Program ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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1934-1939, 1956-2017
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26.99 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 blueprint storage box) (4 16x20 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of curator emeritus Richard W. Thorington (1937-2017), who specialized in systematics, evolution, anatomy, and functional morphology in mammals, especially of primates and squirrels. The records primarily document Thorington's curatorial activities in the Division of Mammals at the National Museum of Natu...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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1952-1973
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11 cu. ft. (22 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 249
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains records of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, 1964-1972, as well as records created by its predecessor, the Department of Zoology, 1952-1964. Most of the latter records document the Department of Zoology under Head Curators Herbert Friedmann, 1957-1961; Fenner A. Chace, Jr., acting head curator, 1961-1962; and Ho...
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Waldo L. Schmitt Papers
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Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977.
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1907-1978
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79.56 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (121 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (60 3x5 boxes) (3 5x8 boxes) (2 film boxes) (oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7231
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 Nat...