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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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1991-2013
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-271
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) publicity and outreach. Materials include promotional materials; educational products (some including specimens, videos, and books); presentations; several volumes of "Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Contributions to Research" (compendiums ...
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Basil Lee Rowe First Day Covers
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Rowe, Basil Lee
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1927-1957
bulk 1928-1931
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0487
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of first day air mail covers collected by pilot and philatelic enthusiast Basil Lee Rowe, predominantly during his career as an airline pilot for Pan American Airways (PAA) in the Caribbean area in the period 1927-1931. Collection includes covers carried by Charles A. Lindbergh in his Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" during his tour of the Caribbean in February 1928, and covers autographed by many of the early airline pilots who carried them, including Cy Caldwell, Edwin Musik, Caspar D. Swinson, Charles R. Parmelee, and Rowe himself.
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Olson, Storrs L.
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1973-2009
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-124
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of field notes of Storrs L. Olson (1944-2021), Curator with the Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, 1975-2008; Curator Emeritus, 2009-2021. Materials also include correspondence, postcards, and a feather.
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Wells, Floyd Henry
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1958-1977
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27 Film reels (color silent; 26,398 feet, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1998.21
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Human Studies Film Archives
Collection consists of amateur travel film shot in the 1950s-1970s by Floyd Henry Wells. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered off...
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Montgomery, G. Gene (Gerald Gene)
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circa 1979-1984
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-022
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
G. Gene Montgomery is an ornithologist and former staff member of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. These papers consist of logbooks and other data compiled during Montgomery's research on the sea-birds of the eastern Pacific. The data is unpublished.
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Carriker, Melbourne R. (Melbourne Romaine), 1915-2007
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1934-2007
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30.8 cu. ft. (30 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (2 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-005
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the research and professional activities of Melbourne R. Carriker, marine malacologist. Carriker's research interests included snails, oysters, clams, invasive species of mollusks, marine mariculture, and estuarine ecology. Much of Carriker's research focused on South America, where he was ...
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Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
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1916-1975
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0.69 cu. ft. (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-032
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of one drawing caricaturing Alexander Wetmore on the occasion of his daughter Margaret's birth, and twenty photographs documenting various events in the life of Alexander Wetmore and his second wife Annie Beatrice Wetmore who assembled this collection.
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Olson, Storrs L.
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circa 1970-1992
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-106
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of papers documenting the professional career and personal life of Storrs L. Olson, an avian paleontologist and curator at the National Museum of Natural History, Division of Birds. Materials include professional correspondence documenting curatorial duties, field work, and the publication of results; personal correspo...
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Smithsonian Institution. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research
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circa 1979-1990
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 527
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the files of Ross B. Simons through 1989 and document his responsibilities in the science bureaus of the Smithsonian Institution, particularly its environmental programs. The records include correspondence and memoranda, reports, fellowship information, minutes of meetings, and budget files. Researchers should also co...
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National Museum of American History. Division of the History of Technology
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1989-2000
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-095
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the exhibition projects of Jeffrey K. Stine, Curator of Engineering and Environmental History. The records consist of correspondence and memoranda; photographs and slides of exhibitions and objects; exhibition scripts, design drawings, and brochures; newspaper clippings and articles pertaining ...
