Florence Merriam Bailey Papers
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Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948
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1865-1942
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2.19 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7417
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of Florence Merriam Bailey's diaries, 1874, 1887, as well as additional journals kept on trips to the Bermuda Islands, 1890; California, 1907; and Maine; 1911. Other materials include expense account books; articles and news clippings concerning and written by Bailey; a scrapbook; childhood writings; college papers an...
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Schultz, Leonard P. (Leonard Peter), 1901-1986
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circa 1915-1970, with related papers from 1899
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16.36 cu. ft. (32 document boxes) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7222
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers concern Schultz's personal and professional life and include notes, correspondence, research data, sketches, manuscripts, meeting programs, clippings, and published works concerning general ichthyology; ichthyological nomenclature; sharks and shark attacks; professional societies; expeditions, particularly the Bikini survey a...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research
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circa 1963-1986
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114 cu. ft. (228 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 329
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the administration, under David Challinor, of the science bureaus of the Smithsonian Institution, c. 1975-1985. Also included are a few records from 1971-1974 and 1986. Series 1 consists of records of the offices reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Science, including the Center for the Study of Man and the National...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
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1963-1978
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76.5 cu. ft. (153 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 254
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of a correspondence register; files on bureaus administered by the office, including reorganization proposals for SSIE, 1972-1973, photographs of the STRI facility at Barro Colorado Island, the Johnson-Sea-Link Accident, 1973, SAC's Multiple Mirror Telescope project, 1975-1976, and the Foreign Currency Program country ...
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United States National Museum. Division of Insects
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1909-1963
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 140
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records comprise the official correspondence of the Department of Entomology. Because a close relationship existed between the Department of Entomology of the National Museum and the Bureau of Entomology of the Agriculture Department, there is considerable correspondence of Agriculture Department staff, notably August Busck and Carl...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1949-1964
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167.20 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (324 document boxes) (10 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 50
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document part of the secretarial administration of Alexander Wetmore and the whole of Leonard Carmichael's tenure. During this period the Smithsonian Institution's capacity to carry out research in its traditional scientific disciplines was substantially strengthened. At the same time the Institution was able to invest much ...
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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
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1840s-circa 2015
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330.25 Linear feet (519 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.XXXX.0311
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National Anthropological Archives
The Department of Anthropology records contain administrative and research materials produced by the department and its members from the time of the Smithsonian Institution's foundation until today.
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Challinor, David, interviewee
- Dates:
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1999
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27 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9599
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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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Mearns, Edgar Alexander, 1856-1916
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circa 1871-1916, 1934 and undated
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3.51 cu. ft. (7 document boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7083
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection documents Mearns' career as a field naturalist and expedition member and consists of correspondence, 1898-1909, including photocopies of letters written by Mearns while he served on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition of 1909; biographical material on Mearns and his family; field notes, research notes, specimen lists, ...
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Moore, J. Percy (John Percy), 1869-
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1888-1965 and undated
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7265
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of John Percy Moore document his research on leeches. They include correspondence concerning the identification of specimens, his field research on Indian land leeches, and his work on the biological control of leeches. Also included are research notes, photographs, field notes, drawings, specimen lists, and manuscripts from hi...
