Appointment Files
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Office of the Director during the tenure of Director Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000. Materials include files pertaining to meetings, conferences, seminars, workshops, research trips, events, media interviews, and visits to foreign and domestic zoological parks and aquariums attended or made by …
Milton E. Merriman travel films
Linear feet
Cut and uncut film footage shot around the world by Milton E. Merriman, mostly in the twenties but spanning 1920-1952. Most of the footage is of China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. The remainder features the Middle East; Europe and Great Bitain; Mexico, Puerto Rico, and South America; and the United …
Subject Files
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative and research activities of Ira Rubinoff, Director, 1973-2008, Assistant Director for Science, 1970-1973, and Assistant Director of Marine Biology, 1964-1970. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reprints, reports, proposals, budget justifications, notes, and related materials.
Edwin Hamilton Davis papers
Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888
The collection consists primarily of a portfolio of 92 drawings of Davis' collection of artifacts and related documentation. The collection also contains letters to Davis, notes, and drawings relating to Peruvian, Mexican, and Central American artifacts, as well as drawings by Ephraim G. Squier presumably used as references for some of …
MS 4240 Typed copies of articles translated by Work Projects Administration workers
United States. Work Projects Administration
Philip W. Wolle Papers
These papers consist mostly of materials documenting Wolle's studies on algae. Included is a series of notebooks containing observations and drawings from his research, as well as information on his family; correspondence with Paul S. Conger, Ruth Patrick, Francis Drouet, and other algologists concerning a wide range of research topics …
Records
This accession consists of tour arrangements reports; trip reports; general correspondence from and accounts of Smithsonian National Associates Program members; correspondence and information on foreign tours; annual and audit reports; travel brochures; and newspaper clippings.
Curatorial Records
This accession consists of curatorial records created by Margaret Collins, Research Associate in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology from the late 1970s through 1996. Collins primarily studied termites of the Caribbean. She was also a professor of zoology at Howard University, Florida A&M, and Federal City College …
Country Files
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Marsha E. Sitnik documenting scientific relations between the Smithsonian Institution (SI) and foreign countries, particularly pertaining to biological diversity. The files were collected by Sitnik while she held positions with a variety of SI units, including SI, Office of the Assistant …
Subject Files
This accession consists of correspondence, and departmental and Smithsonian files of the Office of the Director created during the tenure of Alan Maxwell Fern, Director (1983-2000). Topics of interest include the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary celebrations; the development of the MCI Center (sports arena) opposite the Gallery; Fern's professional involvement with the American …
