Animal Records
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National Zoological Park
- Dates:
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1887-1976
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19.03 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box) (44 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 386
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the manual record keeping system that tracked the animal collections at the National Zoological Park (NZP) before the introduction of the International Species Information System (ISIS) in 1975. Included are accession cards and ledgers containing the accession number, common and scientific name, date of accession (whethe...
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Sherman, John D., 1872-1960
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1886-1960
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7296
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist primarily of correspondence between Sherman and entomologists and other naturalists including Alexander Agassiz, William Harris Ashmead, Samuel Henshaw, Leland Ossian Howard, John Lawrence LeConte, Clinton Hart Merriam, Alpheus Spring Packard, John Bernhard Smith, Robert Evans Snodgrass, Charles Henry Tyler Townsend, ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1992
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28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-015
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the official records of the Secretary of the Smithsonian, Robert McCormick Adams, for 1992 and includes reports, correspondence, subject files, and other materials. Listings in bold and capital letters indicate both the topic of folder contents and major subheadings from the Secretary's Office file plan.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Special Events and Conference Services
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1988-1989
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-022
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of 1988 and 1989 files documenting various short-term events such as Regents dinners, conferences, luncheons, tea parties, special meetings, receptions, and breakfasts. Materials also include correspondence, guest and mailing lists, menus, invitations, confirmations, itineraries, memoranda, agendas, contact sheets, pamphl...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
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1962-2002
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-060
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of the central files maintained by the Department of Entomology primarily during the tenures of Chairmen Wayne N. Mathis (1981-1987), Ronald J. McGinley (1987-1992), Jonathan A. Coddington (1992-1997), and Robert K. Robbins (1997-2000). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, news clippings, reports, photographs, ...
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Knight, Harry H.
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1877-1975
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15.65 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box) (4 3x5 boxes) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90017
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of Harry H. Knight's professional and personal correspondence, class notes and records (as both teacher and student), research, drafts of papers, published papers, and photographs. Of note are letters from family and friends in St. Louis, Missouri, and Los Angeles, California, c. 1910-1975; correspondence files of the ...
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Ivanoff, Stephen ?
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ca. 1890-1900
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130 Items (ca. 130 drawings)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS260447
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National Anthropological Archives
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Blanch, Gertrude
Bloch, Richard M.
Bradburn, James
Brainerd, John G.
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1969-1973, 1977
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43.5 Cubic feet (158 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0196
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Computer Oral History Collection (1969-1973, 1977), was a cooperative project of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and the Smithsonian Institution. This project began in 1967 with the main objective to collect, document, house, and make available for research source material surrounding the development of the computer.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management
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1976-2004
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39 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-050
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) activities and projects, and consist of proposal, contract and grant files. Materials include proposals, quotations, and bids from contractors, equipment makers, and other vendors to provide services, equipment, and instruments for SAO.
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Smithsonian Institution, Contracts Office
- Dates:
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1962-1979
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13 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 295
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.