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National Museum of Natural History. Associate Director for Special Projects
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1977-1991
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 384
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and related materials documenting a myriad of duties performed by Kerby during her career at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). They include voluminous materials concerning the development of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), especially activities of...
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Geological Survey. Branch of Paleontology and Stratigraphy
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1949-2005
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-166
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession contains the correspondence of William A. Oliver, Jr., while with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1957-1993, and the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian Institution, 1967-2005. Materials include correspondence, reports, manuscripts and photographs.
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Association of Systematics Collections
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circa 1972-1992
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-037
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence documenting Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) activities; publications; newsletters; records related to the ASC Council, workshops, and grant opportunities promoted by ASC; files concerning projects; records documenting relations between ASC and sister organizations; and membership reco...
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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
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1833-1889
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39.3 cu. ft. (74 document boxes) (3 half document boxes) (5 3x5 boxes) (oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7002
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Spencer F. Baird Papers are the combination of several different deposits. One group was originally labeled "Private" by the Smithsonian Institution Archives at the time they were received. Another group came to the Smithsonian from Lucy Hunter Baird (Baird's daughter), or from her estate after her death.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1972-1996
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-044
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records pertaining to In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James McNeill Whistler (1995); Majestic in His Wrath: The Life of Frederick Douglass (1995); Federal Profiles: Saint-Memin in America, 1793-1814 (1994); Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture (1995); and Lazzaroni: Science & Scientists ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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1961-2009
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21 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-255
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the professional interactions of James G. Mead, Curator, 1972 - , with other museum staff, scientists, curators, professional societies, and the public. Mead specializes in marine mammal paleontology, particularly whales. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence as well as associated...
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Russell E. Train Africana collection
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Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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1663-2004
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6,500 Items (estimated)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CL.XXXX-0014
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Smithsonian Libraries
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa.
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National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
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1962-1998
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-042
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of general subject files relating to National Zoological Park (NZP) programs, facilities, and administration; and issues of animal welfare, conservation, zoological parks and aquariums. These files were created and maintained during the tenures of Directors Theodore H. Reed, 1958-1983; and Michael H. Robinson, 1984...
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Smithsonian Institution. International Exchange Service
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1989-1992
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-038
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, invoices, shipping receipts, and related materials concerning the exchange of books among international and national organizations, societies, institutions and universities. The International Exchange Service was phased out in 1992. Related records exist in Record Units 502 and 509.
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds
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1958-1986
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 391
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This colleciton contains invoices for specimens and equipment on loan to and from the division of birds, within the Smithsonian, and with outside museums and universities. Also included is correspondence relating to the transfer and extension of these loans. Most folders contain a list of loan recipients, date of transfer, and number and type ...