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Waldo L. Schmitt Papers
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Creators:
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Size:
1.34 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 3x5 box)
Collection ID:
Accession 89-130
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of miscellaneous photographs, drawings, and plates relating to Waldo L. Schmitt's research on crustacea.

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Digitized Content William Harding Longley Papers
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Creators:
Longley, William Harding, 1881-1937
Dates:
1892-1904, 1913-1935 and undated
Size:
1.93 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 half document box) (5 microfilm reels)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7223
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These papers contain notebooks of William Harding Longley concerning field work in the Tortugas, Hawaii, Samoa, and the Pacific; examination of specimens in European and American museums; and the evolution and distribution of species, including notes on botanical species. There is also a notebook which is marked as Longley's, but appears ...

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Digitized Content Joseph D. Mountain Collection
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Creators:
Mountain, Joseph D., 1902-1970
Dates:
1916 - 1970
Size:
1.57 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.1991.0079
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection follows Mountain's aviation career.

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Curatorial Records
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Creators:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Public Programs/Curatorial Division
Dates:
1976-1999 and undated
Size:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 03-043
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document the curatorial activities of Frank Gettings, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1969-1999. Some exhibitions curated by Frank Gettings for the Hirshhorn included: Picasso's Etchings: Selections from the Museum's Collecion (1975); Robert Rauschenberg: ...

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Waldo L. Schmitt Papers
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Creators:
Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
Dates:
circa 1873-1963
Size:
2.69 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Accession T90099
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Waldo L. Schmitt's career as a botanist, but chiefly as an invertebrate zoologist, began in 1907 at the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He then worked at the United States National Museum (USNM), 1910-1957.Over the course of his career Schmitt came into the possession of correspondence, research notes, and papers of other naturalists who...

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Records
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Creators:
Association of Field Ornithologists
Dates:
1977-1989
Size:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 90-035
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the operation and activities of the Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO). Included are fiscal records, records concerning annual and council meetings, and reports of officers and committees.

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Digitized Content John Wallis Bishop Collection
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Creators:
Bishop, John Wallis (Jack)
Dates:
1918-1936
Size:
0.25 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document case)
Collection ID:
NASM.1988.0086
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

John (Jack) Wallis Bishop was born June 8, 1892, in Berlin, Maryland. He was trained as a pilot at the US Army School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University in 1917 and subsequently enlisted in Canada and was assigned to the 66th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) at the front for 14 months in northern Italy. He shot down two enemy aircraft and participated in 22 low altitude bombing raids. In the 1930s, he became a flying instructor and pilot at Roosevelt Field. Bishop was killed in a flying accident at Roosevelt Field on August 30, 1936. This collection contains materials from Bishop's career as a pilot, including a diary, logbooks, newsletters, permits, photographs, and articles.

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Administrative Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Dates:
1904-1970s
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession T90112
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of miscellaneous administrative records from the Office of the Secretary. Topics include, but are not limited to, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the National Gallery of Art (NGA), personnel matters, research corporations, and general Smithsonian Institution history.

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News Releases
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
Dates:
1911-1917, 1927, 1932-1942, 1952-1969
Size:
5.5 cu. ft. (11 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 82
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist mostly of news releases, but in some instances background material and correspondence are also included.

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Records
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Creators:
Oceanography and Limnology Program (Smithsonian Institution)
Dates:
1962-1975
Size:
4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 563
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

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