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Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993
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circa 1946-1984
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-022
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
F. Raymond Fosberg was a botanist, biogeographer, and curator in the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History. This accession consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of F. Raymond Fosberg concerning the identification of specimens, his research, and professional activities.
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circa 1922-1949
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8 cu. ft. (16 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7302
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist mostly of manuscripts, drawings, research notes and bibliographical citations documenting Bequaert's study of wasps, especially the family Vespidae.
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Carl Andreas Geyer Journal
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Geyer, Karl Andreas, 1809-1853
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1838
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7290
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of the botanical journal kept by Geyer on the Nicollet Expedition, 1838, organized to survey the Missouri and Mississippi river area. Also included is a transcript of the journal with an introduction and index to specimen numbers.
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Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993
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circa 1953-1993
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-021
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
F. Raymond Fosberg was a botanist, biogeographer, and curator in the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History. This accession consists of a subject file containing material relating to his research on Pacific islands and atolls, Department of Botany activities, and professional matters; incoming and outgoing correspondence ...
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circa 1905-1916
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-171
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
David Griffiths (1867-1935), a botanist, received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1900. He joined the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 1901 as an Assistant Agrostologist, and was promoted to Agriculturist in 1907 and Horticulturist in 1918. He remained with the USDA for his entire career. Griff...
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1824-1827
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7289
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
From 1824 to 1827 Thomas Coulter traveled from London, England to Vera Cruz, Mexico. This journal consists of daily meteorological observations taken by Coulter on this journey.
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1896-1897
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7286
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This journal was kept by Fairchild on a collecting trip to Java, 1896-1897. It includes descriptions of specimens, some loose notes on termites, and a small number of photographs of unidentified plants.
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Fogg, John M. (John Milton), 1898-1982
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1955-1967
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183 Slides (photographs) (35mm, 0.1 cubic feet, 1 slide box)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.FOG
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Archives of American Gardens
Collection consists of 183 35mm photographic slides that Dr. John M. Fogg took of a variety of arboreta, botanic gardens, plant nurseries, and other assorted gardens throughout the United States and Canada between 1955 and 1967.
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Stong, C.L., 1902-1975 (electrical engineer)
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1952-1976
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12.6 Cubic feet (38 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0012
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These papers are the files of the editor of "The Amateur Scientist" section of the Scientific American from 1952 to 1975. They are arranged chronologically by date of article. The feature was started in 1952 as an expansion of "The Amateur Astronomer" section of the periodical. The papers include files of Stong's predecessor and files for article...
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1878-1936
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8.51 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 3x5 box) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7082
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence with conchologists, naturalists, and shell collectors pertaining to shell collections and exchanges, and responses to Shimek's questionnaires on Pomatiopsis lapidarias and other shells; notebooks listing personal names of those to whom Shimek sent his publications on loess, geology, and botany; a not...
