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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1971-1990
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79.5 cu. ft. (78 record storage boxes) (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 374
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the administration of the NMNH during the tenures of Kier, Fiske, and Hoffman. A small amount of files were created by Talbot, and Acting Directors James F. Mello, 1979, and James C. Tyler, 1985 and 1988. The records document the research, exhibition, and educational missions of the NMNH. They also document ...
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Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
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1949-2005
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-060
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of William A. Oliver in his positions at the United States Geological Survey (1957-1993) and the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology (1967-2005), as well as some materials dating back to his studies at Cornell University. His research interests included the study of Silurian and...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Public Affairs.
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1970-2009
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31 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-001
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the National Museum of Natural History as well as its staff, programs, events, research, exhibitions, and objects in printed and online media. Some records also document the Smithsonian Institution as a whole. Materials include newspaper and magazine clippings; printouts of online articles; a...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1964-1973
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26.5 cu. ft. (53 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 197
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are chiefly files of the Director's Office, 1964-1969, 1971-1972. During the earlier period a complicated subject-numeric system was in use. In 1971 a simpler subject-numeric plan was used and replaced before the end of that year by a straight alphabetic subject file, which is the current office filing system. A full history ...
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Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977.
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1907-1978
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79.56 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (121 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (60 3x5 boxes) (3 5x8 boxes) (2 film boxes) (oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7231
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Waldo LaSalle Schmitt provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career, 1907-1977. They also illustrate, to a lesser degree, his personal life. Particularly well represented in the papers is material concerning Schmitt's carcinological research, his curatorial and administrative careers at the United States Nat...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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circa 1965-2001
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18.69 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-005
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the research of Robert S. Hoffmann. Materials include correspondence, notes, color transparencies, photographs, manuscripts, teaching curricula and exhibition records.
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Grant, Richard E., 1927-1994
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circa 1957-1994
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-106
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Richard E. Grant (1927-1995) was an invertebrate paleontologist and authority on Permian Brachiopods. He served as Curator, Chairman, and Senior Geologist in the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) from 1972 until his death. These papers document Grant's professional career and include correspondence, memorand...
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Barnard, J. Laurens (Jerry Laurens), 1928-1991
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1992
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-088
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the program for the J. Laurens Barnard Memorial, held on April 9, 1992, in the Waldo LaSalle Schmitt Room of the Natural History Building; a biographical sketch and bibliography of Barnard; and audiotaped documentation of the memorial program. Barnard was a Curator in the National Museum of Natural History, Division ...
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Higgins, Robert P.
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1992, undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-175
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of video recordings documenting meiofauna. The original footage was taken at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce by Robert P. Higgins, a systematic invertebrate zoologist and ecologist as well as Curator in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at the National Museum of Natural History, 1978-1996. In 1992, ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1963, 1984-2019
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-202
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials documenting the administration and programs of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) by the Office of the Director, primarily during the tenures of Robert S. Hoffman, 1985-1988; Frank Talbot, 1988-1994; Donald J. Ortner, Acting Director, 1994-1996; David L. Pawson, Acting Director, 1996; Robert W. ...