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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research
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circa 1963-1986
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114 cu. ft. (228 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 329
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the administration, under David Challinor, of the science bureaus of the Smithsonian Institution, c. 1975-1985. Also included are a few records from 1971-1974 and 1986. Series 1 consists of records of the offices reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Science, including the Center for the Study of Man and the National...
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National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
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1958-1999
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40 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-044
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the programs and activities of National Zoological Park (NZP) offices and departments during the tenures of Directors Theodore H. Reed, 1958-1983; and Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, departmental reports, meeting minutes, planning files, research propo...
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1887-1923
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1.81 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (1 half document box) (3 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7117
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of William Louis Abbott consist of letters to Smithsonian curators and specimen lists, 1892-1917; letters to his mother and sister, 1887-1923; photographs taken by Abbott in the field, 1890-1923; and some miscellaneous material. In describing the individual pieces of this collection, particular attention was paid to material relati...
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Conservation of Endangered Species Videohistory Collection
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1990
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13 videotapes (Reference copies). 39 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9553
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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National Zoological Park. Office of Education
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1984-1993
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-009
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the National Zoological Park's (NZP) Office of Education (OE) records. These records consist of OE's general administrative files, files concerning the activities of OE's Chief Judith White, and files that concern the development of OE's educational programs. The Office of Education is no longer extant. Its func...
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1921-1965
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5.29 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7174
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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National Zoological Park. Office of Animal Programs
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1949, 1951, 1956-1982 and undated
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 385
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the management of animal collections at NZP from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, with a small amount of material covering the years before that date span. Included are administrative memoranda and correspondence concerning the acquisition, shipment, breeding, health, and feeding of the animals, as ...
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National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
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circa 1946-1973
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-139
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, price lists, and publications documenting relations between the National Zoological Park (NZP) and domestic and foreign zoological parks and animal dealers. Much of the material documents the acquisition, loan, and exchange of animals. Most of the records were created during the ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Dates:
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1947-1975
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8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 292
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of administrative subject files primarily documenting the operation of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology under Chairmen Donald F. Squires, 1964-1965; Raymond B. Manning, 1967-1971; and David L. Pawson, 1971-1976. Records predating the establishment of the Department in 1964 were created by its predecessor, the ...
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Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
- Dates:
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1982-2018
- Size:
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-198
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials concerning Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) annual meetings, educational programs, publications, finances, elections, and committees. SPNHC affiliated people documented in the collection include Suzanne MacLaren, Judith Price, Lisa Palmer, Linda Hollenberg, Carolyn L. ...
