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SIA RU000408, United States National Museum, Preparators' Reports, 1881-1919 and undated
Summary
- Creator:
- United States National Museum
- Title:
- Preparators' Reports, 1881-1919 and undated
- Dates:
- 1881, 1881-1919, 1881-1919 and undated
- Summary:
- This record unit consists of weekly, monthly, and annual reports of USNM staff involved with the preparation of collections for study and exhibition. The reports were submitted to the Director of the USNM, and maintained by the Division of Correspondence and Documents. Included are reports of the Taxidermist, Osteological Preparator, Preparator of the Department of Arts and Industries, Modeler, and Printer. Also included are reports of the Division (before 1897, Department) of Comparative Anatomy
- Restrictions:
- Use of this record unit requires prior arrangement with the Archives staff
- Topic:
- Museums--Administration
- Subjects:
- United States National Museum Preparators' Annual Reports, United States National Museum Taxidermist, Division of Comparative Anatomy (USNM), United States National Museum Osteological Preparator, Department of Arts and Industries (USNM) Department of Preparator, Arts and Industries (USNM), United States National Museum Modeler, United States National Museum Printer, Department of Arts and Industries Preparator (USNM), United States National Museum Dept. of Arts and Industries, Taxidermist (USNM), Osteological Preparator (USNM), Modeler (USNM), Printer (USNM), Preparator Department of Arts and Industries (USNM)
- Form/Genre:
- Mixed archival materials, Collection descriptions
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000408
- Physical Description:
- 0.8 linear meter
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Table of Contents
Record Unit 408
United States National Museum
Preparators' Reports, 1881-1919 and undated
Collection Overview | |
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
|---|---|
| Creator: | United States National Museum |
| Title: | Preparators' Reports |
| Dates: | 1881-1919 and undated |
| Quantity: | 0.8 linear meter. |
| Collection: | Record Unit 408 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
Descriptive Entry
This record unit consists of weekly, monthly, and annual reports of the United States National Museum (USNM) staff involved with the preparation of collections for study and exhibition. The reports were submitted to the Director of USNM and maintained by the Division of Correspondence and Documents. Included are reports of the Taxidermist, Osteological Preparator, Preparator of the Department of Arts and Industries, Modeler, and Printer. Also included are reports of the Division (before 1897, Department) of Comparative Anatomy.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Department of Arts and Industries (USNM). Department of Preparator, Arts and Industries (USNM)
- Department of Arts and Industries. Preparator (USNM)
- Division of Comparative Anatomy (USNM)
- Modeler (USNM)
- Osteological Preparator (USNM)
- Preparator. Department of Arts and Industries (USNM)
- Printer (USNM)
- Taxidermist (USNM)
- United States National Museum. Dept. of Arts and Industries
- United States National Museum. Dept. of Arts and Industries
- United States National Museum. Modeler
- United States National Museum. Osteological Preparator
- United States National Museum. Preparators' Annual Reports
- United States National Museum. Printer
- United States National Museum. Taxidermist.
Subject
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 408, United States National Museum, Preparators' Reports
Container List
Box 1
Weekly reports of the Taxidermist, William T. Hornaday and William Palmer, 1885-1890 (8 folders)
Annual reports of the Taxidermist, Hornaday, Palmer, and William L. Brown, 1886-1919 (4 folders)
Weekly reports of the Osteological Preparator, Frederic Augustus Lucas and J.W. Scollick, 1886-1888 (3 folders)
Weekly reports of the Osteological Preparator, 1889-1895 (5 folders)
Annual reports of the Osteological Preparator, 1906-1910, 1915-1916
Notebook of prepared specimens, 1887-1903 (Accession 12-588)
Monthly reports, Department of Comparative Anatomy, Frederic A. Lucas, Curator, 1891-1898 (3 folders)
Annual reports, Department of Comparative Anatomy, 1886-1894, 1903-1904 (3 folders)
Reports and correspondence of the Preparator of the Department of Arts and Industries, Edwin H. Hawley, 1881-1898 and undated (2 folders)
Weekly reports of the Modeler, J.W. Hendley, 1885-1886
Weekly reports of the USNM Printer, A.J.S. Curet, 1887
- Finding Aid encoded on: 9-27-2012
- Contact us at osiaref@si.edu
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