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SIA RU007218, United States National Museum, Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks, United States National Museum, circa 1835-1850, 1861-1863, and undated

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Summary

Creator:
United States National Museum
Title:
Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks, United States National Museum, circa 1835-1850, 1861-1863, and undated
Dates:
1835, 1835-1863, circa 1835-1850, 1861-1863, and undated
Summary:
This collection includes manuscript notes and lists on the mollusks of New York and on Naiades in the Smithsonian. The only identified author is C. J. Robinson. The collection also contains original drawings of shells for the plates of Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot, circa 1835-1850
Topic:
Mollusks
Subjects:
Berthelot, Sabin 1794-1880, Robinson, C. J, Webb, Philip Barker 1793-1854, United States National Museum, Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks
Form/Genre:
Scientific illustrations, Collection descriptions
Local Number:
SIA RU007218
Physical Description:
0.1 linear meter and oversize

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 7218

United States National Museum

Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks, circa 1835-1850, 1861-1863 and undated

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: United States National Museum
Title: Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks
Dates: circa 1835-1850, 1861-1863 and undated
Quantity: 0.1 linear meter and oversize.
Collection: Record Unit 7218
Language of Materials: English

Descriptive Entry

This collection includes manuscript notes and lists on the mollusks of New York and on Naiades in the Smithsonian. The only identified author is C. J. Robinson. The collection also contains original drawings of shells for the plates of Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot, circa 1835-1850.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7218, United States National Museum, Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks

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Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 List of Shells Erroneously Claimed by U. S. National Museum through Benedict, Rathbun & Pollard, 1907

Box 1 of 2

Folder 2 Land and Freshwater Shells of New York, List of Conchological Works

Box 1 of 2

Folder 3 Mollusca of the City and Vicinity of Buffalo, N.Y., Collected March to December 1862 by C. J. Robinson

Box 1 of 2

Folder 4 List of Naiades in the Smithsonian Collection, May 1861 to Feb. 1, 1863

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Folder 1 Drawings for plates of shells in Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries by P. B. Webb and Sabin Bertheloti

Box 2 of 2

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