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Accession 01-245

Whitmore, Frank C.

Frank C. Whitmore Papers, 1937-2001

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Whitmore, Frank C.
Title:Frank C. Whitmore Papers
Dates:1937-2001
Quantity:8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 01-245
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of papers documenting the career of Frank C. Whitmore, Geologist with the United States Geological Survey and Smithsonian Research Associate. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, examinations and reports, photographs, and other papers associated with Whitmore's paleontological research.

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This accession consists of papers documenting the career of Frank C. Whitmore, Geologist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Smithsonian Research Associate. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, examinations and reports, photographs, and other papers associated with Whitmore's paleontological research.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-245, Frank C. Whitmore Papers

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Container List

Box 1

Key to Files

Box 1 of 8

Accessions, 1962-1986

Box 1 of 8

Alaska, 1959-1987

Box 1 of 8

Amateur Collectors, 1983

Box 1 of 8

Antiquities Act, 1975-1987

Box 1 of 8

Baltimore Gas and Electric - Data, 1967-1982

Box 1 of 8

Baltimore Gas and Electric - Publicity, 1968-1971

Box 1 of 8

Baltimore Gas and Electric - Correspondence, 1967-1988 (3 folders)

Box 1 of 8

Baltimore Gas and Electric - Core Logs, 1967

Box 1 of 8

Belgium, 1973-1988

Box 1 of 8

Belgium - Photos, 1974-1992

Box 1 of 8

Big Bone Lick - Correspondence, 1965-1999

Box 1 of 8

Big Bone Lick - Data, 1962-1980

Box 1 of 8

Big Bone Lick - History, 1968-1972

Box 1 of 8

Big Bone Lick - Photos and Articles, 1965-1971

Box 1 of 8

Big Bone Lick - Correspondence, 1959-1964

Box 1 of 8

Big Bone Lick - Correspondence, L.L. Ray, 1959-1974

Box 1 of 8

Big Bone Lick - M.K. Whitmore File, 1967

Box 1 of 8

Caloosahatchee, 1964-1965

Box 1 of 8

Carbon-14 Dates, 1981

Box 1 of 8

Center for Study of Early Man, 1987-1998

Box 1 of 8

China, 1973-1988

Box 1 of 8

Coastal Plain - Correspondence, 1980-1998

Box 1 of 8

Box 2

Coastal Plain - Correspondence, 1951-1979

Box 2 of 8

Coastal Plain - Data, 1969-1994

Box 2 of 8

Collections, 1972-1978

Box 2 of 8

Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1944-1996 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 8

Corwin, Gilbert, 1994

Box 2 of 8

Costa Rica, 1965

Box 2 of 8

Cranial Morphology, 1961-1992

Box 2 of 8

Cronin, Thomas, 1995

Box 2 of 8

Desmostylus, 1958-1972

Box 2 of 8

Dooley, Alton, 1972-1991

Box 2 of 8

Downs, Alex, 1984

Box 2 of 8

Dredged Fossils, 1966-1989

Box 2 of 8

Early Man and Woman, 1988

Box 2 of 8

Elephant Correspondence, 1960-1998 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 8

Elephants - Data, 1966-1995

Box 2 of 8

Elephants - Photos, Figures, 1970-2000

Box 2 of 8

Elephants - Reports, 1967-1987

Box 2 of 8

Employees, Possible, 1974-1992

Box 2 of 8

Endangered Species, 1977-1973

Box 2 of 8

Eshelman, Ralph E., 1969-1983

Box 2 of 8

Eurenius, Carl G., 1977-1980

Box 2 of 8

Examinations and Reports (Whitmore), 1968-1984, 1988 (18 folders)

Box 2 of 8

Box 3

Examinations and Reports (Whitmore), 1959-1966 (6 folders)

Box 3 of 8

Examinations and Reports (Others), 1960-1982 (20 folders)

Box 3 of 8

Field Work Plans, 1960

Box 3 of 8

Fonger, George, 1976-1979

Box 3 of 8

Fossil Localities, 1965-1973

Box 3 of 8

Frye, Richard, 1976

Box 3 of 8

Future Projects, undated

Box 3 of 8

Galapagos, 1972

Box 3 of 8

Gay Head - Correspondence, 1964-1985

Box 3 of 8

Geological Society of America - Forms, etc., 1964-1997

Box 3 of 8

Geological Society of America - Correspondence, 1949-1992

Box 3 of 8

Geological Society of Washington, 1949-1991

Box 3 of 8

Geological Society of Washington Centennial, 1990

Box 3 of 8

History of Geology, 1977-1993

Box 3 of 8

Holm, Esther A., 1985-1990

Box 3 of 8

Holmes, G. William, 1961-1970

Box 3 of 8

Honduras, 1971-1995

Box 3 of 8

Indiana (L.L. Ray), undated

Box 3 of 8

International Centennial Symposium, 1981-1983

Box 3 of 8

International Geology, Office of, 1970

Box 3 of 8

Kaltenbach, James A., 1972-1997

Box 3 of 8

Kellogg, A. Remington, 1958-1988

Box 3 of 8

Box 4

Kimmel, Peter G., 1984-1986

Box 4 of 8

Kirkpatrick, Donald R., 1977-1991

Box 4 of 8

Kluger, Mathias M., 1980-1982

Box 4 of 8

Kramer, Jon, 1983

Box 4 of 8

Kumar, Kishor, 1983

Box 4 of 8

Kuzuu, Japan, 1937

Box 4 of 8

Ladd, Harry, 1965-1981

Box 4 of 8

Land Mammals - Chesapeake Group, 1977-1984

Box 4 of 8

Land Mammals - Lee Creek, 1976-1988

Box 4 of 8

Lewis, Ed, 1954-1975

Box 4 of 8

Libya, 1982-1987

Box 4 of 8

Littleton, Colorado, 1960-1965

Box 4 of 8

Madden, Cary T., 1979-1992

Box 4 of 8

Mailing List, undated

Box 4 of 8

Maltz, Alesia, 1981

Box 4 of 8

Manuscripts (Whitmore), 1958-1985

Box 4 of 8

Meyer, Robert L., 1975-1976

Box 4 of 8

Mid-river Club, 1962-1998

Box 4 of 8

Military Geology - Correspondence, 1945-1997 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 8

Military Geology - Reports, Photos, Notes, 1952-1997

Box 4 of 8

Military Geology - Japan, 1945

Box 4 of 8

Military Geology - Speeches, 1947-1951

Box 4 of 8

Miyako, 1956-1969

Box 4 of 8

Mjos, Richard J., 1973-1984

Box 4 of 8

Mobile County, Escambia County, Alabama - Notes, References, Photos, Maps, 1976-1983

Box 4 of 8

Mobile County, Escambia County, Alabama - Correspondence, 1967-1999 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 8

National Geographic Society - Correspondence, 1995-2000

Box 4 of 8

Box 5

National Geographic Society - Bylaws, Annuals, Grant Information, 1989-1998

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Mission Subcommittee, 1988-1992

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Teramar, 1995

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Stuart, 1995

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Honors and Awards, 1993

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Membership Committee, 1976-1990

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Travel Subcommittee, 1991

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Correspondence, 1970-1993 (3 folders)

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Alaska and Early Man, 1975-1980 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Mission Subcommittee, 1983-1989 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Centennial Planning Session, 1986

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Publications Subcommittee, 1983-1989

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Photos, Clippings, Lectures, 1975-1989

Box 5 of 8

National Geographic Society - Africa (Early Man), 1974-1994

Box 5 of 8

National Science Foundation, 1971-1990

Box 5 of 8

Box 6

Paleontological Society, 1966-1992

Box 6 of 8

Paleontology - USGS Non-Official Expression and General, 1961-1998

Box 6 of 8

Paleontological Society of Washington, 1950-1982

Box 6 of 8

P&S Business, 1981-1999

Box 6 of 8

Personal (Whitmore) - Biographic, Official, 1959-1999

Box 6 of 8

Personal (Whitmore) - Correspondence, 1944-1999 (2 folders)

Photograph of field site worked on by Frank C. Whitmore and his colleagues (in folder 7). [SIA2012-12140]
Photograph of Whitmore and skeleton (in folder 7). [SIA2012-12141]
Page of notes by Frank C. Whitmore regarding USNM 7020 (page 1 of 2) [SIA2012-12142]
Page of notes by Frank C. Whitmore regarding USNM 7020 (page 2 of 2) [SIA2012-12143]
Foreign Travel Certification form completed by Frank C. Whitmore for his field trip to Peru, 1972 (front page) [SIA2012-12144]
Foreign Travel Certification form completed by Frank C. Whitmore for his field trip to Peru, 1972 (back page) [SIA2012-12145]
Box 6 of 8

Peru, 1972-1987

Box 6 of 8

Phosphate, 1979-1982

Box 6 of 8

Pick and Hammer, 1952-1975

Box 6 of 8

Pinnipedia, 1967-1983

Box 6 of 8

Pleistocene Localities, 1969-1990

Box 6 of 8

Poland, 1968-1969

Box 6 of 8

Postel, Bill, 1942 and undated

Box 6 of 8

Preparation, 1962-1978

Box 6 of 8

Protoceratidae, 1963-1973

Box 6 of 8

Quarterly Reports, 1981-1984

Box 6 of 8

Ray, L. L., 1950-1980

Box 6 of 8

Roesch, Ted, 1974

Box 6 of 8

Romer, Alfred, 1961-1987

Box 6 of 8

Sea Serpents, undated

Box 6 of 8

SICCM, 1991

Box 6 of 8

Sinanthropus, 1990-2000

Box 6 of 8

Sirenia - Correspondence, 1967-1991

Box 6 of 8

Sirenia - Data, References, 1971 and undated

Box 6 of 8

Smithsonian, 1963-1993

Box 6 of 8

NAPC, 1995-1997

Box 6 of 8

Box 7

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1974-2001

Box 7 of 8

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Symposium, 1991

Box 7 of 8

South Carolina - Correspondence, 1969-1989

Box 7 of 8

South Carolina - Data, Photos, 1977-1980

Box 7 of 8

Specimens - Other Museums, 1978

Box 7 of 8

Stratigraphy, 1975-1992

Box 7 of 8

Uninta, 1985-1990

Box 7 of 8

Tacheron, Ben, 1978-1992

Box 7 of 8

Westgate, Jim, 1981-1991

Box 7 of 8

Balenoptera Acutorostrata, South Carolina, undated

Box 7 of 8

Cetotheres, 1986

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, General, 1952-1999 (4 folders)

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Larry Barnes, 1969-1991

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Mario A. Cozzuol, 1985-2001

Box 7 of 8

Fordyce, R. Ewan, 1978-1992

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Lori Marino, 1997-2000

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Edward Mitchell, 1967-1989

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Christian de Muizon, 1983-1984

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Albert C. Myrick, 1964-1986

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Masayuki Oishi, 1992-1998

Box 7 of 8

Uhen, Mark D., 1983-1998

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Albert E. Sanders, 1992

Box 7 of 8

Whales - Correspondence, Dorothy Vitaliano, 1972-1978

Box 7 of 8

Whales - George's Bank, 1964-1965

Box 7 of 8

Kentriodontidae, undated

Box 7 of 8

Hadrodelphis Project, 1991

Box 7 of 8

Whale Localities, 1973-1985

Box 7 of 8

Box 8

Mesoplodon, 1983-1986

Box 8 of 8

Whale Material to be Prepared, 1978-1979

Box 8 of 8

Mississippi Ziphiid, 1978

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Property Owners, 1983-1984

Box 8 of 8

Saudi Arabia, 1983-1987

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Pamunkey, R., 1964-1984

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Specimens, Collections, 1973-1991

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Notes, References, 1973-1991

Box 8 of 8

Orycterocetus, 1984

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Reports, Proposals, 1967-1983

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Oligocene Correspondence, 1970-1978

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Oligocene Notes, 1972-1979

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Oligocene Photos, Figures, undated

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Photos (London, Linz, Vienna), 1976

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Photos, Figures, 1974-1985

Box 8 of 8

Whales - Society for Marine Mammalogy, 1983-1995

Box 8 of 8

Sperm Whale Stranding, 1983-1985

Box 8 of 8

Yucatan, 1983

Box 8 of 8

Yugoslavia, 1972

Box 8 of 8

Ishigaki - Notes, Papers, 1962-2001

Box 8 of 8

Correlation - Japan - Cenozoic, 1949

Box 8 of 8

Ryukyu Islands - Zoology, 1959

Box 8 of 8

Ryukyu Islands - Sea Level Variations, Land Bridges, Migration, 1977

Box 8 of 8

Ryukyu Islands - Miscellaneous, 1964

Box 8 of 8

Ryukyu Islands - Fossils, undated

Box 8 of 8

Ryukyu Islands - Dentition, 1957-1959

Box 8 of 8

Ryukyu Islands - Domestication, 1957-1959

Box 8 of 8

Ryukyu Islands - Population, Distribution of Pigs, Deer, 1959

Box 8 of 8

Peccaries - Notes, Photos, 1988 and undated

Box 8 of 8

Peccaries - Correspondence, 1967-1978

Box 8 of 8

Panama - Correspondence, 1962-1994 (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Panama - Rhino, Horse, Dreodont, 1963-1971

Box 8 of 8

Peccaries, 1988

Box 8 of 8

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