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Accession 95-106,  Grant, Richard E,  Richard E. Grant Papers, circa 1957-1994

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Grant, Richard E
Title:Richard E. Grant Papers
Dates:circa 1957-1994
Quantity:5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 95-106
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

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 from 1972 until his death. These papers document Grant's professional career and include correspondence, memoranda, notes, manuscripts, reports, and related materials concerning his research on Permian Brachiopods; professional activities, especially his work as President of the Paleontological Society, 1979 and Treasurer of the International Paleontological Association, 1980-1989; field work and other official travel; and department and museum affairs.

Descriptive Entry

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, memoranda, notes, manuscripts, reports, and related material concerning his research on Permian Brachiopods; professional activities, especially his work as President of the Paleontological Society, 1979 and Treasurer of the International Paleontological Association, 1980-1989; field work and other official travel; and department and museum affairs.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-106, Grant, Richard E, Richard E. Grant Papers

Container List

Box 1

Budget

Box 1 of 6

Guatemala Brachiopods

Box 1 of 6

Paleontology Symposium, Chicago, 1969

Box 1 of 6

B. Lusser

Box 1 of 6

Peter R. Hoover

Box 1 of 6

Erle

Box 1 of 6

Steve Mitchell

Box 1 of 6

Koskinoid

Box 1 of 6

Leiorhyrchas (Devonian)

Box 1 of 6

Carbon of Manuscript on Collecting Techniques

Box 1 of 6

Manuscript on Attachment in Linoproductus

Box 1 of 6

Treatise Manuscript

Box 1 of 6

Exhibits - Paleontology Hall

Box 1 of 6

Eniwetok

Box 1 of 6

Smithsonian Research Fund (SRF) and National Science Foundation Fluid Research

Box 1 of 6

Parking

Box 1 of 6

Memoranda - Dr. Grant

Box 1 of 6

Memoranda to Staff

Box 1 of 6

Reviews

Box 1 of 6

Adegoke, O. S.

Box 1 of 6

Computer Costs

Box 1 of 6

Miscellaneous Correspondence - A-Z (24 folders)

Box 1 of 6

Paleontology and Stratigraphy Monthly Report, January 1977

Box 1 of 6

Paleontology and Stratigraphy Organizational Chart

Box 1 of 6

Smithsonian Council Meeting, April 19-21, 1974

Box 1 of 6

Smithsonian Center for Short-Lived Phenomena

Box 1 of 6

Box 2

Cambrian Workers

Box 2 of 6

Meeting notes

Box 2 of 6

Correspondence 4

Box 2 of 6

American Association for the Advancement of Science - Society of Systematic Zoology (SSZ)

Box 2 of 6

Search Committee, 1988-1989

Box 2 of 6

Paleontological Research Institution

Box 2 of 6

Gary Gautier

Box 2 of 6

Diving Regulations

Box 2 of 6

Grunt's Visit

Box 2 of 6

John Kalb

Box 2 of 6

Carter

Box 2 of 6

Acting Chairman

Box 2 of 6

National Science Foundation

Box 2 of 6

Sao Paulo

Box 2 of 6

Iran, 1975

Box 2 of 6

Pakistan, 1986

Box 2 of 6

Fatmi Visit, 1978, 1991

Box 2 of 6

Parking Committee

Box 2 of 6

J. Thompson - Collection Management

Box 2 of 6

Chicago Symposium

Box 2 of 6

Reviews

Box 2 of 6

Nestell

Box 2 of 6

Senate of Scientists

Box 2 of 6

Chairmen's Meetings

Box 2 of 6

Carlson, Sandra J.

Box 2 of 6

Memoranda

Box 2 of 6

Accessions and Exchanges

Box 2 of 6

Armfeet

Box 2 of 6

Museum

Box 2 of 6

Adey, Walter H.

Box 2 of 6

Collections and Paleontologists

Box 2 of 6

The Lampshell

Box 2 of 6

Paleontological Society of Washington

Box 2 of 6

Page and Reprint Costs

Box 2 of 6

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Box 2 of 6

Television - Geological hall

Box 2 of 6

Stehli

Box 2 of 6

General Services Administration Talks

Box 2 of 6

Department Secretary

Box 2 of 6

North American Paleontological Convention II, 1977

Box 2 of 6

Oral Discussions and Speeches

Box 2 of 6

New Curators

Box 2 of 6

Permian and Brachiopod Workers (3 folders)

Box 2 of 6

Box 3

D. M. Rohr

Box 3 of 6

William B. Rogers

Box 3 of 6

John Miller

Box 3 of 6

J. Chronic

Box 3 of 6

Thayer

Box 3 of 6

Olson, Storrs

Box 3 of 6

Peter Sheehan

Box 3 of 6

Roy Young

Box 3 of 6

Clarkson-Holloway

Box 3 of 6

James L. Carew

Box 3 of 6

New Division

Box 3 of 6

Carboniferous Conference

Box 3 of 6

Pleistocene Hall #6 - Exhibits

Box 3 of 6

Australia, 1976

Box 3 of 6

George McGhee

Box 3 of 6

Photographs - American Geological Institute (AGI) Booklet

Box 3 of 6

Key Largo, Florida

Box 3 of 6

Society of Sigma Xi

Box 3 of 6

Emergency Plan

Box 3 of 6

Notes #1 from Thomson, 1927

Box 3 of 6

Notes from Yale and Texas

Box 3 of 6

Notes #4 - Rhynchonellids

Box 3 of 6

Notes #5 - Neospirifer, Lepiospinifer, Spiriferella

Box 3 of 6

King's Types - Notes by Cooper

Box 3 of 6

Notes #3 - Hypopsia, Meekella, Geyerella, Derbyia, Derbyoides, Nothopindex, Orhotetella, Ombonia, Schuchertella

Box 3 of 6

Notes #2 - King's Types, Rhipidomella, Orthotichia, Enteletes, Diplanus, Streptorhynchus

Box 3 of 6

Notes - Spiriferinids and hustedia Composita

Box 3 of 6

Hustedia and H. Thedusia

Box 3 of 6

Neophrycadothyris Licharev, Anomaloria, Astesosia

Box 3 of 6

Martinia, June 1962

Box 3 of 6

Rhipidomella - Original Copy

Box 3 of 6

Rhipidomella - Carbon Copy

Box 3 of 6

Rhipidomella - Second Carbon Copy

Box 3 of 6

To Do

Box 3 of 6

Examination and Report (E & R) Forms

Box 3 of 6

Monthly Reports

Box 3 of 6

Brazil

Box 3 of 6

Evolution Monographs

Box 3 of 6

Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca

Box 3 of 6

Permo Te, Calgary, 1971

Box 3 of 6

Montreal, 1972

Box 3 of 6

Field Trip, 1963

Box 3 of 6

Texas Field Trip, 1965-1968

Box 3 of 6

West Texas

Box 3 of 6

Work Plans

Box 3 of 6

Stratigraphic Units - Glass Mountains (Cooper and Grant)

Box 3 of 6

Short Course - Cincinnati

Box 3 of 6

Rex A. Hanger

Box 3 of 6

Age of Zaluch Gr.

Box 3 of 6

Kier Biographical Sketch

Box 3 of 6

Exhibits Committee

Box 3 of 6

Paleontology and Stratigraphy Missives

Box 3 of 6

Correspondence

Box 3 of 6

Permian, 1981-1982

Box 3 of 6

Completed E and Rs

Box 3 of 6

Alaska E and Rs

Box 3 of 6

Alaska

Box 3 of 6

Field Trip with Richard D. Rieke, May 1962

Box 3 of 6

Cartoons

Box 3 of 6

Correspondence II

Box 3 of 6

Box 4

Correspondence III

Box 4 of 6

Systematics Conference, 1972

Box 4 of 6

Bibliography of Richard E. Grant

Box 4 of 6

AGI Lectures, 1966

Box 4 of 6

AGI Lectures, 1965

Box 4 of 6

AGI Lectures, 1968

Box 4 of 6

Clippings

Box 4 of 6

Marginifera

Box 4 of 6

Cooper, G. A.

Box 4 of 6

Greece/Turkey, 1978-1979

Box 4 of 6

International Geological Conference, 1984

Box 4 of 6

Graduate Students

Box 4 of 6

ARA Grant, 1978-1979 (Greece/Turkey)

Box 4 of 6

Museum Memoranda

Box 4 of 6

Yugoslavia

Box 4 of 6

Europe, 1980

Box 4 of 6

Russia, 1975

Box 4 of 6

Turkey, 1979

Box 4 of 6

Greece, 1977

Box 4 of 6

Pakistan, 1977

Box 4 of 6

Greece, 1974

Box 4 of 6

China, 1981 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Australia (3 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Snowy Range Paper, Submitted to Geological Society of America, December 1960

Box 4 of 6

Talks on Glass Mountains

Box 4 of 6

Box 5

Museum Memoranda

Box 5 of 6

Short-Term Visitors

Box 5 of 6

Smithsonian Fellowships (Ed Davison)

Box 5 of 6

Reports and Identifications

Box 5 of 6

Paleontology and Stratigraphy-Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Newsletters

Box 5 of 6

Paleobiology Newsletter

Box 5 of 6

Chairman Notes

Box 5 of 6

Schuchert Award

Box 5 of 6

Friends of the Permian Meeting, October 20, 1990

Box 5 of 6

Permian Subcommittee

Box 5 of 6

Permian Workers (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Exchanges - Loans

Box 5 of 6

Paleontological Society of Washington

Box 5 of 6

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists-PBS Symposium

Box 5 of 6

Reviews III

Box 5 of 6

Staff Meetings, 1992

Box 5 of 6

Private Funds and Research Awards

Box 5 of 6

Miscellaneous Correspondence

Box 5 of 6

Staff Meetings

Box 5 of 6

Permophiles

Box 5 of 6

Senior-Level Gradeless System

Box 5 of 6

Ebersole

Box 5 of 6

Cooper

Box 5 of 6

Savings Bonds

Box 5 of 6

American Association of Retired Persons

Box 5 of 6

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Insurance Plans

Box 5 of 6

Miscellaneous Foreign Correspondence

Box 5 of 6

Annual Report

Box 5 of 6

Birthday Card

Box 5 of 6

Budget

Box 5 of 6

Franconia Paper, Submitted May 1961, Published September 1962

Box 5 of 6

Glass Mountains Brachiopods

Box 5 of 6

Salt Range Waagenoconcha

Box 5 of 6

Box 6

Salt Range Trilobites

Box 6 of 6

Slides (How to Make)

Box 6 of 6

Eniwetok

Box 6 of 6

SMA, 1976

Box 6 of 6

Field Trip with Cooper, 1965

Box 6 of 6

Glass Mountains Papers by G. Arthur Cooper and Richard E. Grant

Box 6 of 6

Computer - Glass Mountains Collection

Box 6 of 6

Foreign Currency and Foreign Meetings

Box 6 of 6

Recreation Association

Box 6 of 6

Museology Group

Box 6 of 6

Paleontological Association

Box 6 of 6

Paleontological Society of Washington

Box 6 of 6

Ronald Simpson (VTEP)

Box 6 of 6

Loans/Purchases of Collections

Box 6 of 6

Guatemala

Box 6 of 6