Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 414
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Crustacea
Records, 1977-1981
Descriptive Entry
These records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the curatorial staff of the Division of Crustacea. The correspondence concerns the identification, acquisition, and exchange of specimens; preparation and review of scientific papers and monographs; professional activities of the staff, especially involvement in The Crustacean Society; review of grant proposals; and divisional administration. Curators represented in the correspondence include Thomas E. Bowman, Raymond B. Manning, J. Laurens Barnard, Roger F. Cressey, Jr., Louis S. Kornicker, Brian F. Kensley, and Charles W. Hart, Jr. Also included is correspondence of Museum Specialist C. Allan Child.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Manning, Raymond B. (Raymond Brendan), 1934-2000
- Cressey, Roger F., 1930-
- Hart, C. W.
- Chace, Fenner Albert
- Kornicker, Louis S., 1919-
- Bowman, Thomas E.
- Barnard, J. Laurens (Jerry Laurens), 1928-1991
- Kensley, Brian Frederick
- Child, C. Allan
- Crustacean Society
Subject
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 414, National Museum of Natural History. Division of Crustacea, Records