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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 7257

Glassell, Steve A.

Steve A. Glassell Papers, 1932-1949 and undated

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Glassell, Steve A.
Title:Steve A. Glassell Papers
Dates:1932-1949 and undated
Quantity:1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 7257
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This collection consists mostly of correspondence between Glassell and fellow carcinologists concerning his research on American pinnotherid crabs and other crustacea. Also included is correspondence from United States National Museum (USNM) administrators concerning the transmission of specimens for study and USNM shipping invoices. Correspondents include Fenner A. Chace, Jr., W. Lee Chambers, John Enos Graf, Mary Jane Rathbun, Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, Clarence R. Shoemaker, and Alexander Wetmore. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Historical Note

Steve A. Glassell ( - 1949) was a California businessman and a vocational carcinologist. His primary research interest was the study of American pinnotherid crabs.

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Descriptive Entry

This collection consists mostly of correspondence between Glassell and fellow carcinologists concerning his research on American pinnotherid crabs and other crustacea. Also included is correspondence from United States National Museum (USNM) administrators concerning the transmission of specimens for study and USNM shipping invoices. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7257, Steve A. Glassell Papers

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Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 A-G, general

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Folder 2 Abbott, Clinton G., 1931-1938, 1942, and undated

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Folder 3 Balss, Heinrich, 1938-1939

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Folder 4 Berkeley, Edith, 1932-1937

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Folder 5 Chace, Fenner A., Jr., 1936-1942, 1948-1949

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Folder 6 Chambers, W. Lee, 1936

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Folder 7 Crane, Jocelyn, 1936-1939, and undated

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Folder 8 Crocker, Templeton, 1934-1937

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Folder 9 Graf, John Enos, 1933-1936, 1941

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Folder 10 H-M, general

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Folder 11 Hanna, G. Dallas, 1931-1936

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Folder 12 Hart, Josephine F. L., 1933-1939

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Folder 13 Higgins, John S., 1933-1940

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Folder 14 Light, Sol Felty, 1935, 1939-1941

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Folder 15 Lunz, George Robert, Jr., 1934-1939

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Folder 16 MacGinitie, George Eber, 1931-1932, 1935, 1937, 1940

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Folder 17 McNeill, Frank A., 1934-1935, 1939-1941

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Folder 18 Miyake, Sadayoshi, 1936-1938

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Box 2

Folder 1 N-R, general

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Folder 2 Rathbun, Mary Jane, 1932-1937

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Folder 3 Ricketts, Edward F., 1934-1946

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Folder 4 S-Z, general

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Folder 5 Schmitt, Waldo LaSalle, 1933-1942, 1946

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Folder 6 Schmitt, Waldo LaSalle, undated and fragments

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Folder 7 Shoemaker, Clarence R., 1933, 1939

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Folder 8 Sorensen, A., 1938

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Folder 9 Stevens, Belle Alice, 1933-1939

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Folder 10 United States National Museum. Shipping invoices, 1933-1941

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Folder 11 Valerio, Manuel, 1932-1935

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Folder 12 Villadolid, Degracias V., 1932, 1939-1940

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Folder 13 Ward, Melbourne, 1931-1937

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Folder 14 Wetmore, Alexander, 1932-1935, 1941

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