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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 13-280
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Division of Plants
- Title:
- Curatorial Records, 1899-1918
- Dates:
- 1899-1918
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Scientific illustrations, Sketches, Black-and-white photographs, Nitrate materials, Glass negatives
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 01-068
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Biodiversity Program
- Title:
- Program Records, 1986-1991
- Dates:
- 1986-1991
- Physical Description:
- Brochures, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU009579
- Title:
- A. Stanley Rand Oral History Interviews, 1986, 1989-1990
- Dates:
- 1986, 1989-1990
- Physical Description:
- Audiotapes, Collection descriptions, Transcripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 17-369
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution
- Title:
- Website Records, 2016
- Date:
- 2016
- Physical Description:
- Electronic records, Collection descriptions, Web sites
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 85-123
- Creator:
- Clarke, J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates) 1905-1990
- Title:
- J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates) Clarke Papers, Scientific Illustrations and Photographs, circa 1978
- Dates:
- circa 1978
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Drawings, Black-and-white photographs
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 16-211
- Creator:
- Rathbun, Richard 1852-1918
- Title:
- Richard Rathbun Papers, 1873-1877 and undated
- Dates:
- 1873-1877 and undated
- Physical Description:
- Field notes, Collection descriptions, Scientific illustrations, Artifacts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 14-251
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution
- Title:
- Website Records, 2014
- Date:
- 2014
- Physical Description:
- Electronic records, Collection descriptions, Web sites
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 08-005
- Creator:
- Carriker, Melbourne R (Melbourne Romaine) 1915-2007
- Title:
- Melbourne R. Carriker Papers, 1934-2007
- Dates:
- 1934-2007
- Physical Description:
- Newsletters, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts, Black-and-white negatives, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white transparencies, Color negatives, Color photographs, Color transparencies, Lantern slides, Audiotapes, Motion pictures (visual works), Videotapes
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000329
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Research
- Title:
- Records, circa 1963-1986
- Dates:
- circa 1963-1986
- Physical Description:
- Black-and-white photographs, Collection descriptions, Maps, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 07-100
- Creator:
- Schmitt, Waldo L (Waldo Lasalle) 1887-1977
- Title:
- Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1887, 1911, 1914, 1925-1927, 1934-1939, 1950, 1962-1972
- Dates:
- 1887, 1911, 1914, 1925-1927, 1934-1939, 1950, 1962-1972
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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