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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 00-069
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
- Title:
- Exhibition Records, circa 1977-1999
- Dates:
- circa 1977-1999
- Physical Description:
- Books, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Brochures, Exhibition catalogs, Manuscripts, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Ephemera, Black-and-white negatives, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white transparencies, Color photographs, Color transparencies, Audiotapes, Video recordings, Motion pictures (visual works), Sound recordings
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 83-126
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
- Title:
- Field Research Records, 1961-1973
- Dates:
- 1961-1973
- Physical Description:
- Brochures, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Manuscripts, Maps, Black-and-white photographs
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 85-094
- Creator:
- Watson, George E (George Elder) 1931-
- Title:
- George E. Watson Papers, 1950s-1980s
- Dates:
- 1950s-1980s
- Physical Description:
- Books, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts, Maps, Black-and-white photographs
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 01-204
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
- Title:
- Exhibition Records, 1979-1998
- Dates:
- 1979-1998
- Physical Description:
- Brochures, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Manuscripts, Pamphlets, Floppy disks, Drawings, Ephemera, Floor plans, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white transparencies, Color photographs, Color transparencies, Video recordings, Electronic records
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 96-005
- Creator:
- Hoffmann, Robert S
- Title:
- Robert S. Hoffmann Papers, 1989-1993
- Dates:
- 1989-1993
- Physical Description:
- Brochures, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Manuscripts, Electronic records
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 95-083
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
- Title:
- Subject Files, 1989-1994
- Dates:
- 1989-1994
- Physical Description:
- Brochures, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 95-162
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
- Title:
- Subject Files, 1987-1993
- Dates:
- 1987-1993
- Physical Description:
- Brochures, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 95-173
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Environmental Awareness Program
- Title:
- Ocean Planet Exhibition Records, 1989-1995
- Dates:
- 1989-1995
- Physical Description:
- Brochures, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 94-023
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Environmental Awareness Program
- Title:
- Records, 1990-1993
- Dates:
- 1990-1993
- Physical Description:
- Books, Collection descriptions, Brochures, Manuscripts, Color transparencies, Audiotapes
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 90-018
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Office of Museum Programs
- Title:
- Videotapes, circa 1980-1982
- Dates:
- circa 1980-1982
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Videotapes
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