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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000453
- Creator:
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Office of the Registrar
- Title:
- Records, 1963-1987
- Dates:
- 1963-1987
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Exhibition catalogs, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white transparencies, Clippings
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 10-188
- Creator:
- Ulrich, E. O (Edward Oscar) 1857-1944
- Title:
- Edward Oscar Ulrich Papers, 1908-1944
- Dates:
- 1908-1944
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Maps, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white negatives
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000105
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Division of Birds
- Title:
- Records, circa 1854-1959
- Dates:
- circa 1854-1959
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000155
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of the Director
- Title:
- Subject Files, 1948-1970
- Dates:
- 1948-1970
- Physical Description:
- Black-and-white photographs, Collection descriptions, Black-and-white negatives, Clippings, Manuscripts, Color transparencies, Architectural drawings
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007184
- Creator:
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Title:
- Records, circa 1877-1948
- Dates:
- circa 1877-1948
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Microfilms
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 96-151
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Division of Plants
- Title:
- Autograph File, c. 1897-1945
- Dates:
- c 1897-1945
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000118
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Office of the Registrar
- Title:
- Accession Records, 1875, 1880, 1904, 1919
- Dates:
- 1875, 1880, 1904, 1919
- Physical Description:
- Microfilms, Collection descriptions
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000199
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Office of the Registrar
- Title:
- Records, 1948-1971
- Dates:
- 1948-1971
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000334
- Creator:
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) Office of the Director
- Title:
- Subject Files, circa 1945-1987, and related records, 1915-1930
- Dates:
- circa 1945-1987, and related records, 1915-1930
- Physical Description:
- Black-and-white photographs, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000619
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Mineral Sciences
- Title:
- Correspondence, 1953-1988
- Dates:
- 1953-1988
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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