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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007224
- Creator:
- Bean, Barton A (Barton Appler) 1860-1947
- Title:
- Barton A. Bean Papers, circa 1892-1897, 1903-1908
- Dates:
- 1892-1897, 1903-1908
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Field notes
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000201
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
- Title:
- Correspondence and Memoranda, 1875-1902
- Dates:
- 1875-1902
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 03-027
- Creator:
- Shoemaker, Clarence R
- Title:
- Clarence R. Shoemaker Papers, 1899-1924
- Dates:
- 1899-1924
- Physical Description:
- Glass negatives, Collection descriptions
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007284
- Creator:
- Perry, Stuart H. 1874-1957
- Title:
- Stuart H. Perry Papers, 1930-1954, with related materials to 1963
- Dates:
- 1930-1954, with related materials to 1963
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Black-and-white photographs
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007216
- Creator:
- Foreman, Edward R. 1808-1885
- Title:
- Edward R. Foreman Papers, circa 1868-1879
- Dates:
- circa 1868-1879
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Sketches
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000056
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
- Title:
- Correspondence and Memoranda, 1897-1898
- Dates:
- 1897-1898
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007243
- Creator:
- Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
- Title:
- Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection, 1899-1900
- Dates:
- 1899-1900
- Physical Description:
- Black-and-white photographs, Collection descriptions
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007314
- Creator:
- Gazin, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis) 1904-1996
- Title:
- Charles Lewis Gazin Papers, 1901-1984 and undated
- Dates:
- 1901-1984 and undated
- Physical Description:
- Scientific illustrations, Collection descriptions, Field notes, Black-and-white photographs, Manuscripts
- Link:
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU007401
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Entomology
- Title:
- Biographies of Entomologists, circa 1850-1982
- Dates:
- circa 1850-1982
- Physical Description:
- Black-and-white photographs, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 18-148
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Division of Mineral Technology
- Title:
- Correspondence, 1918-1919
- Dates:
- 1918-1919
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions
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