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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- First Object Accessioned into the US National Museum
- Date:
- c. 1850
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- Creator:
- 78th Congress, Sess. 1, 1943
- Title:
- An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes
- Dates:
- 06/26/1943
- Physical Description:
- Public Law
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Collection
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 12-124
- Creator:
- Haught, Oscar Lee 1893-1975
- Title:
- Oscar Lee Haught Field Notes, 1934-1944
- Dates:
- 1934-1944
- Physical Description:
- Field notes, Collection descriptions
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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- Arnhem Land Expedition Departs
- Date:
- January, 1948
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- Creator:
- 59th Congress, Sess. 2, 1907
- Title:
- An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for other purposes
- Dates:
- 03/04/1907
- Physical Description:
- Public Law
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- Creator:
- 71st Congress, Sess. 3, 1931
- Title:
- An Act Making appropriations for the Executive office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes
- Dates:
- 02/23/1931
- Physical Description:
- Public Law
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- Creator:
- 63d Congress, Sess. 1, 1913
- Title:
- An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and for other purposes
- Dates:
- 06/23/1913
- Physical Description:
- Public Law
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 05-288
- Title:
- Schlemmer Family Papers, 1904-1924
- Dates:
- 1904-1924
- Physical Description:
- Diaries, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 17-117
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Title:
- Curatorial Records, 1947, 1953, 1955
- Dates:
- 1947, 1953, 1955
- Physical Description:
- Field notes, Collection descriptions
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- Creator:
- 79th Congress, Sess. 1, 1945
- Title:
- An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes
- Dates:
- 05/03/1945
- Physical Description:
- Public Law
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