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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- SI Returns Human Remains to Indian Tribe
- Date:
- September 11, 1988
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 08-140
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Paleobiology
- Title:
- Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda, 1923-2004
- Dates:
- 1923-2004
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Floppy disks, Black-and-white photographs, Electronic records
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SI History Chronology
- Title:
- Paleontology Hall Renovated in NHB
- Date:
- 1979
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 11-081
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Entomology
- Title:
- Curatorial Records, 1972-2010
- Dates:
- 1972-2010
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Picture postcards, Clippings, Newsletters, Newspapers, Floor plans, Illustrations, Drawings, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white transparencies, Color photographs, Audiotapes
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 10-039
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Title:
- Departmental Records, 1958-2000
- Dates:
- 1958-2000
- Physical Description:
- Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Illustrations, Black-and-white negatives, Color photographs, Color transparencies, Black-and-white photographs
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA RU000428
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany
- Title:
- Records, circa 1947-1990, with related records from 1926
- Dates:
- circa 1947-1990, with related records from 1926
- Physical Description:
- Audiotapes, Collection descriptions, Manuscripts
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Field Book Records
- Title:
- Gay, field notes, locality unknown, 1835
- Physical Description:
- 1 folder
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Field Book Records
- Title:
- List of plants collected on the coasts of Baffin's Bay [sic]
- Physical Description:
- 1 folder
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Finding Aid
- Local Number:
- SIA Acc. 20-119
- Creator:
- Smithsonian Institution
- Title:
- Website Records, 2015-2018
- Dates:
- 2015-2018
- Physical Description:
- Electronic records, Collection descriptions, Web sites
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Authority Record/EAC
- Local Number:
- SIA RS00358
- Creator:
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of Exhibits
- Title:
- Chief Taxidermist Records, c. 1970-1999
- Dates:
- c 1970-1999
- Physical Description:
- Mixed archival materials
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