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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 508

United States National Museum. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians

Divisional Records, 1868-1926 and undated

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:United States National Museum. Division of Reptiles and Batrachians
Title:Divisional Records
Dates:1868-1926 and undated
Quantity:0.58 cu. ft. (1 tall document box)
Collection:Record Unit 508
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of three bound letterpress books and a bound volume containing routine notations concerning procuring supplies and accepting and sending out specimens. The letterpress books also have interleaved single letters and memoranda. Most correspondence is over the signatures of curators Leonhard Stejneger and Doris Mable Cochran, or Richard G. Paine, an Aid in the Division.

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These records include three bound letterpress books and a bound volume containing routine notations concerning procuring supplies and accepting and sending out specimens. The letterpress books also have interleaved single letters and memoranda. Most correspondence is over the signatures of curators Leonhard Stejneger and Doris Mable Cochran, or Richard G. Paine, an Aid in the Division.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 508, United States National Museum, Division of Reptiles and Batrachians, Divisional Records

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Container List

Box 1

Catalogue of Reptiles

Box 1 of 1

Invoices, 1895-1910

Box 1 of 1

Requisitions for Supplies, 1906-1921

Box 1 of 1

Specimens: Acceptances and Returns, 1921-1926

Box 1 of 1

Research notes, Photographs and Drawings, 1868-1877 and undated (Accession 06-222)

Box 1 of 1

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