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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 7218

United States National Museum

Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks, circa 1835-1850, 1861-1863 and undated

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:United States National Museum
Title:Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks
Dates:circa 1835-1850, 1861-1863 and undated
Quantity:0.68 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (1 12x17 box)
Collection:Record Unit 7218
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This collection includes manuscript notes and lists on the mollusks of New York and on Naiades in the Smithsonian. The only identified author is C. J. Robinson. The collection also contains original drawings of shells for the plates of Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot, circa 1835-1850.

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This collection includes manuscript notes and lists on the mollusks of New York and on Naiades in the Smithsonian. The only identified author is C. J. Robinson. The collection also contains original drawings of shells for the plates of Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries by Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot, circa 1835-1850.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7218, United States National Museum, Collected Notes, Lists, and Drawings on Mollusks

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Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 List of Shells Erroneously Claimed by U. S. National Museum through Benedict, Rathbun & Pollard, 1907

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Folder 2 Land and Freshwater Shells of New York, List of Conchological Works

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Folder 3 Mollusca of the City and Vicinity of Buffalo, N.Y., Collected March to December 1862 by C. J. Robinson

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Folder 4 List of Naiades in the Smithsonian Collection, May 1861 to Feb. 1, 1863

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Box 2

Folder 1 Drawings for plates of shells in Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries by P. B. Webb and Sabin Bertheloti

Box 2 of 2