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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 7254
Maloney, James O.
James O. Maloney Papers, 1925-1945
Historical Note
James O. Maloney (1897- ) was an Assistant Inspector for the State Plant Board of Mississippi. In 1923, Maloney was appointed Aid in the Division of Marine Invertebrates of the United StatesNational Museum, a position he held until his resignation in 1945. Maloney's main zoological interest was the study of isopods.
Descriptive Entry
This collection consists of a small amount of correspondence between James O. Maloney and scientific colleagues including Kenneth Neff Dearolf, Ralph Warren Dexter, Stephen P. Hatchett, and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. Most of the correspondence concerns Maloney's research on isopods.
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Name
- Maloney, James O.
- Dearolf, Kenneth Neff
- Dexter, Ralph Warren
- Hatchett, Stephen P.
- Hobbs, Horton H. (Horton Holcombe), 1914-1994
- State Plant Board of Mississippi
- United States National Museum. Division of Marine Invertebrates
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7254, James O. Maloney Papers