Agency history, 1965-

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Subject

  • Osborn, Karen J
  • Pettibone, Marian H
  • Jones, Meredith L
  • Rice, Mary E
  • Hope, W. Duane 1935-
  • Fauchald, Kristian
  • Higgins, Robert P
  • Norenburg, Jon L
  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Worms
  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Invertebrate Zoology
  • Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Marine Invertebrates

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Guide to the Smithsonian Archives
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian Year
  • National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, "Invertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian."[http://nmnhwww.si.edu/gopher.menus/InvertebrateZoologyattheSmithsonianInstitution.html]. September 2, 1999.
  • Annals of the Smithsonian
  • http://invertebrates.si.edu/
  • The Division of Worms was established on July 1, 1965, as a result of an administrative reorganization of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology. Prior to that time, the national collection of worms was under the care of the Division of Marine Invertebrates.
  • Professional staff of the Division of Worms have included Meredith L. Jones, Curator, 1965-1989; Marian H. Pettibone, Associate Curator, Curator, and Emeritus Zoologist, 1965-1988; W. Duane Hope, Associate Curator, Curator, Research Zoologist, and Emeritus Zoologist, 1965- ; Mary E. Rice, Associate Curator, Curator, and Emeritus Zoologist, 1965- ; Robert P. Higgins, Curator, 1978-1984; Kristian Fauchald, Associate Curator, Curator, Research Zoologist, and Emeritus Zoologist, 1979- ; Jon L. Norenburg, Research Zoologist, 1992- ; and Karen J. Osborn, Associate Curator, 2011- .
  • For a further history of the creating unit, refer to the highlighted "Forms part of" above.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1965
  • 1965-

Topic

  • Marine invertebrates
  • Invertebrate zoology
  • Invertebrates
  • Worms

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00023

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