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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 97-052

National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mollusks.

Records, circa 1870-1947

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mollusks.
Title:Records
Dates:circa 1870-1947
Quantity:0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 97-052
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of miscellaneous records of the Division of Mollusks and include the general correspondence of William Healey Dall, Paul Bartsch, and Robert Edwards Carter Stearns concerning the identification and acquisition of specimens, and their research interests; correspondence concerning Paul Bartsch's work as Chairman of the Molluscan Subcommittee of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1913-1916; correspondence between Paul Bartsch and the Cuban malacologist, Charles T. Ramsden, 1914-1946; a historical sketch of the Division of Mollusks written by William Healey Dall in 1906; and miscellaneous historical materials.

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This accession consists of miscellaneous records of the Division of Mollusks and include the general correspondence of William Healey Dall, Paul Bartsch, and Robert Edwards Carter Stearns concerning the identification and acquisition of specimens, and their research interests; correspondence concerning Paul Bartsch's work as Chairman of the Molluscan Subcommittee of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1913-1916; correspondence between Paul Bartsch and the Cuban malacologist, Charles T. Ramsden, 1914-1946; a historical sketch of the Division of Mollusks written by William Healey Dall in 1906; and miscellaneous historical materials.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-052, National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mollusks., Records

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Container List

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Folder 1 General correspondence, c. 1870-1947. Includes letters written to William H. Dall, Paul Bartsch, and Robert Edwards Carter Stearns. Correspondents include C.F. Ancy, M. Cossman, Charles Hedley, Charles Russell Orcutt, Frederick Stearns, and A. Vayssiere.

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Folder 2 Charles T. Ramsen, 1914, 1917, 1923-1924, 1938-1946. Correspondence with Paul Batsch.

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Folder 3 International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1913-1916. Correspondence concerning Paul Bartsch's work as Chairman of the Molluscan Subcommittee.

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Folder 4 Historical sketch of the Division of Mollusks written by William H. Dall, July 19, 1906.

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Folder 5 Miscellaneous historical materials

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