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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 96-102

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs

Photographs, 1979-1986 and undated

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
Title:Photographs
Dates:1979-1986 and undated
Quantity:1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection:Accession 96-102
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of master and duplicate photographs, slides and negatives, mostly of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (until 1983, Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, which were featured in the TORCH, Smithsonian Research Reports and News Service. Photographs, which were taken by Smithsonian staff photographers, as well as outside photographers, depict buildings and grounds, staff, animals and insects. In a few cases there are descriptions attached to the photographs, and in many cases, Smithsonian (Office of Printing and Photographic Services) negative numbers are noted.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of master and duplicate photographs, slides and negatives, mostly of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (until 1983, Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, which were featured in the TORCH, Smithsonian Research Reports and News Service. Photographs, which were taken by Smithsonian Institution staff photographers as well as outside photographers, depict buildings and grounds, staff, animals and insects. In a few cases there are descriptions attached to the photographs, and in many cases, Smithsonian (Office of Printing and Photographic Services) negative numbers are noted.

Several photographs are by photographers not associated with the Smithsonian, and may contain copyright restrictions.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-102, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs, Photographs

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Container List

Box 1

Radiation Biology Laboratory, 1979

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Multiple Mirror Telescope, November 1979

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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), 1980 (4 folders)

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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), 1980

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Ants, June 1980

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Communication with Animals, August 1980

Box 1 of 1

Sea Urchins, September 1980

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Endangered Manatee May Make Comeback in Amazon, November 1980

Box 1 of 1

SERC - Photos for Research Reports, 1985-1986 and undated (2 folders)

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Let's Hear It for Dear Old Dad (Father's Day), June 1981

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Moth Migrations (Urania Migrations), June 1981

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Forest Destruction, July 1981

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Mosquitoes, April 1981

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Family Learning Project, November 1981

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Wildlife Revisited, February 1982

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Sonoran Desert Museum, May 1982

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World's Largest Camera, July 1982

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Blue Ridge Wild Harvest, July 1982

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Orchids, August 1982

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Antarctic Meteorites, October 1982

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Pandas, 1981-1983

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Pelican Story, 1983

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Dead Corals, April 1983

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Birth and Death of the Universe, May 1983

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Pelicans, May 1983

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Sea Urchins and Coral, February 1984

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Barro Colorado Nature Monument Brochure photos - STRI, March 1984

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Pulsed Light, May 1984

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Eskimo Show, May 1984

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Death of Sea Urchins in Carib, June 1984

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Lawns, June 1984

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Yesterday's Tomorrows, August 1984

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Scientists Discover Underwater Garden of Eden, September 1984

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Chesapeake Bay Center contact sheets, pre-1983

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Deepest Plant Life on Earth, December 1984

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Multiple Mirror Telescope, January 1982

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STRI - Pelicans, 1983

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Pre-Columbian Survey of Santa Maria Watershed, 1986

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Crabs - Research Reports, Winter 1986

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STRI, 1980

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Children at National Museum of Natural History Rotunda

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Scenes of Research in Panama, April 1983

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Sea Urchins (story dropped) Deaths, August 1984

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Mystery Plague Kills Sea Urchins, October 1984

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SERC - Scenes of Research, 1983

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STRI - February-March, 1984

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Miscellaneous slides and contact sheets

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