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Accession 06-280

Drawings, Published Plates, and Clippings, undated

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
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Title:Drawings, Published Plates, and Clippings
Dates:undated
Quantity:1.16 cu. ft. (2 tall document boxes)
Collection:Accession 06-280
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of various drawings, published plates, and clippings. Subjects depicted include the sculptures of Santa Luca̕ Cotzumalguapa and the carvings and designs of the Haida Indians, as well as images of fishes, mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, and mollusks. Some of these images were done as part of the United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys, while others were included in the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge series or were drawn by Augustus A. Gould, conchologist, and Theodore D. A. Cockerell, entomologist. Additionally there are clippings of a Washington Post article on the Thomas G. Hodgkins bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of various drawings, published plates, and clippings. Subjects depicted include the sculptures of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and the carvings and designs of the Haida Indians, as well as images of fishes, mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, and mollusks. Some of these images were done as part of the United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys, while others were included in the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge series or were drawn by Augustus A. Gould, conchologist, and Theodore D. A. Cockerell, entomologist. Additionally there are clippings of a Washington Post article on the Thomas G. Hodgkins bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-280, Drawings, Published Plates, and Clippings

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Container List

Box 1

Original drawings of Dr. Augustus Addison Gould

Box 1 of 2

Clippings of Washington Post article on Thomas G. Hodgkins bequest, October 26, 1891

Box 1 of 2

American Vespidac (published plate)

Box 1 of 2

Oology of North America (published plate)

Box 1 of 2

Sculptures of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala (published plates)

Box 1 of 2

Carvings and designs of Haida Indians, British Columbia (published plates, SI Contributions to Knowledge No. 267)

Box 1 of 2

Fish - Named for Spencer Fullerton Baird (published plates)

Box 1 of 2

Bone cave in the West Indies (published plates, SI Contributions to Knowledge No. 489)

Box 1 of 2

Insects (published plates)

Box 1 of 2

Haliclystus auricula (published plates)

Box 1 of 2

U.S. and Mexican Boundary - Fishes (published plates)

Box 1 of 2

U.S. and Mexican Boundary - Mammals (published plates)

Box 1 of 2

United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys- Birds (published plates)

Box 1 of 2

United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys - Fishes (published plates)

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys - Mammals (published plates) (2 folders)

Box 2 of 2

United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys - Paleontology (published plates)

Box 2 of 2

United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys - Reptiles (published plates)

Box 2 of 2

Original drawings of figures in plates of second supplement to Terrestrial Mollusks V. - Dr. Augustus Addison Gould and Theodore D. A. Cockerell

Box 2 of 2

Original drawings - 3rd supplement to Terrestrial Mollusks V.

Box 2 of 2

Original pencil drawings by Theodore D. A. Cockerell to be engraved in halftones

Box 2 of 2

Original ink drawings reduced in engraving - Theodore D. A. Cockerell

Box 2 of 2

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