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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 06-280
Drawings, Published Plates, and Clippings, undated
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.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866
- Cockerell, Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison), 1866-1948
- Hodgkins, Thomas G.
- United Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys
- Smithsonian Institution
- Smithsonian contributions to knowledge
Subject
- Haida Indians
- Fishes
- Mammals
- Reptiles
- Birds
- Insects
- Mollusks
- Sculpture
- Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (Guatemala)
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-280, Drawings, Published Plates, and Clippings