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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession T90027
Mason, Brian (Brian Harold), 1917-2009
Brian Harold Mason Papers, circa 1958-1974
Descriptive Entry
These are the papers of Brian Harold Mason, Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History. Mason curates and classifies the more than 700 meteorites recovered each year from Antarctica under a joint Smithsonian-National Aeronautics and Space Administration-National Science Foundation. His research focuses on the mineralogy and petrology of meteorites and cosmochemistry. Materials include correspondence and memoranda.
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Name
- Mason, Brian (Brian Harold), 1917-2009
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Mineral Sciences
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession T90027, Brian Harold Mason Papers