Curatorial Records, 1963-1965, 1979-2009

Summary

This accession consists of the curatorial records of curators in the Division of Medicine and Science. The materials document curatorial meetings, interactions with other curators and the public, their research and writings, collecting activities, workshops, and special events. Some materials date to when staff within the division were a part of the Division of Biological Sciences and from when the division was known as the Division of Medical Sciences and the Division of Science, Medicine, and Society. Staff represented in the records include Peter C. Welsh, Patricia Peck Gossel, Ann M. Seeger, Jon B. Eklund, David K. Allison, and Margaret Brown Klapthor. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, journal articles, announcements, notebooks, audiocassettes, color photographs, color negatives, and clippings.

Subject

• Welsh, Peter C
• Gossel, Patricia Peck 1943-
• Eklund, Jon B
• Allison, David K. 1950-
• Klapthor, Margaret Brown
• Seeger, Ann M
• National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Biological Sciences
• National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Medical Sciences
• National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Science, Medicine, and Society

Notes

• Electronic List in accession file.
• Folder List in accession file.
• For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1963
• 1963-2009
• 1963-1965, 1979-2009

Topic

• Acquisitions
• Workshops (Seminars)
• Historical museums
• Museums
• Museum curators
• Museums--Acquisitions

Form/Genre

• Clippings
• Collection descriptions
• Manuscripts
• Color negatives
• Color photographs
• Audiotapes

Local number

SIA Acc. 23-165

Physical description

2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)

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