Accession Memorandum for Echinoderm

Summary

The United States National Museum's Accession Memorandum No. 172713 is for "echinoderm" specimen received from the United States Department of the Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) #2, through R. H. (Rollin Harold) Baker. Handwritten in, as the received object, is "1 starfish." The memo is signed by Austin Clark, Curator at the United States National Museum, Department of Biology, Division of Echinoderms, March 27, 1946.

Subject

• Baker, Rollin H (Rollin Harold) 1916-2007
• United States National Museum
• United States. Dept. of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 2
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Echinoderms
• United States National Museum Dept. of Biology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• NAMRU collected many specimens during and after World War II, especially medically important species.
• See also SIA2010-0991 and SIA2010-0988 for more Accession Memoranda for Accession No. 172713.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 914, Folder: 172713 Navy Dept

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 1946

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Echinodermata
• Accessions
• Collectors and collecting
• Specimens
• Gifts
• Starfishes
• Echinoderms

Form/Genre

• Paper
• Document

ID Number

SIA2010-0990

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 6.5w x 9.75h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Paper

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