Accession Memorandum for "7 Mollusca"

Summary

The United States National Museum's Accession Memorandum No. 172713 is for a collection of "7 Mollusca collected by donor & others on Pelelieu, Guam, Ulithi," and received from the United States Department of the Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) #2, through R. H. (Rollin Harold) Baker. The memo is signed by Paul Bartsch, Curator at the United States National Museum, on behalf of the U.S. National Museum, Department of Biology, Division of Mollusks, 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

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• NAMRU collected many specimens during and after World War II, especially medically important species.
• See also SIA2010-0990 and SIA2010-0988 for other Accession Memorandums 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 27, 1946

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Animals
• Accessions
• Collectors and collecting
• Specimens
• Gifts
• Mollusks

Place

Guam

Form/Genre

• Document
• Paper

ID Number

SIA2010-0991

Physical description

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

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