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Physical description:
7 cu. ft. processed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Date:
1901
1901-1964
Category:
Series Level Description
Notes:
To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.
For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Organization:
Alphabetic by correspondent and chronologic
Summary:
Consists of records documenting departmental business of the Department of Zoology under Head Curators Waldo L. Schmitt, 1947-1957; Herbert Friedmann, 1957-1961; Fenner Albert Chace, Acting Head Curator, 1961-1962; and Horton Holcombe Hobbs, 1962-1964. Records dated prior to 1947 document the activities of the Department's predecessor office, the Department of Biology, under Head Curators Frederick William True, 1897-1911; Leonhard Stejneger, 1911-1943; and Waldo L. Schmitt, 1943-1947. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence. Correspondents include vertebrate and invertebrate zoologists, administrators and staff of the Smithsonian and the Museum, and the general public.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520