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Creator:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Fishes  Search this
Subject:
Bean, Tarleton H (Tarleton Hoffman) 1846-1916  Search this
Bean, Barton A (Barton Appler) 1860-1947  Search this
Evermann, Barton Warren 1853-1932  Search this
Myers, George S (George Sprague) 1905-1985  Search this
Schultz, Leonard P (Leonard Peter) 1901-1986  Search this
Miller, Robert Rush 1916-2003  Search this
Lachner, Ernest A  Search this
Gill, Theodore 1837-1914  Search this
Taylor, William Ralph 1919-2004  Search this
Girard, Charles Frederic  Search this
Springer, Victor Gruschka 1928-  Search this
Weitzman, Stanley H  Search this
Vari, Richard P  Search this
Johnson, G. David  Search this
Woods, Loren P  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Gibbs, Robert H. Jr  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
23 cu. ft. processed holdings
20 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Diaries
Clippings
Black-and-white negatives
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Picture postcards
Date:
1865
1865-2009
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:
Chronologic, alphabetic, and unarranged
Summary:
Consists of the official incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Division of Fishes, chiefly concerning identification, loan, and acquisition of specimens; collecting work; requests for information and publications from scientists and the public; research being conducted by the staff; professional societies; relations with Smithsonian administration; and the administrative affairs of the Division.
Most of the correspondence is from domestic and foreign ichthyologists, aquarists, collectors, colleges and universities, museum officials, and the general public. Curators represented in these records include Tarleton H. Bean, Assistant Ichthyologist, Curator, and Honorary Curator, 1877-1905; Barton A. Bean, Assistant, Aid, and Curator, 1882-1932; Barton Warren Evermann, Curator, 1906-1913; George S. Myers, Assistant Curator, 1933-1936; Leonard P. Schultz, Assistant Curator, Curator, Senior Zoologist, and Zoologist Emeritus, 1936-1986; Robert Rush Miller, Associate Curator, 1944-1948; Loren P. Woods, Associate Curator, 1948-1949; Ernest A. Lachner, Associate Curator and Curator, 1949-1981; William Ralph Taylor, Associate Curator and Curator Emeritus, 1956-1990; Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., Associate Curator and Curator, 1963-1988; Victor Gruschka Springer, Associate Curator and Curator, 1963- ; Stanley H. Weitzman, Associate Curator and Curator, 1963- ; Richard P. Vari, Assistant Curator, Associate Curator, and Curator, 1980- ; and G. David Johnson, Associate Curator and Curator, 1983- . Materials predating 1880 partially document the administration of the collection under Spencer F. Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, and Theodore Gill.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Topic:
Vertebrates  Search this
Fishes  Search this
Ichthyology  Search this
Vertebrate zoology  Search this
Ichthyologists  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Research  Search this
Local number:
SIA RS00058
See more items in:
Correspondence 1865-2009 [National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Fishes]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_217975