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Creator:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Medical Sciences  Search this
Subject:
Hamarneh, Sami Khalaf 1925-  Search this
Flint, James M (James Milton) 1838-1919  Search this
Melosh, Barbara  Search this
Davis, Audrey B  Search this
Blake, John B  Search this
Donner, Joseph  Search this
Griffenhagen, George B  Search this
Lewton, Frederick L (Frederick Lewis) 1874-1959  Search this
Thomas, George S  Search this
Whitebread, Charles  Search this
Hough, Walter 1859-1935  Search this
McMurtrie, Daniel  Search this
Gravatt, C. U  Search this
Beyer, Henry G  Search this
Boyd, John C  Search this
Dixon, William S  Search this
White, C. H  Search this
Marmion, R. A  Search this
Kondratas, Ramunas  Search this
Physical description:
4.75 cu. ft. processed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Date:
1890
1890-1986
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 and unarranged
Summary:
Consists of records documenting exhibition planning, acquisitions, curatorial research, collections management, and the general administration of the division during the tenures of surgeons James M. Flint, 1881-1884, 1887-1891, and 1895-1900; Henry G. Beyer, 1884-1887; John C. Boyd, 1891-1892; William S. Dixon, 1892-1893; C. H. White, 1893; C. U. Gravatt, 1893-1894; R. A. Marmion, 1894; and Daniel McMurtrie, 1894-1895; and curatorial staff, including Flint, Honorary Curator, 1900-1912; Walter Hough, Division of Ethnology, 1912-1917; Frederick L. Lewton, Division of Textiles, 1917; Joseph Donner, Assistant Curator, 1917; Charles Whitebread, Assistant Curator, 1918-1938, and Associate Curator, 1939-1948; George S. Thomas, Associate Curator, 1948-1952; George B. Griffenhagen, Associate Curator, 1952-1956, Curator, 1956-1959; John B. Blake, Associate Curator, 1957-1959, Curator, 1959-1961; Sami Khalaf Hamarneh, Associate Curator, 1960-1962, Curator, 1963-1972, Historian, 1972-1977, Curator Emeritus, 1982-1985; Audrey B. Davis, Assistant Curator, 1968-1969, Associate Curator, 1970-1977, and Curator, 1978-1994; Barbara Melosh, Curator, 1983-1991; and Ramunas Kondratis, Assistant Curator, 1977-1983, Curator,1984- .
Materials include memoranda, correspondence, notes, announcements, meeting minutes, and other administrative records.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Topic:
Medical museums  Search this
Local number:
SIA RS00420
See more items in:
Divisional Records 1890-1986 [National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Medical Sciences]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_219672