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Collection Creator::

National Air and Space Museum. Assistant Director for Exhibits  Search this

Container:

Box 2 of 16

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 352, National Air and Space Museum. Assistant Director for Exhibits, Exhibition Records

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Exhibition Records

Exhibition Records / Box 2

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator::

Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993  Search this

Container:

Box 8 of 14

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-043, F. Raymond Fosberg Papers

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F. Raymond Fosberg Papers

F. Raymond Fosberg Papers / Box 8

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

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Extent:

6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Date:

circa 1952-1985 and undated

Descriptive Entry:

This collection documents Cowan's career as a systematic botanist at the New York Botanical Garden, USNM, and NMNH. Included are incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning the identification of specimens, the preparation of scientific papers and monographs, and professional activities; a subject file mostly documenting his research; and files relating to his work as Secretary of the National Committee of the International Botanical Congress, 1969.

For additional materials documenting Cowan's botanical research and administrative career at NMNH, see Record Units 155, 197, and 9501.

Historical Note:

Richard Sumner Cowan (1921-1997), a systematic botanist specializing in neotropical flora, received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1952. From 1952 to 1957, he served as Assistant Curator at the New York Botanical Garden. Cowan joined the United States National Museum (USNM) in 1957 when he was appointed Associate Curator in the Department of Botany. In 1962, he was appointed Assistant Director of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), and, in 1965, Director. Cowan retired from administration in 1973 and resumed his research as a Senior Botanist at NMNH. He remained in the position until his retirement in 1985. Cowan's primary research interest is the systematics of legumes in tropical America.

Topic:

Botany  Search this

Botanists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7356, Richard S. Cowan Papers

Identifier:

Record Unit 7356

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Richard S. Cowan Papers

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-faru7356

Container:

Box 6 of 9

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-075, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany, Flora North America Project Records

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Flora North America Project Records

Flora North America Project Records / Box 6

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

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Author:

International Botanical Congress (11th : 1969 : Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

American Institute of Biological Sciences  Search this

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)  Search this

National Research Council (U.S.)  Search this

Physical description:

50 p. : ill ; 22 cm

Type:

Congresses

Date:

1969

1969?]

Topic:

Botany  Search this

Call number:

QK1 .I575 1969

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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