Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-060, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology, Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda
DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOBOTANY, SUBJECT FILES, 1932, 1941-1963 with materials to 1971
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists of the subject files for the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and
Paleobotany. These files were maintained separately from the departmental files in Series 7.
Most of these files were created prior to the establishment of the Department of Paleobiology;
therefore, documents added after 1963 are supplemental. Included in this series are documents
relating to the formative period of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology and the circa 1953
plans for modernizing and renovating exhibits. In addition, extensive documentation concerning
space allocation is included. The material in this division consists of incoming and outgoing
correspondence, predominately from within the Smithsonian Institution. The folders are arranged
alphabetically by subject matter; titles generally were derived from the original folder
titles.
Collection Restrictions:
Correspondence A-J in series 10 is missing.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 328, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology, Records
DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOBOTANY, GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1896, 1930-1965 with materials from 1896
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists of professional and administrative correspondence of members of
the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany, Department of Geology. This
material, like that of Series 9, was maintained separately from the departmental correspondence.
Only incoming and outgoing correspondence for letters K to Z has survived, and it is arranged
alphabetically by author. The majority of the material in this collection dates from the middle
1950s, and documents the correspondence of C. Arthur Cooper. Professional matters, such as
analysis and classification and loan of specimens, and administrative matters, such as personnel
documents, budgeting requests, and public inquiries, are equally represented in this series. Of
special interest is the correspondence of Alexander Wetmore, which includes documents relating
to the early career of G. Arthur Cooper, and 1896 correspondence between David Starr Jordan
and Gardiner Greene Hubbard.
Collection Restrictions:
Correspondence A-J in series 10 is missing.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 328, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology, Records
