Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet (Personal papers, 8.5 x 14 in. or smaller.)
Container:
Item RET004
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1956-2004
Scope and Contents note:
Personal papers including correspondence, photographs, and ephemera document Russell E. Train's efforts to create the Africana collection. Letters also relate to the creation and distribution of the collection catalog. Correspondents comprise personal and professional contacts, and provide information relating to the method of acquisition and provenance. Includes letters from Richard Sawyer, who acted as Train's personal bookseller.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Symposia on Collection Building and Natural History Studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim / edited by Tsunemi Kubodera, Masanobu Higuchi, Ritsuro Miyawaki
Title:
Collection building and natural history studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim
Author:
Symposium on Collection Building and Natural History Studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim (3rd : 2000 : Shinjuku Branch of the National Science Museum, Tokyo) Search this
Symposium on Collection Building and Natural History Studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim (4th : 2001 : Shinjuku Branch of the National Science Museum, Tokyo) Search this
Physical description:
ix, 193, [3] p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 26 cm
Third annual report of the Regents of the University, on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the historical and antiquarian collection, annexed thereto
Muséum regium; seu, Catalogus rerum tam naturalium, quàm artificialium, quae in basilica bibliothecae augustisimi Daniae Norvegiaeq[ue] monarchae Christiani Qvinti Hafniae asservantur, descriptus ab Oligero Jacobaeo ..
Von Sammlungen und ihren Sammlern ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte naturwissenschaftlicher Forschung in Westfalen Cordula Hesselbarth and Alexander Kraus (Hrsg.)
Symposium, deciphering the natural world and the rôle of collections and museums : 4th-6th May 1993 : programme and abstracts / editors, Ella Hoch & Annemarie K. Bransten
Title:
Deciphering the natural world and the role of collections and museums
Centenary of the present edifice of the Geological Museum, Copenhagen University
Symposium celebrating the centenary of the present edifice of the Geological Museum, Copenhagen University
Centenary of the Geological Museum, Copenhagen University, 1993
Die Kunst allerhand natürliche Körper zu sammeln selbige auf eine leichte Art für das Kabinett zuzubereiten und sie vor Zerstörung feindlicher Insekten zu sichern ein nutzliches Taschenbuch für angehende Naturaliensammler von Georg Gottfried Zinke
Catalogus uariorum exoticorum rarissimorum maximam partem incognitorum et nullibi descriptorum partim medicinae partim curiositati inseruientium quae in museo suo breui luci exponendo possidet Abrahamus Vater D. et P.P Anat. et Botan. substitutus
Title:
Catalogus variorum exoticorum rarissimorum maximam partem incognitorum
