1.17 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (0.17 non-standard size boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Clippings
Picture postcards
Illustrations
Drawings
Color transparencies
Black-and-white photographs
Color photographs
Motion pictures (visual works)
Place:
British Guiana
Date:
1947-1988 and undated
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of materials created by Reginald J. Sayre (1909-2000), preparator and model maker for exhibits at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH),
1959-1980s. He participated in an expedition to British Guiana in 1962 to collect specimens and make molds and drawings of the site for the rainforest section of an exhibit
in the Hall of Plant Life at NMNH. Much of this collection consists of slides of several of his trips and projects as well as techniques for drawing and model making. Materials
also include correspondence, postcards, notes, illustrations, clippings, photographs, exhibition drawings, and audiovisual materials.
Smithsonian Expedition to Colombia, South America, 1964; Flowers - British Guiana, Maryland, Washington, DC, and other unidentified locations, 1947, 1949, 1962, 1968, 1983, and undated (slides)
Landscapes (1-47), Mount Rainier and Olympic Mountains (48-75), Pool (76-80) - Maryland, Washington, DC, Florida, Washington, and other unidentified locations, 1952, 1975, 1981, 1983, and undated (slides)
Pool (1-35), Personal (36-53), Work (54-80) - Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, DC, and other unidentified locations, 1955, 1970, 1976, 1981, and undated (slides)
