Collected Notes, Lists, Drawings, and Catalogs on Mammals, circa 1825-1972

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Organization: (1) Field catalogs and notebooks, 1853, circa 1863-1972; (2) collected notes, lists, drawings, and catalogs, circa 1825-1941
Summary: This collection contains field catalogs and notebooks, manuscript notes, lists, and drawings primarily concerning mammal specimens. Also included are lists, autographs, and related materials regarding mammalogists and naturalists who collected mammal specimens for the United States National Museum. The field catalogs and notebooks are the primary documentation for many of the specimens in the Division of Mammals. Although they vary in content, as a general rule they contain specimen-related data including lists of specimens collected, dates, localities, tag numbers, measurements, and remarks on the specimens. Less frequently, they contain journal entries of the collector describing field activities, affairs of the day, anthropological observations, personal financial accounts, and other personal matters.; Some of the manuscript notes contain information on other fauna and flora observed and collected. Charles S. Anderson manuscript notes also contain data on birds of Minnesota, and W. J. Spina manuscript notes deal with the birds, amphibians, reptiles, and plants of Pennsylvania.
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Data Source: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Date: 1825; 1825-1972; circa 1825-1972

Local number: SIA RU007217

Creator: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Subject: Spina, W. J; Anderson, Charles S (Charles Sydney) 1954-; United States National Museum Division of Mammals

Type: Field notes; Collection descriptions; Scientific illustrations

Physical description: 1.15 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 3x5 box)

Topic: Mammalogy; Herpetology; Botany; Ornithology; Mammalogists

Record ID: siris_arc_217374

Usage: CC0