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Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Topic
Paleobiology
Paleontology
Corals
Geology, Stratigraphic $y Devonian
Geology, Stratigraphic $y Silurian
Paleontologists
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Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda
Extent
6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Date
1949-2005
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Accession 11-060
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Field notes
Illustrations
Maps
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white transparencies
Black-and-white photographs
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Lantern slides
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-060, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology, Curatorial Correspondence and Memoranda
Genre/Form
Manuscripts
Field notes
Illustrations
Maps
Black-and-white negatives
Black-and-white transparencies
Black-and-white photographs
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Lantern slides
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of William A. Oliver in his positions at the United States Geological Survey (1957-1993) and the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology (1967-2005), as well as some materials dating back to his studies at Cornell University. His research interests included the study of Silurian and Devonian rugose corals. These records contain correspondence, manuscripts, reference materials (dating back to 1897), field notes and data, article and book reviews, lecture notes, and his work with professional societies. Materials include manuscripts, photographs, negatives, slides, lantern slides, illustrations, and maps.
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Record ID
ebl-1503512673011-1503512673016-0
Metadata Usage
CC0

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  • Francis Tourneur/Yves Plusquellec

  • Columbus, Ohio State University (OSU) - Ohio Survey

  • University of Iowa/State University of Iowa (SUI)

  • Origins Talk - Slide Copy

  • Rio Cachiri, Venezuela, Corals

  • Field Photographs - K25, K27

  • Untitled

  • Irian Jaya - References from Weiland

  • Short Course Talk and Schedule, 10/27/1996

  • Review: Barnes' "Perspectives on Coral Reefs," Cnidaria Newsletter

  • Warsaw Talk - Final

  • Container 2 - Fenton and Fenton Corals, 1959; Miscellaneous Coral Diagrams; Gene Pool; A. segregatum

  • Prismatophyllum conjunctum Manuscript

  • Johnson Festschrift

  • Untitled

  • Field Photographs - K22 (ecology)

  • Review: David M. Linsley, "Devonian paleontology of New York "

  • Heliophyllum Correspondence

  • Madrid Paper - Original Illustrations

  • Variation Talk - Brisbane, 8/1988

  • Graz Talk, 2003

  • von Schouppe Festschrift Notes and Data

  • Review: J.H. Stel, 1978

  • Origins, Denver, 10/1996 - Duplicate Slides

  • North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC) V, 6/28-7/1/1992

  • Corals - Paleontological Society Brochure

  • Illinois - Data and Notes

  • Sendai - Manuscript Final, 9/1/1999

  • Book Review: Pielou's "Biogeography," 5/30/1980

  • Possible Fellows

  • Colonial Heliophyllum - Madrid Talk

  • Cnidaria VII - Madrid, 1995

  • Endophyllum Abstract and Talk, Kalamazoo, April 1994

  • Ohio Core - Diamond Alkali - Perry #202

  • Field Guide to Cnidaria, Chanticleer Press

  • Munster Manuscript - Cladistics

  • 9. Fall Brook Coral Bed - Solitary Photographs

  • Conchopeltis Manuscript - Fourth Symposium

  • Endophyllum Figures

  • Heliophyllum Project - Sorauf

  • Miscellaneous Slides (glass)

  • Conchopeltis

  • Oxford - Abstract and Paper

  • Grant Account as of 7/1978

  • William J. Sando Records

  • Ohio Work, 1966

  • Ordovician - Kentucky

  • Field Photographs - "F of O" (Oliver/Dutro/Saunders), 1961

  • Negatives for Nalivkinella Lectures

  • Report to Smithsonian Research Foundation (SRF), 11/1/1976

  • Field Photographs and Negatives - Ontario, Summer 1958

  • Detroit River Correspondence

  • Coates and Oliver - Paleozoic Data

  • Malvinokaffric Manuscript - Illustrations

  • Thesis Negatives and Photograph

  • Brisbane with Pedder

  • Duplicate and Extra Slides

  • References for Conchopeltis Paper

  • Book Review: R. Birenheide

  • Devonian Crises Manuscript

  • Box 6

  • Field Photographs, 1950

  • Pandolfi on EAR Cladistics

  • Scotese Maps for Oxford Meeting

  • Negatives for Lantern Slides - Fenton and Fenton 1959 Coral Figures

  • SDS and Its Work - Binghamton, 3/1986

  • Prout/Beechwood - Centerfield Age

  • Morgantown, West Virginia - Notes on Reefs, 5/23-24/1974

  • Heliophyllum/Endophyllum/Spongophyllum - London, 10/1977

  • Parasite - GSA Abstract, 1982

  • MCZ Photographs - David Types

  • Untitled

  • Delicatum Figures

  • Oriskany Miscellaneous

  • China Project - Yu Chang-min, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 1980

  • Sorauf-Oliver - Carinae, 4/1977 Meeting

  • Tuscaloosa Abstract

  • Variation Abstract (Oliver) - Brisbane, 1988

  • Breviphrentis/Contophrentis Manuscript Correspondence

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch (P&S) Geochronology Workshop

  • NYSM Work and Photographs, 1965

  • Container 1 - Onondaga: Compr.-Depr., Col. Rugosa; Nalivkinella Ontogeny; Quinn and Oliver 3rd Paper - Narragansett

  • Coloniality Lecture, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 4/3/1979

  • Woodstock - Final Revision

  • Ordovician - Cincinnati

  • American Geological Institute (AGI) Goals Committee, 1988

  • Container 3 - Miscellaneous Slides

  • T.H. Wolosz

  • Cladistics - P & S Forum, 10/3/1991

  • Spain - Heliophyllum Correspondence

  • Figures 1 and 8

  • Craspedophyllidae/Zaphrentidae Cladistics

  • Warsaw Paper - Short Version

  • "Supertryplasma" Stauromatidium

  • Box 1

  • Variation Manuscript (Oliver) - Brisbane

  • Rugosa/Scleractinia Relations, Warsaw - Duplicate Slides

  • Ptenophyllids in Eastern North America - Correspondence

  • Recommendations

  • Field Photographs - K12, K13

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