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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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  • IPA Miscellaneous, 1991-1992

  • Spanish Heliophyllum Manuscript Notes

  • Devonian Crises Figure Originals

  • Depasophyllum Project

  • Yale Peabody Museum (YPM)

  • MCZ, 1970

  • Illinois Manuscript

  • International Palaeontological Association (IPA) - Archives

  • Figures 1-3

  • Stony Brook Talk, 1/25/1979

  • Miscellaneous Slides

  • Manuscript: "Origins and relationships of Devonian Rugosa endemic to the Eastern Americas Realm"

  • Carnegie Museum Review, 4/1984

  • Cladistics Work

  • Tables 1-3

  • Tuscaloosa Talk, 4/5/1990

  • Rolla, Missouri, Corals

  • Munster Slide Copy

  • Boucot - Communities Analysis

  • Manuscript: "The principal Pridolian and Lochkovian rugose coral assemblages or communities in eastern North America" for Arthur J. Boucot (2 folders)

  • Kalamazoo Abstract, Endophyllum Abstract

  • Spanish Sahara Plate Negatives

  • Cnidaria VIII, Sendai, Japan

  • Field Photographs - Digman, 1952

  • Maine - Lisa Churchill-Dickson

  • Heliophyllum delicatum - Correspondence and Notes

  • Manuscript: "Corals from the Turkey Creek Limestone, (Lover Devonian) Southern Oklahoma"

  • Evolution and Environmental Adaptation of Corals through Time - Hallam Volume, 1976

  • Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS) Boundaries Paper

  • Ohio Cores - University of Michigan

  • NAPC IV Circ. and Correspondence, Reefs Symposium

  • China - Dr. Wu

  • Endophyllum Correspondence

  • Field Museum Work, 5/1965

  • Breviphrentis/Contophrentis Notes

  • Thesis Photograph

  • Devonian Origins, etc. - Brisbane Manuscript

  • Devonian Origins, etc. (Oliver and Pedder) - Brisbane Talk, 7/1988

  • Untitled

  • Devonian Origins, etc., in North America Abstract (Oliver and Pedder), Brisbane, 1988

  • Book Review: Michele L. Aldrich, "New York State Natural History Survey - 1836-1842: A Chapter in the History of American Science"

  • Biogeography - Docents, 1/26/1989

  • Devonian Reefs Lecture, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 4/3/1979

  • Hamilton Member Adoption

  • Review: Rosen's "Biology and Systematics of Colonial Organisms"

  • T.H. Wolosz Proposal and Notes (Stony Brook), 1/24/1979

  • Sonora, Mexico, Devonian

  • Lawrence V. Rickard - GSA Trip

  • Conchopeltis - Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) Type

  • Box 3

  • Parasitic Worms

  • 4. Staghorn Point Coral Bed - Solitary Photographs

  • General Cladistics

  • IPA

  • NAPC Abstract and Talk - Coates and Oliver, 1986

  • Wells File

  • Turkey Creek Miscellaneous

  • 5. Joshua Coral Bed - Solitary Photographs

  • Endophyllum Miscellaneous

  • St. Helen's Island - Corals

  • Norman, Oklahoma - Siluruan-Devonian Corals and Stratigraphy Notes, 10/1968

  • Guilin Analysis - 4/1989 Data

  • Favositids are Corals

  • Sorauf-Oliver - Heliophyllum carinae, 1976

  • Conchopeltis Talk, 8/1983

  • Madrid Paper

  • 7. Jaycox - Greens Landing Coral Bed - Solitary Photographs

  • Bowenelasma - Manuscript and Data

  • Malvinokaffric Manuscript

  • Miscellania

  • 1983 Guide - Devonian Rugosa Corals of New York, Manuscript

  • Oliver Paper #2 - Worms, GSW, 1/12/1983; Favositids (Worms)/Polyp in skel./ibid

  • Arborescent Corals, 3/26/1982

  • Texas - Silurian-Devonian Corals Project

  • Heliophyllum - American Paleontologist

  • Untitled

  • "Thamnopora"/Frisco Limestone, Oklahoma

  • Devonian Defined - Cross Section, 5/1992

  • Ohio

  • Great Basin - Devonian - Nevada/California/Utah

  • The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) - Student Grants

  • H. cribellum

  • Leaflet

  • Microplasma

  • China Talk, 6/1979

  • Molecular Systematics - Literature

  • "Achievements of the International Geological Correlation Programme as Related to Human Needs" in Episodes, June 1978

  • Ptenoph. erol., Japan - Shirakashi No. 1, Session 2a, Paleobiology

  • Johnson Festschrift - "Early History of the Zaphrentidae and Craspedophyllidae (rugose corals, Devonian) in Eastern North America"

  • Detroit River Miscellaneous

  • Devonian Crises Data

  • Textbook Chapter 12

  • Ottawa - Coral Work

  • Oriskany Manuscript Correspondence and Miscellaneous

  • Ptenophyllids in Eastern North America Klemens Oekentorp Festschrift

  • "The International Palaeontological Association: Historical Perspective" in Episodes, December 1985

  • Origins and Relationships, Denver, 10/27/1996

  • Alaska

  • Falls of the Ohio

  • 3. Centerfield - Solitary Photographs

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