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Notes on Diptera
Collection
Identifier: A2025-05-01
Content Description
This small notebook, only about one-quarter full, contains handwritten notes on various genus within the order Diptera (flies). The names of individual genus are in Latin with physical/anatomical notes and descriptions. Types are organized by family, with Randall covering 14 different families, with genus and species notes within each family. The rest of the pages in the notebook are blank. However, the final section of the notebook has visibly been ripped out with the remnants of pages...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1833 - 1892; Date of acquisition by the BSNH is after creator's death. Dates of creation are inferred to be before his death.
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Ramesses the Great Exhibition Records
Collection
Identifier: A2023-01-01
Content Description
The Ramesses the Great Collection has over ten years of materials relating to the Ramesses exhibition. The collection contains plans regarding the exhibition at different stages, correspondence, and promotional and marketing materials.
Dates:
1981 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1987 - 1988
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Science Theater Department Records
Collection
Identifier: A2023-05-01
Content Description
This collection contains records of theater plays, administration, and programs of the Science Theater Department. Play Materials contain scripts, correspondence with writers, photographic material, CDs, and one floppy disk. Administrative Materials contains performance evaluations along with other text materials, Insights newsletters, architectural plans, and photographic material. The programs series contains publicity materials, demonstration records, and other texts. Some exhibit...
Dates:
1985 - 2005
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Soviet Space Exhibition Records
Collection
Identifier: A2024-02-01
Content Description
The records in this collection document the creation, planning, funding, and implementation of the Soviet Space exhibition. Materials include correspondence, financial and legal documents, plans and drafts, and promotional and marketing materials. Photographic materials include photographs and contact sheets from Museum staff's scouting trips to Moscow, and color slides and prints of Museum displays and artifacts. The exhibition was a collaboration between the Museum of Science, Glavkosmos...
Dates:
1986 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1989 - 1990
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination Exhibition Records
Collection
Identifier: A2023-07-01
Scope and Contents
The Star Wars Exhibit Records has over 16 years of materials relating to the Star Wars exhibition. The collection contains plans regarding the exhibition at different stages, correspondence, and promotional and marketing materials.
Dates:
1998 - 2014; Majority of material found within 2003 - 2011
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks. Original Drawings.
Collection
Identifier: A2025-03-01
Content Description
This volume contains illustrations from volumes 1 through 3 of "The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States" cut out and pasted onto the volume's pages. The illustrations are arranged in the order of publication with hand written labels for each plate and the volume they came from written in the upper right hand corner of each page. Many of the illustrations have additional notes and labels written on the actual plate, and not the page of the volume. While the illustrated...
Dates:
1851 - 1933; Modified: The date range is such because while we know when the original volumes are published (in 1851), we do not know when this volume was formed. We know that it was formed by the time it was gifted to the Boston Society of Natural History in 1933.
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
The Stars Differ Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: A2022-15-01
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one manuscript entitled "The Stars Differ", containing an overview of numerous Central American countries including Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, along with descriptions of the history, flora, and fauna of the regions. The manuscript is undated and has no author listed, but the first page indicates that it was proofread by Dr. Wilson Popenoe, Arthur A. Pollan, and Dr. Archie F. Carr. As these three contributors were active in...
Dates:
circa 1940s - 1950s (Exact creation date unclear)
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Theater of Electricity Records
Collection
Identifier: A2022-07-01
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the history of the Theater of Electricity: the donation of the Van de Graaff Generator, funding efforts, exhibit ideas, administrative documents, and the development of educational programs. It includes correspondence, meeting records, building plans, personal notes, and photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930 - 1999; 1887 - 2013
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Thomas Barbour Collection
Collection
Identifier: A2023-11-01
Content Description
The Thomas Barbour Collection consists of almost 50 years of photographs showcasing his travels and the species studied. The photographs include: animals, people, nature, and architecture. Also included is his Harvard Doctorate Diploma, Certificates from various organizations, and a letter from Dartmouth Univeristy.
Dates:
1901 - 1950
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
Thomas Pym Cope Collection
Collection
Identifier: A2024-01-01
Content Description
This collection consists of three document boxes containing black and white photographic prints and picture postcards, and four negative/print boxes containing photographic negatives, occasionally housed with corresponding photographic prints. The photographic prints are primarily silver gelatin and the negatives are likely nitrate film, and a number of glass plate negatives are also included. Negatives are housed in individual paper sleeves labeled with date, location, and development...
Dates:
1930 - 1931
Found in:
Museum of Science, Boston Archives
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