This file contains correspondence related to the purchase of borax specimens, the Ware Topaz collection, and the Hixon Hall of Gems.

This file contains Gem and Mineral Hall correspondence, slides, and exhibit planning draft specifications.

This file contains Gem and Mineral Hall construction specifications prepared by Joseph A. Wetzel Associates.

This file contains correspondence, invoices, meeting notes, and contractor agreements with the General Exhibits and Displays, Inc. company for the construction of the Gem and Mineral Hall.

This file contains correspondence, label copy, donation records, and collections appraisal for the Hixon Gem Collection.

This file contains Gem and Mineral Hall and exhibit construction planning materials.

This file contains correspondence regarding gem and mineral loans, object lists, Charles Knight paintings, entomology collections, an expedition to Sudan, storage of ethnological collections, botany collections, ichthyology collections, damage claims, equipment donations, and replacement of the old taxidermy building.

This file contains correspondence regarding missing assets, divisional goals, purchase orders, San Fernando Valley field surveys, gem and mineral collections,

This file contains correspondence regarding gem and mineral collections, staff appointments, Iranian fossil loans, and security and control of exhibition materials.

This file contains correspondence with the Joseph A. Wetzel Association exhibit design company.