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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Pedro A. Viegas<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 17, 2017 1:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Number of volunteers in Natural History Collections?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good day Barbara<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;I can give you numbers of volunteers &#43; hours but from UK and Australia - let us know if interested<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Thiers, Barbara &lt;<a href="mailto:bthiers@nybg.org" target="_blank">bthiers@nybg.org</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif;color:#002060">Does anyone have a reference for any study that has tried to quantify the number of volunteers who work in US natural history
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:&quot;Century&quot;,serif;color:#002060">Curator of Bryophytes</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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