Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 391
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds
Records, 1958-1986
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1958-1986 |
Quantity: | 6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Record Unit 391 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This record unit consists primarily of correspondence and memoranda. Correspondence documents the Division's interaction with the public and ornithologists from universities, professional societies, and museums worldwide. Correspondence also concerns research, publications, professional societies, and the exchange of specimens. Memoranda document administrative matters such as collecting permits, asbestos removal, personnel, collections management and expansion, space planning, parking, Division meetings, and construction of the Osteo-Preparation Laboratory. Also included are forms and lists documenting the loan of specimens and equipment from the Division to individuals within the Smithsonian and to other museums and universities. Additional subject files include documentation of research funding, computerization, divisional policy, exhibit work, and drafts of annual reports. |
Descriptive Entry
This colleciton contains invoices for specimens and equipment on loan to and from the division of birds, within the Smithsonian, and with outside museums and universities. Also included is correspondence relating to the transfer and extension of these loans. Most folders contain a list of loan recipients, date of transfer, and number and type of specimens loaned.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Watson, George E. (George Elder), 1931-
- Zusi, Richard L. (Richard Laurence) 1930-
- Slud, Paul
- Olson, Storrs L.
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Osteo-Preparation Laboratory
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 391, National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds, Records
Container List
Box 1
Folder 1 Irretrievable loans
Folder 2 FY 1958-1961 Closed
Folder 3 FY 1961-1962 Closed
Folder 4 FY 1962-1963 Closed
Folder 5 FY 1963-1964 Closed
Folder 6 FY 1964-1965 Closed
Folder 7 FY 1965-1966 Closed
Folder 8 FY 1966-1967 Closed
Folder 9 FY 1967-1968 Closed
Folder 10 FY 1968-1969 Closed
Folder 11 FY 1969-1970 Closed
Folder 12 FY 1970-1971 Closed
Folder 13 FY 1971-1972 Closed
Folder 14 FY 1972-1973 Closed
Folder 15 FY 1973-1974 Closed
Folder 16 FY 1974-1975 Closed
Folder 17 FY 1975-1976 Closed
Box 2
Folder 1 FY 1976-1977 Closed
Box 3
Folder 1 Notes on Disposition of Records, undated
Folder 2 Correspondence A-F, 1974-1976
Folder 3 Correspondence G-P, 1974-1976
Folder 4 Correspondence R-Z, 1974-1976
Folder 5 Incoming Memoranda, 1969-1974, 1976-1979
Folder 6 Incoming Memoranda, 1972, 1974-1976
Folder 7 Incoming Memoranda, 1976, 1978-1979
Folder 8 Incoming Memoranda, 1976-1980
Folder 9 Outgoing Memoranda: Division, 1980
Folder 10 Outgoing Memoranda: Storrs L. Olson, 1976-1979
Folder 11 Outgoing Memoranda: Paul Slud, 1971-1976
Folder 12 Outgoing Memoranda: George E. Watson, 1972-1979
Folder 13 Outgoing Memoranda: J. Phillip Angle, empty
Folder 14 Outgoing Memoranda: Richard L. Zusi, 1971-1979
Folder 15 Outgoing Memoranda, 1972-1980 and undated
Folder 16 Office Memoranda, 1975, 1977-1979
Folder 17 Correspondence Reading File: John W. Aldrick, 1977-1979
Folder 18 Correspondence Reading File: Storrs L. Olson, 1977-1979 and undated
Folder 19 Correspondence Reading File: J. Phillip Angle, 1977-1979
Folder 20 Correspondence Reading File: Paul Slud, 1978-1979
Folder 21 Correspondence Reading File: Richard Zusi, empty
Folder 22 Correspondence Reading File: George E. Watson, 1981
Folder 23 Correspondence Reading File: Bonnie Farmer,1977-1979
Folder 24 Correspondence Reading File: Katherine L. Pruitt, 1978-1979
Folder 25 Correspondence Reading File: John C. Barber, 1976-1980 and undated
Folder 26 Correspondence Reading File: Charles A. Meister,1977-1980
Folder 27 Memoranda and Correspondence, 1973-1975, 1977, 1980
Folder 28 Correspondence, 1970, 1973-1977
Folder 29 Correspondence, 1973, 1975, 1979-1981 and undated, includes curriculum vitae of George E. Watson
Box 4
Folders 1-22 Alphabetic Correspondence Files: A-Z, 1977-1979
Folder 23 Private Funds and Fluid Research Information, 1976-1980
Folder 24 Computer File: Selgem, undated
Folder 25 Policy: Collection Reorganization
Folder 26 D. C. Exhibit Work, 1977-1979 and undated
Folder 27 Natural History Building (NHB) Attic Asbestos, 1979
Folder 28 Plan of Operations, 1962-1968 and undated
Folder 29 Policy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology (VZ), 1980
Folder 30 Policy, Division of VZ: Visitors, undated
Folder 31 Policy, Division of VZ: Proposed Loan Guidelines, undated
Folder 32 Policy, Division of VZ: Naturalist Center, 1979
Folder 33 Policy, Division of VZ: Use of Bird Collection, ca. 1976-1979
Folder 34 Policy, Division of VZ: Specimens, General, undated
Folder 35 Policy, Division of VZ: Library, 1976-1977, 1981, and undated
Folder 36 Exchanges Pending, Loans Wanted, 1962, 1965-1967
Folder 37 Accessions Pending, 1962, 1964-1967
Folder 38 Intramural Transfer, 1966, 1970, 1972-1976,1978-1980
Folders 39-56 Annual Reports, 1965-1982,
Box 5
Folder 1 Correspondence: Requests for the A. C. Bent series, Life Histories of North American Birds, U. S. National Museum Bulletin 237, 1982, 1985
Folder 2 Memoranda, 1984-1985
Folder 3 Memoranda, 1980-1983
Folder 4 Outgoing Correspondence: Division, 1983
Folder 5 Outgoing Correspondence: Division, 1982
Folder 6 Outgoing Correspondence: Division, 1984
Folder 7 Alphabetic Correspondence File: A, 1984
Folder 8 Alphabetic Correspondence File: B, 1981-1982, 1984
Folders 9-14 Alphabetic Correspondence Files: B-I, 1981-1984
Folder 15 Alphabetic Correspondence File: I-L, 1981-1983
Folder 16 Alphabetic Correspondence File: J-L, 1984
Folders 17-18 Alphabetic Correspondence File: Mc-P, 1981-1984
Folder 19 Alphabetic Correspondence File: Misc., 1978-1985
Box 6
Folders 1-5 Alphabetic Correspondence Files: R-V, 1981-1984
Folder 6 Alphabetic Correspondence Files: W, 1981-1985
Folder 7 Alphabetic Correspondence File: X-Z, 1981-1984
Folder 8 Correspondence Reading File: Martha B. Hays, 1982-1984
Folder 9 Correspondence Reading File: Katherine L. Pruitt, 1978,1980-1984
Folder 10 Correspondence Reading File: Charles A. Ross, 1983-1984
Folder 11 Correspondence Reading File: William D. Vanko, 1982-1981
Folder 12 Correspondence Reading File: Richard L. Zusi, 1981-1985
Folder 13 Correspondence Reading File: George E. Watson, 1983
Folder 14 Correspondence Reading File: James Dean, 1981-1984
Folder 15 Correspondence Reading File: Bonnie Farmer, 1978, 1980-1984
Folder 16 Correspondence Reading File: Freida Austin Gentry (Hancock),1982
Folder 17 Correspondence Reading File: Jeremy F. Jacobs, 1984
Folder 18 Correspondence Reading File: Storrs L. Olson, 1980-1984
Folder 19 Correspondence Reading File: John W. Aldrich, 1980-1984,1986
Folder 20 Correspondence Reading File: J. Phillip Angle, 1980-1984
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