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SIA Acc. 98-026, Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond) 1908-, F. Raymond Fosberg Papers, circa 1951-1985

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Summary

Creator:
Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond) 1908-
Title:
F. Raymond Fosberg Papers, circa 1951-1985
Dates:
1951, 1951-1985, circa 1951-1985
Summary:
This accession consists of papers created by F. Raymond Fosberg while with the International Biological Programs (1960s); the National Research Council (1960's); the Smithsonian Institutiton as Special Advisor for Tropical Biology (1970's); and the U.S. Geological Survey (1950's). The papers also contain personal files, circa 1960-1985, and research reports of work done in Palau and Aldabra
Topics:
Research, Tropical biology
Subjects:
National Research Council (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.), U.S. International Biological Program
Places:
Palau, Aldabra Islands (Seychelles)
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts, Collection descriptions, Brochures, Clippings, Color photographs, Black-and-white photographs
Local Number:
SIA Acc. 98-026
Physical Description:
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)

Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 98-026

Fosberg, F. Raymond,(Francis Raymond),1908-

F. Raymond Fosberg Papers, circa 1951-1985

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Fosberg, F. Raymond,(Francis Raymond),1908-
Title: F. Raymond Fosberg Papers
Dates: circa 1951-1985
Quantity: 8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection: Accession 98-026
Language of Materials: English

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of papers created by F. Raymond Fosberg while with the International Biological Programs (1960s), the National Research Council (1960s), the Smithsonian Institution as Special Advisor for Tropical Biology (1970s), and the U.S. Geological Survey (1950s). Papers also include personal files, with dates circa 1960-1985, including curricula vitae, travel reports, and some correspondence. Also included are reports and correspondence concerning Fosberg's research in Palau and Aldabra.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-026, Fosberg, F. Raymond,(Francis Raymond),1908-, F. Raymond Fosberg Papers

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Container List

Box 1

International Biological Program (IBP), 1960s

IPB Filing System

Box 1 of 8

IBP

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Second General Assembly, 1966

Box 1 of 8

IBP/CE

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Origins and Early Proposals

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Special Committee for the International Biological Program (SCIBP) (2 folders)

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIBP Publications (2 folders)

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIBP Assembly, 1966, 1968 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 8

IBP - 33

Box 1 of 8

IBP/CT Meeting, October 1972

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIBP/CT

Box 1 of 8

Vegetation Classification

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIPB/CT Research Planning Conference

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIBP/CT Revision of IBP News #9 for CT Handbook

Box 1 of 8

Manles Wood Meeting, 1971

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIBP/CT Island Project

Box 1 of 8

IBP/CT Island List

Box 1 of 8

IBP Koror Meeting

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIBP/CT Jordan Project

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIBP/CT Meeting, Brunnen

Box 1 of 8

IBP - 412.1

Box 1 of 8

IBP - 412.2

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Tunisia Meeting, 1968

Box 1 of 8

IBP - PT

Box 1 of 8

IBP - 401 PT

Box 1 of 8

IBP - 5

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Australia

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Brazil

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Czechoslovakia

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Ecuador

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Hungary

Box 1 of 8

IBP - India

Box 1 of 8

IBP - New Zealand

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Poland

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Romania

Box 1 of 8

IBP - USSR

Box 1 of 8

IBP - Progress Reports

Box 1 of 8

IBP - 5.1

Box 1 of 8

IBP - SCIBP/CT Proforma

Box 1 of 8

Box 2

IBP - Geogram, etc.

Box 2 of 8

IBP - SCIBP/CT Check Sheet

Box 2 of 8

IBP - Project TELMA

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC (U.S. National Committee)

Box 2 of 8

IBP

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC Congress Resolution

Box 2 of 8

IBP - 60 PT

Box 2 of 8

IBP - 60 SB

Box 2 of 8

IBP - 60 Tropical Biology Program

Box 2 of 8

IBP

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC Publications

Box 2 of 8

IBP

Box 2 of 8

IBP - October Meeting, 1966

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC/CE

Box 2 of 8

IBP, 1968

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC/CE Meeting, 1966

Box 2 of 8

IBP - Ely Meeting

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC/CE Projects Submitted, 1967

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC/SB

Box 2 of 8

IBP - SB Hawaii Project

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC/SB Endemism and Extinction Project

Box 2 of 8

IBP - USNC/SB-CE Hawaii Project

Box 2 of 8

IBP - SI

Box 2 of 8

IBP - Site Development

Box 2 of 8

IBP - Indonesia Sites

Box 2 of 8

IBP - SI Site Selection and Development

Box 2 of 8

Proposed IBP Sites

Box 2 of 8

IBP - SI-UH Cooperative Program

Box 2 of 8

IBP - SI Guama Site

Box 2 of 8

IBP - Honduras

Box 2 of 8

IBP

Box 2 of 8

IBP - Conservation of Pacific Islands - Koror, Palau, 1968

Box 2 of 8

ESA-IBP

Box 2 of 8

IBP

Box 2 of 8

Box 3

National Biological Council, 1960s

U.S. Navy - Oceanography

Box 3 of 8

U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program

Box 3 of 8

U.S.-Japan Volcanic Re-vegetation

Box 3 of 8

Doty's Indonesia Project

Box 3 of 8

Scripps Bikini Expedition

Box 3 of 8

University of Hawaii (UH) Indonesia Cooperation

Box 3 of 8

Committee on Research in National Parks

Box 3 of 8

Academy

Box 3 of 8

Daniels Report on Science in Asia

Box 3 of 8

Cleland Cambodia Trip

Box 3 of 8

Naval Research Council (NRC)

Box 3 of 8

Sewals List - National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Library

Box 3 of 8

NRC Available Supplies and Equipment

Box 3 of 8

Mail Room Performance

Box 3 of 8

International Congress of Zoology (ICZ)

Box 3 of 8

Vouchers

Box 3 of 8

Equipment, Typewriter Contracts, etc.

Box 3 of 8

National Academy Natural Resources Committee

Box 3 of 8

Office of International Relations

Box 3 of 8

International Grants for Travel, etc.

Box 3 of 8

Ad Hoc Committee on UNESCO and Zone Main Project

Box 3 of 8

Earth Sciences

Box 3 of 8

AMSOC - MOHOLE

Box 3 of 8

Space Science Board

Box 3 of 8

Vegetation and Amphibious Warfare Memo

Box 3 of 8

NRC - Publications Department

Box 3 of 8

List of NRC Publications

Box 3 of 8

Pacific Science Board (PSB) 1966 Meeting

Box 3 of 8

PSB

Box 3 of 8

Latin American Science Board

Box 3 of 8

Loran Station Proposal

Box 3 of 8

Manila Gallem Project

Box 3 of 8

Xerox

Box 3 of 8

Data for Atoll Contract Reports

Box 3 of 8

NRC Voucher Forms

Box 3 of 8

PSB 1963 Meeting

Box 3 of 8

Atoll Proposal

Box 3 of 8

PSB Meeting, 1962

Box 3 of 8

Conservation - Micronesia

Box 3 of 8

Advisory Committee on Conservation in Micronesia (2 folders)

Box 3 of 8

PSB - Miscellaneous Conferences

Box 3 of 8

Jaluit Restudy, 1960

Box 3 of 8

Reef Bibliography

Box 3 of 8

Indian Ocean Expedition - NSF

Box 3 of 8

AEC Marine Biology Lab

Box 3 of 8

Miscellaneous Expeditions

Box 3 of 8

Tonga Tortoise

Box 3 of 8

Bibliography on Sea Turtles, 1956

Box 3 of 8

Survey of Coconut Research, MHS, 1956

Box 3 of 8

Identification of PSB Atoll Collection

Box 3 of 8

Ryukyu Flora

Box 3 of 8

Kwajalein Trip, 1966

Box 3 of 8

Indian Ocean Projects

Box 3 of 8

Kusaie - Miscellaneous Archaeological Projects

Box 3 of 8

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Project - 1965 Report

Box 3 of 8

Bibliography Matters

Box 3 of 8

Box 4

Ecosystem Proposal

Box 4 of 8

Public Health Service Grant

Box 4 of 8

Atoll Biology

Box 4 of 8

Guam Typhoon Study

Box 4 of 8

PSB Annual Reports, 1947-1958 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 8

Florida - St. Vincent's Island

Box 4 of 8

Smithsonian - Office of Ecology Programs and Budget, 1967

Box 4 of 8

Progress Report, 1965-1967

Box 4 of 8

Buechner

Box 4 of 8

Proposed Advisory Panel to Department of Defense

Box 4 of 8

Proposal to Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program

Box 4 of 8

Quarterly News Letter

Box 4 of 8

Special Advisor for Tropical Biology

Indian Survey

Box 4 of 8

Indian Coral Reefs

Box 4 of 8

Edwin H. Bryan, Jr.

Box 4 of 8

Gazeteer

Box 4 of 8

U.S. Consul - Calcutta

Box 4 of 8

Ceylon Trimen Flora

Box 4 of 8

U.S. Consol - Madros

Box 4 of 8

Colombo Museum

Box 4 of 8

Publicity

Box 4 of 8

Caves

Box 4 of 8

Anatomy

Box 4 of 8

Wilkinson

Box 4 of 8

Proposal

Box 4 of 8

Ecology Bank Account

Box 4 of 8

Letters, 1970

Box 4 of 8

Ceylon Botanical Finances

Box 4 of 8

Insurance

Box 4 of 8

Dollar Support

Box 4 of 8

Grant Documents

Box 4 of 8

Fernando

Box 4 of 8

Popham

Box 4 of 8

Proposals

Box 4 of 8

Ceylon Journal of Science

Box 4 of 8

Goourtileke

Box 4 of 8

Katz

Box 4 of 8

Ceylon Seminar, 1969

Box 4 of 8

Ceylon Symposium

Box 4 of 8

Balakrishnan

Box 4 of 8

Popham (2 folders)

Box 4 of 8

India Trip - Challinor

Box 4 of 8

Ceylon-Challinor Report, 1969

Box 4 of 8

NSF

Box 4 of 8

Canadian External Aid

Box 4 of 8

Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

Box 4 of 8

Army Research Office

Box 4 of 8

SI Regulations

Box 4 of 8

Outside Support

Box 4 of 8

SI Support

Box 4 of 8

Meijer

Box 4 of 8

Cartography

Box 4 of 8

Suggestions - Personnel

Box 4 of 8

Application for Fellowships

Box 4 of 8

Collaborators

Box 4 of 8

D'Arcy

Box 4 of 8

Holzapfel

Box 4 of 8

Jorling, Thomas C.

Box 4 of 8

Middle America Ithmus - AEC

Box 4 of 8

Ships

Box 4 of 8

Pacific Northwest Sea

Box 4 of 8

I. E. Wallen

Box 4 of 8

Ripley

Box 4 of 8

Munaut

Box 4 of 8

Crusz

Box 4 of 8

Olyreae

Box 4 of 8

Allotment of Time

Box 4 of 8

Ernst, W.

Box 4 of 8

Becking

Box 4 of 8

McClure

Box 4 of 8

Instructions to Staff

Box 4 of 8

Smithsonian - Tropics, Anthropology

Box 4 of 8

Tropical Biology 9.6

Box 4 of 8

U.S. Government Grants Under the Fulbright-Hays Act

Box 4 of 8

Conservation

Box 4 of 8

Library of Congress Study Room

Box 4 of 8

Tropical Biology 2.17

Box 4 of 8

Tropical Biology 9.55

Box 4 of 8

SI Ecology, 1967

Box 4 of 8

Tropical Biology 9.56

Box 4 of 8

University of Hawaii Botany Department

Box 4 of 8

Journals

Box 4 of 8

Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA)

Box 4 of 8

Rat Project

Box 4 of 8

Conference on Needs of Systematics, 1953

Box 4 of 8

NRC-ARB

Box 4 of 8

Handbook of Biological Data

Box 4 of 8

NRC Committee on Plant and Crop Ecology

Box 4 of 8

Pacific Science Board Annual Meeting

Box 4 of 8

PSB Meeting, 1959

Box 4 of 8

First World Conference on National Parks

Box 4 of 8

Jamaica Trip

Box 4 of 8

Teysmamm and Binnendijk Catalogs

Box 4 of 8

Cooper Taro Project

Box 4 of 8

International Exchange of Persons

Box 4 of 8

Box 5

Pacific Science Board and U.S. Geological Survey, 1950s-1960s

PSB - SIM Notices

Box 5 of 8

PSB - ICCM Papers

Box 5 of 8

PSB - SIM Project

Box 5 of 8

Report on Vegetable Production

Box 5 of 8

News and Views - Biological Agriculture Division

Box 5 of 8

Military Geographic Report - N. Marsh

Box 5 of 8

United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Tokyo Office

Box 5 of 8

Memos from Neushcel

Box 5 of 8

Davis, Al

Box 5 of 8

Whitmore - Neuschel

Box 5 of 8

USGS Guam Party

Box 5 of 8

USGS Northern Marshall Islands Expedition, 1953

Box 5 of 8

Fosberg Vegetation Project

Box 5 of 8

Rat Abstracts

Box 5 of 8

Subsistence Project - Tools

Box 5 of 8

Guam

Box 5 of 8

Truk Project

Box 5 of 8

Project Atoll - Preliminary Notes

Box 5 of 8

1956 Northern Marshalls

Box 5 of 8

USGS - Military Geology

Box 5 of 8

Jaluit Report, 1958

Box 5 of 8

NRC Committee on Science in UNESCO (3 folders)

Box 5 of 8

Label Copy (2 folders)

Box 5 of 8

Department of the Interior

Box 5 of 8

Interim Natural Areas Committee

Box 5 of 8

Editorial Directions

Box 5 of 8

Annual Review Volume

Box 5 of 8

Receipts for Classified Stuff

Box 5 of 8

Civil Service

Box 5 of 8

Survey and Other Address Lists

Box 5 of 8

Requisition Alaska - USGS

Box 5 of 8

Data, Correspondence on Air Photos

Box 5 of 8

Box 6

U.S. Geological Survey, 1950s

USGS - General

Box 6 of 8

Geographic Names

Box 6 of 8

USGS

Box 6 of 8

USGS - Publication Policy

Box 6 of 8

Forms for Survey Illustrations

Box 6 of 8

Health Benefits Plan

Box 6 of 8

USGS Library

Box 6 of 8

Water Resources Division

Box 6 of 8

Quality of Water Branch

Box 6 of 8

Geochemistry and Petrology Branch

Box 6 of 8

Geochemistry and Petrology Branch Forms

Box 6 of 8

Geochemistry and Petrology Branch Hatheway-Blackmon

Box 6 of 8

G. G. Parker

Box 6 of 8

Geochemistry & Petrology Branch - Carroll

Box 6 of 8

Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch

Box 6 of 8

Schopf, J.

Box 6 of 8

Alaska Branch

Box 6 of 8

Chief Geologist

Box 6 of 8

Geologic Division

Box 6 of 8

Photo Forms

Box 6 of 8

Monthly Reports

Box 6 of 8

Monthly Reports to Tokyo Office

Box 6 of 8

USGS - Honolulu Office

Box 6 of 8

Rehoboth Branch

Box 6 of 8

Program Submitted to Whitmore, 1951

Box 6 of 8

Vegetation Proposals

Box 6 of 8

USGS Project on Chemical Weathering

Box 6 of 8

USGS Oceanography Program

Box 6 of 8

World Soils Map

Box 6 of 8

World Vegetation Project

Box 6 of 8

Military Geology Branch Memos

Box 6 of 8

Project Description - Pacific Vegetation

Box 6 of 8

Ryukyu Project

Box 6 of 8

Impact Map

Box 6 of 8

H. L. Foster

Box 6 of 8

Dave Doan

Box 6 of 8

Stensland

Box 6 of 8

F. S. MacNeil

Box 6 of 8

Army Chemical Corps

Box 6 of 8

USGS Team (Europe)

Box 6 of 8

Ted Arnow

Box 6 of 8

Tokyo Office

Box 6 of 8

Photo Captions

Box 6 of 8

Distribution Map of Military Geology Departments

Box 6 of 8

Atoll Photo Project

Box 6 of 8

Strategic Engineering Studies

Box 6 of 8

Project Progress Report

Box 6 of 8

U. S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station

Box 6 of 8

Vicksburg

Box 6 of 8

Fosberg Personnel

Fosberg Travel Documents

Box 6 of 8

Tropical Environment Study

Box 6 of 8

Astronomy Project Literature

Box 6 of 8

Fosberg Personal History

Box 6 of 8

Fosberg Curriculum Vitae, 1985

Box 6 of 8

Fosberg C.V. Material (4 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Fosberg Christmas Cards

Box 6 of 8

Ceylon Trips, 1977-1978 (2 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Annual Report Data

Box 6 of 8

University of Guam, 1985

Box 6 of 8

PAEC

Box 6 of 8

Fosberg C.V., 1984

Box 6 of 8

Box 7

PAEC Submission, 1976

Box 7 of 8

Fosberg Honorary

Box 7 of 8

Tropical Biology

Box 7 of 8

PAEC

Box 7 of 8

Personnel Papers

Box 7 of 8

PAEC Submission

Box 7 of 8

Fosberg C.V.

Box 7 of 8

Browning Award, 1979

Box 7 of 8

Fosberg and Sachet

Box 7 of 8

Annual Reports

Box 7 of 8

Fosberg C.V.

Box 7 of 8

Sachet - Personnel

Box 7 of 8

Department Positions

Box 7 of 8

Talks

Box 7 of 8

Notices of Research Projects

Box 7 of 8

Entomology

Box 7 of 8

Oceanography

Box 7 of 8

Terrestrial Ecology

Box 7 of 8

Marine Ecology

Box 7 of 8

Caribbean Program

Box 7 of 8

Guide

Box 7 of 8

Archaeology

Box 7 of 8

Anthropology

Box 7 of 8

Botany

Box 7 of 8

Invertebrate Zoology

Box 7 of 8

Division of Mollusks

Box 7 of 8

Vertebrate Zoology

Box 7 of 8

Mineral Sciences

Box 7 of 8

Paleobiology

Box 7 of 8

Correspondence

Box 7 of 8

Tinian Project, 1984-1985

Box 7 of 8

Box 8

Botanical Research, Palau and Aldabra

Namaluk with Marshall

Box 8 of 8

Richardson

Box 8 of 8

West Caroline Atolls - Peace Corps Data

Box 8 of 8

Palau Collections Data

Box 8 of 8

Determinations - Palau Collections

Box 8 of 8

Fisher

Box 8 of 8

Collegiate Rebel Expedition

Box 8 of 8

Paul Berry's Notes - Sansorol Island

Box 8 of 8

N. H. Cheatham

Box 8 of 8

Palau List Draft

Box 8 of 8

Otobed Palau List

Box 8 of 8

Palau Collections Correspondence

Box 8 of 8

Otobed

Box 8 of 8

Palau List Material and Notes

Box 8 of 8

Miscellaneous Information on Plants, Owen, 1965

Box 8 of 8

Checklist with Islands

Box 8 of 8

M. Evans Field Notes

Box 8 of 8

Olive Table of Contents

Box 8 of 8

Flora of Aldabra (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Wickens Project

Box 8 of 8

R. Hnatiuk Labels

Box 8 of 8

Flora of Western India

Box 8 of 8

Aldabra Group Island List

Box 8 of 8

Diego Garcia Chagos Flora

Box 8 of 8

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