Reference Request
Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 06-014
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Records, 1941-2005
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: | Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1941-2005 |
Quantity: | 7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 06-014 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of records which document the administrative and membership activities of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP). Materials include correspondence; information about annual meetings; program schedules; news bulletins; photographs; budget summaries and financial statements; reports; executive committee meeting minutes; information pertaining to contracts, grants, and awards; membership statistics; SVP by-laws and articles of incorporation; and agreements. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative and membership activities of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP). Materials include correspondence; information about annual meetings; program schedules; news bulletins; photographs; budget summaries and financial statements; reports; executive committee meeting minutes; information pertaining to contracts, grants, and awards; membership statistics; SVP by-laws and articles of incorporation; and agreements.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2021; Transferring office; 4/1/1988 Agreement of Transfer; Contact reference staff for details.
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-014, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Records
Container List
Box 1
Files from multiple donors, including SVP founding members: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1941-1998. Donor: Ted Daeschler, curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (transfer of materials donated to ANSP [Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia] by the widow of R. G. Chaffee). Donation letter from Dr. Daeschler is included in the first folder.
News Bulletin, March 20, 1941, issue 1 and addenda (Secretary-Treasurer's Report, Information about Candidates for Membership, American Geological Institute Constitution, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Business Supplement)
SVP News Bulletin, May 20, 1941, issue 2
SVP News Bulletin, August 11, 1941, issue 3
SVP News Bulletin, November 10, 1941, issue 4
SVP News Bulletin, March 20, 1942, issue 5
SVP News Bulletin, June 20, 1942, issue 6
SVP News Bulletin, November 5, 1942, issue 7
SVP News Bulletin, January 20, 1943, issue 8
Donor: Robert Purdy, NMNH (National Museum of Natural History)
Program, Paleontological Society 33rd Annual Meeting and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology First Annual Meeting, Boston, December 29-31, 1941
Donors: Emily A. Buchholtz, Wellesley College, and Blaire Van Valkenburgh, UCLA
Reprints of two biographical articles on Tilly Edinger, founding member of SVP and president of SVP in 1964
Donor: SVP Business Office
Photographs of the founding meeting of SVP, December 28, 1940. Includes key to known individuals. 2 copies of black-and-white photograph, 2 copies of key
Donor: David C. Parris, New Jersey State Museum and Princeton University
Illustration of William Berryman Scott by artist Robert Bruce Horsfall, created for Scott's 80th birthday celebration in 1938 and signed by Scott,
Donor: Robert Purdy, NMNH
Correspondence between C. Lewis Gazin, NMNH, Wann Langston, University of Texas, and others on the creation of the NSF report Fossil Vertebrates in the United States, 1972
Donor: Holmes A. Semken, Department of Geosciences, University of Iowa
Collection of short articles, reprints and obituaries, by or concerning key SVP members
Donor: Clayton Ray, NMNH
SVP: The First Year, 1941. Folder of copies of SVP Bulletins #1-4, meeting programs and notes related to the founding of SVP. Photocopies from the files of Dr. Glenn Jepsen, SVP founding member, Princeton University
Photograph of meeting participants in the 1971 SVP meeting at NMNH, SI. Includes identification key
SVP membership list, 1990. Computer printout from SVP office
SVP address lists, 1982 and undated. Photocopies from SVP Bulletin and unknown sources
SVP annual meeting announcements and circulars: 1994, 1997, 1998
Donor: Blaire Van Valkenburgh, UCLA
Photograph of Ernst Mayr and E. C. Olson, undated
Field photograph of 4 men. E. C. Olson is second from left, undated
Photograph of Soviet paleontologist Ivan Efremov, Moscow, undated
Photograph of Soviet paleontologist Ivan Efremov. 1960. Inscription on back: "To my good and wise friend Ole-Professor Everett C. Olson. From Ivan A. Efremov, Moscow, 17.02.60."
Photograph of Soviet paleontologist Ivan Efremov. Undated. Inscription on back: "To Professor Everett C. Olson-'Ole', for good memory with great esteem and friendship. I. Efremov. 'Old Efraim.'"
Photograph of participants, Berg Waterstein Conference, 1975. Key is taped on back. NMNH paleontologist Kay Behrensmeyer is second from left; E. C. Olson is 4th from left
Photograph of 10 men on a field trip. Undated. E. C. Olson is third from left
Photograph of three men by a campfire. Undated. E. C. Olson is in the center
Photograph of unidentified man in the field (desert?)
Photograph of unidentified man
Photograph of meeting participants in the 1977 SVP meeting at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
SVP charter meeting photo with key, 1941. Founding member E. C. Olson is third from right
SVP: The First Year, 1941. Folder of copies of SVP Bulletins #1-4, meeting programs and notes related to the founding of SVP. Photocopies from the files of Dr. Glenn Jepsen, SVP founding member, Princeton University
SVP News Bulletins Nos. 5-8, March 1942 to October 1943. Folder with photocopies from the files of Dr. Glenn Jepsen, SVP founding member, Princeton University
SVP News Bulletin #10, 15 October 1943. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletin #11, 15 February 1944. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletin #13, 20 November 1944. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletin #15, 22 September 1945. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 85 and 87. February 1969 and October 1969. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 88, 89 and 90. February 1970, June 1970 and October 1970. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 91, 92 and 93. February 1971, June 1971 and October 1971. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 94 and 96. February 1972 and October 1972. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 97, 98 and 99. February 1973, June 1973 and October 1973. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletin # 101. June 1974. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 104 and 105. June 1975 and October 1975. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 106, 107 and 108. February 1976, June 1976 and October 1976. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 109, 110 and 111. February 1977, June 1977 and October 1977. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 112, 113 and 114. February 1978, June 1978 and October 1978. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 115, 116 and 117. February 1979, June 1979 and October 1979. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
SVP News Bulletins # 118 and 119. February 1980 and June 1980. From the office of Dr. E. C. Olson
Box 2
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program Officer Files, 1979-1983. Planning documents, notes and files for annual meeting programs: 1979 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 1980 (Gainesville, Florida), 1981 (Ann Arbor, Michigan), 1982 (Mexico City), 1983 (Laramie, Wyoming). Donated by Jason Lillegraven, University of Wyoming
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1979
Program submissions, 1979
Program drafts, 1979
Program officer correspondence, 1980
Romer Prize correspondence, 1980
Program drafts, 1980
Technical session I, 1980
Technical session II, 1980
Technical session III, 1980
Technical session IV, 1980
Poster session, 1980
Technical session V, 1980
Technical session VI, 1980
Late submissions, 1980
Withdrawn submissions, 1980
Platform papers, 1981, A-M
Platform papers, 1981, N-W
Poster session, 1981
Late platform submissions, 1981
Late poster submissions, 1981
Withdrawn submissions, 1981
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1981
Program outline, 1982
Platform papers, 1982
Symposium, 1982
Poster session, 1982
Preparators' session, 1982
Late platform submissions, 1982
Late poster submissions, 1982
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1982
Platform papers, 1983, A-M
Platform papers, 1983, N-W
Poster session, 1983
Preparators' session, 1983
Late platform submissions, 1983
Late poster submissions, 1983
Withdrawn submissions, 1983
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1983
Items needing action, 1983
Moderators, 1978-1983
Participants, 1979-1982
Topical schedules, 1979-1982
Box 3
SVP News Bulletins, bibliographies and address directories, 1952-1985. Donated by Eugene Giles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bibliography 1950-1951, issued May 1952
SVP News Bulletin # 49, 50 and 51. February, June and October 195
SVP News Bulletin # 53 and 54. February and June 1958
SVP News Bulletin # 55 and 57. February and October 1959
SVP News Bulletin # 58, 59 and 60. February, June and October 1960. Includes 1958-1959 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 61, 62 and 63. February, June and October 1961. Includes 1959-1960 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 64 and 65. February and June 1962. Includes 1960-1961 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 67, 68 and 69. February, June and October 1963
SVP News Bulletin # 70, 71 and 72. February, June and October 1964. Includes 1962-1963 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 73, 74 and 75. February, June and October 1965. Includes 1963-1964 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 76, 77 and 78. February, June and October 1966. Includes 1964-1965 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 79, 80 and 81. February, June and October 1967. Includes 1965-1966 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 82, 83 and 84. February, June and October 1968
SVP News Bulletin # 85, 86 and 87. February, June and October 1969
SVP News Bulletin # 88, 89 and 90. February, June and October 1970. Includes 1968-1969 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 91, 92 and 93. February, June and October 1971. Includes 1969-1970 bibliography
SVP News Bulletin # 94, 95 and 96. February, June and October 1972
SVP News Bulletin # 97, 98 and 99. February, June and October 1973
SVP News Bulletin # 100, 101 and 102. February, June and October 1974
SVP News Bulletin # 103, 104 and 105. February, June and October 1975
SVP News Bulletin # 106, 107 and 108. February, June and October 1976
SVP News Bulletin # 109, 110 and 111. February, June and October 1977
SVP News Bulletin # 112, 113 and 114. February, June and October 1978
SVP News Bulletin # 115, 116 and 117. February, June and October 1979
SVP News Bulletin # 115, 119 and 120. February, June and October 1980. Includes 1980 address directory
SVP News Bulletin # 121, 122 and 123. February, June and October 1981
SVP News Bulletin # 124, 125 and 126. February, June and October 1982. Includes 1982 address directory
SVP News Bulletin # 127, 128 and 129. February, June and October 1983
SVP News Bulletin # 130, 131 and 132. February, June and October 1984. Includes 1984 address directory
SVP News Bulletin # 133 and 134. February and June 1985
Box 4
SVP News Bulletins transferred from the SVP Business Office, 1941-1989
SVP: The First Year, 1941. Master photocopies of SVP Bulletin #1--4, meeting programs and notes related to the founding of SVP. Photocopies from the files of Dr. Glenn Jepsen, SVP founding member, Princeton University
SVP News Bulletin # 1 and 2. March 20 and May 20, 1941.
SVP News Bulletin #7, 05 November 1942
SVP News Bulletin # 9 and 10. 31 May and 15 October, 1943
SVP News Bulletin #11, 12 and 13 and. February, July and November 1944
SVP News Bulletin # 14, 15 and 16. April, September and December 1945
SVP News Bulletin # 17, 18 and 19. April, October and December 1946
SVP News Bulletin # 20, 21 and 22. April, July and November 1947
SVP News Bulletin # 23 and 24. April and October 1948
SVP News Bulletin # 25, 26 and 27. February, June and October 1949
SVP News Bulletin # 28, 29 and 30. February, June and October 1950
SVP News Bulletin # 31 and 32. February and June 1951
SVP News Bulletin # 34, 35 and 36. February, June and October 1952
SVP News Bulletin # 37, 38 and 39. February, June and October 1953
SVP News Bulletin # 40, 41 and 42. February, June and October 1954
SVP News Bulletin # 43, 44 and 45. February, June and October 1955
SVP News Bulletin # 46, 47 and 48. February, June and October 1956
SVP News Bulletin # 49, 50 and 51. February, June and October 1957
SVP News Bulletin # 52, 53 and 54. February, June and October 1958
SVP News Bulletin # 55, 56 and 57. February, June and October 1959
SVP News Bulletin # 58, 59 and 60. February, June and October 1960
SVP News Bulletin # 61, 62 and 63. February, June and October 1961
SVP News Bulletin # 64, 65 and 66. February, June and October 1962
SVP News Bulletin # 67, 68 and 69. February, June and October 1963
SVP News Bulletin # 70 and 71. February and June 1964
SVP News Bulletin # 73, 74 and 75. February, June and October 1965
SVP News Bulletin # 77 and 78. June and October 1966
SVP News Bulletin # 79, 80 and 81. February, June and October 1967
SVP News Bulletin # 82, 83 and 84. February, June and October 1968
SVP News Bulletin # 120. October 1980
SVP News Bulletin # 121, 122 and 123. February, June and October 1981
SVP News Bulletin # 124, 125 and 126. February, June and October 1982
SVP News Bulletin # 127, 128 and 129. February, June and October 1983
SVP News Bulletin # 130 and 131. February and June 1984
SVP News Bulletin # 133, 134 and 135. February, June and October 1985
SVP News Bulletin # 136, 137 and 138. February, June and October 1986
SVP News Bulletin # 139, 140 and 141. February, June and October 1987
SVP News Bulletin # 142, 143 and 144. February, June and October 1988
SVP News Bulletin 136-144, 1986-1988, library bound copy
SVP News Bulletin # 145, 146 and 147. February, June and October 1989
Box 5
First Romer-Simpson award to Everett Olson (medal), 1987; SVP News Bulletin, 1990-2004, SVP Address Directories, 2000 and 2004; and business files transferred from the SVP Business Office
First Romer-Simpson award medal, awarded to Everett Claire Olson, October 23, 1987 Engraved on reverse. Medal and ribbon in Omega box.
SVP News Bulletin # 148, 149 and 150. February, June and October 1990
SVP News Bulletin # 151, 152 and 153. February, June and October 1991
SVP News Bulletin # 154, 155 and 156. February, June and October 1992
SVP News Bulletin # 157, 158 and 159. February, June and October 1993
SVP News Bulletin # 160, 161 and 162. February, June and October 1994
SVP News Bulletin # 163, 164 and 165. January, June and October 1995
SVP News Bulletin # 166, 167 and 168. February, June and October 1996
SVP News Bulletin # 169, 170 and 171. February, June and October 1997
SVP News Bulletin # 172. February 1998
SVP News Bulletin #178 and 179. Spring and Fall 2000
SVP News Bulletin #180. Spring 2001
SVP News Bulletin #184 and 185. Spring and Fall 2003
SVP News Bulletin #186 and 187. Spring and Fall 2004
SVP Address Directory 2000
SVP Address Directory 2004
First Circular: 60th Annual Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, October 25-28, 2000
Executive Committee meeting minutes, October 19-20 and 24, 1999
Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting, June 3-4, 2000
Executive Committee meeting minutes, June 6-7, 2003
Executive Committee meeting minutes, June 6-7, 2003
Executive Committee meeting minutes and awards , June 12, 2004
Box 6
Files from past SVP President Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 1995-2002
Mid-Year Executive Meeting, June 6-9, 2002
Mid-Year Executive Meeting, June 7-10, 2001
Mid-Year Executive Meeting, June 3-4, 2000
Mid-Year Executive Meeting, June 3-4, 2000
Annual Executive Committee Meeting Part 1, October 9-12, 2002
Annual Executive Committee Meeting Part 2, October 9-12, 2002
Annual Executive Committee Meeting Part 3, October 9-12, 2002
Annual Executive Committee Meeting, October 3-6, 2001
Annual Executive Committee, October 25-28, 2000
Financial reports, 2001
Fossil on-line Sales & Auctions, 2000
General file, 2001
General file, 1999
General file, 1997-1998
HB 2974, 1995-2002
Information Management Committee, 2000
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002
Proposal for Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2002
Journal production schedule, 2000-2001
Lobby Day, June 7, 2002
Position Nominations, 2001
Membership Committee, 2000
Misc. Executive Committee correspondence, 1999
Paleontology legislation, 2002
Proposed committee appointments, 2001
Publications Committee, 2000-2002
Secretary's Report, 2000
Plenary Session at meeting, 2001
SVP/MLC report, 2001
SVP policy statements, undated
SVP strategic planning session, June 9, 2001
Tapestry of Time Past: A Paleontological Portal for North America, undated
Treasurer's report, 2000
U. S. Government Contracts, 2000-2001
Washington D.C., January 23-24, 2002
Web site, 2000-2001
Box 7
Files from past SVP President Richard Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 1994-2005
Association of Systematics Collections (ASC), 2001
ASC, 2000
American Geological Institute (AGI), 2000-2002
AGI Government Affairs, 2000-2001
Allen Press, 1999-2000
Awards and donor recognition, 2000-2002
BioOne, 2000-2002
Business Planning Report, 2000
Committee charters and guidelines, 2000
Constitution revisions, 2000-2001
Correspondence, 2002
Correspondence, 2001
Correspondence, 2000
Donations, 2000-2002
Evolution on-line, 2000
Miscellaneous correspondence, 2000-2001
SVP Activity Report, 2000-2001
SVP Committee Chair dates and deadlines, 2001
SVP stationery
SVP Case Abstract to Advance Our Mission, undated
Evolution statement, 1994
Budget and Development, 2004-2005
SVP Election ballot, 2004
Bank information, undated
Mid-Year Executive Committee meeting, June 12, 2004
Correspondence - B. J. Stahl bequest, 2004
Trademark policies, 2004
Budget Development, 2003-2004
63rd annual meeting, October15-18, 2003
Awards and Grant report, 2003
Executive Committee meeting, October 3, 2003
Feasibility Study final report, July 2003
Miscellaneous correspondence, 2003
Roles and responsibilities of fundraising leadership, August 8, 2003
Additional membership statistics, 2002-2003
Endowment funds, 2002-2003
Legislation, 2002-2003
Dinosaur book agreement, 2002
Executive Committee meeting, October 8-9 and 12, 2002
Financial statements for year ending September 30, 2002
SVP online, 2002
Annual Meeting hosting guidelines, 2001
Board handbook, 2001
By-laws and Articles of Incorporation, 2001
Budget 4, 2001
Committee charters, 2001
Executive Committee materials, 2001
Internal contact list, 2001
Paleontological Resources Preservation Act of 2000-2001
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and News Bulletin production schedule, 2001
Mid-Year Executive Committee meeting, June 10, 2001
Committee listing, 2000-2001
60th Annual Meeting wrap-up, October 25-28, 2000
Annual Executive Committee meeting, October 24-29, 2000
Strategic Planning session, June 9, 2001
Award recipients, 2000
Business activity report, February 2000
Business activity report, January 2000
Committee charters, September 2000
Department of Interior conference, 2000
Financial statement and budget, 2000
Guidelines for Manuscript Preparation, revised January 2000
Lindsay paper, 2000
Member survey, May 2000
Memoirs copyright, 2000
Mid-Year awards report, 2000
Mid-Year committee reports, 2000
Mid-Year Executive Committee meeting, June 3-4, 2000
Mid-Year new business proposals, 2000
Miscellaneous correspondence, 2000
Revised Geological Society of America officers list, 2000
Strategic planning notes, 2000
Z-rex auction, 2000
59th Annual Meeting, October 20-23, 1999
Coordinated programs at Geological Society of America, 1999
Executive Committee meeting, October 1999
Executive Committee meeting, June 26-27, 1999
Fossil Auction, Discovery/Amazon, 1999
Guidelines and Policies for Hosting Annual Meetings, 1999
JVP editorial system, 1999
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1999
New guidelines for News Bulletin, 1999
National Park Service program, 1999
Paleontological resources on U. S. lands, 1999
President's Letter to the SVP Membership, 1999
Recommended financial resolutions, 1999
SAFE (Save America's Fossils for Everyone), 1999
Sherwood Group Management, September 1998
Motions passed by email, 1998
Constitution and By-Laws, as amended, February 1994
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