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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 92-031

National Museum of Natural History. Environmental Awareness Program

Records, circa 1977-1990

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History. Environmental Awareness Program
Title:Records
Dates:circa 1977-1990
Quantity:6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 92-031
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records from the International Center, (OEA) Office of Environmental Awareness, concerning the following: Environmental Activities Report, a survey document covering the Smithsonian's environmental research activities; Media and Environmental Conference, held at the Smithsonian Institution in September 1989, which brought together scientists and media professionals to discuss environmental issues; "Saving the Tropical Forests," research material for the publication that reflects on a range of strategies for saving the rain forest; and Tropical Rain Forests Exhibition, administration records. Materials include correspondence and memoranda, budget information, photographs, stock footage files, exhibit and slide show scripts, book manuscripts, and drawings.

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This accession consists of records from the International Center, Office of Environmental Awareness (OEA), concerning the following: Environmental Activities Report, a survey document covering the Smithsonian's environmental research activities; Media and Environmental Conference, held at the Smithsonian Institution in September 1989, which brought together scientists and media professionals to discuss environmental issues; Saving the Tropical Forests, research material for the publication that reflects on a range of strategies for saving the rain forest; and Tropical Rain Forests Exhibition, administration records. These records consist of correspondence and memoranda, budget information, photographs, stock footage files, exhibit and slide show scripts, book manuscripts, and drawings.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 92-031, National Museum of Natural History. Environmental Awareness Program, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Environmental Activities at the Smithsonian Institution, 1988-1989. This document is a survey of the Smithsonian's environmental research activities.

Replies to Tim's First Draft

Box 1 of 6

Survey Comments II

Box 1 of 6

Early Drafts (2 folders)

Box 1 of 6

Table of Contents

Box 1 of 6

Data Sheets (4 folders)

Box 1 of 6

Distribution, etc.

Box 1 of 6

Final Version for Distribution, February 1990

Box 1 of 6

Planning

Box 1 of 6

Correspondence

Box 1 of 6

Media and Environment Conference - "The Global Environment: Are We Overreacting?" This conference, held at the Smithsonian in September 1989, brought together scientists and media professionals to discuss news coverage of environmental issues.

Transcribing

Box 1 of 6

Sources for Media Conference Invitation List (2 folders)

Box 1 of 6

Briefing Book, Final Version for Distribution

Box 1 of 6

Correspondence

Box 1 of 6

Briefing Book, Original

Box 1 of 6

Briefing Book

Box 1 of 6

Briefing Book and Transcript Requests

Box 1 of 6

Conference Transcript

Box 1 of 6

Box 2

Background Materials (Clippings, articles, etc.)

Box 2 of 6

Budget (2 folders)

Box 2 of 6

Final Lists

Box 2 of 6

Photos

Box 2 of 6

Press, Post Conference

Box 2 of 6

Network Coverage

Box 2 of 6

Video Project: Budget, proposal, letters, CSPAN, etc.

Box 2 of 6

Carnegie Video Grant

Box 2 of 6

Stock Footage Files

Box 2 of 6

Saving the Tropical Forests - Book Research. This book discusses a range of tropical rainforest conservation strategies. It was coauthored by OEA Director Judith Gradwohl and published in 1988.

Agroforestry - General

Box 2 of 6

La Amistad - Costa Rica

Box 2 of 6

Aquaculture - Panama

Box 2 of 6

Awa Project - Colombia

Box 2 of 6

Baboon Reserve - Belize

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity

Box 2 of 6

Book Correspondence

Box 2 of 6

Bora Agroforestry - Peru

Box 2 of 6

Caco Plantations

Box 2 of 6

Carton de Colombia

Box 2 of 6

Cebu

Box 2 of 6

Community Managed Buffer Zone - Indonesia

Box 2 of 6

Cuyabeno - Ecuador

Box 2 of 6

Dairy Farming - Costa Rica

Box 2 of 6

Debt Swap

Box 2 of 6

Dumoga - Indonesia

Box 2 of 6

Eco Tourism

Box 2 of 6

Extractive Reserves - Brazil

Box 2 of 6

Forest Villages - Thailand

Box 2 of 6

La Gandoca - Costa Rica

Box 2 of 6

Guanacaste - Costa Rica

Box 2 of 6

Haiti Agroforestry

Box 2 of 6

Harvesting Flood Plain Forests - Brazil

Box 2 of 6

Iguana Farming - Panama

Box 2 of 6

Intensive Farming - Mexico

Box 2 of 6

Box 3

Japanese Gardens - Brazil

Box 3 of 6

Javanese Kitchen Gardens

Box 3 of 6

Kayapo - Brazil

Box 3 of 6

Khao Yai - Thailand

Box 3 of 6

Korup - Cameroon

Box 3 of 6

Kuna Reserve - Panama

Box 3 of 6

Mailing List

Box 3 of 6

Malaysian Silviculture

Box 3 of 6

Manu

Box 3 of 6

Miscellaneous Projects/Papers (2 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Manuscript: "Tropical Forest Solutions Toward Preservation, Sustained Use and Restoration" (2 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Maps

Box 3 of 6

Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 6

Nature Conservancy - Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 6

New Guinea

Box 3 of 6

Nilgiri Reserve - India

Box 3 of 6

Oku - Cameroon

Box 3 of 6

Market Oriented Agroforestry - Amazon, Peru

Box 3 of 6

PADF Projects

Box 3 of 6

Palcazu - Peru

Box 3 of 6

Parks and Reserves - Miscellaneous (2 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Box 4

Plan Bosque

Box 4 of 6

Publishers

Box 4 of 6

Rainforest Management and Research

Box 4 of 6

Rainforest Preservation Strategy

Box 4 of 6

Reafforestation - Brazil

Box 4 of 6

References - Miscellaneous

Box 4 of 6

Restoring Degraded Pasture - Brazil

Box 4 of 6

Rio Nima

Box 4 of 6

Sian Ka'an - Mexico

Box 4 of 6

Table of Contents

Box 4 of 6

Tourism

Box 4 of 6

Tropenbos - Surinam

Box 4 of 6

Village Forestry - Uganda

Box 4 of 6

"Wildlands: Their Protection and Management in Economic Development," 1986 draft

Box 4 of 6

Wildlands - Grant: Program in Wildlands and Human Needs; "Natural Resources and Environmental Concerns in Sub-Sahara Africa," 1986 draft

Box 4 of 6

Xialong - China

Box 4 of 6

Notebook

Box 4 of 6

References

Box 4 of 6

Early Drafts and Correspondence (3 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Book First Draft - Saving the Tropical Forest

Box 4 of 6

Early Drafts, Correspondence, and Research (3 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Box 5

Early Drafts, Correspondence, and Research

Box 5 of 6

Draft - "Tropical Forest Solutions Toward Preservation, Sustained Use and Restoration"

Box 5 of 6

Early Drafts, Correspondence, and Research (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Tropical Forests - Related Projects and Research (4 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Tropical Rainforests: A Disappearing Treasure - Administration. OEA Director Judith Gradwohl was curator for this SITES exhibition which began its five-year United States tour in 1988.

Script First Draft

Box 5 of 6

Draft Script (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Box 6

Draft Script

Box 6 of 6

Sample Script

Box 6 of 6

Script Review

Box 6 of 6

Script Copies

Box 6 of 6

Slide Show Script

Box 6 of 6

Draft Miscellaneous Scripts

Box 6 of 6

Interactive Video Game

Box 6 of 6

Script Comments

Box 6 of 6

Master Lists

Box 6 of 6

Graphic Lists

Box 6 of 6

Visual Rejects

Box 6 of 6

Correspondence (2 folders)

Box 6 of 6

General Correspondence

Box 6 of 6

Tropical Forest Related Programs

Box 6 of 6

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