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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 422

National Museum of Natural History. Division of Neuropteroids and Diptera

Records, 1963-1989, with related records from 1938

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History. Division of Neuropteroids and Diptera
Title:Records
Dates:1963-1989, with related records from 1938
Quantity:5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 422
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

Curators represented by these records include Grace E. Glance, Associate Curator, 1948-1957; Oliver S. Flint, Jr., Associate Curator, 1961-1965, and Curator, 1965- ; and Richard W. Baumann, Associate Curator, 1972-1975.

These records consist of professional correspondence and administrative files documenting the research and activities of the neuropteroid portion of the Division of Neuropteroids and Diptera. No records concerning Diptera are included in this record unit. Most of the correspondence was created by Oliver S. Flint, Jr., and concerns the acquisition, loan, identification, and distribution of neuropteran specimens. A small amount of correspondence from Flint's predecessor, Grace E. Glance, is included, as are some letters written by Richard W. Baumann. The earliest correspondence dates back to 1938 and was created by Glance in her position as an entomologist researching neuropteroids in the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine from 1925 to 1948. The administrative records in this collection were also created by Flint and include memoranda and correspondence, budget and grant information, and annual reports and manuscripts.

Historical Note

The Division of Neuropteroids was created in July 1963, when the Department of Entomology was established at the United States National Museum. The title of the Division was changed in 1974 to Neuropteroids and Diptera, when research and transactions involving the diptera collection were placed under the same administrative purview as the work of the neuropterists.

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Descriptive Entry

Curators represented by these records include Grace E. Glance (Associate Curator, 1948-1957), Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Associate Curator, 1961-1965; Curator, 1965- ), and Richard W. Baumann (Associate Curator, 1972-1975).

These records consist of professional correspondence and administrative files documenting the research and activities of the neuropteroid portion of the Division of Neuropteroids and Diptera. No materials concerning diptera are included in this record unit. Most of the correspondence was created by Oliver S. Flint Jr., and concerns the acquisition, loan, identification, and distribution of neuropteran specimens. A small amount of the correspondence from Flint's predecessor, Grace E. Glance, is included, as are some letters written by Richard W. Baumann. The earliest correspondence dates back to 1938, and was created by Glance in her position as an entomologist researching neuropteroids in the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine from 1925 to 1948. The administrative records in this collection were also created by Flint and include memoranda and correspondence, budget and grant information, and also annual reports and manuscripts written by Flint.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 422, National Museum of Natural History. Division of Neuropteroids and Diptera, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Correspondence

Baker, James H.

Box 1 of 5

Beier, M.

Box 1 of 5

Bonner, Macon

Box 1 of 5

Brower, A. E.

Box 1 of 5

Buxton, George M.

Box 1 of 5

Carriker, M. A.

Box 1 of 5

Clay, Theresa

Box 1 of 5

daCosta, Alberto A., Jr.

Box 1 of 5

Emerson, A. E.

Box 1 of 5

Fischer, R. L.

Box 1 of 5

Glime, Miss J. M.

Box 1 of 5

Gurney, A. B.

Box 1 of 5

Hadley, Joan

Box 1 of 5

Horning, Donald S., Jr.

Box 1 of 5

Huntzinger, David H.

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

Jellison, W. L.

Box 2 of 5

Jewett, Stanley G.

Box 2 of 5

Korman, Kurt

Box 2 of 5

Krishna, Kumar

Box 2 of 5

Larson, Steve

Box 2 of 5

Latham, Roy

Box 2 of 5

Ledger, J. A.

Box 2 of 5

Low, A. M. A.

Box 2 of 5

Marshall, Byron

Box 2 of 5

Mather, Bryant

Box 2 of 5

McConnochie, K.

Box 2 of 5

Nakahara, Waro

Box 2 of 5

Nelson, Bernard C.

Box 2 of 5

Ortiz, Alberto

Box 2 of 5

Pinhey, E. C. G.

Box 2 of 5

Plaumann, Fritz

Box 2 of 5

Price, Roger D.

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

Ross, Herbert H.

Box 3 of 5

Shell, Robert

Box 3 of 5

Snyder, Thomas E.

Box 3 of 5

Warren, Lloyd O.

Box 3 of 5

Weidner, H.

Box 3 of 5

Wimmer, Howard R.

Box 3 of 5

Administrative Files

Accessions, general information, 1964, 1966

Box 3 of 5

Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, 1966-1968

Box 3 of 5

Entomology Department Review, 1981

Box 3 of 5

Annual Report, 1980-1982, 1985

Box 3 of 5

Annual Report, 1970-1975, 1979

Box 3 of 5

Annual Report, 1964-1969

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Annual Training Report and Requirements Estimate, 1964

Box 4 of 5

Aquatic Entomology, 1972-1976

Box 4 of 5

Budget Requests, 1978-1979, 1986-1987

Box 4 of 5

Building, Lamont Street, 1965

Box 4 of 5

C - General

Box 4 of 5

Data Processing, 1978

Box 4 of 5

Dominica, 1964-1965

Box 4 of 5

Drawers, USNM Insect - Blueprints, specifications, 1967-1973

Box 4 of 5

E - Miscellaneous

Box 4 of 5

F - Miscellaneous

Box 4 of 5

Grants Currently in Progress, 1965, 1968-1973

Box 4 of 5

Grants - Flint, Oliver S., Jr. Central American Caddis flies, National Science Foundation (NSF) GB-2616, 1964-1967

Box 4 of 5

Grants - Gurney/Princis. Blattoidea, Asia, NSF G-9683 (17-N), 1959-1960, 1963-1967

Box 4 of 5

Grants - Snyder, Thomas E. Termite Bibliography, NSF GN-522, 1965-1968

Box 4 of 5

H - Miscellaneous

Box 4 of 5

I, J, K - Miscellaneous

Box 4 of 5

Library

Box 4 of 5

Manuscripts

Box 4 of 5

Manuscripts - Flint, Oliver S., Jr. (3 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Memoranda - Miscellaneous (outgoing), 1964-1978

Box 4 of 5

Memoranda - Staff, 1963-1976

Box 4 of 5

Minutes of the Staff Meeting, 1964-1966

Box 4 of 5

Oceanography and Limnology, 1967-1969

Box 4 of 5

P - Miscellaneous

Box 4 of 5

Personnel, 1964-1974

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

Davis, Mignon N., 1973-1976

Box 5 of 5

Flint, Oliver S., Jr., 1968-1974

Box 5 of 5

Floyd, Mary Ann, 1965-1966

Box 5 of 5

Heath, Nancy B., 1967-1970

Box 5 of 5

Hyland, Laurine, 1981

Box 5 of 5

Photographs

Box 5 of 5

Plan of Operations, 1970-1974, 1987-1989

Box 5 of 5

Plan of Operations, 1970

Box 5 of 5

Plan of Operations, 1969

Box 5 of 5

Plan of Operations, 1968

Box 5 of 5

Plan of Operations, 1967

Box 5 of 5

Plan of Operations, 1966

Box 5 of 5

Plan of Operations, 1965

Box 5 of 5

Plan of Operations, 1964

Box 5 of 5

Property

Box 5 of 5

SI Announcements

Box 5 of 5

Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, 1967

Box 5 of 5

SI Research Awards, 1964-1975

Box 5 of 5

Smithsonian Senate of Scientists, 1987

Box 5 of 5

Smithsonian Senate of Scientists, 1986

Box 5 of 5

Smithsonian Senate of Scientists, 1968-1969, 1971

Box 5 of 5

United States-Japan Cooperative Science Program Seminar, 1967. Includes group photograph.

Box 5 of 5

Xerox, 1965-1966

Box 5 of 5