Smithsonian Institution Archives

Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 7351
American Society of Zoologists,
Records, 1890-1992

By Martin W. Schein and Keith R. Benson


Introduction

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. EARLY PAPERS.

  Series 2. MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS.

  Series 3. SECRETARIES' PAPERS.

  Series 4. PRESIDENT'S PAPERS.

  Series 5. DIVISION PAPERS.

  Series 6. SCIENCE AS A WAY OF KNOWING PROJECT.

  Series 7. PHOTOGRAPHS AND AUDIOCASSETTES.



INTRODUCTION

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HISTORICAL NOTE

The beginnings of the American Society of Zoologists (ASZ) date from the decade of the 1880s, the period in the history of American science during which many of today's major scientific societies were formed. Closely associated with the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), which was founded in 1883, and the American Physiological Society (APS), which emerged in 1887, most of the early founders of ASZ belonged to one or both of these organizations. Desiring a new society that emphasized the importance of laboratory-based research in natural history, these individuals gathered in Boston in 1890 to establish the American Morphological Society during the same December week the ASN and APS met (always in conjunction with the leading scientific society in the United States, the American Association for the Advancement of Science). In fact, all these societies maintained a very close relationship throughout the end of the nineteenth century; presidents of one society were often subsequently elected to the same office in another society, members of one society were members of the other societies, and the American Naturalist served as the official journal of both the ASN and the morphologists.

During the early years of the twentieth century, American biologists struggled to provide a more precise definition for their discipline, especially as it experienced the transformation typical of developing professions. In particular, biology became a generic category under which a number of subspecialties were clustered. As a result, the morphologists decided to adopt a new societal name, suggested by Charles O. Whitman and C. B. Davenport, that described the actual orientation of the society's members to the core of American biology. Accordingly, in 1903 the official name became the American Society of Zoologists, emphasizing the group's interest in whole animal biology. Organizationally, for the next ten years ASZ was split into two regional groups that functioned independently, the eastern and central group. But in 1914, the two branches officially merged to form the present national American Society of Zoologists. The by-laws and rules of the new society were based on the constitutions and by-laws of the American Morphological Society, the ASN, and the APS.

At about the same time that ASZ became a truly national organization through the merger of the two regional branches, the leadership of the society began to confront the perceived need to make ASZ a "federation" for biologists. Hence, by the second decade of the twentieth century the annual meeting featured papers divided according to distinct specialty areas, including ecology and behavior (lumped together), comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, and genetics. The latter area, genetics, created some tension between ASZ and ASN, largely over the issue of whether genetics belonged in a society in which all of biology was a focus, i.e., animals and plants (the position of the naturalists) or whether the zoologists could claim a genetic specialty area. The debate was interrupted by the experience of science in World War 1, which required that such internecine arguments be set aside in favor of greater societal cooperation directed toward the war effort. By the early 1920s, consequently, such difficulties were forgotten and ASZ emerged from the war years as the nation's truly generalist biological society. Annual meetings featured papers collected under separate sections of genetics, ecology, comparative anatomy, embryology, cytology, comparative physiology, protozoology, and endocrinology.

But a recurring theme in the history of the ASZ has been the relationship between the Society and areas of biology that represent new horizons in the biological sciences. In the 1930s, the focus again was on genetics, especially as this new specialty area came to dominate the biological sciences. When the Genetics Society of America (GSA) was formed in 1932, the ASZ was threatened with the prospect of losing animal geneticists to a new organization that emphasized this exciting area. To counter this potential loss, the Society began to sponsor symposia at its annual meeting with topics in genetics that featured many of the prominent members from GSA. Such a cooperative strategy culminated in a joint meeting of ASZ with GSA in 1938. Again, another World War interrupted ASZ's organizational problems, but the war did not hide the society's need to address its role vis-a-vis new directions in American zoology.

World War II disrupted much of the normal activities of science in the United States, even leading to the cancellation of the annual ASZ meeting in 1942 and 1943. But following the war, the leaders of the society expressed their concern with the lack of a clear organizational structure for ASZ that would enable it to serve effectively as the umbrella organization for American biologists. Noting that the physics community in the United States emerged from the war as a unified discipline, several of these individuals gathered with their colleagues who were members of botany, genetics, and ecology societies to form the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) in 1948. Aided in part by the encouragement of the National Academy of Sciences, the new organization took the pressure from ASZ by serving as the national coordinating society for the many specialty biological societies in the United States. A few years later, the new National Science Foundation awarded ASZ with a two-year grant "to study the role of the Society in present-day science," a study that enabled the society to focus on fulfilling the needs of the nation's animal biologists. This study resulted in the creation of the divisional organization of ASZ, an arrangement that finally equipped the society with a mechanism to meet the diverse interests of the zoological community and to respond to changing directions and research perspectives in zoology. By the end of the 1950s, ASZ became organized into divisions of Developmental Biology, Comparative Endocrinology, Comparative Physiology, and Animal Behavior; Invertebrate Zoology and Vertebrate Morphology were added by 1962.

The divisional structure of ASZ was a prescient one. From the 1960s to the present time, several new divisions have been added to the Society, other divisions have modified their name to reflect changes within zoology, and affiliate societies have been attracted to ASZ through association with its divisions. Consequently, not only did ASZ prevent the splintering that it had experienced early in the century, but it also experienced impressive growth in membership. At about the same time it developed the divisional structure, ASZ illustrated another characteristic of mature scientific societies: it began its own journal. The idea for ASZ's journal emerged from the same examination of the Society's future that resulted in its divisional structure. The initial effort appeared in 1960 as a newsletter, but almost immediately Emil Witschi, ASZ's president at the time, recommended the publication of a journal, and the American Zoologist was established at the beginning of 1961. P. Sears Crowell was the first editor and contributed substantially to forming the journal into a prominent scientific publication. The result of all these changes was the creation of an interdisciplinary society that served as an umbrella organization for more than just American zoologists. In fact, the additions of divisions in ecology and history and philosophy of biology and the inclusion of affiliate societies, such as the American Microscopical Society, led many ASZ leaders in the early 1980s to consider a more overt recognition for the inclusiveness of the Society. As a result, when the Society selected 1989 as its centennial year, its leadership also decided to officially recognize the expanding arena of ASZ's influence by adopting the official modifier, "Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology."

At the present time, the Society has continued to expand its focus, especially to meet the needs of biologists in the twenty-first century. Part of this expansion has been due to the natural progression of the Society's functions, many of which are carried out through ASZ's Executive Office. This office, initiated by Aubrey Gorbman, dated from 1967 when Mary Adams-Wiley assumed the role of the executive officer for ASZ. By the early 1990s, she had created an efficient bureaucratic structure to handle the Society's day-to-day operations, especially the coordination of the Society's divisions with each other and the planning for the annual meeting. These operations are now handled by one of the country's major organizational planning agencies, Smith Bucklin of Chicago. The new business organization of the Society is an indicator that ASZ has emerged at the end of the twentieth century as a major society of American biology.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These records document the history and development of the American Society of Zoologists from its inception in 1903 through 1992. The collection begins with scrapbook entries from its predecessor organization, the American Society of Morphologists, dating back to 1890 and includes a number of early documents and correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, audiocassettes, photos, and other memorabilia from the files of many of the officers and committees serving through 1992.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
EARLY PAPERS.

Box 1 of 57
Folder1   1890-1918 Minutes and proceedings, ASZ & forerunners (scrapbook)
Folder2   1899-1903 American Morphological Society, Secretary/Treasurer (scrapbook)

Box 2 of 57
Folder1   1903-12 Records, Central Branch (scrapbook)
Folder2   1902-05 Records, Eastern Branch; G. A. Drew, H. S. Pratt
Folder3   1903 ASZ Constitution, Officers, List of members

Box 3 of 57
Folder1   1905-08 Records, Eastern Branch; H. S. Pratt, W. R. Coe, L. L. Woodruff
Folder2   1906 ASZ Constitution, Officers, List of members
Folder3   1909 ASZ Constitution, Officers, List of members
Folder4   1912 ASZ Central Branch Minutes and accounts, December; W. C. Curtis
Folder5   1912 Membership nominations and votes, Eastern Branch, Dec. 2, 1912
Folder6   1912 Membership nominations and votes, Eastern Branch, Dec. 9, 1912
Folder7   1913 New members, Central Branch
Folder8   1912 Officers, List of members
Folder9   1914 Constitution/Bylaws, Officers, List of members
Folder10   1915 Officers, List of members

Box 4 of 57
Folder1   1908-12 ASZ Eastern Branch; records, correspondence (scrapbook)
Folder2   1919-25 ASZ Minutes and proceedings (scrapbook)

Box 5 of 57
Folder1   1913-18 ASZ Minutes and Proceedings (scrapbook); C. Grave

SERIES 2.
MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS.

Box 6 of 57
Folder1   1905 3rd meeting, Central Branch, March; Program
Folder2   1907 4th meeting, Central Branch; Program
Folder3   1907-08 5th meeting, Central Branch; Program
Folder4   1910 Spring meeting, Central Branch, April; Program
Folder5   1910 8th meeting, Central Branch, December; Program
Folder6   1912 4th Spring meeting, Central Branch, April; Program
Folder7   1907 5th meeting, Eastern Branch; Program
Folder8   1910 8th meeting, Eastern Branch; Program
Folder9   1905 Joint meeting, Eastern & Central Branches, December; Program
Folder10   1908 Joint meeting, Eastern & Central Branches, December; Program
Folder11   1911 Joint meeting, Eastern & Central Branches, December; Program
Folder12   1912-13 Joint meeting, Eastern & Central Branches, December-January; Program
Folder13   1913-14 Joint meeting, Eastern & Central Branches, December-January; Program
Folder14   1914 ASZ 12th meeting, December; Announcement, Program, Abstracts, Proceedings
Folder15   1915 ASZ 13th meeting, December; Abstracts
Folder16   1916 ASZ 14th meeting; Announcement, Program, Abstracts
Folder17   1917 ASZ 15th meeting; Announcement, Abstracts
Folder18   1918 ASZ 16th meeting; Abstracts
Folder19   1921 ASZ 19th meeting; Program, Abstracts, Officers, List of members
Folder20   1922 ASZ 20th meeting; Program, Abstracts, Proceedings, Officers, Members
Folder21   1923 21st; Program, Abstracts, Officers, Constitution/Bylaws, Membership list
Folder22   1923 21st; Proceedings; Anat. Rec. 27(1); 1924
Folder23   1924 22nd; Announcement, Program, Abstracts, Officers, Membership list
Folder24   1924 22nd meeting; Proceedings; Anat. Rec. 29(3); 1925
Folder25   1925 23rd; Announcement, Program, Abstracts, Officers, Membership list
Folder26   1925 23rd meeting; Proceedings; Anat. Rec. 32(1); 1926

Box 7 of 57
Folder1   1926 24th; Announcement, Program, Abstracts, Officers, Constitution/Bylaws
Folder2   1926 24th; Proceedings, Officers, Members; Anat. Rec. 34(4): 1927
Folder3   1927 25th; Announcement, Program, Abstracts, Officers, Constitution/Bylaws
Folder4   1927 25th; Proceedings, Officers, Members; Anat. Rec. 37(3): 1928
Folder5   1928 26th; Announcement, Program, Abstracts, Officers, Membership list
Folder6   1930 28th; Announcement, Program, Abstracts, Officers, Constitution/Bylaws
Folder7   1929 Notes on arrangements, ASZ Christmas meetings, Jan. 1929; R. H. Bowen
Folder8   1931 29th; Program, Proceedings, Abstracts, Officers, Membership list
Folder9   1932 30th; Program, Abstracts, Officers; Anat. Rec. 54(3) suppl.: 1932
Folder10   1932 30th; Proceedings, Constitution/Bylaws; Anat. Rec. 55(2) suppl.: 1933

Box 8 of 57
Folder1   1933 31st; Program, Proceedings; Anat. Rec. 57(4) Suppl.: 1933
Folder2   1934 32nd; Program, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 60(4) suppl.: 1934
Folder3   1934 32nd; Proceedings, Officers, Members; Anat. Rec. 61(2) suppl.: 1935
Folder4   1935 33rd; Program, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 64(1) suppl.: 1935
Folder5   1935 33rd; Proceedings, Officers, Members; Anat. Rec. 64(2) suppl.: 1936
Folder6   1936 Notes on arranging for ASZ Christmas meetings, Jan. 1936; E. G. Butler
Folder7   1936 34th; Program, Abstracts, Constitution & Bylaws; Anat. Rec. 67(1) suppl.: 1936
Folder8   1936 34th; Proceedings, Officers, Members; Anat. Rec. 67(2) suppl.: 1937
Folder9   1937 35th; Program, Abstracts, Constitution Bylaws; Anat. Rec. 70(1) suppl.: 1937
Folder10   1937 35th; Proceedings, Officers, Membership list; Anat. Rec. 70(2) suppl.: 1938

Box 9 of 57
Folder1   1938 36th; Officers, Program, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 72(4) suppl.: 1938
Folder2   1938 36th; Proceedings, Officers, Members; Anat. Rec. 73(2) suppl.: 1939
Folder3   1939 37th; Officers, Program, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 75(4) suppl.: 1940
Folder4   1939 37th; Proceedings, Officers, Members; Anat. Rec. 76(1) suppl.: 1940
Folder5   1940 38th; Officers, Program, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 78(4) suppl.: 1940-41
Folder6   1940 38th; Proceedings, Officers, Members; Anat. Rec. 79(2) suppl.: 1940-41
Folder7   1941 39th; Officers, Program, Authors, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 81(4) suppl.: 1941
Folder8   1941 39th; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 82(2) suppl.: 1942
Folder9   1942 40th meeting; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 84(4): 1942
Folder10   1942 40th; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 86(2): 1942
Folder11   1943 Canceled meeting; Officers, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 87(4): 1943
Folder12   1943 Canceled meeting; Proceedings (by mail), Officers, Constitution/Bylaws, Members; Anat. Rec. 89(2): 1944
Folder13   1944 41st; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 89(4): 1944
Folder14   1944 41st; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 91(4): 1945

Box 10 of 57
Folder1   1945 42nd; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 94(3): 1946
Folder2   1945 42nd; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 95(4):1946
Folder3   1946 43rd; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 96(4): 1946
Folder4   1946 43rd; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 98(2): 1947
Folder5   1947 44th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 99(4): 1947
Folder6   1947 44th meeting; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 100(3): 1948
Folder7   1948 45th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 101(4): 1948
Folder8   1948 45th; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 103(2): 1949
Folder9   1949 46th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 105(3): 1949
Folder10   1949 46th; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 106(3): 1950
Folder11   1950 47th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 108(3): 1950
Folder12   1950 47th; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 109(3):1951
Folder13   1951 48th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 111(3):1951
Folder14   1951 48th; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 112(3): 1952
Folder15   1952 49th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 113(4): 1952
Folder16   1952 49th; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 114(4): 1952

Box 11 of 57
Folder1   1953 50th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 117(3): 1953
Folder2   1953 50th; Officers, Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 118(3): 1954
Folder3   1954 51st; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 120(3): 1954
Folder4   1954 51st; Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 121(3): 1955
Folder5   1955 52nd; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 122(3): 1955
Folder6   1955 52nd; Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 123(4): 1955
Folder7   1956 53rd; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 125(3): 1956
Folder8   1956 53rd; Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 126(4): 1956
Folder9   1957 54th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 128(3): 1957
Folder10   1957 54th; Proceedings, Members; Anat. Rec. 129(4): 1957
Folder11   1958 Summer meeting; Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 131(3): 1958
Folder12   1958 55th; Officers, Program, Author index, Abstracts; Anat. Rec. 132(3): 1958
Folder13   1958 55th; Officers, Proceedings, Program, Abstracts, Author; Anat. Rec. 134(3): 1959
Folder14   1960 56th; Officers, Proceedings, Program, Abstracts, Author; Anat. Rec. 137(3): 1960
Folder15   1960 57th; Officers, Proceedings, Program, Abstracts, Author; Anat. Rec. 138(3): 1960

Box 12 of 57
Folder1   1916-25 Proceedings of the American Society of Zoologists, 1916-1925 (bound volume)
Folder2   1926-30 Proceedings of the American Society of Zoologists, 1926-1930 (bound volume)
Folder3   1931-36 Proceedings of the American Society of Zoologists, 1931-1936 (bound volume)
Folder4   1937-42 Proceedings of the American Society of Zoologists, 1937-1942 (bound volume)

Box 13 of 57
Folder1   1943-48 Proceedings of the American Society of Zoologists, 1943-1948 (bound volume)
Folder2   1949-51 Proceedings of the American Society of Zoologists, 1949-1951 (bound volume)

SERIES 3.
SECRETARIES' PAPERS.

Box 14 of 57
Folder1   1944-77 Secretary papers: Correspondence with Melbourne R. Carriker
Folder2   1954-63 Secretary papers: Correspondence
Folder3   1956-60 Report of the Policy Committee
Folder4   1956-57 Florence Moog papers, re: Careers Brochure
Folder5   1958 Florence Moog papers, re: Careers Brochure
Folder6   1958-59 Florence Moog papers, re: Careers Brochure, seeking support
Folder7   1959-60 Florence Moog papers, re: Careers Brochure
Folder8   1959-61 Nominating Committee; Bea Mintz
Folder9   1958-62 Secretary (Gairdner B. Moment) papers: Correspondence
Folder10   1959 Secretary (Charles B. Metz) papers: Correspondence
Folder11   1959-61 Correspondence, American Zoologist; Sears Crowell
Folder12   1961-62 Correspondence, American Zoologist
Folder13   1961-72 Correspondence, American Zoologist; Sears Crowell

Box 15 of 57

Secretary (Charles B. Metz) Papers

Folder1   1960-61 Newsletter materials
Folder2   1960-64 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder3   1960-64 Executive Committee materials (A)
Folder4   1960-64 Executive Committee materials (B)
Folder5   1961 Correspondence with John Saunders, Membership Committee
Folder6   1961 Correspondence re: Aug. 1961 meeting, Purdue University

Box 16 of 57

Secretary (Charles B. Metz) Papers

Folder1   1961 Executive Committee minutes, Aug. 1961
Folder2   1961 Policy Committee meeting, Aug. 1961, Woods Hole, MA
Folder3   1961 Correspondence with Division of Comparative Endocrinology
Folder4   1961 Correspondence with Division of Comparative Physiology
Folder5   1961 Correspondence with Division of Animal Behavior
Folder6   1961 Correspondence with Division of Developmental Biology
Folder7   1961 Correspondence with Division of Invertebrate Biology
Folder8   1961 Correspondence with Division of Vertebrate Morphology
Folder9   1961 General correspondence
Folder10   1961 Correspondence with American Institute of Biological Sciences
Folder11   1961 Correspondence re: December meeting, Denver, CO
Folder12   1961 Secretary (C. B. Metz) papers: Minutes, December meeting, Denver, CO
Folder13   1961-62 Secretary (C. B. Metz) papers: Members elected by Executive Committee
Folder14   1961-62 Secretary (C. B. Metz) papers: Printing information
Folder15   1961-63 Secretary (C. B. Metz) papers: Postal information for mailings

Box 17 of 57

Secretary (Charles B. Metz) Papers

Folder1   1961-63 Correspondence
Folder2   1961-63 Executive Committee minutes
Folder3   1961-63 ASZ General Correspondence
Folder4   1961-68 Executive Committee members
Folder5   1962 Correspondence re December 1962 meeting, Philadelphia
Folder6   1962 Philadelphia meeting
Folder7   1962 Correspondence with American Institute of Biological Sciences
Folder8   1962-63 General correspondence
Folder9   1962-63 Correspondence with Ray Watterson
Folder10   1962-67 Correspondence re Policy Committee
Folder11   1962-63 Materials from American Institute of Biological Societies

Box 18 of 57
Folder1   1962-67 Correspondence with American Institute of Biological Sciences
Folder2   1963 Secretary (C. B. Metz) papers: Newsletter materials
Folder3   1963 Secretary (C. B. Metz) papers: Planning for December 1963 meeting, Cleveland, OH
Folder4   1963 Secretary (C. B. Metz) papers: Nominations for membership
Folder5   1963 Secretary papers: Printing Information
Folder6   1963-64 Business Office correspondence; Samuel N. Turiel
Folder7   1963-65 Secretary papers: International Biological Program
Folder8   1963-66 Secretary (John A. Saunders) papers: Correspondence re: Journal of Morphology
Folder9   1963-67 Secretary (J. A. Saunders) papers: Correspondence re: American Zoologist
Folder10   1964 Secretary (J. A. Saunders) papers: Correspondence with Business Office

Box 19 of 57

Secretary (John A. Saunders) Papers

Folder1   1964 Newsletter materials
Folder2   1964 Proposal, Group Insurance Program
Folder3   1964 Membership overlap, Ecological Society of America
Folder4   1964 Membership nominations
Folder5   1964 Correspondence (A)
Folder6   1964 Correspondence (B)
Folder7   1964 Correspondence (C)
Folder8   1964 Correspondence (D)

Box 20 of 57

Secretary (John A. Saunders) Papers

Folder1   1964 Correspondence re: Tax exempt status
Folder2   1964 Executive Committee meeting, Boulder, CO, Aug. 1964
Folder3   1964 Executive Committee meeting, Knoxville, TN
Folder4   1964-65 Correspondence re Resignations
Folder5   1964-66 Correspondence re Emeritus status
Folder6   1964-66 Correspondence
Folder7   1964-66 Correspondence with National Research Council, Division of Biology and Agriculture
Folder8   1964-66 Correspondence with American Institute of Biological Sciences Board of Governors
Folder9   1964-66 Mailing list requests
Folder10   1964-66 Secretary reimbursements
Folder11   1964-66 Correspondence with Education Committee
Folder12   1964-67 Correspondence with American Type Culture Collection
Folder13   1964-67 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder14   1964-67 Correspondence with Division of Animal Behavior

Box 21 of 57

Secretary (John A. Saunders) Papers

Folder1   1964-67 Correspondence with Division of Comparative Endocrinology
Folder2   1964-67 Correspondence with Division of Comparative Physiology
Folder3   1964-67 Correspondence with Division of Developmental Biology
Folder4   1964-67 Correspondence with Division of Invertebrate Zoology
Folder5   1964-67 Correspondence with Division of Vertebrate Morphology
Folder6   1964-67 Correspondence with Membership Committee
Folder7   1965 Correspondence with Business office
Folder8   1965 Newsletter materials
Folder9   1965 Correspondence (A)

Box 22 of 57

Secretary (John A. Saunders) Papers

Folder1   1965 Correspondence (B)
Folder2   1965 Correspondence (C)
Folder3   1965 Correspondence (D)
Folder4   1965 Correspondence (E)
Folder5   1965 Correspondence (F)
Folder6   1965 Executive Committee meeting, Urbana, IL, Aug. 1965
Folder7   1965 Executive Committee meeting, Berkeley, CA, Dec. 1965
Folder8   1965-66 Business Ornce correspondence; S. N. Turiel

Box 23 of 57

Secretary (John A. Saunders) Papers

Folder1   1965-66 Materials from National Society for Medical Research
Folder2   1965-66 Executive Committee materials
Folder3   1966 Materials from American Association for the Advancement of Science
Folder4   1966 Correspondence with Business Office
Folder5   1966 Newsletter materials
Folder6   1966 Correspondence (A)
Folder7   1966 Correspondence (B)
Folder8   1966 Executive Committee meeting, College Park, MD, Aug. 1966
Folder9   1966 Executive Committee meeting, Washington, DC, Dec. 1966
Folder10   1966 Executive Committee, Business meeting, Washington, DC, Dec. 1966
Folder11   1966-67 Executive Committee materials

Box 24 of 57

Secretary (John A. Shaver) Papers

Folder1   1967 Executive Committee meeting, College Station, TX, Aug. 1967
Folder2   1966-69 Secretary papers: Correspondence with Division of Ecology
Folder3   1966-68 Membership Committee
Folder4   1966-69 Budget Committee materials
Folder5   1967 Transfer of office papers from S. N. Turiel to Mary Adams-Wiley
Folder6   1967 Correspondence
Folder7   1967 AIBS Facilities questionnaire
Folder8   1967 Business meeting minutes
Folder9   1967 Conference information
Folder10   1967 Ballots
Folder11   1967 Correspondence re: Nominating Committee
Folder12   1967 Correspondence with other societies

Box 25 of 57

Secretary (John A. Shaver) Papers

Folder1   1967 Procedures for grant requests
Folder2   1967 Committee on Professionalization (Business Affairs)
Folder3   1967 President's Science Medal
Folder4   1967 Publications Board
Folder5   1967 Summer Institute in Systematics
Folder6   1967 Newsletter materials
Folder7   1967 Nominating Committee
Folder8   1967 Executive Committee correspondence
Folder9   1967 Executive Committee minutes
Folder10   1967 Proposal for Summer Institute in Zoology, Williams College; Allyn Waterman
Folder11   1967-68 Correspondence with National Science Foundation
Folder12   1967-68 Correspondence with ASZ President
Folder13   1967-68 Correspondence with Treasurer
Folder14   1967-68 Correspondence with Mary Wiley

Box 26 of 57

Secretary (John A. Shaver) Papers

Folder1   1967-68 Divisional Newsletters
Folder2   1967-68 Biological Stain Commission
Folder3   1967-69 Education Committee
Folder4   1967-69 Correspondence with Divisions
Folder5   1967-69 American Type Culture Collection
Folder6   1967-69 Celebrations, Centennials
Folder7   1967-69 Correspondence with American Association for the Advancement of Science
Folder8   1968 Executive Committee correspondence

Box 27 of 57

Secretary (John A. Shaver) Papers

Folder1   1968 Grant requests
Folder2   1968 Newsletter materials
Folder3   1968 Annual Business meeting, New York
Folder4   1968-69 Executive Committee minutes
Folder5   1968-69 Correspondence with National Research Council
Folder6   1968-69 Correspondence with American Institute of Biological Sciences
Folder7   1969 Nominating Committee
Folder8   1969 General correspondence
Folder9   1969 Boston meeting

Box 28 of 57
Folder1   1969-71 Secretary (J. A. Shaver) papers: Newsletter materials
Folder2   1969-72 Secretary (J. A. Shaver) papers: Fiscal matters
Folder3   1969-84 Newsletters (incomplete)
Folder4   1970 Secretary (G. Sprugel) papers: General correspondence (A)
Folder5   1970 Secretary (G. Sprugel) papers: General correspondence (B)
Folder6   1970 Secretary (G. Sprugel) papers: General correspondence (C)

Box 29 of 57

Secretary (George Sprugel) Papers

Folder1   1970 Annual meeting minutes
Folder2   1970-71 Nominating Committee (M. R. Carriker)
Folder3   1970-73 Requests for information
Folder4   1971 Annual meeting minutes
Folder5   1971 Constitution and Bylaws
Folder6   1971 ASZ Careers Brochures
Folder7   1971 General correspondence (A)
Folder8   1971 General correspondence (B)

Box 30 of 57

Secretary (George Sprugel) Papers

Folder1   1971 American Institute of Biological Sciences 'History'
Folder2   1971 Business Office correspondence
Folder3   1972 Business Office correspondence
Folder4   1971-72 Correspondence re: ASZ Officers
Folder5   1972 Newsletter materials

Box 31 of 57
Folder1   1972 Secretary (G. Sprugel) papers: ASZ Monaco Congress
Folder2   1972 Secretary (G. Sprugel) papers: Annual meeting minutes
Folder3   1972 Secretary (G. Sprugel) papers: General correspondence (A)
Folder4   1972 Secretary (G. Sprugel) papers: General correspondence (B)
Folder5   1977-79 ASZ Congressional Science Fellows
Folder6   1979 Education Committee
Folder7   1980 Secretary (B. Umminger) papers: Business & Executive Committee meetings, Seattle, WA
Folder8   1981 Secretary (B. Umminger) papers: Newsletter materials, Fall 1981
Folder9   1981 Secretary (B. Umminger) papers: Annual meeting, Dallas, TX

Box 32 of 57
Folder1   1981 Secretary (B. Umminger) papers: Transcript, Executive Committee meeting, Dallas, TX
Folder2   1981 Nominating Committee
Folder3   1982 Secretary (C. F. Herreid) papers: Confronting Creationists issue
Folder4   1982 Secretary (C. F. Herreid) papers: Annual meeting, Louisville, KY
Folder5   1982 Secretary (C. F. Herreid) papers: Transcript of the Executive Committee meeting, Louisville, KY
Folder6   1982-83 Secretary (C. F. Herreid) papers: Correspondence
Folder7   1983 Secretary (C. F. Herreid) papers: Transcript of Executive Committee meeting, Philadelphia, PA

Box 33 of 57

Secretary (Clyde F. Herreid) Papers

Folder1   1983 Executive Committee meeting, Philadelphia, PA
Folder2   1983 Membership list
Folder3   1984 Executive Committee meeting, Denver, CO
Folder4   1984 Annual meeting, Denver, CO
Folder5   1984 Nominating Committee

SERIES 4.
PRESIDENT'S PAPERS.

Box 34 of 57
Folder1   1956-58 President H Burr Steinbach papers: Correspondence (A)
Folder2   1956-58 President H. Burr Steinbach papers: Correspondence (B)
Folder3   1956-65 President H. Burr Steinbach papers: Biophysical Society
Folder4   1957-59 President H. Burr Steinbach papers: National Science Foundation Summer Institute proposals
Folder5   1961 President C. L. Prosser papers: Correspondence
Folder6   1961-64 President T. Dobzhansky papers: Correspondence
Folder7   1962-64 President T. Dobzhansky papers: Correspondence (A)
Folder8   1962-64 President T. Dobzhansky papers: Correspondence (B)

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Folder1   1962-64 President T. Dobzhansky papers: Correspondence (C)
Folder2   1962-64 President T. Dobzhansky papers: Correspondence (D)
Folder3   1962 President Curt Stern papers: Correspondence
Folder4   1964 President G. G. Simpson papers: Correspondence
Folder5   1964 President T. Bullock papers: Correspondence
Folder6   1965 President T. Bullock papers: Correspondence
Folder7   1966 President H. A. Bern papers: Correspondence

Box 36 of 57

President (Howard A. Bern) Papers

Folder1   1967 Correspondence (A)
Folder2   1967 Correspondence (B)
Folder3   1967 Correspondence (C)
Folder4   1967 Correspondence (D)
Folder5   1967 Correspondence (E)
Folder6   1967 Correspondence (F)

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Folder1   1968-69 President H. A. Bern papers: Correspondence
Folder2   1967 President C. Grobstein papers: Correspondence
Folder3   1969-83 President J. O. Corliss papers: Correspondence with Business Office, Mary Adams-Wiley
Folder4   1971-81 President J. O. Corliss papers: ASZ representatives
Folder5   1971-82 President J. O. Corliss papers: Correspondence
Folder6   1972 President J. O. Corliss papers: Correspondence re: 1972 meeting
Folder7   1972 President J. O. Corliss papers: Symposium requests
Folder8   1972 President J. O. Corliss papers: ASZ-AIBS meeting
Folder9   1972 President J. O. Corliss papers: Executive Committee meeting
Folder10   1972 President J. O. Corliss papers: Divisional correspondence
Folder11   1972 President J. O. Corliss papers: Correspondence with committees
Folder12   1972 President J. O. Corliss papers: Finances
Folder13   1972-77 President J. O. Corliss papers: Correspondence with committees
Folder14   1972-77 President J. O. Corliss papers: ASZ meeting sites

Box 38 of 57
Folder1   1973 President J O. Corliss papers: Executive Committee meeting
Folder2   1973 President J. O. Corliss papers: ASZ meeting
Folder3   1978 President Dorothy Bliss papers: Correspondence re: meeting sites
Folder4   1982-85 President Dorothy Bliss papers: Correspondence
Folder5   1979 President M. E. Rice papers: Committees
Folder6   1979-80 President M. E. Rice papers: Correspondence
Folder7   1979-80 President G. A. Bartholomew papers: Correspondence
Folder8   1980 President G. A. Bartholomew papers: December 1980 meeting
Folder9   1980-82 President G. A. Bartholomew papers: Correspondence
Folder10   1981 President G. A. Bartholomew papers: December 1981 meeting
Folder11   1981 President G. A. Bartholomew papers: Correspondence
Folder12   1983 President G. A. Bartholomew papers: December 1983 meeting
Folder13   1984 President D. S. Farner papers: Correspondence

SERIES 5.
DIVISION PAPERS.

Box 39 of 57

Division of Comparative Endocrinology Papers

Folder1   1957-58 Questionnaire
Folder2   1958-62 Aubrey Gorbman papers
Folder3   1959-60 Organizational papers
Folder4   1959-63 Emil Witschi papers
Folder5   1962 Berta Scharrer papers
Folder6   1962-65 H. A. Bern papers (A)
Folder7   1962-65 H. A. Bern papers (B)

Box 40 of 57
Folder1   1966 Division of Comparative Endocrinology: H. A. Bern papers
Folder2   1983 Division of Comparative Endocrinology: Symposium, Crustacean Endocrinology
Folder3   1958-60 Division of Vertebrate Morphology: Organizational papers
Folder4   1960-61 Division of Vertebrate Morphology; Organizational papers, Membership list
Folder5   1958-62 Division of Vertebrate Morphology: Correspondence
Folder6   1960-61 Division of Vertebrate Morphology; Papers
Folder7   1961 Division of Vertebrate Morphology: Questionnaires
Folder8   1961-62 Division of Vertebrate Morphology: Correspondence, Locomotion symposium
Folder9   1961-70 Division of Vertebrate Morphology; Newsletters, Papers
Folder10   1961-86 Division of Vertebrate Morphology: Newsletters

Box 41 of 57

Division of Vertebrate Morphology Papers

Folder1   1962 Harvard Summer Institute
Folder2   1962-63 Newsletter materials
Folder3   1962-64 Correspondence
Folder4   1963 Symposium, 'Hard Tissues'
Folder5   1963-64 Correspondence, Teaching Vertebrate Morphology panel
Folder6   1964-66 Correspondence
Folder7   1965 Correspondence re Summer Institute
Folder8   1965-69 Correspondence re D. D. Davis prize
Folder9   1966 Correspondence re Symposium, 'Vertebrate Ear'
Folder10   1966-67 Correspondence re: Olfactory symposium
Folder11   1966-68 Education Committee
Folder12   1967 Bylaws changes

Box 42 of 57

Division of Vertebrate Morphology Papers

Folder1   1967-68 Papers of Baldauf, Hildebrand, Shaver
Folder2   1967-68 Division mailings
Folder3   1967-74 David M. Wake papers
Folder4   1968 Financial report
Folder5   1968 Summer Institute
Folder6   1971-80 Newsletters, Papers
Folder7   1972-75 J. M. Moulton, Historian material
Folder8   1981-84 Newsletters, Papers

Box 43 of 57
Folder1   1961 Division of Invertebrate Zoology: Hemocyte symposium
Folder2   1961-62 Division of Invertebrate Zoology: Correspondence, M. R. Carriker
Folder3   1961-75 Division of Invertebrate Zoology: Correspondence, M. R. Carriker
Folder4   1965-67 Division of Invertebrate Zoology: Summer Institute, M. R. Carriker
Folder5   1977 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Committee on the History of the ASZ
Folder6   1979-81 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Committee on the History of the ASZ
Folder7   1977-79 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Papers
Folder8   1978-79 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Correspondence re: Archives; Brother C. Edward Quinn
Folder9   1980-87 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Correspondence re: Archives; Brother C. Edward Quinn
Folder10   1980-87 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Papers
Folder11   1980-82 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Papers
Folder12   1982 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Correspondence and papers, T. H. Morgan symposium

Box 44 of 57
Folder1   1982-87 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Correspondence re: Centennial meeting
Folder2   1983 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Committee on Anniversaries and Archives
Folder3   1983-85 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Correspondence re: 1985 Johns Hopkins symposium
Folder4   1986-87 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Correspondence
Folder5   1986-88 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Papers
Folder6   1987 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Correspondence re: Summer Conference, History, Philosophy & Social Studies in Biology
Folder7   1989 Division of History and Philosophy of Biology: Society History, Benson & Quinn
Folder8   1986-88 Division of Animal Behavior: Papers
Folder9   1964 Program Officer (G. Richards) papers: Correspondence
Folder10   1966-67 Program Officer (L. DeLanney) papers: Correspondence
Folder11   1986 Program Booklet, Nashville, TN, meeting
Folder12   1989 Program Booklet, Boston, MA, meeting

Box 45 of 57

Centennial Plans

Folder1   1987 Science as a Way of Knowing; Book 5-1
Folder2   1987 Nature in America, Museum of Fine Arts, Fogg Art Museum, Scientific Instruments, ASZ History, Book Exhibits
Folder3   1988-89 Plenary Symposium, Microscopes; Book 1-1
Folder4   1988-89 Books, Exhibitions; Book 2-1
Folder5   1988-89 Art, Guide, Champion, Hotel, Art Guide; Book 3-1

SERIES 6.
SCIENCE AS A WAY OF KNOWING PROJECT.

Box 46 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project, 1983; Evolution

Folder1   Book 1-1 Application to Carnegie Foundation
Folder2   Book 1-2 Planning Statement
Folder3   Book 1-3 Letters
Folder4   Book 1-4 J. A. Moore Paper, Publication
Folder5   Book 2-1 Evaluations, Affiliations
Folder6   Book 2-2 Funding
Folder7   Book 3-1 Symposium Plans
Folder8   Book 3-2 Introduction, Film Program, W. V. Mayer
Folder9   Book 3-3 Peter Volpe, Marvalee Wake, B. R. Levin, S. J. Gould
Folder10   Book 3-4 American Zoologist papers
Folder11   Final Publication. I. Evolutionary Biology
Folder12   1983 Report to the Carnegie Foundation, 1983; Essay Preprint; Budget Report

Box 47 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project 1984; Human Ecology

Folder1   Book 6-1 Correspondence, Symposium Plans
Folder2   Book 6-2 Introductory Remarks, Ehrlich I, Ehrlich II, Pitts, May, Garrett Hardin, Carlton Ray, Concluding Remarks
Folder3   Book 7-1 Cosponsors, Sigma Xi, Funding
Folder4   Book 8-1 Reprints, Reports, Brochures
Folder5   Book 9-1 Leadership
Folder6   Book 9-2 Role of Universities in Educational Reform, Draft 6/20/84
Folder7   Book 9-3 Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, National Science Foundation, April 16, 1984
Folder8   Book 9-4 Education Leaders, Arnold Grobman, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, November 1983

Box 48 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project 1984; Human Ecology

Folder1   Book 1-1 Front Matter, Essay Correction Copy
Folder2   Book 1-2 Rationale, Plant/Animal Interactions, Special Topics I, Paleolithic, Essay Correction Copy
Folder3   Book 2-1 Neolithic Population Growth, Essay Correction Copy
Folder4   Book 2-2 4 Horsemen, Rome-Industrial Revolution, Special Topics II, Pre-Present, Technology, Essay Correction Copy
Folder5   Book 3-1 Air, Water, Food, Special Topics III, Take A Stand, Acknowledgments, Essay Correction Copy
Folder6   Book 3-2 References, Essay Correction Copy
Folder7   Book 4-1 Future Plans, Film Program, Publications, Laboratory Project, Essay Correction Copy
Folder8   Book 4-2 AAAS Symposium, Correspondence
Folder9   Book 5-1 Memos, Committees
Folder10   Book 5-2 Letters
Folder11   Final Publication. II. Human Ecology
Folder12   1984 Report to the Carnegie Foundation

Box 49 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project, 1985; Genetics

Folder1   Book 1-1 Speakers and Topics
Folder2   Book 1-2 Meeting Plans
Folder3   Book 2-1 Letters
Folder4   Book 3-1 Education Committee, Public TV Series, Carnegie Corporation, Budget
Folder5   Book 3-2 Cosponsors, Laboratory, Film Program
Folder6   Book 4-1 Reprints
Folder7   Book 5-1 Memos Reports, Publications, Opening-Genetics
Folder8   Book 6-1 Comments, Appendices
Folder9   Final Publication. III. Genetics
Folder10   1985 Report to the Carnegie Foundation

Box 50 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project, 1986; Developmental Biology

Folder1   Book 1 - 1 Memos, Letters
Folder2   Book 2-1 Science as a Way of Knowing Future, Budget, Carnegie, Correspondence, Education Committee, Cosponsors, Laboratories
Folder3   Book 3-1 Comments, SCST Evaluation
Folder4   Book 3-2 Reprints, Publication
Folder5   Book 4-1 Correspondence
Folder6   Book 4-2 Speakers, Arrangements
Folder7   Final Publication. IV. Developmental Biology
Folder8   1986 Report to the Carnegie Foundation

Box 51 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project, 1987; Form and Function

Folder1   Book 1-1 Memos, Letters
Folder2   Book 2-1 Comments, Genesis of Science as a Way of Knowing
Folder3   Book 3-1 Reprints, Cosponsor, New Orleans, Evaluation
Folder4   Book 4-1 Comments
Folder5   Book 5-1 Symposium, Newsletters, Education Committee, Film Program, Publication
Folder6   Book 7-2 J. A. Moore Essay
Folder7   Final Publication. V. Form and Function
Folder8   1987 Report to the Carnegie Foundation

Box 52 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project, 1988; Cell and Molecular Biology

Folder1   Book 1-1 Letters, Symposium, Film Program
Folder2   Book 2-1 Comments (A)
Folder3   Book 3-1 Comments (B)
Folder4   Book 3-2 Reprints, Memos, Essay
Folder5   Book 4-1 Cosponsors, Carnegie, Education Committee
Folder6   Final Publication. VI. Cell and Molecular Biology
Folder7   1988 Report to the Carnegie Foundation

Box 53 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project 1989; Neurobiology and Behavior

Folder1   Book 1-1 J. A. Moore, Essay
Folder2   Book 2-1 Reprints
Folder3   Book 2-2 Memos
Folder4   Book 2-3 Carnegie, ERIC-US Office of Education, Essay VII
Folder5   Book 3-1 Comments I
Folder6   Book 4-1 Comments II
Folder7   Book 4-2 Letters, Co-sponsors, Education Committee
Folder8   Book 5-1 Brain and Behavior, Film Program
Folder9   Final Publication. VII. Neurobiology and Behavior
Folder10   1989 Report to the Carnegie Foundation

Box 54 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project, General 1987-90

Folder1   8-1 Science as a Way of Knowing Project 1987; Carnegie
Folder2   1-1 Future of Science as a Way of Knowing, 1987-89; Future Topics, Laboratory
Folder3   1-2 Future of Science as a Way of Knowing, 1987-89; History, TV Series
Folder4   1988 J. A. Moore: Conceptual framework for biology, Part I
Folder5   1989 J. A. Moore: Conceptual framework for biology, Part II; E. S. Hodgson, Long range perspectives on neurobiology and behavior
Folder6   1990 J. A. Moore: Conceptual framework for biology, Part III
Folder7   6-1 Education Committee Correspondence (A)
Folder8   7-1 Education Committee Correspondence (B)

Box 55 of 57

Science as a Way of Knowing Project, General 1990-92

Folder1   Book 1-1 Comments, 1990
Folder2   Book 2-1 San Antonio, Letters, Memos, 1990
Folder3   Book 2-2 Reprints, Carnegie, Cosponsors, Publication, 1990
Folder4   1990 Report to the Carnegie Foundation
Folder5   Book 1-1 General Correspondence, 1991
Folder6   Book 1-2 Publication, Reprints, Carnegie, Lectureship, 1991
Folder7   Book 2-1 Comments, 1991
Folder8   1991 Report to the Carnegie Foundation
Folder9   Book 1-1 Comments, General, 1992
Folder10   1992 Reprints, Carnegie

SERIES 7.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND AUDIOCASSETTES.

Box 56 of 57

Photographs

Folder1   1983 Group Photo, several Past Presidents
Folder2   Photos of R. M. Eakin in different roles
Folder3   1983 Photos at Philadelphia, PA meeting
1984 Photos at Denver, CO meeting
1985 Photos at Baltimore, MD meeting
1986 Photos at Nashville, TN meeting
1987 Photos at New Orleans, LA meeting

Box 57 of 57

Audiocassettes


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