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

Accession 98-007

Association of Systematics Collections

Records, 1982-1997

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Association of Systematics Collections
Title:Records
Dates:1982-1997
Quantity:6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 98-007
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records include documentation of Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) efforts to gain financial and Congressional support on several issues, including: the Systematic Entomology Lab, the improvement of Fish and Wildlife regulations, the creation of a National Biological Survey, ASC's relationship with The Nature Conservancy and The Associated Natural Science Institutions, the MacArthur Foundation-funded effort to provide scientific literature to Cuban Institutions, and ASC Executive Director Elaine Hoagland's participation in the National Research Council's Committee on Environmental Research.

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These records include documentation of Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) efforts to gain financial and Congressional support on several issues, including: the Systematic Entomology Lab, the improvement of Fish and Wildlife regulations, the creation of a National Biological Survey, ASC's relationship with The Nature Conservancy and The Associated Natural Science Institutions, the MacArthur Foundation-funded effort to provide scientific literature to Cuban Institutions, and ASC Executive Director Elaine Hoagland's participation in the National Research Council's Committee on Environmental Research.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-007, Association of Systematics Collections, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Beltsville - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Appropriations, 1988

Box 1 of 6

ASC Testimony - Beltsville, 1989

Box 1 of 6

Collections and Law Committee, Correspondence

Box 1 of 6

Federal Regulation 50 CFR 13-14 Comments/Correspondence, October 1994

Box 1 of 6

National Biological Survey (NBS) Early Document, 1993-1994

Box 1 of 6

ASC - NBS, Memorandum of Understanding

Box 1 of 6

Meeting February 14 with Babbitt

Box 1 of 6

Talbot Meeting, February 25, 1994

Box 1 of 6

ASC Subcommittee on Government Affairs

Box 1 of 6

Morin/McFadden

Box 1 of 6

National Research Council (NRC) Committee on National Biological Survey (NBS)

Box 1 of 6

ASC/National Biological Survey, History, 1982-1994

Box 1 of 6

HR 1845 Hearing, NBS, Merchant Marine

Box 1 of 6

Smithsonian Institution (SI) Biodiversity, Lovejoy Workshop, January 11-14, 1993

Box 1 of 6

SI Biodiversity Report

Box 1 of 6

Simons

Box 1 of 6

Elaine's Key HR 1268 Testimony

Box 1 of 6

Summary Statements/Arguments B. D. Bills

Box 1 of 6

Bill and Amendments

Box 1 of 6

BD Bills

Box 1 of 6

S 201 BD Bills

Box 1 of 6

OTA Study, Technologies to Maintain Biological Diversity: ASC Response

Box 1 of 6

Biodiversity Bill, August 1991 -

Box 1 of 6

Marine Biodiversity Hearings

Box 1 of 6

Commission on Conservation of National Resources (Peter Hoagland)

Box 1 of 6

Biodiversity 1993 Initiatives, ASC-NGO Collaboration

Box 1 of 6

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)/ASC Seminar - Luncheon Series

Box 1 of 6

National Biological Survey - Pre 1987

Box 1 of 6

1984 BISUS (NBS), Yale University

Box 1 of 6

Bio Survey

Box 1 of 6

BISUS

Box 1 of 6

Box 2

Biodiversity, 1991 -

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Bill, Summer 1991

Box 2 of 6

HR 2082 Hearing, May 22, 1991

Box 2 of 6

Science Committee Hearing, Biodiversity, May 23, 1991

Box 2 of 6

Senate Hearing S58, 1991

Box 2 of 6

Senate Hearings (S58)

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Bill, 1991

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Concerns Group

Box 2 of 6

Keystone Report on Biodiversity

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Bill, March 1990 -

Box 2 of 6

HR 1268 Hearing, Merchant Marine, July 31, 1990

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity - Senate

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Bill - Senate

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Testimony, November 16, 1989 - Merchant Marine

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Testimony, May 17, 1989

Box 2 of 6

Testimony - Biodiversity Legislation #4335, June 1988

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Bill Testimony - Raven, June 30, 1988

Box 2 of 6

June 30 Biodiversity Hearings

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Legislation, 1988

Box 2 of 6

June 30, 1988, Testimony, Biodiversity 4335

Box 2 of 6

Biological Diversity Hearings: September 22, 1987 and Following Meetings

Box 2 of 6

September 22, 1987, Testimony - ASC Testimony - Biological Diversity

Box 2 of 6

Biological Diversity Hearings - Shen Letters, 1987

Box 2 of 6

Biological Diversity Hearings Testimony, May 28, 1987

Box 2 of 6

Center for Biological Diversity

Box 2 of 6

Senate Version, Biological Diversity

Box 2 of 6

Biodiversity Bill, Pre-1991

Box 2 of 6

Biological Diversity - Survey

Box 2 of 6

SI Report - Draft Material

Box 2 of 6

SI Biodiversity Center

Box 2 of 6

SI Biodiversity Projects

Box 2 of 6

Southwest Louisiana University

Box 2 of 6

The Natural Diversity Act, SB 1820

Box 2 of 6

Box 3

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Retreat, 1994

Box 3 of 6

ASC - TNC Memorandum of Understanding/Contracts, December 13, 1990, Meeting and Notes

Box 3 of 6

TNC, 1994-1996

Box 3 of 6

TNC/ASC Meetings

Box 3 of 6

Collections Use Agreements

Box 3 of 6

Data Requests

Box 3 of 6

Biodiversity Data Institute (BDI), and TNC

Box 3 of 6

Nature Conservancy

Box 3 of 6

Biodiversity and Data Bares (?) - Nature Conservancy

Box 3 of 6

TNC - ASC

Box 3 of 6

TNC and ASC, September 1990 -

Box 3 of 6

TNC, 1991 -

Box 3 of 6

Nature Conservancy International - Databases, 1984

Box 3 of 6

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Box 3 of 6

Cooperation/Museum Groups/TANSI (The Associated Natural Science Institutions)

Box 3 of 6

TANSI, February 2, 1991

Box 3 of 6

April Burke, 1993 - /TANSI

Box 3 of 6

1997 Cuba/MacArthur

Box 3 of 6

Cuba Reports

Box 3 of 6

Cuba

Box 3 of 6

Cuba Background Information

Box 3 of 6

General Services Foundation re: Cuba

Box 3 of 6

ASC, CMC, RARE and NBG Proposals

Box 3 of 6

Cuba Project - MacArthur Correspondence

Box 3 of 6

Progress Reports

Box 3 of 6

Embargo/Travel Restrictions Information

Box 3 of 6

News Coverage of Cuban Issues

Box 3 of 6

ACC Pinar del Rio

Box 3 of 6

Acuario Nacional de Cuba

Box 3 of 6

BIOECO

Box 3 of 6

CICT - Ciego de Avila

Box 3 of 6

Centro Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CNAP) - Havana

Box 3 of 6

Estacion Experimental Apicola

Box 3 of 6

Hospital Docente Pinar del Rio

Box 3 of 6

ISP - Pinar del Rio

Box 3 of 6

Instituto de Ecologia y S.

Box 3 of 6

Instituto de Oceanologia

Box 3 of 6

Jardin Botanico Nacional

Box 3 of 6

Communications with NMNH Personnel

Box 3 of 6

NMNH "Carlos de la Torre" Holguin

Box 3 of 6

Museo Fimlay

Box 3 of 6

Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnica

Box 3 of 6

Universidad de Havana

Box 3 of 6

Universidad de Oriente

Box 3 of 6

Miscellaneous Institutional Correspondence

Box 3 of 6

Cuban Scientists

Box 3 of 6

Interested U.S. Individuals

Box 3 of 6

Box 4

Communication with Ruben Regaldo

Box 4 of 6

Communication with RARE, CMC

Box 4 of 6

Communication with NYBG

Box 4 of 6

Society Literature Solicitation Efforts (and other relevant organizations)

Box 4 of 6

Cuban Players in the Project

Box 4 of 6

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Box 4 of 6

Cuban Attache in D.C.

Box 4 of 6

Museum Education/Exhibits and Josefina Ezp.

Box 4 of 6

Inter-American Dialogue Cuba Environment Conference

Box 4 of 6

ATBI in the Marine Environment, First Year

Box 4 of 6

Second Cuban Roundtable on the Environment, First Year

Box 4 of 6

Environment in U.S.-Cuban Relations: OPP for Cooperation

Box 4 of 6

Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Box 4 of 6

California Academy Library Exchanges

Box 4 of 6

Western Foundation for Vertebrate Zoology

Box 4 of 6

Current Literature Exchange and Gifts Agreements, Miscellaneous Notes

Box 4 of 6

The Field Museum Library Exchanges

Box 4 of 6

The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Box 4 of 6

SI Library Exchanges

Box 4 of 6

Natural History Museum of L.A. County

Box 4 of 6

American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Library Exchanges

Box 4 of 6

Carnegie Museum of Natural History Library Exchanges

Box 4 of 6

Internship/Exchange Possibilities for Cuban Collections Care Person

Box 4 of 6

Year Three Publicity

Box 4 of 6

Subscription Information for Cuban Institutions

Box 4 of 6

Second World Congress

Box 4 of 6

Specimen Information Transfer Program

Box 4 of 6

Meeting Information for Cuban Institutions

Box 4 of 6

COCUYO - Marketing and Distribution

Box 4 of 6

Opportunity Information for Cuban Institutions

Box 4 of 6

Hawks and Rose Trip to Cuba, 1995-1996

Box 4 of 6

Non-MBag Shipments to Cuba, Year Three

Box 4 of 6

Year Three Boxes

Box 4 of 6

List of Neede Journals

Box 4 of 6

Third Year/Final Report

Box 4 of 6

Year Three Thank-yous

Box 4 of 6

Hawks/Rose Report, Third Year

Box 4 of 6

Third Year Project Notes

Box 4 of 6

Year Two Boxes to Cuba

Box 4 of 6

Year Two Thank You to Donors

Box 4 of 6

Second Year Publicity for Donations/Project

Box 4 of 6

Meeting notes - Year Two, 1994-1995

Box 4 of 6

Education Boxes to Josefina, Year Two

Box 4 of 6

Original for Annual Report, 1995

Box 4 of 6

Attachment B Originals

Box 4 of 6

Pruna's 1995 Report - Original

Box 4 of 6

Non-MBag Shipments to Cuba, Year One and Two

Box 4 of 6

Pruna Report Attachments

Box 4 of 6

Dr. Pedro Pruna

Box 4 of 6

Pruna Report Distribution

Box 4 of 6

Silva's Zoological Collections and Collecting in Cuba During the Twentieth Century

Box 4 of 6

Boxes to Cuba Documented, Year One

Box 4 of 6

Thank You Notes to Donors, Year One

Box 4 of 6

Form for Journal Requests

Box 4 of 6

Annual Report, MacArthur Foundation, Year One, 1994

Box 4 of 6

Publicity for Donations/Project from Outside Sources, First Year

Box 4 of 6

Box 5

Announcements and Project Description

Box 5 of 6

Publicity from ASC Publications

Box 5 of 6

Rudolfo and Ana Trip - Notes and Summary, First Year, 1994

Box 5 of 6

Project Meeting Notes (phone and in person), 1993-1994

Box 5 of 6

Book Orders, 1996

Box 5 of 6

Books Purchased for Cuba

Box 5 of 6

Information and Labels for Sending to Cuba

Box 5 of 6

Archives Aspect and Specimen Repatriation

Box 5 of 6

The Academy of Natural Sciences

Box 5 of 6

Canadian Museum of Nature

Box 5 of 6

American Museum of Natural History

Box 5 of 6

California Academy

Box 5 of 6

Carnegie Museum

Box 5 of 6

The Chicago Academy of Sciences

Box 5 of 6

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Box 5 of 6

Delaware Museum of Natural History

Box 5 of 6

Desert Botanical Garden

Box 5 of 6

Florida Marine Research Institute

Box 5 of 6

Fort Hays State University

Box 5 of 6

NMNH/SI

Box 5 of 6

University of California, Davis

Box 5 of 6

University of Florida

Box 5 of 6

University of Kansas

Box 5 of 6

Beltsville Agricultural Research Service

Box 5 of 6

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

Box 5 of 6

Illinois Natural History Survey

Box 5 of 6

Iowa State University

Box 5 of 6

Kent State

Box 5 of 6

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

Box 5 of 6

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Box 5 of 6

Nevada State

Box 5 of 6

New Jersey State Museum

Box 5 of 6

New York Botanical Garden

Box 5 of 6

North Carolina State Museum

Box 5 of 6

North Carolina State University

Box 5 of 6

Royal Ontario Museum

Box 5 of 6

Rutgers University

Box 5 of 6

Texas A&M University

Box 5 of 6

The Field Museum

Box 5 of 6

University of Delaware

Box 5 of 6

University of Kansas

Box 5 of 6

University of Michigan

Box 5 of 6

University of New Mexico

Box 5 of 6

Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology

Box 5 of 6

Recontacting Institutions for Cuba Survey

Box 5 of 6

No Cuban Specimen/Archival Holdings

Box 5 of 6

Carinet

Box 5 of 6

Georgetown Cuba Project

Box 5 of 6

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Western Hemisphere Initiative

Box 5 of 6

Council of Biology Editors

Box 5 of 6

Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species (CRES)

Box 5 of 6

Grupo Jaragua Inc.

Box 5 of 6

Society for Conservation Biology and Cuba

Box 5 of 6

Island Resources Foundation: Program Description

Box 5 of 6

UNAM and Cuba

Box 5 of 6

Other Initiatives in the Caribbean

Box 5 of 6

Other Book/Journal Projects for Donors

Box 5 of 6

AAAS Sub-Saharan Africa Project

Box 5 of 6

AAAS Former Soviet Union Program

Box 5 of 6

NHBS

Box 5 of 6

Marine Biological Association

Box 5 of 6

Third World Academy of Sciences

Box 5 of 6

ICSU Panel

Box 5 of 6

Scope

Box 5 of 6

Union Latina

Box 5 of 6

Institute of Soviet American Relations

Box 5 of 6

Hands to Clinical Labs of Third World Countries

Box 5 of 6

Pronatura, A. C.

Box 5 of 6

World Wildlife Fund

Box 5 of 6

Interaise

Box 5 of 6

INASP

Box 5 of 6

Sabre Foundation

Box 5 of 6

Committee on Environmental Research, First Meeting, October 21-22, 1991 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Committee on Environmental Research, Second Meeting, January 13-14, 1992 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Committee on Environmental Research, Public Forum, January 15, 1992 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Committee on Environmental Research, Third Meeting, April 12-13, 1992 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Committee on Environmental Research, Fourth Meeting, June 24-26, 1992 (Folder 1 of 2)

Box 5 of 6

Box 6

Committee on Environmental Research, Fourth Meeting, June 24-26, 1992 (Folder 2 of 2)

Box 6 of 6

Committee on Environmental Research, Sixth Meeting, January 10-11, 1993 (2 folders)

Box 6 of 6

Committee on Environmental Research, Final Draft Report, February 9, 1993

Box 6 of 6

Elaine Hoagland - Review Correspondence

Box 6 of 6

Elaine Hoagland - Important Ideas on NIE

Box 6 of 6

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Box 6 of 6

Endangered Species Act Reauth., 1993

Box 6 of 6

Endangered Species Act /Federal Register Responses

Box 6 of 6

"Wise Use"/Anti-Conservation

Box 6 of 6

ESA: Plants

Box 6 of 6

Endangered Species Act, 1990-1991 (2 folders)

Box 6 of 6

ESA, 1992 (HR 4045)

Box 6 of 6

Research for Environmental and Economic Sustainability, Privileged Review Draft, March 2, 1993

Box 6 of 6

NRC/CER

Box 6 of 6

Public Hearing/NAS-NIE

Box 6 of 6

NAS/NRC

Box 6 of 6

NRC/CER

Box 6 of 6

NRC - Committee on Environmental Research

Box 6 of 6

NAS/NRC, CER, Key Documents

Box 6 of 6

Copies of Papers and Publications regarding Environmental Research and Funding (2 folders)

Box 6 of 6