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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 247
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
Records, circa 1948-1974
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: | National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | circa 1948-1974 |
Quantity: | 11.5 cu. ft. (23 document boxes) |
Collection: | Record Unit 247 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This record unit contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, manuscripts, and other materials documenting the activities of the Department of Entomology and its staff, especially during the tenures of John Frederick Gates Clarke, Karl V. Krombein, and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., as chairmen. Some material concerning the professional activities of these three is also included. |
Historical Note
For an administrative history of the Department of Entomology, see Record Units 138, 139, and 140 above, and 148 below. Paul D. Hurd, Jr., became chairman of the Department in 1970.
Descriptive Entry
The record unit contains correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, manuscripts, and other materials documenting the activities of the Department of Entomology and its staff, especially during the tenures of John Frederick Gates Clarke, Karl V. Krombein, and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., as chairman. Some material concerning the professional activities of these three is also included.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Clarke, J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates), 1905-1990
- Hurd, Paul David, 1921-
- Krombein, Karl V.
- United States National Museum. Department of Entomology
- United States National Museum. Division of Insects
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 247, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology, Records
Container List
Series 1
ADMINISTRATIVE SUBJECT FILE, CIRCA 1948-1973.This series contains memoranda, reports, notes, and other material concerning activities of the Department. This series was assembled from a number of separate transfers of records from the Department to the Archives, and did not originally form a single file.
Box 1
Folder 1 Academic Studies, 1965-1971.
Folder 2 Accession, 1968, 1970. See also Loans and accessions.
Folder 3 Accounting - General, 1969-1970.
Folder 4 Administrative Council, 1965.
Folder 5 Advertising, 1971.
Folder 6 Africa, exhibits trip, 1967-1968.
Folder 7 Agency for International Development, 1970-1971.
Folder 8 Agriculture, United States Department of, 1955, 1964, 1969-1971.
Folder 9 Air Force Reserve, United States, 1966-1967.
Folder 10 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1964.
Folder 11 American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1967.
Folder 12 Announcements, 1972-1973.
Folder 13 Annual Report, 1971.
Folder 14 Anthropology, 1970.
Folder 15 Aquatic Insect Project, 1970.
Folder 16 Archbold Biological Station, 1969.
Folder 17 Archives - Miscellaneous, 1969.
Folders 18-21 Armed Forces Pest Control Board, 1966-1972.
Folder 22 Associates program, 1966, 1969-1970.
Folder 23 Auditorium, 1971.
Folder 24 Awards, 1965-1971.
Box 2
Folder 1 Bayano Dam, 1969.
Folder 2 Bibliography - Canal Zone, 1963.
Folder 3 Biological Field Studies Guidelines, 1969.
Folder 4 Biology - Peru, 1966.
Folder 5 Book Shop - National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1968.
Folder 6 Botany, 1962, 1970.
Folder 7 Brandywine Plan, 1969.
Folder 8 Budget, 1969-1972.
Folder 9 Buildings and space - General, 1957, 1963-1971.
Folder 10 Buildings and space - General - Building pass requests, 1963, 1966, 1970-1972.
Folder 11 Buildings and space - Proposed move from D.C., 1963-1964.
Folders 12-13 Buildings and space - Proposed Science building, 1966-1967, 1969.
Folders 14-15 Buildings and space - West Wing planning, 1956-1958, 1961, 1963-1964.
Folder 16 Buildings and space - Preliminary planning for move to Natural History Building, 1967-1968.
Box 3
Folders 1-4 Buildings and space - Modifications of Halls 27 and 30, 1967-1969.
Folder 5 Buildings and space - 6th floor, 1968.
Folder 6 Buildings and space - Registrar's area, 1969.
Folder 7 Buildings and space - Move from Lamont St., 1968-1969.
Folder 8 Buildings Management Department, 1965-1971.
Folder 9 Bureau Directors meeting, 1970.
Folder 10 BYWORD, 1968.
Folder 11 Canal Zone - General, 1966.
Folder 12 Cardex Identification Set, 1969.
Folder 13 Carriker collection, 1965.
Folder 14 Casey Fund, 1965, 1968-1969.
Folder 15 Catalog of Hymenoptera, 1966.
Folder 16 Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, 1969.
Folder 17 Ceylon project, 1969-1970.
Box 4
Folder 1 Chairmen's meetings, 1959.
Folder 2 Chesapeake Bay Center for Field Biology, 1967, 1969-1971.
Folder 3 Chile symposium, 1964.
Folder 4 CITRE, 1971.
Folder 5 Collecting, 1966.
Folder 6 Collections - General, 1952-1971. See also Insects, Specimens.
Folder 7 Collectors and dealers, 1956-1957, 1961-1962.
Folder 8 Committee on Insect Surveys and Losses, 1968.
Folder 9 Committees-general, 1963-1965, 1967-1971.
Folder 10 Communications, 1964-1966, 1969-1973.
Folder 11 Condemnation, 1968.
Folder 12 Conferences, 1965, 1967. See also Lectures, Seminars, Symposia.
Folder 13 Congressional and White House matters, 1963, 1965-1970, 1972.
Folder 14 Conservation Analytical Laboratory, 1963, 1965, 1967.
Folder 15 Contracts and grants - General, 1967, 1970-1971.
Folder 16 Correspondence procedures, 1964-1966.
Folder 17 Data processing, 1964-1971.
Folder 18 Department of Entomology - General, 1963-1971.
Box 5
Folder 1 Department of Entomology - Advisory Committee, 1965-1968.
Folder 2 Departmental-Lamont St., 1962-1969.
Folder 3 Department of Entomology - Planning for departmental status, 1954, 1957, 1961-1963, 1965.
Folder 4 Department of Entomology - Staffing, 1964-1965, 1967-1968.
Folder 5 Director's Office, 1968, 1972.
Folder 6 Dominica Biological Survey, 1963-1968.
Folder 7 Donors and donations, 1967, 1970-1972.
Folder 8 Drake Fund, 1968-1969.
Folder 9 Ecology program, 1964-1965, 1967, 1969-1970.
Folder 10 Ectoparasites, 1967.
Box 6
Folders 1-2 Education and training, 1956-1957, 1962-1971.
Folder 3 Endangered species, 1969-1970.
Folder 4 Energy, 1972.
Folder 5 Entomological investigations, 1967.
Folder 6 Entomological Society of Washington, 1969.
Folder 7 Entomologists - Lists, 1955-1957.
Folder 8 Environmental Sciences, 1966, 1969-1971.
Folder 9 Excess Currency Program, 1966-1970. See also Foreign Currency Program.
Folder 10 Exchanges, 1966.
Folder 11 Exhibits, 1966-1971, 1973. See also Hall of Insects.
Folder 12 Expeditions, 1966-1967, 1970.
Box 7
Folder 1 Faculty Lounge, 1971.
Folder 2 Fenykovi estate, 1965.
Folder 3 Films/television shows, 1954-1956, 1968-1970.
Folder 4 Fluid Research Fund, 1972.
Folder 5 Foreign Currency Program, 1966-1970. See also Excess Currency Program.
Folder 6 Foreign matters, circa 1964-1971.
Folder 7 Forms-general, 1967, 1970.
Folder 8 Fumigation, 1969-1970.
Folder 9 Funds - General, 1967, 1969-1971.
Folder 10 Halffter Collection, 1965.
Folder 11 Halik Collection, 1966.
Folders 12-13 Hall of Insects, 1963-1968.
Folder 14 Harbor Branch Foundation Laboratory, 1971.
Folder 15 Health, Education and Welfare, Department of, 1969.
Folder 16 Hours, 1965, 1968-1970.
Folder 17 Identification of specimens, 1962, 1965-1966, 1970.
Folder 18 Illustration services, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971.
Folder 19 Improvement of Insect Collection Fund, 1955-1973.
Folder 20 Information service, 1967.
Box 8
Folder 1 Insect drawers, trays, cabinets, 1963-1972.
Folder 2 Insect Zoo, 1971.
Folder 3 Insects - General, 1956, 1960, 1962-1970. See also Specimens, Collections.
Folder 4 International activities, 1968.
Folder 5 International Association for Plant Taxonomy, 1969.
Folder 6 International Biological Program, 1963-1970.
Folder 7 International Congress of Entomology, 1956, 1959, 1967-1968.
Folder 8 International Congress of Zoology, 1963, 1972.
Folder 9 Inventory, 1965-1968.
Folder 10 Invitations, 1965.
Folder 11 Invoices - General, 1965.
Folder 12 Johnston Island, 1962.
Box 9
Folder 1 Labels - General, 1965-1966, 1968-1969.
Folder 2 Lectures - General, 1967-1968, 1970-1971. See also Conferences, Seminars, Symposia.
Folder 3 Library, 1965-1971.
Folder 4 Library committee, 1969-1970.
Folder 5 Loans and accessions - General, 1962-1964, 1966-1970. See also Accessions.
Folder 6 Mail-general, 1968-1969.
Folder 7 Malta project, 1970.
Folder 8 Marine sciences, 1969, 1971.
Medical Entomological Project - See Southeast Asia Mosquito Project.
Folder 9 Mediterranean program, 1970.
Folder 10 Meetings - General, 1968.
Folders 11-12 Micronesia, 1950-1965, 1971.
Folder 13 Microscopes - General, 1965, 1968, 1970.
Folder 14 Museums - General, 1966-1967, 1972.
Folder 15 Museum Shops, 1967-1968, 1971.
Folder 16 National Air and Space Museum, 1969.
Folder 17 National Biological Congress, 1971.
Folder 18 National Museum of Natural History - General, 1971.
Folder 19 National Park Service, 1963.
Folders 20-21 National Science Foundation, 1963-1965, 1968-1969.
Box 10
Folder 1 National Science Foundation, 1970-1972.
Folder 2 New projects in entomology, 1969-1970.
Folder 3 Notices of Research Projects, 1967-1971. See also Research reports and Science Information Exchange.
Folder 4 Oceanographic Sorting Center, 1963, 1966-1969.
Folder 5 Organizational for Tropical Studies, 1965-1970.
Folder 6 Orientation, 1967, 1969.
Folder 7 Overseas activities, 1972.
Folder 8 Pacific Science Board, 1956-1958, 1960-1962, 1970.
Folder 9 Pacific Science Congress, 1957, 1961, 1955.
Folder 10 Panama Canal Survey, 1966.
Folder 11 Parking, 1948, 1954, 1962-1969.
Folder 12 Payroll, 1966-1967, 1969, 1971.
Folder 13 Peace Corps, 1965-1968, 1970.
Folder 14 Pena Collection of Tenebrionidae, 1966.
Folder 15 Performing Arts, Division of, 1970.
Folder 16 Pergande Collection, 1966.
Folder 17 Personnel - General, 1964-1971.
Folder 18 Personnel - Other agencies, 1969.
Box 11
Folder 1 Photography - General, 1965-1971.
Folder 2 Plastics, 1961-1964.
Folders 3-5 Policy, 1955, 1964-1971, and undated.
Folder 6 Preservation of insects, 1956, 1963, 1966-1967.
Folder 7 Printing, 1968.
Folder 8 Professional evaluation, 1964, 1966-1967, 1972.
Folder 9 Programs - General, 1966.
Folder 10 Public Affairs, public inquiries, 1969-1970, 1972.
Folder 11 Publications, 1960-1961, 1964-1971.
Folder 12 Publicity, circa 1952-1961, 1964, 1966.
Folder 13 Public Law 480 projects, 1965-1966, 1968, 1970.
Folder 14 Puppet Theatre, 1969.
Folder 15 Recycling, 1972.
Folder 16 Registrar, 1969.
Folder 17 Reprints, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1971.
Box 12
Folder 1 Research - General, circa 1965-1971.
Folder 2 Research Associates, 1957, circa 1963-1970.
Folders 3-9 Research Awards, FY 1966-FY 1972.
Folder 10 Research opportunities, 1964-1970.
Folders 11-15 Research reports, circa 1952-1964. See also Science Information Exchange and Notices of Research.
Box 13
Folder 1 Science Information Exchange, 1964-1965, 1968. Also see Notices of Research Reports and Research reports.
Folder 2 Security and Safety, 1965-1972.
Folder 3 Seminars, 1965-1971. See also Conferences, Lectures, Symposia.
Folders 4-5 Seminar on systematics. U.S.-Japan, 1967-1969.
Folder 6 Senate of Scientists, 1963-1967, 1969-1971.
Folder 7 Services - General, 1971.
Folder 8 Siphonaptera Project, 1965-1967, 1970-1973.
Folder 9 Smithsonian - General, 1967-1971.
Folder 10 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1966.
Folder 11 Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1969.
Folder 12 Smithsonian Council, 1965-1971.
Folder 13 Smithsonian field stations, 1965, 1967.
Folder 14 Smithsonian Institution Manual, 1963.
Folder 15 Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, 1967, 1970.
Box 14
Folder 1 Smithsonian Press, 1969-1971.
Folder 2 Smithsonian Research Foundation, 1970.
Folder 3 Smithsonian Scientific Council, 1968.
Folder 4 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1967-1969.
Folder 5 Smithsonian Year, 1966-1967.
Folder 6 Society of Systematic Zoology, 1971.
Folder 7 Soil Biology Program, 1964.
Folder 8 Southeast Asia Mosquito Project, 1968, 1970.
Folder 9 Speakers, 1971.
Folder 10 Special events, 1968-1971.
Folder 11 Specimens - General, 1967-1971. See also Insects, Collections.
Folder 12 Staff meetings, 1964-1966.
Folder 13 Standards of conduct, 1966.
Folder 14 Stelfox collection, 1966.
Folder 15 Summer Institute in Systematics, 1971.
Folder 16 Supplies, 1963-1971.
Folder 17 Support services, 1968.
Folder 18 Symposia, 1965, 1968, 1970. See also Conferences, Lectures, Seminars.
Folder 19 Systematic Collections, 1966.
Folder 20 Systematics, 1966, 1968-1971.
Box 15
Folder 1 Task force, 1971.
Folder 2 Taxonomy - General, 1966.
Folder 3 Teen International Entomology Group, 1970.
Folder 4 Time allocation data.
Folder 5 Tours, 1969, 1971.
Folder 6 Translations - General, 1965, 1969-1970, 1972.
Folder 7 Transportation - General, 1963, 1969, 1971-1972.
Folder 8 Travel - General, circa 1963-1972.
Folder 9 Type segregation lists.
Folder 10 Urban - General, 1971.
Folder 11 Visitors, 1969-1970.
Folder 12 Volunteers, 1970.
Folder 13 Washington Academic Calendar, 1968.
Folder 14 Washington Biologist's Field Club, circa 1955-1971.
Folder 15 Washington State Entomological Society, 1956, 1963-1965.
Folder 16 Woodrow Wilson Center, 1969.
Folder 17 Zoological Record, 1964, 1967.
Series 2
MANUSCRIPTS, 1952-1971.This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and other materials concerning the submission of entomological manuscripts for publication. Actual manuscripts are included in some cases. The series is arranged alphabetically by author.
Box 16
Folder 1 Manuscripts - General, 1965-1970.
Folder 2 Former Museum personnel, 1963-1969.
Folder 3 USDA personnel, circa 1954-1971.
Folders 4-5 A-J.
Folder 6 Frank M. Hull
Folders 7-9 K-Z.
Series 3
GRANTS, CIRCA 1954-1974.This series contains proposals, evaluations, correspondence, and memoranda concerning grants from various foundations and agencies for entomological work.
Box 17
Folders 1-3 Grants - General, circa 1954-1965.
Folder 4 Progress reports, 1962-1964.
Folder 5 Cartwright, Oscar L. (NSF GB-1434), 1963-1968.
Folder 6 Clarke, John Frederick Gates (NSF G-3872), 1957.
Folder 7 Clarke, John Frederick Gates (NSF G-6375, 201D-30), 1958-1964.
Folder 8 Clarke, John Frederick Gates (NSF G-16440), 1960-1964.
Folder 9 Clarke, John Frederick Gates (NR 107-637), 1961-1962.
Folder 10 Clarke, John Frederick Gates (NSF GB-2615, 123-M), 1961-1965.
Box 18
Folder 1 Clarke, John Frederick Gates and Diakonoff, Alexey (NSF G-18875, 201D-238), 1961-1965.
Folder 2 Clarke, John Frederick Gates (NONR 3585 00, 201D-233), 1962-1964.
Folder 3 Clarke, John Frederick Gates (Sg 0636056, 58-0001-3355), 1967-1968.
Folder 4 Coher, Edward I. (NIH 4541, 201D-250), 1960-1963.
Folder 5 Crabill, Ralph E., Jr. (NSF 2341), 1959-1968.
Folder 6 Davis, Donald R. (NSF proposal), 1963.
Folder 7 Davis, Donald R. (NSF proposal), 1964.
Folder 8 Davis, Donald R. (SG 0632003), 1967-1968.
Folder 9 Davis, Donald R. (3389), 1968.
Folder 10 Drake, Carl John (NSF GB-791), 1957-1969.
Folder 11 Duckworth, W. Donald (GB-1800), 1963-1968.
Folder 12 Duckworth, W. Donald (Smithsonian proposal), 1969.
Box 19
Folder 1 Flint, Oliver S. (NSF GB-2616, 125-M) 1963-1968.
Folder 2 Flint, Oliver S. (APS G481J, JF, 201D-331), 1963-1964.
Folder 3 Howarth, Francis (Research grant), 1973.
Folder 4 Krombein, Karl V. (NSF GB-660, 201D-308), 1962-1968.
Folder 5 Krombein, Karl V. (SFC-7-0056), 1967-1969, 1971.
Folder 6 Krombein, Karl V. (SFG-0-2854), 1968-1971.
Folder 7 Muesebeck, Carl Frederick William (NIH AI 05228-01), 1963-1964.
Folder 8 Snyder, Thomas Elliot (NSG GN-522), 1960-1968.
Folder 9 Spangler, Paul J. (NSF proposal), 1962-1963.
Folder 10 Spangler, Paul J. (APS 465), 1962-1963.
Folder 11 Spangler, Paul J. (NSF GB-1697, 114-M), 1963-1967.
Folder 12 Spangler, Paul J. (SRF), 1967.
Folder 13 Spangler, Paul J. (NIH proposal), 1967-1968.
Folder 14 Spangler, Paul J. (APS 4640), 1967-1968.
Folder 15 Spangler, Paul J. (EPA proposal), 1972.
Folder 16 Spangler, Paul J. (SFC proposal), 1974.
Folder 17 Stage, Gerald I. (Sg 0634066), 1967-1968.
Series 4
CORRESPONDENCE, 1952-1955, 1959-1974.Box 20
Folder 1 Abbott - Alexander.
Folder 2 Alford - Annecke.
Folder 3 Apsey - Atyeo.
Folder 4 Bailey - Besuchet.
Folder 5 Bianchini - Boyes.
Folder 6 Brennan - Byers.
Folder 7 Calderon - Cartwright.
Folder 8 Castillo - Cuyfine.
Folder 9 Dahl - Day.
Folder 10 de Alwis - Dodge.
Folder 11 Doerfert - Dunning.
Folder 12 Eastop - Ellis.
Folder 13 Emerson - Ezcurra.
Box 21
Folder 1 Farish - Fullington.
Folder 2 Gaillard - Glancy.
Folder 3 Godfrey - Gusenleitner.
Folder 4 Haber - Heyden.
Folder 5 Hidaker - Howes.
Folder 6 Hubbell - Hutchins.
Folder 7 Ichinose - Iwata.
Folder 8 Jablonski - Justice, U.S. Department of
Folder 9 Kaiser - Knipling.
Folder 10 Ko - Kurczewski.
Folder 11 Lamore - Lewis.
Folder 12 Lien - Lutz.
Folder 13 McBee - Marromoustakis.
Folder 14 Medler - Myers.
Box 22
Folder 1 Nagy - Nuhen.
Folder 2 O'Connor - Ozbek.
Folder 3 Packard - Petsu.
Folder 4 Phelps - Puthz.
Folder 5 Quant - Rhodes.
Folder 6 Ribble - Ruszkowski.
Folder 7 Sadava - Sloan.
Folder 8 Small - Southgate.
Folder 9 Spangler, Paul J., 1968-1971.
Folder 10 Spletter - Szado.
Folder 11 Taber - Thomson.
Folder 12 Tipton - Tydings.
Folder 13 Upholt - Vreden.
Box 23
Folder 1 Waite - Watten.
Folder 2 Weathersby - Whellan.
Folder 3 Widdows - Wygodzinsky.
Folder 4 Yano - Yukawa.
Folder 5 Zamora - Zielke.
Folders 6-8 Zim, Herbert S. Includes manuscript and other materials on John Frederick Gates Clarke's Butterflies.
Folder 9 Zimmerman, Elwood C.
Folder 10 Zischka - Zwick.
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