Finding Aid
Submit Reference Request Print Download PDF

Reference Request

* required
Please succinctly provide us with any information pertinent to your inquiry. If you are writing to us about a research request, provide as much detail as possible about the collections in which you are interested (including collection numbers, box numbers, and folder titles).
(if known)

The Smithsonian Institution Archives is using Constant Contact, a third-party contact management software vendor, to manage contacts and send eNewsletters. Please be advised that Constant Contact's Privacy Statement and Terms and Conditions apply to your use of these services. The Smithsonian Institution Archives has access to your name and email address which is subject to our privacy statement.

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 563

Oceanography and Limnology Program (Smithsonian Institution)

Records, 1962-1975
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Oceanography and Limnology Program (Smithsonian Institution)
Title: Records
Dates: 1962-1975
Quantity: 4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection: Record Unit 563
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

These records document the activities of the OLP, 1970-1975, and its predecessors, the Assistant Director for Oceanography, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1962-1966, and the Office of Oceanography and Limnology, 1966-1970. Most of the records were created by Irvin Eugene Wallen, William Aron, and Robert P. Higgins. They include correspondence, memoranda, budgets, proposals, contracts, reports, and publications primarily concerning OLP's administration of the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC), the Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center (MMSC), and OLP-sponsored research projects.

Historical Note

For an administrative history of the Oceanography and Limnology Program (OLP), see record unit 273.

Top of Page

Introduction

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.

Top of Page

Descriptive Entry

These records document the activities of the Oceanography and Limnology Program (OLP), 1970-1975, and its predecessors, the assistant director for Oceanography, National Museum of Natural History, 1962-1966, and the Office of Oceanography and Limnology, 1966-1970. Most of the records were created by Irvin Eugene Wallen, William Aron, and Robert F. Higgins. They include correspondence, memoranda, budgets, proposals, contracts, reports, and publications primarily concerning OLP's administration of the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC), the Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center (MMSC), and OLP-sponsored research projects.

Top of Page

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 563, Oceanography and Limnology Program (Smithsonian Institution), Records

Top of Page

Container List

Box 1

Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) - General and Photographs

Box 1 of 4

SOSC - Advisory Committee, 1972-1973

Box 1 of 4

SOSC - General Correspondence, 1963-1974 (9 folders)

Box 1 of 4

Box 2

Budget, General 1968

Box 2 of 4

Budget/Spending Plan, etc., 1975

Box 2 of 4

D. Klemm Leeches, 1972

Box 2 of 4

Freshwater Keys, 1973 (3 folders)

Box 2 of 4

Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center, 1973

Box 2 of 4

Wymberley Coerr, 1973-1974

Box 2 of 4

Marta Vannucci, 1962-1973

Box 2 of 4

India - Dr. L. R. McCloskey, 1968-1973

Box 2 of 4

David K. Young, 1972-1973

Box 2 of 4

Antoine Remond, 1971

Box 2 of 4

William P. Davis, 1972-1973

Box 2 of 4

7299 Archiving Support at Regional Sorting Centers, 1972-1974

Box 2 of 4

Box 3

7413 Ecological Post-Impoundment Nam Ngum Dam Project, 1974-1975 (3 folders)

Box 3 of 4

8264 Limnological Investigations of Lake Orchid, 1974-1975 (3 folders)

Box 3 of 4

451000 Tropical Island Ecosystems - STD, etc. (Workshop), 1974

Box 3 of 4

FR4-60115 (Old SF3-00098) Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center, 1974-1975

Box 3 of 4

Contracts - Inactive (2 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Antartic 6091, 1969-1972

Box 3 of 4

NSF Landrum 7081, 1972-1974

Box 3 of 4

Antarctic Rocks 7130, 1973

Box 3 of 4

SI 7238

Box 3 of 4

Coastal Engineers - 7208, 1972-1974 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Box 4

OIEP (old OES) Contract Lists, 1970-1971

Box 4 of 4

0000 Egypt/Suez Canal

Box 4 of 4

Contracts - Ecology, 1973

Box 4 of 4

Contracts - IESP Proposed - 0000

Box 4 of 4

OIEP (old OES) Consultants - Project, Number, Year

Box 4 of 4

0000 Pakistan, 1974

Box 4 of 4

0000 Tiger, Nepal

Box 4 of 4

0000 Tropical Lakes of South India, 1974

Box 4 of 4

A Study of the Biological Productivity of Some Ponds of South India, 1974

Box 4 of 4

0000 Venezuela, 1974

Box 4 of 4

Miscellaneous Proposals - Reviewed, 1973-1974

Box 4 of 4

Contracts - OIEP, 1972

Box 4 of 4

0000 Ocean Dumping

Box 4 of 4

0000 American Samoa Sorting Center, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 Cont. 7238 Keys to Water Quality, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 Environmental Baselines, 1973

Box 4 of 4

Tai Ping, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 Biological Survey - Israel, 1973

Box 4 of 4

Island Ecosystems - Polynesia, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 SW Pacific, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 India Ganges River, 1973-1974

Box 4 of 4

0000 Lake Titicaca, 1974

Box 4 of 4

0000 Poland Sorting Center, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 Persian Gulf, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 India Sorting Center, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 Lebanon, 1972-1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 Chesapeake Keys

Box 4 of 4

0000 Plankton

Box 4 of 4

0000 Iran - 5563 Continuation, 1973

Box 4 of 4

0000 India - Porto Nova, 1973

Box 4 of 4

90 Tropical Lakes of South India, 1972-1973

Box 4 of 4

90 Biological Productivity . . . Lakes of South India, 1974-1975

Box 4 of 4

98 Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center, 1973-1974 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 4

5649 Effects of Tropical Storm Agnes on the Chesapeake Bay, 1973

Box 4 of 4

6104 Cooperative Systematics Studies in Antarctic Biology, 1973

Box 4 of 4

6086 Participation in USARP Expeditions, 1970-1973

Box 4 of 4

SI 6105

Box 4 of 4

6308 Limnological Investigations of Skadar Lake, 1972-1975 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 4

6609 Report on the Biota of the Chesapeake Bay, 1973-1974

Box 4 of 4

Top of Page