Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 610
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center
Records, circa 1962-1992
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: | Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | circa 1962-1992 |
Quantity: | 13.5 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
Collection: | Record Unit 610 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This record unit documents the administration and programs of the SOSC during its entire thirty-year history. Included are correspondence, memoranda, proposals, and reports documenting SOSC contracts with agencies of the federal government, especially the United States Arctic Research Program of the National Science Foundation and the National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Department of Commerce; correspondence of SOSC Directors; administrative records, including budget files; annual reports of the SOSC and the Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center; and correspondence with specialists studying SOSC geological and photograph collections. |
Historical Note
The Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) was established in 1962 as a unit of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) reporting to the Assistant Director for Oceanography. In 1966, administrative responsibility for SOSC was transferred to the newly created Office of Oceanography and Limnology (OLP). OLP was abolished in June 1974, and SOSC again became an administrative unit of NMNH. SOSC was terminated in 1992.
The purpose of SOSC was to assist the international oceanographic effort by processing biological and geological specimens for scientists throughout the world. Other objectives of SOSC included environmental analyses of biological specimens, and support services for field activities of the Smithsonian and other organizations. Directors of SOSC included H. Adair Fehlmann, 1962-1973; Betty J. Landrum, 1973-1978; Frank D. Ferrari, 1978-1981; Leslie W. Knapp, 1981-1988; and Ernani G. Menez, 1988-1992.
Descriptive Entry
This record unit documents the administration and programs of the SOSC during its entire thirty year history. Included is correspondence, memoranda, proposals, and reports documenting SOSC contracts with agencies of the Federal Government, especially the United States Arctic Research Program of the National Science Foundation and the National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Department of Commerce; correspondence of SOSC Directors; administrative records, including budget files; annual reports of the SOSC and the Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center; and correspondence with specialists studying SOSC geological and photograph collections.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Fehlmann, Herman Adair
- Ferrari, Frank D.
- Knapp, Leslie William 1929-
- Landrum, Betty J.
- Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center
- Meñez, Ernani G.
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Assistant Director for Oceanography
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Oceanography and Limnology
- Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center
- U.S. Arctic Research Program
- United States. Department of Commerce
- United States. National Marine Fisheries Service
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 610, Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, Records
Container List
Box 1
United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Contracts and Proposals - Kenneth M. Able
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Alvarino/USD (Siphonophoroa)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Alvarino, A. - Reports and proposals (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Anderson, Eric (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Bertsch, Hans
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Blake, James A.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Brinton, Ed
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Brown, Betsy
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Cairnes, Stephen
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Corliss, John O.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Dunn, Daphne Fautin
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Dr. Fell Julian
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Fleminger, Abraham
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Fontaine, Marion
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Gibson, Ray
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Gibson, R. - Projects, reports, etc.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Heard, Richard
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Holloway, Harry
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Dr. V. M. Koltum (Underfund 6104)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Hutchings, Pat
Box 2
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Kudenoz, Dr. Jerry D. (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Larson, Ronald
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Lawson, Thomas J. and Barbara Jo
USARP Contracts and Proposals - McGinnis, Richard
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Mickinney, Larry
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Miscellaneous, smaller projects
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Oresanz, Jose (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Park, Taisoo
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Pietsch, Theodore W. (University of Washington) (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Pietsch, T. - Arterdiellus project (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Searles, R. B.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Sieg, Jurgen (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Paul C. Silva
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Silver, Mary
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Sublette, James E. - PC#7733, 1977 (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Wasmer, Robert A. (Folder 1 of 2)
Box 3
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Wasmer, Robert A. (Folder 2 of 2)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Watling, Leslie (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Winston, Judith
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Zottoli, Robert
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Atchley, William R.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Alvarino, Angeles
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Bayer, Frederick M.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Boden, Brian P.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Bradford, Janet M.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Brownell, Robert (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Deevey, Georgiana B. (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Domey, Richard G. (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Follmann, G.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Greta A. Fryxell
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Buck and Fryxell
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Fralick, Richard A.
Box 4
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Gray, Scott W.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Griffin, Molly
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Hargis, William J.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Hart J.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Hartman
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Heron, Gail P.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Herb, Dr. R.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Powson, David
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Roy Johnson - manuscripts
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Johnson, Roy M. - underfunds 6104 & 6126 (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - McCain, John C.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Antarctic Specialist: Marumo, Ryuzo
USARP Contracts and Proposals - McCain, John C.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - McCain, Lucille - Completed 1970
USARP Contracts and Proposals - McWhinnie, Mary Alice, Fund 6126 (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Marumo, Ryuzo (Antarctic Specialist)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Mather, Dr. Patricia
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Moriera & Menzies
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Navas, Denise
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Newell, Irvin M.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Neuman, Wm. A.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Pawson, David L.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Pearse, Dr. John S.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Pequegnat, Linda H.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Plawen, L. von Salvini
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Porter, Horace - Cooperative Systematics
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Prescott, G.W. - Fund 6126
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Risebrough, Dr. Robert W. - Fund 6104
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Powell, Neil A.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Richardson, Sally (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Clark, Helen (Potman)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Wallen, I. E.
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Schmitt, Lois - National Science Foundation
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Schultz, George A. - 6104 and earlier (2 folders)
Box 5
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Schultz, George - Fund 6126/705540
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Thompson, Jesse
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Tibbs, John F. (2 folders)
USARP Contracts and Proposals - Wetmore, Clifford M.
Photographs
Antarctic Heteronemerteans - Ray Gibson
The Eunicemorph polychaete annelids from Antarctic and subantarctic seas (2 folders)
Dunn, Daphne Fautin
Winston, Judith E.
Photographs
Hutchings, Pat
Park, Taisoo
Ray Gibson
Nelson, Douglass W. (2 folders)
Larson, Ronald J. (2 folders)
Polar Data and Sorting - 7409 - Proposal, November 1979-1982
Contract 2 - Polar Sorting/Recording
Polar Proposal Review, 1982
Cooperative Systematics - 6126 Proposal, December 1979-1982
Ad Hoc Committee, Cooperative Systematics, June 1984
Smithsonian Institution Fund 6148 Cooperative Systematics, 1984-1985
Box 6
Animal Parasites - Parasitological Laboratory - Beltsville, Maryland
Summary Reports
Antarctic Accession Records
Antarctic Specialists
Specialists - Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center
Appendices
Division of Marine invertebrates, United States National Museum (USNM) - Catalogued Specimens
Conference on Distribution of Species
Appendices
National Science Foundation
Disposition of Species - USARP - USC
USARP Miscellaneous
Antarctic Records - Current Correspondence
Budget Records Section
Requests for USARP Support
Forms and Information
ARS - Information for Users
Antarctic Specimen Advertisement
Bibliographic Entries on Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Collections/Projects
Bibliographies (Antarctic)
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Citations - Antarctic Specimens, Other
Smithsonian Institution 7409 Contracts - Progress Reports - Budgets
Box 7
Summary of Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Contracts and Grants
Polar Proposal
Summary of Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Private Grants and Contracts - FY 1963 to present
DPP News
Dr. George A. Llano
Collections Management Policy
Committee on Registrar
Natural History Museum Procedures
Collection/Preservation
NMFS-AMLR
Contract 3 - Polar Sorting/Recording (2 folders)
Department of Entomology - United States National Museum
McMurdo Planton - Little Page
Note Cards
Antarctic Records in Species Inventory
Antarctic Fishes - USC - Eltanin Records
Division of Fishes - United States National Museum (2 folders)
Fish-Data Processed
Stanford University Natural History - Fishes
Harvard MCZ, Birds, Fishes, Seals
Division of Birds, United States Natural History Museum
Box 8
Antarctic Collections - USNM - Division of Mammals
American Museum of Natural History - Bird Department
US Museum of Natural History - Division of Invertebrate Paleontology - University of Pittsburgh - H. McCammon, Collector
Antarctic Lichens - Dodge (A.S.E.)
General Correspondence - B.J. Landrum, 1972-1974
General Correspondence - B.J. Landrum, 1974-1977
General Correspondence - Dr. Knapp
Geological Society of America Information
Administrative Inventory - Non-expendable Items
Safety Management
First Line Publications - CSC - Regarding Personnel
Natural Science Event - Bulletin
OIEP Annual Reports - Diffusion, Opportunities, etc.
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Defense Mapping Agency
Space Requirements - Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center
Dr. C. Kerby - Correspondence
Benthic Section
Records Section
P.C. Volunteers
General Specimen Information
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Annual Report, FY 1973
Tropical Environment Science Program, 1980-1984
Director's Office
Progress report for Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center - for Mello Monthly
Fed. FY 1976 budget
Notes
1976
Correspondence - Rock Sample
Dr. Simkin - National Science Foundation - Contract #7130 - USARP Rock Samples
Box 9
Navoceano (Pat Taylor) Contract
Fund 6085 NSF Cooperative Systematics, 1969
BCF - Hawaii Sorting (N-59), 1965
Fund 7472 - National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (Ferrari - invest)
BCF - Sorting M-651, 1964-1967
NOO: Sorting of Biological Samples 7051
United States Navy - Navel Undersea Center - Contract: Benthic Sorting
NOO/Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Contract Correspondence - Analysis of Benthic Samples
Expired contract - 7336
7336 - Navy
7080 National Science Foundation, 1966-1967 - Antarctic Sorting
7081
Polar Regions Collections Sorting Program - 7080 (1973-1975) USARP
USARP Sorting, FY 1973 - June 1972-June 1973
USARP Sorting 7080, 1971
6086 - Participation in USARP Expedition (2 folders)
Cooperative Systematic Grants - Current Smithsonian Institution Funding - 6104
6086 - USARP
USARP - Participants - USARP Research - 6086
Recording Data and Sorting Collections from Polar Regions
Annual Reports
Annual Report, 1976
Readers Letter File, January 1, 1973-March 31, 1973
Annual Report, 1969
Readers Memoranda File, July 1973-December 1973 (2 folders)
Readers Letter File, October 1973- December 1973
Readers Letter File, July 1973-September 1973
Readers Letter File, April 1, 1973 to June 30, 1973
Marmap General Correspondence
Annual Report, FY 1971
Readers Memoranda, April 1, 1974 to June 30, 1974
Box 10
Readers Letter File, April 1, 1974 to June 30, 1974
Readers Memoranda File, January 1, 1974 to March 31, 1974
Readers Letter File, January 1974-March 1974
Readers Memoranda File, January 1973-March 1973
Readers Memoranda File, April 1, 1974 to June 30, 1983
Annual Report, FY 1974
Annual Report, FY 1972 (2 folders)
Betty Landrum 6086
Readers, January-March 1978 (2 folders)
Annual Report, FY 1973
Reading Files (1977), October-December
Reading Files (1977), July-September
Reading File (1977), April-June
Reading File, January-March 1977
Reading File, July-September 1976
Reading File, April-June 1976
Reading File, October-December 1976
Reading File, January-March 1976
Reading File, October-December 1975
Reading File, July-September 1975
Reading File, April-June 1975
Reading File, January-March 1975
Readers Memoranda File, July 1, 1974 to September 30, 1974 (2 folders)
Reading File, July-September 1974
Reading File, October-December 1974
Reading File, February-April 1980
Reading File, November 1979-January 1980
Reading File, August-October 1979
Reader, April-June 1979
Reader, January-March 1979
Reader, October-December 1978
July-September 1978
Reader, April-June 1978
Reading File, June-August 1978
January-February 1980
Reading File, August-October 1980
Reading File, May-July 1980
7409 & 7409-01 Financial Reports
Fund #16613300 (2 folders)
Fund 7409 & 7409-01 Financial Report
Box 11
Trip Report, 1967-1969 (2 folders)
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Correspondence (2 folders)
McKinsey Report - MNH, 1987
National Museum of Natural History Exhibits Committee
ASC Newsletter
Audit Review Committee
Computer Usage, 1987-1988
Smithsonian Council, April 1974
Information on Organizations of Interest
Records/Invert Review, June 1982
National and International Data Exchange
MNH Collections Policy (2 folders)
Marmap Proposal, FY 1976 - Fund 7299
Annual Report, 1976
Annual Report, 1970
Annual Report, 1966
Annual Report, 1969
Fund 7299 Dr. C. C. Lu - Contracts and Correspondence
Financial Report
Fund # 16589800 - 1979 Central Philippine Expedition
Box 12
Marmap Financial Statements
Marmap Programs
Marmap Regional Reports
Fund 167409 Expenditures
Private Fund 6126
Fund 7506, Identification of Biological Collections of C. Navel Reservist, Knapp
Regional Sorting Centers
Fund 16614800, October 15, 1983 to March 31, 1985
MMSC (Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center)
NHM - Directors' Office Memoranda
Annual Report, FY 1967
Annual Report, FY 1968
Tables, FY 1971
Annual Report, FY 1972
Annual Report, FY 1974
Annual Report, FY 1973
Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center, 1972
Annual Report, FY 1976
Tables
Annual Report, FY 1969
Annual Report, FY 1976
Annual Report, FY 1972
Annual Report, FY 1973
Annual Report, FY 1971
Annual Report, FY 1970
Miscellaneous, 1975
Annual Report, FY 1967
Annual Report, FY 1968
Annual Report, FY 1974
NMFS-AMLR Program (Antarctic) (2 folders)
Box 13
Color Negatives
Inventories of Antarctic and Other Collections at Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (2 folders)
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Inventories
Data Obtained, January 1967
Bernice P. Bishop Collection: Cape Horn, 1963-1964
American Museum of Natural History - Invertebrate - Vema Collections
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center - Miscellaneous
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center: Samples Recorded and Distributed
Antarctic Records Program
US Antarctic Projects officer
Expedition Index
Library of Congress Taxonomic Classification
Inventory project
Macquarie Gap Cruise
Correspondence with Specialists Using Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Geology Specimens (2 folders)
Correspondence Concerning Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Photography Collections (Folders 1-2 of 5)
Box 14
Correspondence Concerning Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Photography Collections (Folders 3-5 of 5)
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