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Record Unit 7175, Peters, James Arthur, 1922-, James A. Peters Papers, and Records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, 1927-1973 (Papers), 1927-1966 (Records)
Collection Overview
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| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Peters, James Arthur, 1922- |
| Title: | James A. Peters Papers, and Records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians |
| Dates: | 1927-1973 (Papers), 1927-1966 (Records) |
| Quantity: | 6.1 linear meters. |
| Collection: | Record Unit 7175 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
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Historical Note
James A. Peters was born in Durant, Iowa on July 13, 1922. He developed an interest in herpetology as a teenager, which culminated in the acquisition of three academic degrees from the University of Michigan (B.S., 1948; M.A., 1950; Ph.D., 1952). While at the University of Michigan he served as a research assistant in the Museum of Zoology (1946-1952) and as a teaching assistant for the Department of Zoology (1952). After receiving his Ph.D., Peters joined the staff of Brown University (1952-1958), advancing from instructor to assistant professor. During the summer of 1956 he was a research associate at Stanford University. From 1958 to 1959 Peters was a Fulbright Lecturer at the Universidad Centrale de Ecuador; he was a visiting professor at Southern Illinois University for the summer of 1959 and accepted an associate professorship at San Fernando Valley State College (SFVSC) in the fall of that year. Peters advanced to full professor at SFVSC, remaining there until February 1964 when he accepted the position of associate curator in the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians of the United States National Museum. He assumed the title "supervisor and curator" of the Division in FY 1967, a title he held until FY 1971. He was named curator, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians in FY 1971 and held that position until his death on December 18, 1972.
James A. Peters' professional responsibilities included membership in many scientific societies. He attended his first meeting of the American Society of Icthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) in 1939. He later served on the Board of Governors and various committees. He also served as ASIH secretary (1960-1966); vice-president (1967); and president (1970). He also held advisory or elected positions with the Society of Systematic Zoology, the Southern California Academy of Sciences, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Biological Society of Washington. Within the Smithsonian Peters continued his professional responsibilities by service on the Zoo Research Advisory Committee (National Zoological Park), the Planning Committee for Summer Seminar in Systematics, the Steering Committee for the First International Congress of Systematic Zoology, the International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, the Reptile Group of the Survival Service Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the American Alligator Council, and the Rare and Endangered Species Committee of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. In 1965 he inaugurated the Smithsonian Herpetological Information Services, which distributed informative material deemed useful to herpetologists but unsuitable for publication, e.g., bibliographies, indices, etc.
The herpetology and zoogeography of Latin America became main subjects of interest for Peters after he did field work on the Mexican Plateau in 1949 and in Michoacan in 1950. His concentration on Ecuador was largely due to the wide scope of biogeographical faunal comparisons available in the Andes Mountains. While completing his doctoral work on the snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae, he embarked in 1952 upon a long-term research project on the herpetology of Ecuador that resulted in twenty-one published papers. The culmination of his Latin American work was the two-volume Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata co-authored with Braulio Orjas-Miranda and Roberto Donoso-Barrios (1970). Over 100 scientific publications are attributed to James A. Peters, including two books, Classic Papers in Genetics (ed., 1959) and Dictionary of Herpetology (1964). He described seventeen new species or subspecies and had five taxa, four Neotropical amphibians and reptiles, and one snake named for him.
The computer analysis of biogeographic data greatly enhanced Peters' study of the systematics and ecology of reptiles and amphibians. An effective use of this technique was the gathering of comparative cardiac physiology of Ecuadorian snakes and lizards using data obtained from an electrocardiograph. Identification of specimens was another field adaptable to the use of computer technology. In this area of interest Peters developed computer programs that facilitated the identification process by searching on a larger constellation of characters than had previously been employed. Eleven papers were published from 1968 to 1973 on the subject of computer usage. He also founded the newsletter MUDPIE (Museum and University Data Program and Information Exchange) which contained information about computer programs, references, grants, meetings, and related news.
Introduction
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Descriptive Entry
These papers include both personal and professional correspondence and documents relating to Peters' academic and curatorial careers. Also included are files of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians maintained by Peters' predecessor, Doris Mable Cochran (1898-1968). Correspondents include Jorge W. Abalos, M. Acosta-Solis, Kraig Kerr Adler, Villy Aellen, E. Ross Allen, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Medical Association, American Museum of Natural History, American Society of Icthyologists and Herpetologists, Steven C. Anderson, Attilio Arillo, Ralph W. Axtell, James P. Bacon, Jr., Gladys C. Banks, Benjamin Harrison Banta, Avelino Barrio, J. C. Battersby, Nina Battersby, Pauline Becker, William Beebe, Beitrage Zur Neotropischen Fauna, Ronald E. Beltz, Paul A. Benson, Frederick Henry Berry, Bio Instrumentation Advisory Council, Sherman Chauncey Bishop, Richard Eliot Blackwelder, Frieda Cobb Blanchard, Ellen Gillespie Block, Charles Mitchell Bogert, James Erwin Bohlke, Werner C. A. Bokermann, Donald D. Brand, Ronald A. Brandon, Bayard Holmes Brattstrom, British Herpetological Society, Donald G. Broadley, L. D. Brongersma, Garnett Ryland Brooks, Jr., John Langdon Brooks, Bryce Cardigan Brown, Frederick Martin Brown, Brown University, Walter Creighton Brown, Maria Buchinger, W. Leslie Burger, A. C. J. Burgers, Charles Earle Burt, William Henry Burt, Robert A. Burton, R. Bruce Bury, Fred Ray Cagle, Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Society, Luis F. Capurro, Dennis S. Carlson, Nan V. Carson, Center for Tropical Studies, University of Michigan, Herman Burleigh Chase, The Chicago Herpetological Society, William M. Clay, Doris Mable Cochran, Nathan Wolf Cohen, Roger Conant, John M. Condit, Congreso Latinamericano de Zoologia, Joseph F. Copp, Robert Copping, Raymond B. Cowles, David Crane, John Davis, Paul E. P. Deraniyagala, Philip H. Derse, Michael W. Dix, James R. Dixon, Roberto Donoso-Barrios (Ref.), Armando Dugand, Roy Frederick Dulin, Jr., Ann Dunham, Emmet Reid Dunn, Delbert G. Easton, Richard A. Edgren, Jr., Lloyd C. Emmons, Francis Cope Evans, Lee C. Finneran, Harvey Irvin Fisher, Henry Sheldon Fitch, Alvin Godfrey Flury, William I. Follett, Keith E. Friedel, John W. Funkhouser, Jose M. Gallardo, Sidney Roland Galler, Carl Gans, Joseph Francis Gennaro, Jr., Howard Kay Gloyd, Coleman Jett Goin, Stanley W. Gorham, Joseph B. Gorman, Chapman Grant, Arthur Merwin Greenhall, Arnold B. Grobman, Eugene Raymond Hall, Rogers D. Hamilton, William John Hamilton, Jr., Garry P. Harned, Francis Harper, Ernest William Hartung, Norman Edouard Hartweg, Werner George Heim, Herpetologists' League, William Atwood Hilton, Richard L. Hoffman, Alphonse Richard Hoge, Theodore Huntington Hubbell, Carl Leavitt Hubbs, Richard G. Hubler, Don Hunsaker II, Victor H. Hutchinson, Robert F. Inger, Instituto Butantan, Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e Historia, International Association For Systematic Zoology, International Biological Programme, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, International Herpetology Society, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Hernando de Irmay, David Lee Jameson, Rolf A. Jensen, Junior Herpetological Society, Brahma S. Kaushiva, Hugh Lawrence Keegan, Laurence Monroe Klauber, Robert Elroy Kuntz, Ernest Albert Lachner, Abdem Ramon Lancini, David A. Langebartel, Carlos M. Larrea, Ronald Lawson, David S. Lee, Donald L. Lehmann, Roberto Levi-Castillo, Alan E. Leviton, Lizard Ecology Symposium, Long Island Herpetological Society, Richard Biggar Loomis, Francis X. Lueth, Douglas MacGregor, Thomas J. McIntyre, Rogers McVaugh, Beni Charan Mahendra, M. Maldonado-Koerdell, Guillermo Mann, Romeo John Mansueti, Paul Schultz Martin, Kevin W. Marx, The Maryland Herpetological Society, Ernst Mayr, Giles W. Mead, John Stephen Mecham, Daniel Merriman, Robert Rush Miller, Eunice Thomas Miner, Francis J. Mitchell, Erna Mohr, John Alexander Moore, George Sprague Myers, National Geographic Society, Walter Ludwig Necker, Wilfred T. Neill, Morris Graham Netting, New York Herpetological Society, Norman Dennis Newell, Clifford Raymond Noll, Jr., Kenneth Stafford Norris, The Ohio Herpetological Society, James Arthur Oliver, The Orange County Herpetological Society, Gustavo Orces, Braulio Orejas-Miranda (Ref.), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Paris), Organization of American States, Lourdes G. Ortega, Juan Jose Parodiz, Georges Pasteur, Dennis R. Paulson, Raymond Andrew Paynter, Jr., James A. Peters, Philadelphia Herpetological Society, David Pimentel, Richard A. Pimentel, Ivo Poglayen-Neuwall, Friedrich Polz, Clifford Hillhouse Pope, Primer Congreso Sudamericano de Zoologia, George B. Rabb, A. Stanley Rand, Neil Dwight Richmond, William J. Riemer, Philip C. Ritterbush, Robert Maar Roecker, Alfred S. Romer, Douglas Anthon Rossman, Barry Rothman, Norma Rothman, Janis A. Roze, Rodolfo Ruibal, Findlay Ewing Russell, Richard W. Russell, Jay M. Savage, Scandinavian Herpetological Society, Herbert Schifter, Karl Patterson Schmidt, Waldo Lasalle Schmitt, Albert Schwartz, Frederick A. Shannon, Charles E. Shaw, Hurst Hugh Shoemaker, R. K. Shrivastava, Charles Gald Sibley, Allan J. Sloan, Paul Slud (Ref.), Hobart Muir Smith, Philip W. Smith, Richard Craine Snyder, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Zoology, Paul Soderberg, The Southern California Academy of Sciences, Southwestern Herpetologists Society, James Juan Spillett, Leonhard Stejneger, Othmar Stemmler, Terry B. Stevenson, William H. Stickel, Laurence Cooper Stuart, Bogdan Sturgen, The Systematics Association, Michael J. Takos, James R. Tamsitt, Wilmer W. Tanner, Aaron M. Taub, Edward H. Taylor, The Tennessee Herpetological Society, E. Titschack, Enrico Tortonese, Robert G. Tuck, Jr., Frederick Brown Turner, Michael J. Tyler, Emil K. Urban, Thomas Marshall Uzzell, Jose Valencia, Stefan Vancea, Paulo Emilio Vanzolini, Jaime D. Villa, Virginia Herpetological Society, John Visser, Zdenek Vogel, Harold K. Voris, Helmuth O. Wagner, David Burton Wake, Charles Frederic Walker, Warren Franklin Walker, Jr., Harlan D. Walley, The Washington Biologists' Field Club, Inc., Robert G. Webb, William Weber (Ref.), John E. Werler, Heinz Wermuth, Yehudah L. Werner, Dawn Xavier Weston, Jr., Kenneth L. Williams, Richard Willnow, James Walter Wilson, Larry David Wilson, Gaston-Francois de Witte, Allyn L. Wood, Lindsay W. Wood, Albert Hazen Wright (Ref.), John W. Wright, David Zaid, William Zipperer, The Zoological Society of London, George R. Zug, Richard George Zweifel.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- Cochran, Doris M. (Doris Mabel), 1898-
- Division of Reptiles and Amphibians (NMNH). Department of Vertebrate Zoology (NMNH)
- Peters, James Arthur, 1922-
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7175, Peters, James Arthur, 1922-, James A. Peters Papers, and Records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
Container List
Series 1
CORRESPONDENCE, 1938-1972. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.This record series is a compilation of two complete and previously separate files as well as one incomplete file. Due to the similarity in the nature and subject matter, the three files were combined into one alphabetic series. The largest volume of correspondence is incoming and outgoing Peters correspondence, both professional and personal. To a lesser extent professional and personal correspondence exists for other members of the staff - Doris Mable Cochran, Robert G. Tuck, Jr., and George R. Zug. The subject matter is largely confined to specimen identification, meetings of scientific societies, and requests for scientific papers.
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Abalos, J. W.
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Anderson, S.
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Beltz, Ronald E.
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Benson, Paul A.
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Beitrage zur Neotropischen Fauna
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Berry, Frederick H.
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Bio Instrumentation Advisory Council
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Bishop, Sherman C.
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Blackwelder, Richard E.
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Block, Ellen Gillespie
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Brill, E. J. (Book dealers)
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Walker, Charles F.
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Walker, Warren F., Jr.
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Webb, Robert G.
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Werler, John
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Werner, Yehudah L.
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Williams, Kenneth L.
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Wilson, Larry David
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de Witte, Gaston-Francois
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Series 2
SOCIETIES, MEETINGS, CONGRESSES, SYMPOSIUMS, ETC., 1940-1972. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.Correspondence in this series pertains to scientific organizations and documents Peters' participation in these organizations. Also included are newsletters, form letters for committee members, and information brochures. Foreign societies are alphabetized utilizing the foreign language spelling.
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AAAS Symposia, 1966
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American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
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American Medical Association
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American Society of Icthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), 1940-1963
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ASIH San Francisco, 1967
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ASIH, 1967-1970
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ASIH, 1969-1970
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ASIH, 1969-1971
Box 20 of 49
ASIH, 1971-1972
Box 20 of 49
ASIH Board of Governors, 1968
Box 20 of 49
ASIH Agenda, 1970
Box 20 of 49
Box 21
ASIH Monograph Series
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Manuscript Review
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Income Tax
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Conservation Committee
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Committee for Increased Participation
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Committee on Publications Secretary
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Nomenclature Committee
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Committee on Zoological Nomenclature, 1956-1960
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Committee on Zoological Nomenclature, 1964-1967
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Committee on Zoological Nomenclature, 1967-1970 (2 folders)
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Committee on Zoological Nomenclature - Papers
Box 21 of 49
ASIH Committee on Zoological Nomenclature - ZN (S) 1704, Coluber Chimetla
Box 21 of 49
ASIH - "Preserved Specimen Records and Notes on All Phases of Herpetology," by James A. Peters
Box 21 of 49
American Society of Zoologists
Box 21 of 49
Association for the Advancement of Biomedical Education
Box 21 of 49
Association for Tropical Biology (ATB) (2 folders)
Box 21 of 49
ATB Editorial Planning Committee
Box 21 of 49
Box 22
Biological Society of Washington
Box 22 of 49
British Herpetological Society
Box 22 of 49
Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Society
Box 22 of 49
Center for Tropical Studies, University of Michigan
Box 22 of 49
Chicago Herpetological Society
Box 22 of 49
Darwin-Wallace Centennial
Box 22 of 49
DATA International Assistance Corps
Box 22 of 49
Friends of the Smithsonian Institution (Senate of Scientists)
Box 22 of 49
Herpetological Digest
Box 22 of 49
Herpetologists' League
Box 22 of 49
Instituto Panamericano de Geogratia e Historia
Box 22 of 49
International Andean Year (UNESCO)
Box 22 of 49
International Association for Systematic Zoology
Box 22 of 49
International Biological Program (IBP) (2 folders)
Box 22 of 49
IBP - Blair
Box 22 of 49
IBP - Caracas, Venezuela, 1967
Box 22 of 49
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Box 22 of 49
International Conference on Systematic Biology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1967
Box 22 of 49
First International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology (ICSEB)
Box 22 of 49
Box 23
ICSEB
Box 23 of 49
ICSEB Computer Revolution in Systematics Symposium, 1972
Box 23 of 49
Fifteenth International Congress of Zoology
Box 23 of 49
Sixteenth International Congress of Zoology (2 folders)
Box 23 of 49
Seventeenth International Congress of Zoology (3 folders)
Box 23 of 49
International Congress of Herpetology
Box 23 of 49
International Herpetology Society
Box 23 of 49
International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature
Box 23 of 49
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
Box 23 of 49
Investigaciones Cientificas del Tropicos
Box 23 of 49
Junior Herpetological Society
Box 23 of 49
Latin American Congress of Zoology
Box 23 of 49
Second Latin American Congress of Zoology
Box 23 of 49
Third Latin American Congress of Zoology
Box 23 of 49
Fourth Latin American Congress of Zoology
Box 23 of 49
Fifth Latin American Congress of Zoology
Box 23 of 49
Latin American Science Board
Box 23 of 49
Box 24
Symposium of Lizard Ecology
Box 24 of 49
Long Island Herpetological Society
Box 24 of 49
Marquis Biographical Library Society
Box 24 of 49
Maryland Herpetological Society
Box 24 of 49
Navy
Box 24 of 49
Near East College Association
Box 24 of 49
New York Herpetological Society
Box 24 of 49
Ohio Herpetological Society
Box 24 of 49
Orange County Herpetological Society
Box 24 of 49
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
Box 24 of 49
Organization of American States
Box 24 of 49
Panama, 1966
Box 24 of 49
Primer Congreso Sudaamericano de Zoologia
Box 24 of 49
Philadelphia Herpetological Society
Box 24 of 49
Scandinavian Herpetological Society
Box 24 of 49
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (2 folders)
Box 24 of 49
Society for the Study of Evolution
Box 24 of 49
Society of Systematic Zoology
Box 24 of 49
Society of Systematic Zoology, Boston Meeting 1953
Box 24 of 49
Society of Systematic Zoology, IBP
Box 24 of 49
Society of Systematic Zoology Monograph Committee
Box 24 of 49
Box 25
Southern California Academy of Sciences
Box 25 of 49
Southwestern Herpetologists Society
Box 25 of 49
The Systematics Association
Box 25 of 49
Symposia on Systematics
Box 25 of 49
Tennessee Herpetological Society
Box 25 of 49
Virginia Herpetological Society
Box 25 of 49
Washington Biologists' Field Club, Inc. (2 folders)
Box 25 of 49
Zoological Society of London
Box 25 of 49
Series 3
MANUSCRIPTS, 1942-1972. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.This series consists of Peters' typescripts or written notes. Included are papers written for college credit, as well as published papers, especially relative to Ecuador. The alphabetical listing is most often filed by the Latin name of the specimen rather than the correct title of the paper.
Box 25
Book Reviews
Box 25 of 49
Manuscripts
Box 25 of 49
Papers (Published)
Box 25 of 49
Alligator - Manuscript
Box 25 of 49
Alligator - Correspondence
Box 25 of 49
Ameiva - General
Box 25 of 49
Ameiva petersi
Box 25 of 49
Ameiva bridgesii
Box 25 of 49
Ameiva edracantha
Box 25 of 49
Ameiva Proof
Box 25 of 49
Ameiva septemlineata
Box 25 of 49
Ameiva septemlineata subspecies Nova
Box 25 of 49
Box 26
American Alligator Council - Report
Box 26 of 49
Anolis rhinoceros
Box 26 of 49
Biological Textbook - Manuscript
Box 26 of 49
"A New Approach in the Analysis of Biogeographic Data"
Box 26 of 49
Biographic Data
Box 26 of 49
"Biostatistical Programs in 'Basic' Language for the Time-Shared Computer," 1970
Box 26 of 49
"Use and Misuse of the Biotic Province Concept"
Box 26 of 49
"The Scientific Name of the American Puff Adder"
Box 26 of 49
"On the Proper Allocation of the Trivial Name 'Venezuelensis' in the Genus Bothrops (Viperidae, Serpentes)"
Box 26 of 49
Caecilia Electrocardiography Manuscript
Box 26 of 49
Career Opportunities in Evolution
Box 26 of 49
Ceratophrys stolzmanni
Box 26 of 49
Box 27
Classic Papers on Genetics
Box 27 of 49
Classic Papers on Genetics - Second Edition
Box 27 of 49
Clines in Herpetology
Box 27 of 49
Computadoras de Tiempo Compartido
Box 27 of 49
Symposium on Computers, Mexico City, 1967
Box 27 of 49
Computerized Loan Records for Museum Collections
Box 27 of 49
Coniophanes
Box 27 of 49
Coral Snakes
Box 27 of 49
Cyclagras
Box 27 of 49
Data Sheets on Central and South American Specimens
Box 27 of 49
Dean Bibliography of Fishes, 1968
Box 27 of 49
Dendrobates
Box 27 of 49
Diaglena
Box 27 of 49
Box 28
Dictionary of Herpetology - Permissions
Box 28 of 49
Dictionary of Herpetology - Letters
Box 28 of 49
Dipsas catesbyi
Box 28 of 49
Dipsadinae
Box 28 of 49
Dipsadinae - Supplement
Box 28 of 49
Duke, J. A. - Polyclaves
Box 28 of 49
Ecuadorian Snakes - American Museum of Natural History
Box 28 of 49
Ecuadorian Amphibians
Box 28 of 49
Ecuadorian Caecilians
Box 28 of 49
Ecuadorian Leptodactylus
Box 28 of 49
Box 29
Ecuadorian Lizards (2 folders)
Box 29 of 49
Ecuadorian Lizards - Miscellaneous Notes
Box 29 of 49
Ecuadorian Lizards - Types
Box 29 of 49
Equatorial National Park
Box 29 of 49
Ecuadorian Snakes - Stanford University
Box 29 of 49
Ecuadorian Snakes - Checklist Keys (2 folders)
Box 29 of 49
Origins and Zoogeography of the Reptile Fauna of Ecuador
Box 29 of 49
Box 30
Evolution Seminar
Box 30 of 49
Extinction: Its Causes and Results
Box 30 of 49
A Computer Program for Calculating Degree of Biogeographical Resemblance Between Areas
Box 30 of 49
Gastrotheca
Box 30 of 49
Gonyosoma / Elaphe
Box 30 of 49
Hazel, Joe - Rebuttal to the Use of Cluster Analysis in Biogeography
Box 30 of 49
Hennig, Willi - Review
Box 30 of 49
Herpetology in Modern China, 1968
Box 30 of 49
Hibernation in Terrestrial Ectotherms and the Evolution of Thermoregulation
Box 30 of 49
Holbrookia texana
Box 30 of 49
Hypsiglena
Box 30 of 49
Laemanctus serratus
Box 30 of 49
Leptotyphlopidae
Box 30 of 49
Box 31
Museum of Natural History (MNH) Exhibit Story, 1969
Box 31 of 49
Ninia atrata
Box 31 of 49
Pleurodema brachyops
Box 31 of 49
Quintana Roo - Instituto Polytechnico de Mexico
Box 31 of 49
Rana maculata ZN (S) 1750
Box 31 of 49
Reelfoot Lake Data
Box 31 of 49
Rexraod Snake Fossils - Genus Heterodon from the Pliocene of Kansas
Box 31 of 49
Roze Review
Box 31 of 49
Sierra de Coalcoman, 1950-1951
Box 31 of 49
Serpentes - Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1970
Box 31 of 49
Southwestern Michoacan
Box 31 of 49
Stejneger, Leonhard H.
Box 31 of 49
A Note on the Concept of Subspecies for VHS Bulletin
Box 31 of 49
Box 32
Systematics, 1948-1960
Box 32 of 49
Thamnodynastes
Box 32 of 49
The Role of Time-Share Computing in Museum Research
Box 32 of 49
The Time-Shared Computer as an Adjunct to Museum Exhibits
Box 32 of 49
A Report on an Experiment Combining a Time-Shared Computer and a Public Exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History
Box 32 of 49
Tropidodipsas perijanensis
Box 32 of 49
Turtle Traffic, 1972
Box 32 of 49
Type Locality Restrictions in Nomenclatorial Procedure
Box 32 of 49
The Proper Citation for Certain Species Described by Tschudi
Box 32 of 49
Typhlops
Box 32 of 49
Comments on the Valid Emendation of -ii Endings of Patronyms ZN (S) 1913
Box 32 of 49
Stability in Zoological Nomenclature, 1971
Box 32 of 49
Series 4
PUBLISHERS, 1955-1969. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.Correspondence documents publication of Peters' books and scientific papers and includes general information about the various publishers.
Box 32
Publishers
Box 32 of 49
W. H. Freeman and Company - Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition
Box 32 of 49
Hafner Publishing Company
Box 32 of 49
Johns Hopkins Press
Box 32 of 49
C. V. Mosby Company
Box 32 of 49
Box 33
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Box 33 of 49
Series 5
PUBLICATION REQUESTS, 1946-1973. UNARRANGED.Included are miscellaneous reprint requests for papers by Peters or other members of the staff of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians. Information on book dealers, book orders and price lists are also included in this series.
Box 33
Reprint Requests, 1957-1973
Box 33 of 49
Linnaeus Reprint, 1954-1956
Box 33 of 49
Requests - Reptiles, Vietnam, 1970-1973
Box 33 of 49
Requests - Bragg and Cochran Papers, 1969-1971
Box 33 of 49
Publications - Price list, 1946-1960
Box 33 of 49
Books - Book Dealers, 1951-1966
Box 33 of 49
Book Orders, 1962-1964
Box 33 of 49
Series 6
RESEARCH AWARDS, 1950-1970. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.Correspondence documents Peters' application for awards. Grants and awards received include those from the American Philosophical Society (1954); Brown University (1954); National Academy of Science (1956); Fulbright Program - Ecuador (1958-1959); Casa de la Cultura, Ecuador (1959); Universidad Nacional, Ecuador (1959); National Science Foundation (1962-1964); National Institutes of Health (1962-1963); and the Smithsonian Research Award (1965).
Box 34
Grants / Funds / Foundations Information, 1953-1955, 1965
Box 34 of 49
American Philosophical Society Grant, 1953-1955
Box 34 of 49
Bustard Crocodile Project, 1965-1966
Box 34 of 49
Fulbright Professorship - Ecuador and Italy, 1950-1959
Box 34 of 49
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1968
Box 34 of 49
National Academy of Science, 1957
Box 34 of 49
National Institutes of Health Grant, 1957-1964
Box 34 of 49
National Institutes of Health / National Science Foundation - Expenditure Receipts for Research Project, June - September 1962
Box 34 of 49
National Institutes of Health / National Science Foundation - Ecuador, 1962-1966
Box 34 of 49
National Science Foundation - Ecuador, 1961-1962
Box 34 of 49
National Science Foundation - Ecuador (Miscellaneous), 1962, 1965
Box 34 of 49
Box 35
National Science Foundation - Grant Expenditures, 1959-1964
Box 35 of 49
Smithsonian Research Awards, 1962-1967
Box 35 of 49
Smithsonian Catalogue of Neotropical Squamata, 1966-1969
Box 35 of 49
Box 36
Smithsonian - Ecuador, 1965
Box 36 of 49
Smithsonian - Ecuador, June 1966
Box 36 of 49
Smithsonian - Ecuador Exchange Program, 1962
Box 36 of 49
Smithsonian - Ecuador, Gustavo Orces' U.S. trip, 1965-1967
Box 36 of 49
Smithsonian Research Proposals for the Investigations of the Mediterranean Using the R/V Phykos (Smithsonian Research Vessel), 1970
Box 36 of 49
Naval Medical Research Institute - Vietnam, 1967-1969
Box 36 of 49
Letters of Introduction, 1962, 1965
Box 36 of 49
Collecting Permits, c. 1950-1954
Box 36 of 49
Series 7
COMPUTERS and COMPUTER USAGE, 1960-1973. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.This series consists in the most part of computer runs for the time-share computer system. Peters established a fund for the use of computer time by Smithsonian scientists. This data is often filed under the name of the scientist involved.
Box 36
CEIR Time-Share Computer, 1966-1968
Box 36 of 49
Chain Gang, 1967-1971
Box 36 of 49
CLUSTD, 1967, 1970
Box 36 of 49
Computer Keys - Bothrops, c. 1970
Box 36 of 49
Computer Programs, 1967-1971
Box 36 of 49
Box 37
Computer Speeches, 1967
Box 37 of 49
Diagnosis Printer Program, 1970
Box 37 of 49
Heatwole and MacKenzie - Puerto Rico, c. 1967
Box 37 of 49
Lachner and Jenkins, 1970
Box 37 of 49
Multi-Access Computer Logs and Records (Time-Share Computing), 1967-1968
Box 37 of 49
Mailer, 1970
Box 37 of 49
Mathatron - IBM, 1965-1966
Box 37 of 49
Museum and University Data, Program and Information Exchange (MUDPIE), 1968-1972 (2 folders)
Box 37 of 49
Public Program (CEIR), 1968-1969
Box 37 of 49
Peru Material - Giles W. Mead, 1968-1971
Box 37 of 49
Savage - Desert Data, 1960
Box 37 of 49
Slud's Bird Data, Costa Rica, c. 1967
Box 37 of 49
Box 38
Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service - Incoming Requests, 1966-1973
Box 38 of 49
Systematic Keys [Most of these removed 6/11/1973 by L. Morse, Harvard], c. 1968
Box 38 of 49
TAXIR Demonstration Working Papers, 1968
Box 38 of 49
Theoretical Analysis, c. 1970
Box 38 of 49
Time-Share Computer Use Records, c. 1971
Box 38 of 49
William Weber Matrix (Mosses of the World), 1972
Box 38 of 49
Series 8
NON-SMITHSONIAN FILES, 1937-1966. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.The series consists of files originating before 1964 when Peters came to the Smithsonian. They appear to have been kept for Peters' personal information. The bulk of this series consists of lecture notes.
Box 38
Amphibians and Reptiles - Lecture Notes, c. 1948
Box 38 of 49
Biology Identification and Criticism (New Concept in Teaching Biology to Freshmen at Brown University), 1956-1958
Box 38 of 49
Box 39
Biology Identification and Criticism (Response to American Institute of Biological Sciences Article), c. 1953-1957
Box 39 of 49
CalBioChem (California Foundation for Biochemical Research, Undergraduate Research Grant, San Fernando Valley State College), 1961
Box 39 of 49
Examination Papers (Exams given by Peters while at San Fernando Valley State College), 1960-1964
Box 39 of 49
Generic / Suprageneric - Classification and Phylogenies, Bibliographic Notes, c. 1948-1950
Box 39 of 49
Herpetology, Class Notes, c. 1951
Box 39 of 49
Herpetology Seminar, Class Notes and Bibliography, c. 1951
Box 39 of 49
Indices ("The Osteology of Reptiles" by S. W. Williston)
Box 39 of 49
Invoices (Completed) Borrowed Material, 1951-1967
Box 39 of 49
Latin American Studies Program, San Fernando Valley State College, 1960-1961
Box 39 of 49
Leiolopisma Notes and Correspondence, c. 1937-1949
Box 39 of 49
University of Maryland (Copeia), 1963
Box 39 of 49
Peters' Master of Arts in Teaching material, Brown University, 1957-1958
Box 39 of 49
Polydactylism and Polymely, Notes
Box 39 of 49
Proctoporus, Notes
Box 39 of 49
Box 40
San Fernando Valley State College, 1959-1965
Box 40 of 49
San Fernando Valley State College, Curriculum Forums, c. 1960
Box 40 of 49
Speeches / Talks
Box 40 of 49
Value of Systematics, Articles and Notes, 1952-1966
Box 40 of 49
Teiidae (UZZ) (Correspondence with Thomas M. Uzzell, Jr.), 1958-1960
Box 40 of 49
Television Program Correspondence, 1953
Box 40 of 49
Veteran's Administration, 1945-1959
Box 40 of 49
Series 9
SMITHSONIAN-RELATED FILES, 1962-1971. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.The series consists of files originating after 1964 which document Peters' job-related duties while employed by the Institution. Curatorial and administrative functions are included.
Box 40
Peters' Smithsonian Institution Record, 1962-1973
Box 40 of 49
Biological Abstracts (Correspondence re: Peters as abstracter), 1963-1972
Box 40 of 49
New Wing of National Museum of Natural History - Space Allocation, 1964-1965
Box 40 of 49
S. Dillon Ripley Memos, 1964-1969
Box 40 of 49
Peters Travel, 1964-1972
Box 40 of 49
Travel Materials - Trip Reports, 1968-1972
Box 40 of 49
Box 41
Ralph Axtell Petition re: nomenclature, 1965
Box 41 of 49
Docents' Letters, 1965
Box 41 of 49
American Heritage Dictionary (re: Peters' capacity as consultant), 1965-1968
Box 41 of 49
Post-Doctorals (SI), 1966-1967
Box 41 of 49
Smithsonian Annual Report, Peters' draft, FY 1967
Box 41 of 49
Summer Systematics Conference - SI Committee, 1966-1971
Box 41 of 49
Open House, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, December 31, 1966
Box 41 of 49
University of Illinois Centennial Speech, October 27, 1967 (Includes correspondence and travel papers)
Box 41 of 49
Third Annual Open House, Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, May 18, 1968
Box 41 of 49
SI Long-Range Planning Committee, 1970
Box 41 of 49
Unfiled Material, c. 1947-1968
Box 41 of 49
Series 10
PETERS' PERSONAL PAPERS, 1935-1969. UNARRANGED.These papers generally do not deal with the professional aspects of Peters' career. However an exception is the existence of some research plans in Peters' "Idea" notebook.
Box 41
Personal - Miscellaneous (Includes notes, exams, identification, clippings, grade reports, photographs, and research plans), c. 1935-1971
Box 41 of 49
Correspondence - Family, 1946-1956
Box 41 of 49
Peters' Citations, Diplomas, etc., 1939-1969
Box 41 of 49
Peters' Idea Notebook, c. 1953-1964
Box 41 of 49
Box 42
Calendars with notations, 1940-1941
Box 42 of 49
Calendar with notations, 1942
Box 42 of 49
Series 11
DIVISION OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OUTGOING SHIPPING INVOICES, C. 1938-1964. ARRANGED BY SUBJECT.These are official records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians and appear to have been originally maintained by Doris Mable Cochran.
Box 42
Specimens sent as a gift
Box 42 of 49
Specimens sent as exchange
Box 42 of 49
Specimens sent for examination at Division's request
Box 42 of 49
Return of material borrowed by Division
Box 42 of 49
Return of material sent here for identification
Box 42 of 49
Miscellaneous shipments
Box 42 of 49
Series 12
DIVISION OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INCOMING SHIPPING INVOICES, C. 1938-1966. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.These are official records of the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians and appear to have been originally maintained by Doris Mable Cochran.
Box 43
A-Q (17 folders)
Box 43 of 49
Box 44
R-W, Z (7 folders)
Box 44 of 49
Series 13
DIVISION OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS CURATORIAL PAPERS (DORIS MABLE COCHRAN), 1927-1966. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.These records appear to have been information files originated and maintained by Doris Mable Cochran while employed at the Smithsonian. Files were probably used by Peters for reference.
Box 44
Annual Reports, 1927-1959 (3 folders)
Box 44 of 49
Box 45
Annual Reports, 1960-1965
Box 45 of 49
Control File (Carbons), 1961-1964
Box 45 of 49
Correspondence (re: specimens loaned and not returned), c. 1941-1957
Box 45 of 49
Data Formerly Left Inside Catalogue Books and Information About the Collection
Box 45 of 49
Data on Zoo Specimens, Casts, etc., c. 1929-1937
Box 45 of 49
Exhibits
Tentative Plans for Exhibits, Cold-Blooded Vertebrates, 1943
Box 45 of 49
Reptile Exhibit, Correspondence (Exhibit models and exhibit labels), 1948-1961
Box 45 of 49
Hall of Oceanic Life (#16), Topical outline, 1960-1964
Box 45 of 49
Old Notes on Cases for Hall #29, 1960-1964
Box 45 of 49
Hall #29, Cold-Blooded Vertebrates, 1961 renewal
Box 45 of 49
Hall #29 - Labels, exhibits, accessories, 1962-1966 (Includes correspondence, official memos, and photographs)
Box 45 of 49
Hall #29 - Old casts; New freeze-dried, c. 1964
Box 45 of 49
Box 46
Hall #30, Osteology, 1962-1964 (Includes specimen case layout of Hall #28, 1964)
Box 46 of 49
International Congress of Zoology (ICZ) Exhibit, 1963
Box 46 of 49
Library, 1943-1966
Box 46 of 49
Live Pets Kept in the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, 1955-1958
Box 46 of 49
Management Improvement Program, 1949-1954
Box 46 of 49
Manuscripts, Editors' Memos (Mainly re: Smithsonian publications), 1957-1964
Box 46 of 49
Museum Techniques (e.g., data processing), c. 1963
Box 46 of 49
President's Scientific Research Board, 1947
Box 46 of 49
Report to Committee on Geographical Exploration; also other plans for exploration and collecting, 1946-1947
Box 46 of 49
Research Programs - Completed and in progress, 1951-1962
Box 46 of 49
Scientific names not in catalogue - checking completed by Doris M. Cochran
Box 46 of 49
Work Load Reports, 1950-1964
Box 46 of 49
Series 14
NOTE CARDS AND SLIDES, C. 1956-1964. UNARRANGED.These records were an added acquisition to the collection from the Division of Fishes after the collection had been processed. The note cards appear to have served as a personal reference source; the slides were used to illustrate talks given by Peters.
Box 47
Card Index to Specimens - Lists page reference, family, habitat, modern name, location of type, range, references to revisions, etc.
Box 47 of 49
Snake Record Cards, 1956-1964
Box 47 of 49
Anatomy of Collared Lizards - Bibliographic card file
Box 47 of 49
Hibernation - Note cards
Box 47 of 49
Box 48
Key Talk - 3 1/4"x4" glass slides
Box 48 of 49
Box 49
Talks given by Peters - Note cards, c. 1956-1958
Box 49 of 49
Zoogeography talk - 3 1/4" x 4" slides
Box 49 of 49
Series 15
FIELD NOTES, 1946-1965.Box 49
Field Notes, 1954-1959
Box 49 of 49
Field Notes - Mexico, c. 1949 (3 folders)
Box 49 of 49
Field Notes, 1950-1965
Box 49 of 49
Herpetology Field Notes, 1946
Box 49 of 49
Field Notes of Martin Imms, 1956
Box 49 of 49
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