Agency history, 1966-1971

Subject

• Watson, George E (George Elder) 1931-
• Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey
• United States Navy Medical Research Unit
• Yale University
• United States Army Research Office
• Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program
• Smithsonian Research Foundation

Category

Agency History

Notes

• This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
• Guide to the Smithsonian Archives
• The Palearctic Migratory Bird Survey (PMS), a survey of migratory birds, their ectoparasites and the viruses they carry, was conducted in the eastern Mediterranean from 1966 to 1971. The primary PMS operation site was in northern Egypt. Surveys were also conducted in Cyprus and Israel. The PMS involved scientists of the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Naval Medical Research Unit, and Yale University, and was funded by the Army Research Office, the Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program, and the Smithsonian Research Foundation. George E. Watson, Chairman, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, and Curator, Division of Birds, was principal Investigator.
• For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1966
• 1966-1971

Topic

• Emigration and immigration
• Animals
• Migrations
• Birds
• Birds as carriers of disease
• Birds--Migration

Place

• Cyprus
• Egypt
• Israel

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00035

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