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Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 97-080

American Society of Mammalogists

Records, circa 1938-1994

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:American Society of Mammalogists
Title:Records
Dates:circa 1938-1994
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 97-080
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of collected records of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM). Materials include files of Hugh H. Genoways and Elizabeth Horner as officers and members of ASM; tape recorded interviews with the mammalogist, Philip Hershkovitz; photographs of presidents of ASM; and miscellaneous materials.

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This accession consists of collected records of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM). Materials include files of Hugh H. Genoways and Elizabeth Horner as officers and members of ASM; tape recorded interviews with the mammalogist, Philip Hershkovitz; photographs of presidents of ASM; and miscellaneous materials.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-080, American Society of Mammalogists, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Files of Hugh H. Genoways, ASM President, 1984-1986

ASM reports and publications, 1987

Box 1 of 2

ASM correspondence, reports, and publications, 1984-1988

Box 1 of 2

ASM correspondence, reports, and publications, 1989

Box 1 of 2

ASM correspondence, reports, and publications, 1990

Box 1 of 2

ASM correspondence, 1991

Box 1 of 2

ASM correspondence, reports, and publications, 1992

Box 1 of 2

ASM correspondence, reports, and publications, 1993

Box 1 of 2

ASM correspondence, reports, and publications, 1994

Box 1 of 2

ASM Honorary Membership Committee correspondence, 1992-1994

Box 1 of 2

Responses to Circular #2, ITC/IV Workshop, 1984-1985

Box 1 of 2

Unarranged ASM correspondence, 1973-1985

Box 1 of 2

Advisory Committee on Systematic Resources in Mammalogy, correspondence, 1972-1974

Box 1 of 2

Unarranged ASM correspondence, 1973-1985

Box 1 of 2

Directory of ASM standing committees, ad hoc committees, society representatives, 1985-1986

Box 1 of 2

ASM "Proceedings of the September Seminar on NIRM," 1975

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

General ASM Records

Meeting programs, 1969, 1974, 1982, 1985

Box 2 of 2

Group photographs of ASM meetings, c. 1968-1982 (non-inclusive)

Box 2 of 2

Photographs of past ASM presidents, two sets, contributed by Michael Carleton

Box 2 of 2

ASM publications and programs from Remington Kellog papers, 1926-1948; contributed by James Mead

Box 2 of 2

Martin Schein

Text of presentation by D. E. Wilson nominating J. S. Findley for honorary ASM membership, 1994

Box 2 of 2

Memorandum concerning takedown of National Museum of Natural History exhibit honoring 75th anniversary of ASM, 1994

Box 2 of 2

Miscellaneous 1994 correspondence, some concerning 1994 ASM meeting in Washington, DC

Box 2 of 2

Press clippings, 1994

Box 2 of 2

Obituaries for Ross Hardy and Robert T. Orr

Box 2 of 2

Spilogale, vol. 75, no. 1, June 1994

Box 2 of 2

Philip Hershkovitz Biographical Materials from Bruce D. Patterson

Biographical sketch and bibliography by Patterson

Box 2 of 2

Notes on academic genealogy

Box 2 of 2

Three 60-minute tapes of May 1984 interview with Hershkovitz

Box 2 of 2

Elizabeth Horner Files

Miscellaneous, 1958-1972

Box 2 of 2

Resolutions committee, 1964-1995

Box 2 of 2

Aid to European mammalogists, 1947-1949

Box 2 of 2

Program committee, 1971-1972

Box 2 of 2

Ad hoc program committee, 1970-1971

Box 2 of 2

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