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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 98-039

National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany

Departmental Records, circa 1984-1994

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
Title:Departmental Records
Dates:circa 1984-1994
Quantity:3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 98-039
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of departmental correspondence, curatorial files, research proposals, research reports, curator evaluations, information concerning staff recruitment and visiting scientists and fellows, departmental annual reports, and department Chair correspondence, primarily under the chairmanships of Laurence E. Skog and Warren Lambert Wagner. Other Curators represented in these records include F. Raymond Fosberg, Richard H. Eyde, and Mason E. Hale. Materials also include files concerning the McKinsey and Co. study of the National Museum of Natural History.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of departmental correspondence, curatorial files, research proposals, research reports, curator evaluations, information concerning staff recruitment and visiting scientists and fellows, departmental annual reports, and Department Chair correspondence, primarily under the chairmanships of Laurence E. Skog and Warren Lambert Wagner. Other curators represented in these records include F. Raymond Fosberg, Richard H. Eyde, and Mason E. Hale. Materials also include files concerning the McKinsey and Co. study of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH).

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-039, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany, Departmental Records

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Container List

Box 1

Fosberg - Inactive curator file

Box 1 of 3

Eyde - Inactive curator file

Box 1 of 3

Hale - Inactive curator file

Box 1 of 3

McKinsey file (3 folders)

Box 1 of 3

Collections Program

Box 1 of 3

American Association of Museums (AAM) Reaccreditation

Box 1 of 3

Faculty Meetings with Talbot (NMNH Director)

Box 1 of 3

Chairmen's Meetings Notes (3 folders)

Box 1 of 3

Curator Research Proposals (4 folders)

Box 1 of 3

Box 2

Flora of Guianas (2 folders)

Box 2 of 3

Flora of Phillippines

Box 2 of 3

SI Contribution to Botany

Box 2 of 3

NMNH Mission Statement 1993

Box 2 of 3

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)/NMNH/MO/PMA/Draft Agreement

Box 2 of 3

PAEC (Professional Accomplishments and Evaluation Committee)

Box 2 of 3

NMNH Recruitment

Box 2 of 3

Minority Hires

Box 2 of 3

Botany Department Goals (2 folders)

Box 2 of 3

Botany Department Goals Committee

Box 2 of 3

Curators C.V.

Box 2 of 3

Candidate Recruitment Files (2 folders)

Box 2 of 3

Agrostology Recruitment

Box 2 of 3

Pacific Plant Vacancy Candidates (Fall 1987)

Box 2 of 3

Pacific Island Botanist

Box 2 of 3

Comments on Candidates (1985-1986)

Box 2 of 3

Neotropical Position Announcements

Box 2 of 3

Recruitment, 1991-1992

Box 2 of 3

Inventory Program

Box 2 of 3

Short-term visitors, fellows (2 folders)

Box 2 of 3

Research Opportunities Funding

Box 2 of 3

Visiting Research Scientists and Collaborators

Box 2 of 3

Box 3

Oceanographic Sorting Center

Box 3 of 3

Old Proposals (Research), 1992-1993

Box 3 of 3

COPRA/International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Box 3 of 3

Biological Diversity

Box 3 of 3

Latin American Plants/Plant Conservation Unit

Box 3 of 3

Correspondence of Botany Chairs, 1988-1992 (4 folders)

Box 3 of 3

L. Morse, Research Collaborator

Box 3 of 3

Botany Department Annual Reports (3 folders)

Box 3 of 3

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