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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 01-038

National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology

Curatorial Records, 1959-1996

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology
Title:Curatorial Records
Dates:1959-1996
Quantity:3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 01-038
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of curatorial records created by Margaret Collins, Research Associate in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology from the late 1970s through 1996. Collins primarily studied termites of the Caribbean. She was also a professor of zoology at Howard University, Florida A & M, and Federal City College in Washington. Materials include correspondence, field notes, maps, collection inventories and annotations, exhibition records, grants, and manuscripts.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of curatorial records created by Margaret Collins, Research Associate in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology from the late 1970s through 1996. Collins primarily studied termites of the Caribbean. She was also a professor of zoology at Howard University, Florida A&M, and Federal City College in Washington.

Materials include correspondence, field notes, maps, collection inventories and annotations, exhibition records, grants, and manuscripts.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-038, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Entomology, Curatorial Records

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Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 Dominica, 1993-1994

Dominica, 1993-1994 [Field Book Registry MODSi6521; Item SIA_01-038_B01_F01]
Box 1 of 3

Folder 2 Florida Termites, undated

Box 1 of 3

Folder 3 Collection Logs - British Virgin Islands, 1988-1991

Collection Logs - British Virgin Islands, 1988-1991 [Field Book Registry MODSi6523; Item SIA_01-038_B01_F03]
Box 1 of 3

Folder 4 British Virgin Islands - Guana Island, 1989-1993

Box 1 of 3

Folder 5 Guana Island, 1993

Box 1 of 3

Folder 6 Guana Project, 1987-1990

Box 1 of 3

Folder 7 British Virgin Islands - Maps, undated

Box 1 of 3

Folder 8 Guana, 1992

Box 1 of 3

Folder 9 Guana Island, 1992

Box 1 of 3

Folder 10 Biology of Caribbean Termites - "Short Course," undated

Box 1 of 3

Folder 11 Caribbean Survey, 1992

Box 1 of 3

Folder 12 Caribbean Zoogeography, 1990

Box 1 of 3

Folder 13 NGO - Biodiversity, 1994

Box 1 of 3

Folder 14 Cayman Islands, 1983-1994

Box 1 of 3

Folder 15 Emergency, 1993

Box 1 of 3

Folder 16 Cayman Islands - Oxford Expedition, undated

Box 1 of 3

Folder 17 Permits - New Form, 1994

Box 1 of 3

Folder 18 Chamela, Mexico, 1996

Box 1 of 3

Folder 19 BDG - Guyana Termite Distribution, undated

Box 1 of 3

Folder 20 Biodiversity of Guianas, 1987-1994

Box 1 of 3

Folder 21 Guyana - Iwokrama, undated

Box 1 of 3

Folder 22 Guyana Earthwatch Project, 1981-1984

Box 1 of 3

Folder 23 Guyana - Correspondence and Reports, 1979-1989

Box 1 of 3

Folder 24 Guyana, 1983-1996

Box 1 of 3

Folder 25 Guyana, undated

Box 1 of 3

Folder 26 Guyana, 1988

Box 1 of 3

Folder 27 Earthwatch, 1982-1985

Box 1 of 3

Box 2

Folders 1-2 Miscellaneous Notebooks, 1996

Box 2 of 3

Folder 3 Arizona, 1996

Box 2 of 3

Folders 4-5 Curricula Vitae, 1992-1996

Box 2 of 3

Folder 6 Termite References, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 7 Women's Committee Grant, 1994

Box 2 of 3

Folder 8 Exhibit - Women's Committee, 1994

Box 2 of 3

Folder 9 Isoptera Correspondence, 1984-1985

Box 2 of 3

Folder 10 Emerson's Panama Donation, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 11 Emerson/Krishna Donations, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 12 Thorne Returns, 1993

Box 2 of 3

Folders 13-15 Loans, Visits, Donations, 1984-1993

Box 2 of 3

Folders 16-18 Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1959-1994

Box 2 of 3

Folders 19-20 Darlington, 1988-1993

Box 2 of 3

Folder 21 Haverty Correspondence, 1991-1993

Box 2 of 3

Folder 22 Outreach, 1993-1994

Box 2 of 3

Folder 23 National Geographic, 1992

Box 2 of 3

Folder 24 National Conference on Urban Entomology, 1990

Box 2 of 3

Folder 25 IUSSI, 1990

Box 2 of 3

Folder 26 Discovery Channel Information, 1992

Box 2 of 3

Folder 27 La Fage Symposium, 1990

Box 2 of 3

Folder 28 Miscellaneous Unclassifiable, 1990-1993

Box 2 of 3

Folder 29 Belize Field Notes, 1981

Belize Field Notes, 1981 [Field Book Registry MODSi6529; Item SIA_01-038_B02_F29]
Box 2 of 3

Folder 30 Virgin Islands, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 31 Hispaniola - Vial Index and Lists, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 32 Panama, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 33 Jamaica - Vial Index and Lists, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 34 Puerto Rico - Vial Index and Lists, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 35Costa Rica, undated

Box 2 of 3

Folder 26 Costa Rica - Gould Project, 1991-1993

Box 2 of 3

Box 3

Folder 1 Cuba - Vial Index and Lists, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 2 Cuba, 1990-1994

Box 3 of 3

Folder 3 Coptogames - Control Experiment, 1995

Box 3 of 3

Folder 4 Cuticular Hydrocarbons, 1991

Box 3 of 3

Folder 5 Mexico - Plants and Topography, 1983

Box 3 of 3

Folder 6 Termite Predators, 1970-1988

Box 3 of 3

Folder 7 Miscellaneous Notes, 1982 and undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 8 Move Inventory, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 9 MSC Move, Collection Upgrade, 1990

Box 3 of 3

Folder 10 Collection Upgrade - Planning, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 11 Species Inventory, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folders 12-13 Types Inventory, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 14 Type Collection - Location of Types, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 15 Inventory, 1981

Box 3 of 3

Folder 16 Types, 1993

Box 3 of 3

Folder 17 Typed and Printed Labels, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 18 Puru and Guyana, Notes, 1985

Puru and Guyana, Notes, 1985 [Field Book Registry MODSi6546; Item SIA_01-038_B03_F18]
Box 3 of 3

Folder 19 Combat Data - Suriname, Notes, 1982

Combat Data - Suriname, Notes, 1982 [Field Book Registry MODSi6567; Item SIA_01-038_B03_F19]
Box 3 of 3

Folder 20 Collection Data BDG - Little Cayman, Notes, 1994-1995

Collection Data BDG - Little Cayman, Notes, 1994-1995 [Field Book Registry MODSi6568; Item SIA_01-038_B03_F20]
Box 3 of 3

Folder 21 Collecting Permits, 1992

Box 3 of 3

Folder 22 Types Inventory, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 23 Collins Collection Inventory, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 24 Collins Collection Log and Collection Records, 1983 and undated

Collins Collection Log and Collection Records, 1983 and undated [Field Book Registry MODSi6569; Item SIA_01-038_B03_F24]
Box 3 of 3

Folder 25 Index to Vial Inventory, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 26 Types Worksheets, 1990

Box 3 of 3

Folder 27 Vial Inventory, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 28 Vial Inventories - Darlington, 1990-1993

Box 3 of 3

Folder 29 Species Inventory, undated

Box 3 of 3

Folder 30 Inventory - Move, MSC, 1992-1994

Box 3 of 3

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