Reference Request
Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 97-129
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Records, circa 1934-1969
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | circa 1934-1969 |
Quantity: | 6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 97-129 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of records documenting the organization of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) in 1934 and its activities through the late 1960s. Materials include constitutions, by-laws, and correspondence of founders; files of SVP officers; materials documenting SVP annual meetings; files of SVP committees; copies of the SVP "News Bulletin;" records documenting SVP relations with the American Geological Institute and the Geological Society of America; membership records; and fiscal records. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the organization of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) in 1934 and its activities through the late 1960s. Included are constitutions, by-laws, and correspondence of founders; files of SVP officers; materials documenting SVP annual meetings; files of SVP committees; copies of the SVP News Bulletin; records documenting SVP relations with the American Geological Institute and the Geological Society of America; membership records; and fiscal records.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-129, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Records
Container List
Box 1
Nelda Wright Correspondence, 1961-1962
S. P. Welles Correspondence, 1962-1963
S. P. Welles Files as President and Member of SVP, 1958-1963
1962 Meeting
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Centennial, 1963
American Geological Institute (AGI), 1959-1962
1961 Meeting
1962 Meeting
New Members, 1961
General Correspondence, 1962-1963
Executive Committee, 1961-1962
SVP Bibliography, 1959-1963
Files of J. T. Gregory as SVP President, 1957-1958
Constitution and By-laws Amendments
Antiquities Act Committee, 1955-1958
AGI, 1957-1958
L. S. Russell Correspondence as SVP President, 1958-1959
C. W. Hibbard Correspondence, 1959-1960
SVP General Correspondence, 1959
SVP General Correspondence, 1958
SVP General Correspondence, 1960
Albert Wood Correspondence, 1961
1959 Meeting
SVP Cash Book, 1954-1959
SVP Meeting Proceedings
Box 2
New Members, 1962
New Members, 1963-1964
1963 Meeting
1964 Meeting
Nominations, 1964
1965 Meeting
Nominations, 1965
Creagh, Agnes, 1962-1965
New Members, 1958-1960
General Correspondence of the Secretary, 1961
Executive Committee, 1960-1961
1961 Field Conference
1961 Meeting
1960 Meeting
Financial Statements, 1941-1965
SVP News Bulletin, 1963-1964
Record of Officers, undated
Joseph T. Gregory Correspondence, 1957
Secretary-Treasurer: Notes and Instructions, 1950-1957
Correspondence of SVP President R. W. Wilson, 1954-55
Correspondence of SVP Presidents R. W. Wilson and Horace Wood, 1955-1957
Correspondence of SVP President Horace Wood, 1956-1957
National Research Council, 1953-1957
Geological Society of America, 1950-1957
Geological Society of America, 1950-1954
American Geological Institute, 1950-1956
Miscellaneous, 1950-1954
XX International Geological Congress, 1956
Field Conferences, 1950-1958
Box 3
Nominations, 1950-1957 (4 folders)
Annual Meeting, New York, 1956
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1955
Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1954
Annual Meeting, Toronto, 1953
Annual Meeting, Boston-Cambridge, 1952
Annual Meeting, Detroit, 1951
Annual Meeting, Washington, 1950
Annual Meeting, El Paso, 1949
Meetings - Notes, 1950-1954 (2 folders)
Correspondence about Dues, 1955-1957
Membership Dues, 1950-1954
Foreign Members, 1950-1955
Resignations, Non-payment, 1950-1957
Deaths, 1950-1957
News Bulletin, 1950-1957 (5 folders)
SVP Proceedings, 1950-1957
Financial Journal, 1940-1953
SVP Membership List, 1941-1947
American Geological Institute, 1944-1948 (2 folders)
Nominations for Membership, 1943-1946
Financial Reports, Audits, etc., 1942-1943
Nominations for 1950 Meeting
Correspondence regarding the Reorganization of SVP, 1934-1935
Conference between VP's and Glacial Geologists, 1946
News Bulletin, 1947-1948
News Bulletin, Correspondence with Editor, 1947-1948
SVP 1935 Meeting
Correspondence, 1938-1939
Joint Committee on Zoological Nomenclature, 1945-1947
Bulletin No. 14
Bulletin No. 15
Utah Collecting Law, 1945 (2 folders)
Field Conference, 1947
SVP 1934 Organization (2 folders)
SVP Membership Applications, 1941
Box 4
Bulletins 1-8, 1948
Pleistocene Conference Publications, 1947
General correspondence of the SVP Secretary, 1942-1943
Nominations for Membership, 1948
Foreign Correspondence, 1947-1948
Correspondence of SVP President, C. Lewis Gazin, 1949-1950
Correspondence of SVP President, Bryan Patterson, 1948-1949
Correspondence of SVP President Chester Stock, 1947-1948
Correspondence of SVP President E. H. Colbert, 1946-1947
Nominations and Acceptances of Members, 1942-1948
Nominations for Officers, 1942-1947
Financial analysis, 1941-1947
Geological Society of America, 1947-1948
SVP Nominations for 1945 Meeting
Bulletin No. 16
SVP 1940 Meeting Place
Correspondence of Secretary E. C. Olson, 1948-1951
Correspondence of Secretary Bryan Patterson, 1946-1948
New York Meeting, 1948
SVP Reorganization Plans, 1940
1941 Meeting
Joint meeting of SVP, SSE, & PS, 1948
1940 Meeting
Ottawa meeting, 1947
AGI Ballots, 1945
Pittsburgh Meeting, 1945
SVP Miscellaneous - Resignations, Dues Correspondence, 1944-1945
Bibliography, undated
Field Catalogue, 1947
Ballots for Officers, 1947 (2 folders)
Chicago meeting, 1946
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1942-1946
Field guides, 1960-1962
Box 5
SVP Florissant, 1969
Schultz-Strat., 1959
Agate National Monument, 1964
Big Bone Lick, 1960-1961
Dinosaur Track State Park, 1966-1967
Paleo Conference Problems, 1961
Paleontological Research Library, 1958
Program Revision, 1961
Rock Hounds, Conservation of Fossils, etc., 1965
Hancock Park, Los Angeles, 1959
Salvage Program, 1957-1958
Tertiary Stratigraphy and Glossary, 1968-1969
Vocational Guidance, 1960-1962
Members, 1960-1969
Committees, 1956-1964
Meetings, 1960-1970
Antiquities Act Committee, 1954-1961
Constitution, 1957-1970
Geological Society of America (GSA), 1955-1965
AGI, 1963-1968
AGI, 1969
AGI - Reorganization, 1960-1965
SVP correspondence, 1966-1969
Box 6
1967 Meeting (6 folders)
SVP Bibliography, 1964
SVP Bibliography, 1963
Bulletin 67
Bulletin 66
Bulletin 68
Bulletin 69
Bulletin 70
Bulletins 71-83, inclusive
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