Records, 1971-1993

Summary

This accession includes records of the American Society of Naturalists, acquired from the American Philosophical Society. Materials include editorial files such as accepted, rejected, withdrawn manuscripts, galleys and page proofs. Also included is a small amount of administrative records, which includes annual meetings from 1883-1941, executive committee records, secretary's reports, and printed materials, which are found in boxes 214-220.

Subject

American Philosophical Society

Notes

Folder List in accession file.

Organization

Organized into subseries: 1) APS accession #1993-1058ms published mss January-November 1992 (boxes 1-50); 2) APS accession #1993-1059ms rejected mss. 910241 - 92094, 900173, 910092, 910094, 910146, 910229, and 910280 (boxes 51-72); 3) No APS accession #, published papers 1987 (boxes 73-93) and rejected manuscripts 5070 - 5845 (boxes 94-117); 4) No APS accession #, published papers and rejected manuscripts 1988 (boxes 118-161); 5) No APS accession #, published papers 1986 and rejected manuscripts 1756, 3293, 4051, 4376-5066, (boxes 162-192); 6) No APS accession #, published papers 1399-2434 (boxes 193-203), unpublished papers 1400-2299 (boxes 204-213), and processed correspondence (boxes 214-220); 7) No APS accession #, published manuscripts 1979-1983 (boxes 221-223, 232-261), unpublished manuscripts 1444 - 3098 (boxes 224-231, 262-264), and archives (boxes 265-266); 8) No APS accession #, published papers (boxes 284-291) and rejected manuscripts (boxes 267-283); 9) APS accession #1987-062ms, published papers September 1984-December 1985 (boxes 292-310) and rejected manuscripts 4152-4374 (boxes 311-314); 10) No APS accession #, rejected manuscripts 6500-6988 (boxes 315-333), published papers, accepted manuscripts, galleys, and page proofs 1989 (boxes 334-355); 11) APS accession #1991-137ms, Office of records, ca. 1973-1990 (boxes 356-359); 12) APS accession #1992-351ms, rejected manuscripts 6991-7729 (boxes 360-378) and withdrawn manuscripts 6020-6940, 6980-7317 (boxes 379-381); 13) APS accession #1992-1403ms, rejected manuscripts September 1990-December 1991 (boxes 382-388), published papers (boxes 388-405); 14) APS accession #1994-655ms, published papers 1993 (boxes 406-417), manuscripts declined without prejudice 1993 (boxes 418-419), and withdrawn manuscripts (boxes 420-423)

Repository Loc.

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

Date

• 1971
• 1971-1993

Restrictions & Rights

Restricted for 30 years, until Jan-01-2024; Transferring office; 9/2/1997 Deed of Gift; Contact reference staff for details

Topic

• Professional associations
• Natural History
• Biology
• Naturalists
• Natural history

Form/Genre

• Books
• Collection descriptions
• Brochures
• Manuscripts

Local number

SIA Acc. 96-015

Physical description

231.5 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes) (381 document boxes)

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