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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 07-112

National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology

Correspondence, 1967-2004

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Title:Correspondence
Dates:1967-2004
Quantity:4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 07-112
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of correspondence and project files of Brian Frederick Kensley, Research Zoologist in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology from 1978-2004. Kensley specialized in the systematics of decapod and isopod crustaceans, and was chairman of the Department from 1991-1995. A significant portion of these records document Kensley's work in the Seychelles and Aldabra.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of correspondence and project files of Brian Frederick Kensley, Research Zoologist in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology from 1978-2004. Kensley specialized in the systematics of decapod and isopod crustaceans, and was chairman of the Department from 1991-1995. A significant portion of these records document Kensley's work in the Seychelles and Aldabra.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-112, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Correspondence

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Container List

Box 1

Adkinson, Daniel L.

Box 1 of 5

Agard, John

Box 1 of 5

Allmon, Warren D.

Box 1 of 5

Armas, L. F. de

Box 1 of 5

Arnaud, Patrick M.

Box 1 of 5

Atta, Manal

Box 1 of 5

Australian Museum

Box 1 of 5

Aziz, Naureen

Box 1 of 5

Baba, Keiji

Box 1 of 5

Baldwin, Aaron P.

Box 1 of 5

Banner, A. H. and D. M.

Box 1 of 5

Bastida, Ricardo

Box 1 of 5

Bauer, Ray

Box 1 of 5

Bayley, Peter

Box 1 of 5

Beaver, Katy

Box 1 of 5

Berents, P. B.

Box 1 of 5

Berggren, Matz

Box 1 of 5

Bickerton, Iain

Box 1 of 5

Birkett, Daryl Anne

Box 1 of 5

British Museum

Box 1 of 5

Bolstad, Kat

Box 1 of 5

Boothe, Billy B.

Box 1 of 5

Botosaneanu, L.

Box 1 of 5

Boxshall, Geoff

Box 1 of 5

Branch, George

Box 1 of 5

Brandt, Angelika

Box 1 of 5

Briones, Elva Escobar

Box 1 of 5

Bruce, Niel L.

Box 1 of 5

Brown, Diane

Box 1 of 5

Bruce/Kiffe/Botosaneanu

Box 1 of 5

Bruce, Sandy

Box 1 of 5

Brusca, Richard C. (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Burch, B. L.

Box 1 of 5

Burukowsky, Rudolf N.

Box 1 of 5

Buss, Leo

Box 1 of 5

Butler, Mari

Box 1 of 5

Buxton, Colin

Box 1 of 5

Cairns, Stephen

Box 1 of 5

Calder, Dale R.

Box 1 of 5

Camp, David K. (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Carvacho, Alberto

Box 1 of 5

Chan, Tin-Yam

Box 1 of 5

Charles, M. Eugenia

Box 1 of 5

Cherry, Robin

Box 1 of 5

Clark, Kerry

Box 1 of 5

Coates, Katlyn

Box 1 of 5

Coen, Loren D.

Box 1 of 5

Cohen, Anne

Box 1 of 5

Coineau, Nicole

Box 1 of 5

Coke, M.

Box 1 of 5

Cook, Barbara

Box 1 of 5

Cookson, L. J.

Box 1 of 5

Cooper, Mike

Box 1 of 5

Cragg, S. M.

Box 1 of 5

Crosnier, Alain (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Currie, Bronwen

Box 1 of 5

Curtis, B. A.

Box 1 of 5

Dardeau, Mike

Box 1 of 5

Delaney, Paul

Box 1 of 5

Diaz-Barriga, Antonio Cantu

Box 1 of 5

DiSalvo, Louis

Box 1 of 5

Disbrow, Marna

Box 1 of 5

Dojiri, Masahiro

Box 1 of 5

Duckworth, W. Donald

Box 1 of 5

Duffy, J. Emmett

Box 1 of 5

Ebert, David A.

Box 1 of 5

Eliot, Jim

Box 1 of 5

Ellison, Aaron M.

Box 1 of 5

Emmerson, Winston

Box 1 of 5

Erseus, Christer

Box 1 of 5

Escobar, Elva

Box 1 of 5

Food and Agriculture Organization

Box 1 of 5

Feinberg, Harold S.

Box 1 of 5

Felder, Darryl

Box 1 of 5

Field, J. G.

Box 1 of 5

Forrest, Jacques

Box 1 of 5

Foster, John M.

Box 1 of 5

Fransen, Charles

Box 1 of 5

Froglia, Carlo

Box 1 of 5

Gable, Michael F.

Box 1 of 5

George, R. Y.

Box 1 of 5

Gerken, Sarah

Box 1 of 5

Gerlach, Ron

Box 1 of 5

Gibbons, Mark

Box 1 of 5

Glynn, Peter W.

Box 1 of 5

Gonzalez, Exequiel

Box 1 of 5

Goodbody, Charlotte

Box 1 of 5

Gore, Robert H.

Box 1 of 5

Grabe, Stephen (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Griffin, Des

Box 1 of 5

Griffiths, Brian

Box 1 of 5

Griffiths, Charles

Box 1 of 5

Guinot, Daniele

Box 1 of 5

Haig, Janet

Box 1 of 5

Haahtela, I.

Box 1 of 5

Halsey, Sheila (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Harris, Wendy Elcome

Box 1 of 5

Harrison, Keith

Box 1 of 5

Hartley, J. P.

Box 1 of 5

Harvey, Alan

Box 1 of 5

Hayashi, Ken Ichi

Box 1 of 5

Heard, Richard (3 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Hendler, Gordon

Box 1 of 5

Hendricks, Michael E.

Box 1 of 5

Hendey, O. B.

Box 1 of 5

Hicks, Geoff

Box 1 of 5

Hobbs, Horton H. III

Box 1 of 5

Holdich, David

Box 1 of 5

Holthius, L. B.

Box 1 of 5

Humes, Arthur

Box 1 of 5

Hummelinck, P. Wagenaar

Box 1 of 5

Hurley, D. E.

Box 1 of 5

Iliffe, Tom (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Ingle, Ray

Box 1 of 5

Iverson, Ernest

Box 1 of 5

Iwasaki, Nozomu

Box 1 of 5

James, Helen M.

Box 1 of 5

Javed, Waquar

Box 1 of 5

Johnson, Adris

Box 1 of 5

Jones, David A.

Box 1 of 5

Just, Jean (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Keable, Stephen John

Box 1 of 5

Kensley, Brian (3 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Kikuchi, Tomohiko

Box 1 of 5

Kitalong, Ann

Box 1 of 5

Knight-Jones, Wyn

Box 1 of 5

Kohlmeyer, Herb J.

Box 1 of 5

Komai, Tomoyuki (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Kropp, Roy K.

Box 1 of 5

Kussakin, Oleg

Box 1 of 5

Lazo-Wasem, Eric

Box 1 of 5

Lee, Michael (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Lima, Maria Brasil

Box 1 of 5

Lemaitre, Rafael

Box 1 of 5

Leistikow, Andreas

Box 1 of 5

Lewis, Jerry

Box 1 of 5

Lewis, Sara

Box 1 of 5

Littman, Barbar

Box 1 of 5

Louw, Bettie

Box 1 of 5

Lowrey, James K.

Box 1 of 5

Loyola e Silva, Jayme de

Box 1 of 5

Lowe, Miranda

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

MacPherson, Enrique

Box 2 of 5

MaCrae, Ellen M.

Box 2 of 5

Magalhaes, Celio

Box 2 of 5

Markham, John C.

Box 2 of 5

Martin, Joel W.

Box 2 of 5

Melville, R. V.

Box 2 of 5

Melville-Smith, R.

Box 2 of 5

Messing, Charles

Box 2 of 5

Messana, Giuseppe

Box 2 of 5

Miller, John

Box 2 of 5

Modlin, Richard F.

Box 2 of 5

Moore, P. G.

Box 2 of 5

Moore, Wendy

Box 2 of 5

Mortimer, Jeanne A.

Box 2 of 5

Muir, Dave

Box 2 of 5

Muller, Hans-Georg (2 folders)

Box 2 of 5

Nair, Mini

Box 2 of 5

Namibia

Box 2 of 5

Negoescu, Ileana

Box 2 of 5

Nelson, Walter G.

Box 2 of 5

Newell, Norman D.

Box 2 of 5

Newman, William

Box 2 of 5

Ng, Peter

Box 2 of 5

Ngoc-Ho, Nguyen

Box 2 of 5

Norenburg, Jon

Box 2 of 5

Nunomura, Noboru

Box 2 of 5

O'Gorman, Joseph B.

Box 2 of 5

Omori, M.

Box 2 of 5

Ortiz, Manolo

Box 2 of 5

Paulay, G.

Box 2 of 5

Penrith, M. J.

Box 2 of 5

Pequegnat, Linda H.

Box 2 of 5

Pether, John

Box 2 of 5

Pickard, John

Box 2 of 5

Pires, Ana Maria S.

Box 2 of 5

Platvoet, Dirk

Box 2 of 5

Poore, G. C. B.

Box 2 of 5

Powell, C. B.

Box 2 of 5

Preston, D. J.

Box 2 of 5

Pretorius, S. J.

Box 2 of 5

Prins, A. J.

Box 2 of 5

Rafi, Fahmida

Box 2 of 5

Rath, Tony

Box 2 of 5

Raw, Anthony

Box 2 of 5

Richards, William J.

Box 2 of 5

Ridoux, Vincent

Box 2 of 5

Riseman, Sarah

Box 2 of 5

Rodrigues, Sergio de Almeida

Box 2 of 5

Roman, Ramiro

Box 2 of 5

Roman, Marie-Louise

Box 2 of 5

Ross, Graham J. B.

Box 2 of 5

Rudner, Ione

Box 2 of 5

South African Museum - Outstanding Loans

Box 2 of 5

South African Museum - Returned Loans, Correspondence

Box 2 of 5

Laurent, Michele de Saint

Box 2 of 5

Schmeider, Robert W.

Box 2 of 5

Schotte, Marilyn

Box 2 of 5

Schultz, George

Box 2 of 5

Severeyn, Hector

Box 2 of 5

Sieg, J.

Box 2 of 5

Simmons, George M.

Box 2 of 5

Smith, Michael

Box 2 of 5

Snelgrove, Paul - Isopods

Box 2 of 5

South Africa Collecting

Box 2 of 5

Spotte, Stephen

Box 2 of 5

Squires, Hubert

Box 2 of 5

Stachowitsch, Michael

Box 2 of 5

Sternberg, Richard von

Box 2 of 5

Sterrer, Wolfgang E.

Box 2 of 5

Stock, Jan H.

Box 2 of 5

Stoddart, David

Box 2 of 5

Stromgren, Tor

Box 2 of 5

Thailand - Kropp

Box 2 of 5

Takeda, Masatsune

Box 2 of 5

Taylor, David

Box 2 of 5

Taiti, Stefano

Box 2 of 5

Talbot, Sue

Box 2 of 5

Thiel, Martin

Box 2 of 5

Thomas, James D.

Box 2 of 5

Tobias, William

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Trott, T. J. L.

Box 2 of 5

Tyler, Jim

Box 2 of 5

Vari, Richard P. - Cameroon

Box 2 of 5

Vereshchaka, A. L.

Box 2 of 5

Voss, Nancy

Box 2 of 5

Wagele, J. W.

Box 2 of 5

Van Der Merwe, Michelle G.

Box 2 of 5

Waldron, Clarence R.

Box 2 of 5

Magalhaes, Cello

Box 2 of 5

Wallace, John H.

Box 2 of 5

Walton, Albert

Box 2 of 5

Wasmer, Robert A.

Box 2 of 5

Watling, Les

Box 2 of 5

Webber, Richard

Box 2 of 5

Wehrtmann, I.

Box 2 of 5

Weiss, Sandra J.

Box 2 of 5

Wetzer, Regina

Box 2 of 5

White, Martin

Box 2 of 5

Wicksten, Mary K.

Box 2 of 5

Williams, Dennis (3 folders)

Box 2 of 5

Williams, Ernest H.

Box 2 of 5

Wilson, George D. F. (3 folders)

Box 2 of 5

Winn, Richard N.

Box 2 of 5

Winterbottom, Richard

Box 2 of 5

Wolff, Torben (3 folders)

Box 2 of 5

Yager, Jill

Box 2 of 5

Yaldwyn, John

Box 2 of 5

Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki

Box 2 of 5

Zibrowius, H.

Box 2 of 5

Kensley, Brian F. (7 folders)

Box 2 of 5

Loan Letters - Kensley

Box 2 of 5

AAZN (American Association for Zoological Nomenclature)

Box 2 of 5

ASC (Association for Systematics Collections)

Box 2 of 5

ASZN

Box 2 of 5

ARB

Box 2 of 5

Adams, Robert McCormick

Box 2 of 5

ADP (Automatic Data Processing)

Box 2 of 5

Affirmative Action

Box 2 of 5

American Carcinological Society

Box 2 of 5

Annual Reports

Box 2 of 5

Antarctic Committee

Box 2 of 5

ASZ (American Society of Zoologists)

Box 2 of 5

Associates Cruise

Box 2 of 5

Atoll Research Bulletin

Box 2 of 5

Beltsville

Box 2 of 5

Biodiversity

Box 2 of 5

Budgets

Box 2 of 5

Budget, 1990

Box 2 of 5

CCRP

Box 2 of 5

Caribbean Labs

Box 2 of 5

Chairmen's Meetings

Box 2 of 5

Citations Since 1981 Review

Box 2 of 5

Collection Management

Box 2 of 5

Contract Example

Box 2 of 5

Crete

Box 2 of 5

Crustacean Society

Box 2 of 5

C.V.

Box 2 of 5

Cuba

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Database

Box 3 of 5

Debt Swap

Box 3 of 5

D. Sc. University of Cape Town

Box 3 of 5

Dirty Dozen

Box 3 of 5

Diving

Box 3 of 5

E.S.P./Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Research Programs

Box 3 of 5

Fellowships

Box 3 of 5

Fluid Funds

Box 3 of 5

Foreign Currency

Box 3 of 5

Funding Sources

Box 3 of 5

HVAC

Box 3 of 5

Intern Program

Box 3 of 5

International Center

Box 3 of 5

Internships

Box 3 of 5

Inventory

Box 3 of 5

ITIS

Box 3 of 5

Kindard

Box 3 of 5

Louisiana USL

Box 3 of 5

Maine Peracarids

Box 3 of 5

MSC (Museum Support Center)

Box 3 of 5

Molecular Systematics Lab

Box 3 of 5

National Geographic Funding

Box 3 of 5

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Box 3 of 5

Natural History Update

Box 3 of 5

Oceans Forum

Box 3 of 5

PAEC (Professional Accomplishments and Evaluation Committee), 1981, 1985, 1989, 1994 (5 folders)

Box 3 of 5

Position Description

Box 3 of 5

Post-Doc, 1977-1978

Box 3 of 5

NMNH Program Guidelines

Box 3 of 5

PBSW (Procedings of the Biological Society of Washington) Index

Box 3 of 5

NMNH Units and Programs

Box 3 of 5

NMNH Programs

Box 3 of 5

Publication List

Box 3 of 5

Regents Publications

Box 3 of 5

Report Form - NMNH Publications

Box 3 of 5

Reprints in Archives

Box 3 of 5

Reviews

Box 3 of 5

Research Policy Committee

Box 3 of 5

Reviews

Box 3 of 5

ROF (Research Opportunity Fund)

Box 3 of 5

Royalties

Box 3 of 5

SI Contributions

Box 3 of 5

SI Press

Box 3 of 5

Scholarly Studies

Box 3 of 5

Senate 1990

Box 3 of 5

Senate Library Committee

Box 3 of 5

Slide Collection

Box 3 of 5

SI Collection Policy

Box 3 of 5

Smithsonian Council

Box 3 of 5

Sorting Center

Box 3 of 5

South African - SI Involvement

Box 3 of 5

Special Exhibits Fund

Box 3 of 5

Talbot Memos

Box 3 of 5

Taper

Box 3 of 5

Caribbean Book

Box 3 of 5

"Literature Cited" - for SI Press

Box 3 of 5

SI Appointment

Box 3 of 5

Personal Additions to Collections (since 1978)

Box 3 of 5

Volunteers

Box 3 of 5

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Field Guides

Box 3 of 5

Aldabra

Box 3 of 5

Aldabra Book

Box 3 of 5

Seychelles, 1996

Box 3 of 5

SIF/SA, 1996

Box 3 of 5

Aldabra Papers

Box 3 of 5

Kenya Visa Applications

Box 3 of 5

Maps

Box 3 of 5

Memos

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Mole, Stoddart

Box 4 of 5

Outsiders Interested

Box 4 of 5

Participants, 1984-1990 (6 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Fischer Correspondence

Box 4 of 5

Frazier

Box 4 of 5

General Correspondence

Box 4 of 5

Goats

Box 4 of 5

Gosliner

Box 4 of 5

Gould-Burke/Coblentz

Box 4 of 5

Aldabra Exhibit

Box 4 of 5

Assumption Island

Box 4 of 5

Briefing Handbook

Box 4 of 5

Budget, 1985-1990 (6 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Cables, Pre-1983

Box 4 of 5

Charter, 1984-1989 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Chong Seng, L.

Box 4 of 5

Coblentz

Box 4 of 5

Publications

Box 4 of 5

Photos

Box 4 of 5

1988-1989 Plan of Work

Box 4 of 5

Preservation/ESP, March 1989

Box 4 of 5

Proposals, 1982-1983

Box 4 of 5

Publicity - Pop. Articles

Box 4 of 5

Aldabra

Box 4 of 5

Rauschenberger, Mary

Box 4 of 5

Reports, 1983-1987 (5 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Aldabra, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Research Proposals

Box 4 of 5

Royal Society Correspondence, Pre-1982

Box 4 of 5

Schall

Box 4 of 5

SIF, 1985, 1987 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 5

SIF Business

Box 4 of 5

Sorting Contract, 1983

Box 4 of 5

Supplies, Gear

Box 4 of 5

Aldabra Talk

Box 4 of 5

Visitors Handbook

Box 4 of 5

Women's Committee

Box 4 of 5

Workshop

Box 4 of 5

Workshop, 1986

Box 4 of 5

Aldabra #355515 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Turtles

Box 4 of 5

Seychelles Coralline Algal Samples

Box 4 of 5

Aldabra Terrestrial Mollusks

Box 4 of 5

Aldabra Reports, 1995-1996

Box 4 of 5

Wagner Program

Box 4 of 5

Research Opportunities

Box 4 of 5

Dragon Yachts

Box 4 of 5

Man and the Biosphere (MAB)

Box 4 of 5

Benguela Symposium

Box 4 of 5

Submersible - Belize

Box 4 of 5

AAZN

Box 4 of 5

Research Associates

Box 4 of 5

Cladistics

Box 4 of 5

SIF

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

Seychelles, 1990

Box 5 of 5

Aldabra/Seychelles Islands Foundation (2 folders)

Box 5 of 5

Early Aldabra, 1960s

Box 5 of 5

Aldabra

Box 5 of 5