Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 09-239
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
Flora North America Project Records, 1966-1988
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the Flora North America (FNA) Project, a project to create a computerized data bank of information about vascular plants of North American north of Mexico. The FNA Project was organized in 1966 by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and was funded, in large part, by the National Science Foundation, in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution. Funding for the Project ended in 1972. Materials include reports, correspondence, meeting materials, grant proposals, papers and publications, publicity materials, budget records, notes, and photographs. Records were created and maintained by Stanwyn G. Shetler, Program Secretary, 1967-1971; and Program Director, 1972.
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Name
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- Flora North America Project
- Flora of North America Project
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Shetler, Stanwyn G.
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-239, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany, Flora North America Project Records