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Accession 07-025

Hoffmann, Robert S.

Robert S. Hoffmann Papers, circa 1959-1986

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Hoffmann, Robert S.
Title:Robert S. Hoffmann Papers
Dates:circa 1959-1986
Quantity:7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 07-025
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

Robert S. Hoffmann, an expert in systematics and ecology, served as Director of the National Museum of Natural History from 1985-1988; Assistant Secretary for Research, 1988-1991; Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, 1992-1994; and Assistant Provost for the Sciences, 1995. This accession consists of records that document his career at the University of Kansas, where he was professor in the Zoology Department and the Department of Systematics and Ecology, as well as curator of mammals at the university's Museum of Natural History. Materials include correspondence concerning his research, professional activities, scientific collaborations, and administrative matters.

Historical Note

Robert S. Hoffmann, an expert in systematics and ecology, served as Director of the National Museum of Natural History from 1985-1988; Assistant Secretary for Research, 1988-1991; Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, 1992-1994; and Assistant Provost for the Sciences, 1995.

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Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records that document Hoffman's career at the University of Kansas, where he was professor in the Zoology Department and the Department of Systematics and Ecology, as well as curator of mammals at the university's Museum of Natural History. Materials include correspondence concerning his research, professional activities, scientific collaborations, and administrative matters.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-025, Robert S. Hoffmann Papers

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Container List

Box 1

A, Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 7

Adams, Lowell

Box 1 of 7

Ahl, Alwynette

Box 1 of 7

Airoldi, J. P.

Box 1 of 7

Anderson, Douglas

Box 1 of 7

Arnold, William

Box 1 of 7

Austin, Oliver

Box 1 of 7

B, Miscellaneous (Ba - Bol)

Box 1 of 7

B, Miscellaneous (Bo - Bz)

Box 1 of 7

B, Miscellaneous (Ba - Baz)

Box 1 of 7

Baker, Crystal

Box 1 of 7

Baker, Rollin

Box 1 of 7

Baldwin, Paul

Box 1 of 7

Banks, Richard

Box 1 of 7

Bamberg, Samuel

Box 1 of 7

Barrat, Gary

Box 1 of 7

Bekoff, Marc

Box 1 of 7

Bell, J. F.

Box 1 of 7

Bendell, J. F.

Box 1 of 7

Bleiweiss, Shelly

Box 1 of 7

Braun, Clait

Box 1 of 7

British Columbia

Box 1 of 7

Bromley, P. T.

Box 1 of 7

Bucher, John

Box 1 of 7

Burrowes, Tacha

Box 1 of 7

C, Miscellaneous (Ca - Ch)

Box 1 of 7

C, Miscellaneous (Ci - Cz)

Box 1 of 7

Caldwell, Jan

Box 1 of 7

Calhoun, John B.

Box 1 of 7

Box 2

Carter, Dilford C.

Box 2 of 7

Carter, Sigrid

Box 2 of 7

Choate, Tom

Box 2 of 7

Chorzempa, Donald

Box 2 of 7

Cing-Mars, Robert

Box 2 of 7

Clark, Tim W.

Box 2 of 7

Conley, Walter H.

Box 2 of 7

Council of Distinguished Professors

Box 2 of 7

Cowan, Isn McT

Box 2 of 7

Craiger, John

Box 2 of 7

D, Miscellaneous (Da - Di)

Box 2 of 7

D, Miscellaneous (Dh - Dz)

Box 2 of 7

De Sa, Raphael

Box 2 of 7

Dow, Frenk P. Co., Inc.

Box 2 of 7

Dugan, Kathy

Box 2 of 7

E, Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 7

Evans, Francis

Box 2 of 7

F, Miscellaneous (Fa - Fk)

Box 2 of 7

F, Miscellaneous (Fl - Fz)

Box 2 of 7

Flerov, K. K.

Box 2 of 7

Foote, Geoffrey

Box 2 of 7

Forcey, R. M.

Box 2 of 7

G, Miscellaneous (Ga - Gn)

Box 2 of 7

G, Miscellaneous (Go - Gz)

Box 2 of 7

Gilbert, Bob

Box 2 of 7

Glass, Brian

Box 2 of 7

Gorman, John

Box 2 of 7

Greenstone, Matthew

Box 2 of 7

H, Miscellaneous (Ha - Haz)

Box 2 of 7

Box 3

H, Miscellaneous (Ha - Ho)

Box 3 of 7

H, Miscellaneous (Ho - Hz)

Box 3 of 7

Halberstein, Robert

Box 3 of 7

Hall, Joe

Box 3 of 7

Harris, Karen

Box 3 of 7

Hawley, Vern

Box 3 of 7

Henderson, F. Robert

Box 3 of 7

Hennings, Darwen

Box 3 of 7

Haptner, V. G.

Box 3 of 7

Hickey, Joseph

Box 3 of 7

High, Steve

Box 3 of 7

Hoffmann, Vern

Box 3 of 7

Honacki, Jim

Box 3 of 7

Hooper, Emmet

Box 3 of 7

Hornocker, Maurice G.

Box 3 of 7

Hurley, John

Box 3 of 7

I, Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 7

International Advisory Council

Box 3 of 7

Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants

Box 3 of 7

International Congress of Game Biologists

Box 3 of 7

J, Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 7

Jellison, William

Box 3 of 7

Jenni, Donald A.

Box 3 of 7

Johnson, Ned K.

Box 3 of 7

Johnston, Richard F.

Box 3 of 7

Jonkel, Charles

Box 3 of 7

K, Miscellaneous (Ka - Ke)

Box 3 of 7

K, Miscellaneous (Kf - Kz)

Box 3 of 7

Katz, Sue

Box 3 of 7

Kelly, Dennis

Box 3 of 7

King, James R.

Box 3 of 7

Kinsella, Mike

Box 3 of 7

Koehn, Richard

Box 3 of 7

Koplin, James R.

Box 3 of 7

Kortlucke, Sheila M.

Box 3 of 7

Box 4

L, Miscellaneous (La - Le)

Box 4 of 7

L, Miscellaneous (Lf - Lz)

Box 4 of 7

Lattis, Richard

Box 4 of 7

Layne, James N.

Box 4 of 7

Lechleitner, Frances W.

Box 4 of 7

Lees, Frank

Box 4 of 7

Lemus, Deyanira

Box 4 of 7

Leopold, A. Starker

Box 4 of 7

Lowther, Peter E.

Box 4 of 7

M, Miscellaneous (Ma - Mb)

Box 4 of 7

M, Miscellaneous (Mb - Mh)

Box 4 of 7

M, Miscellaneous (Mi - Mz)

Box 4 of 7

MacLean, Stephen F.

Box 4 of 7

Manuwal, David

Box 4 of 7

Mappes, C. R.

Box 4 of 7

Marr, John W.

Box 4 of 7

Marsh, Michael

Box 4 of 7

Marshall, David E.

Box 4 of 7

Mattei, Guy J.

Box 4 of 7

McClenaghan, Lee

Box 4 of 7

Michener, Charles

Box 4 of 7

Miller, Alden H.

Box 4 of 7

Miller, Edward

Box 4 of 7

Miller, Richard S.

Box 4 of 7

Mitchell, Lawrence C.

Box 4 of 7

Moore, J. C.

Box 4 of 7

Moore, Robert E.

Box 4 of 7

Mortimer, Mike

Box 4 of 7

Mueller, Helmut C.

Box 4 of 7

N, Miscellaneous

Box 4 of 7

Box 5

National Science Foundation

Box 5 of 7

Nellis, David

Box 5 of 7

Northwest Section Meeting

Box 5 of 7

Nowak, Ronald M.

Box 5 of 7

O, Miscellaneous

Box 5 of 7

Oliver, James

Box 5 of 7

Osburn, W.S.

Box 5 of 7

P, Miscellaneous (Pa - Pb)

Box 5 of 7

P, Miscellaneous (Pc - Pe)

Box 5 of 7

P, Miscellaneous (Pf - Pz)

Box 5 of 7

Parker, James W.

Box 5 of 7

Patterson, R. R.

Box 5 of 7

Pattie, Donald L.

Box 5 of 7

Pearson, O. P.

Box 5 of 7

Peterson, R. L.

Box 5 of 7

Peterson, R. S.

Box 5 of 7

Petkewich, R. M.

Box 5 of 7

Petrusewicz, K.

Box 5 of 7

Pfeiffer, E. W.

Box 5 of 7

Phillips, Carleton J.

Box 5 of 7

Pitelka, Frank

Box 5 of 7

Pizzimenti, John

Box 5 of 7

Pope, Mary

Box 5 of 7

Portenko, L. A.

Box 5 of 7

Pruitt, William

Box 5 of 7

Prychodoka, William

Box 5 of 7

Q, Miscellaneous

Box 5 of 7

R, Miscellaneous (Ra - Ri)

Box 5 of 7

R, Miscellaneous (Rj - Rz)

Box 5 of 7

Raitt, Ralph

Box 5 of 7

Rasmussen, Donald

Box 5 of 7

Reed, Charles A.

Box 5 of 7

Richards, Ken

Box 5 of 7

Box 6

Rideout, Chet

Box 6 of 7

Risser, Paul

Box 6 of 7

Robinson, Jon

Box 6 of 7

Rockwell, J. C.

Box 6 of 7

Rogers, Richard

Box 6 of 7

Rohwer, Sievert

Box 6 of 7

Ruhter, Dave

Box 6 of 7

Russ, Wayne

Box 6 of 7

S, Miscellaneous (Sa - Sb)

Box 6 of 7

S, Miscellaneous (Sc - Sg)

Box 6 of 7

S, Miscellaneous (Sh - Sq)

Box 6 of 7

S, Miscellaneous (Sr - Sz)

Box 6 of 7

Schlager, Jack

Box 6 of 7

Schluter Kg., A.

Box 6 of 7

Schmidt, G.

Box 6 of 7

Schultz, Vincent

Box 6 of 7

Schwartz, O.

Box 6 of 7

Scudder, Robert

Box 6 of 7

Sievers, William

Box 6 of 7

Siler, Alicia

Box 6 of 7

Skaar, P. D.

Box 6 of 7

Sokolov, Ivan

Box 6 of 7

Spevak, Allan

Box 6 of 7

Spicka, Edwin

Box 6 of 7

Storer, Robert W.

Box 6 of 7

Sullivan, John O.

Box 6 of 7

Swenson, Jon

Box 6 of 7

T, Miscellaneous (Ta - Thomas)

Box 6 of 7

T, Miscellaneous (Thompson - Tz)

Box 6 of 7

Taber, R. D.

Box 6 of 7

Tamsitt, J. R.

Box 6 of 7

TER - QUA

Box 6 of 7

Titus, Tom

Box 6 of 7

Todd, Frank S.

Box 6 of 7

Todd, Harry

Box 6 of 7

de la Torre, Luis

Box 6 of 7

Tressler, Arthur

Box 6 of 7

Turner, Frederick

Box 6 of 7

Turner, Larry W.

Box 6 of 7

Turner, Ronald

Box 6 of 7

Box 7

U-V, Miscellaneous

Box 7 of 7

USSR Trip

Box 7 of 7

Udvardy, Miklos, D. F.

Box 7 of 7

Van Gelder, Richard

Box 7 of 7

Verbeek, Nicolaas A. M.

Box 7 of 7

Verts, B. J.

Box 7 of 7

Villa, Bernardo

Box 7 of 7

W, Miscellaneous, (Wa - Wh)

Box 7 of 7

W, Miscellaneous, (Wh - Wz)

Box 7 of 7

Waltner, Bob

Box 7 of 7

Ward, Jackie

Box 7 of 7

Warner, Sharon

Box 7 of 7

Watson, George

Box 7 of 7

Williamson, Brad

Box 7 of 7

Willner, D.

Box 7 of 7

Winn, Larry

Box 7 of 7

Winstel, R. Allan

Box 7 of 7

X-Y-Z, Miscellaneous

Box 7 of 7

Youngman, P.

Box 7 of 7

Zimmerman, Klaus

Box 7 of 7

Zuschlag, Nancy

Box 7 of 7

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