Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 10-060
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Administrative Records, 1959-1990
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
| Title: | Administrative Records |
| Dates: | 1959-1990 |
| Quantity: | 11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 10-060 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of records that document the operation and administration of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Canal Zone and elsewhere in Panama. The majority of the records were created by Ira Rubinoff, Biologist and Assistant Director of Marine Biology, 1964-1970, Assistant Director of Science, 1970-1973, and Director, 1973-2008; Roberta W. Rubinoff, Marine Sciences Coordinator; Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Marine Sciences Coordinator; D. Ross Robertson, Scientist-in-Charge, San Blas Facility; and Georgina A. de Alba, Education Coordinator. Topics include construction, policies, research, facilities, personnel, equipment, projects, visiting researchers, fellowships, field expeditions, and relations with Panamanian (Autoridad del Canal de Panama ) and Canal Zone authorities. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, notes, budgets, photographs, architectural drawings, brochures, maps, and related materials. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document the operation and administration of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Canal Zone and elsewhere in Panama. The majority of the records were created by Ira Rubinoff, Biologist and Assistant Director of Marine Biology, 1964-1970, Assistant Director of Science, 1970-1973, and Director, 1973-2008; Roberta W. Rubinoff, Marine Sciences Coordinator; Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Marine Sciences Coordinator; D. Ross Robertson, Scientist-in-Charge, San Blas Facility; and Georgina A. de Alba, Education Coordinator. Topics include construction, policies, research, facilities, personnel, equipment, projects, visiting researchers, fellowships, field expeditions, and relations with Panamanian (Autoridad del Canal de Panama ) and Canal Zone authorities. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, notes, budgets, photographs, architectural drawings, brochures, maps, and related materials.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Alba, Georgina A. de
- Autoridad del Canal de Panamá
- Jackson, Jeremy B. C., 1942-
- Robertson, D. Ross (David Ross), 1946-
- Rubinoff, Ira
- Rubinoff, Roberta W.
Subject
- Biological stations
- Canal Zone
- Ecology
- Environmental sciences
- Islands -- Panama
- Laboratories -- Design and construction
- Marine laboratories
- Marine sciences
- Panama
- Personnel management
- Research
- Scientific expeditions
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-060, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Administrative Records
Container List
Box 1
Miscellaneous Visitors, 1967-1975
Challinor, David, 1968-1972
Manning, Raymond, 1971
Huxley, Michael, 1972
Hayes, Helen, 1967-1970
Woodruff, Price, 1971
Submission of Manuscripts for Outside Publication, 1967-1973
Gooding, Richard, 1971-1972
Naos Maintenance Schedule, 1975
Blitzer, Charles, 1967-1969
Jar Ordering, 1968-1972
Request for Credits, 1969-1971
Coastal Ecosystem Studies Conference, 1971
Museum Loans, 1965-1971
Third International Symposium on Coral Reefs, 1977
Smithsonian Institution Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Vehicles - General Correspondence, 1961-1976
Smithsonian Associates National Board, 1972-1973
Coral Reef Correspondence, 1970-1973
Eilers, William L., 1971
Gatewood, Carolyn, 1971-1972
Smithsonian Institution Foreign Currency Program, 1972-1973
National Museum of Natural History - Miscellaneous, 1970-1973
Smithsonian Research Foundation, 1973
Sandved, Kjell B., 1971
Pawson, David, 1968-1978
Taylor, Joshua, 1971
Jones, Meredith, 1971-1978
Davidson, Edward S., 1972
Dawson, C. E., 1968-1974
Environmental Sciences Program Council Meetings, 1970-1971
National Museum of Natural History, Association of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1973
Cowan, Richard S., 1966-1970
Secas Islands, 1970
Association of Island Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean Meeting, 1970
17th International Congress of Zoos, Monaco, 1972
Ripley, S. Dillon, 1967-1974
Ripley, S. Dillon - Memoranda, 1975
Marine Research Requisitions, 1974-1976
Association of Island Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean, 1973-1976
Cocos Expedition, 1973
Blanket Purchase Agreement, 1977
Year End Money Requests and Requisitions, FY 1989
Malpelo Trip, 1972
Pacheca Island, 1976
Box 2
Borges, T. - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1976-1980
Environmental Program, 1970-1971
Tropical Environmental Sciences Program, 1975-1979
RV Stenella, 1976-1978
National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development, 1966
Sino-American Colloquium on Ocean Resources, 1971-1973
Conference, 1969-1975
Smithsonian Institution Research Reports, 1972
Instituto Nacional de Cultura
Interagency Agreements (IAGs), 1975-1979
Research Levels
Potentially Dangerous Marine Animals Found on the Isthmus of Panama
Implementation - Panama Canal Treaty, 1978
Panama Canal Related Documents, 1971-1977
Lessios, H., 1975-1980
Construction Specifications for Saltwater System and Laboratory, September 1978
Proposal for STRI marine Research Facility, Naos Island, September 1977
Marine Laboratory Master Plan, 1978-1982
Kramer, Chin, and Mayo, Inc., 1978-1979
Report - Seawater System
Requests for Information, 1978-1980
FY 1981 and Forward Planning FY 1982-FY 1989 Documents
Visitors, 1968-1973
Research Vessel T-489 (Dos Mares), 1972
Galindo, Pedro - Consejo de Financiacion (COFINA)
Environmental Sciences Program Meetings, 1977
Universidad de Cali, 1967-1970
Permits and Licenses, 1967-1972
San Blas Bibliography, 1988-1990
Navy Correspondence, 1972-1974
Staff Meetings, 1978-1979
Box 3
Nashua Copying Machine, 1980-1981
Office Supplies - Miscellaneous, 1976-1980
Complimentary Letters, 1970-1973
Charles Darwin Foundation, 1975-1977
Rubinoff, Roberta W., 1976-1979
Miscellaneous, 1973-1974
Mobile Laboratory, 1973-1975
Vehicle Use Regulations, 1974-1980
Miscellaneous Quotations, 1972-1977
Universidad de Panama, 1973-1976
Borges, T. - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1977-1978
Memoranda - Miscellaneous, 1975-1979
Diving Locker - STRI Diving Regulations, 1972-1976
Policies - Boats, Cars, and General Facilities Management, 1975-1977
Panama Ecology and Oil Facility in Puerto Armuelles
Baseline Biological Data for Charco Azul Region
Opening - Seawater System, 1979-1980
Palacios, Francisco, 1980
Minutes - Naos Marine Laboratories, 1977-1978
Tethys - General Correspondence, 1970-1972
Dos Mares - General Correspondence, 1969-1973
Survey of United States Ocean Scientists, 1980
Linares, Olga, 1974-1980
Job Order Request, 1972-1979
Excess property, 1977-1981
Mark Denny, 1981-1983
Naval Research Laboratory, 1978-1983
Map Requests, 1972-1973
Monthly Diving Log, 1973-1978 (2 folders)
Stenella and Boston Whaling Cruises, 1978-1979
Box 4
Inventory of Equipment, 1967-1980 (2 folders)
Sea Water System - Marine Laboratory Comparisons, 1977
Cali Station, 1970-1972
Requisitions - Gorgas Laboratories, 1973-1978
Fumigation Services, 1974
Killing (Rotonone) Calamnito Lake and Dump, Gamboa, Canal Zone, 1977
Office of Plants Services Exhibit Support, 1976
Panama Drivers License Documents
Penate, Carlos, 1975-1978
Requisitions to Madden Wye, 1973-1977
Various Permits, 1970-1974
Rodelag, S. A., 1969
Rubinoff, Ira - General Correspondence, 1976-1980
Army Correspondence, 1970-1978
Del Rio, L., 1978-1980
Inter American Institute of Geology (IAIE) Conference, 1971
Getty Marine Laboratory
Oramas, Felix
Urrutia, Jose, 1978
National Underwater Laboratory Program, 1976-1977
Air Conditioner Units Information, 1976-1978
Israel Binational Science Foundation, 1976-1977
Association of Island Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean, 1978-1979
Information on Leaving Panama by Auto
Cargo Rates - SS Cristobal
Environmental Sciences Program Progress Report, 1973
Goodbody, I., 1973
Naval Research Laboratory, 1973-1977
SS Witwater, December 16, 1968
Gomez, Adela, 1967-1973
Rubinoff, R., 1968-1980
Construction Progress, 1971
Construction Information, 1967-1974
Change Orders, 1971
Construction of New Marine Laboratory, 1968-1971
Gomez, A. - General Correspondence, 1977-1978
Material Listing for STRI Laboratories, 1971
Graham, J. B., 1971-1979
Kohn, Edward H., 1968-1971
Box 5
McKinney, Neal, 1971-1975
Sea Water System, 1978
Rodaniche, A., 1973-1975
Vehicle Insurance, 1970-1972
Invitation for Bids - Building #356, 1970
Award, 1970-1971
Time and Attendance, 1972-1982
Architecture and Engineering Inspection, 1970
Construction Specifications for Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Saltwater System
XIth International Ethological Conference - Summaries, 1969
Galeta Island, 1965-1977
Staff Meetings, 1972
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Vehicles - Accident Correspondence, 1968-1975
Paper Tech Corporation, 1968-1974
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Boat - US Zetek II, 1962-1972
Chesapeake Research Consortium Activities
Energy, 1974
Construction Project and Materials List - Building #356
Tivoli Building, 1972-1978
XIth International Ethological Congress, 1969
Proposal to Smithsonian Research Foundation, 1972-1973
Research Award Program, FY 1970
Interoceanic Canal Study Commission, 1965-1969
Box 6
National Academy of Sciences, 1969-1972
National Academy of Sciences Committee on Ecological Research, 1969-1977
Aron, William, 1967-1972
Wallen, I. E., 1967-1970
Panama Canal Salt Water Project, 1973
Suez Canal - Colonization, 1970
The Origin of Reproductive Isolation in Panamanian Species of Bathygobius - Final Draft
Gatun Lake - Lockage Water Supply Study, 1970-1973
Panama Canal Correspondence, 1966-1969
Plankton Transport through Panama Canal in Ships Ballast, 1967
Galler, Sidney, 1966-1977
Summary of Congressional Record
Guidelines for Research Award, 1966-1975
Marine Ecological Research for the Central American Interoceanic Canal, 1970
Research Reports, 1973
Sea Level Canal Report, 1970-1978
Oil Pollution
Active Research Projects at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1972
Environmental Sciences Program, 1976-1978
Environmental Protection Agency Correspondence, 1970-1973
Smithsonian Institution Environmental Council, 1970-1972 (2 folders)
Environmental Protection Agency Proposal, 1969
Environmental Protection Agency, 1972-1973
Federal Water Quality Administration - Monthly Reports, 1972
Box 7
National Science Foundation - Correspondence, 1970-1972
Mailing List and Environmental Sciences Program List, 1976
Environmental Sciences Program Monthly Reports, 1972-1974
Klein, William, 1973
Edward John Noble Foundation, 1973
Study Grant File, 1971-1972
Henry and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation, 1973
Fluid Research Funds, 1972-1973
Sea Snake Proposal, FY 1972
Budgets - Marine Program, 1975-1976
Barro Colorado Island Environmental Monitoring Program, 1973-1974
New Guinea Projects, 1973-1974
Federal Water Quality Administration Monthly Reports, 1973
Ford Proposal, 1968
Federal Water Quality Administration, 1968-1969
International Biological Program - Barro Colorado Island, 1968-1972
Indian Proposal, 1969
Acanthaster, 1970-1972
Federal Water Quality Administration - Monthly Reports, 1971
Environmental Protection Agency, 1971
General Correspondence, 1973
Library Correspondence, 1973
Construction Contracts, 1971-1979
Rubinoff, Ira - Correspondence, 1973-1974
Complimentary Letters, 1977-1978
Yellin, Jon - Office of Programming and Budget, 1977
Library Correspondence, 1959-1970
Research Award, 1967-1969
Environmental Sciences Program Proposal, 1972 (folders 1-2 of 3)
Box 8
Environmental Sciences Program Proposal, 1972 (folder 3 of 3)
Environmental Sciences Program, FY 1971
Environmental Sciences Program Meetings, 1976-1977
The American Naturalist, 1969-1972
American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1970-1971
Umschau, 1968-1969
Libraries, 1966-1972
Rubinoff, Ira - Manuscript for Science, 1968
Topp, Robert W. - Contact Prints, c. 1967
Biological Conservation - Professor N. Polunin, 1969-1970
National Geographic Society, 1970-1972
Rubinoff, Ira - Nature Manuscript, 1967-1971
Batelle Memorial Institute, 1967-1968
National Science Foundation Proposal Evaluations - Rubinoff, 1971-1972 (3 folders)
Moynihan - Plants and Herbivores in a Tropical Forest, 1972
Moynihan - Communication Systems and Interspecific Relations, 1969
Moynihan - Advanced Training Program in Tropical Ecology and Environmental Analysis, 1971
National Science Foundation Proposals - Miscellaneous, 1968-1971
Rubinoff, Ira - Training Course for Tropical Marine Studies Program, 1967
Ford Foundation, 1969
Box 9
Ad Hoc Committee on Environmental Quality, 1967-1971
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Advanced Study Institutes Programme, 1971
Hydrographic Data - Panama Canal Commission
National Research Council Publications, 1964-1969
American Museum of Natural History - Miscellaneous, 1968-1969
Association of Island Marine Laboratories, 1967-1971
Committee on Ecological Research for the Interoceanic Canal, 1969-1970
STRI Boat - RV Tethys, 1970
Rumphius Expedition, 1977
Thunderbird (Vielka Chang-Yau's Boat), 1974-1977
Oceanography and Limnology Program, 1970-1974
Governor's File, 1972-1975
Glynn - Comparative Study on Environmental Fluctuations and Benthic Marine Community Structures Along the Caribbean and Pacific Shores of Panama, 1971-1972
Bibliography of Papers Pertaining to the Natural History of Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, 1965
Restoration/Renovation Funds, FY 1975
Abele, Lawrence G., 1968-1973
University of Miami - Miscellaneous, 1966-1971
Menzies, Robert, 1968-1972
Robins, C. Richard, 1967-1973
Voss, Gilbert L., 1967-1971
University of Florida - Miscellaneous, 1972-1973
Buechner, Helmut K., 1968-1969
Harvard Cooperative Society, 1968-1972
Museum of Comparative Zoology (Marjorie K. Sturm), 1967-1968
Mayr, Ernst, 1967-1973
Harvard University - Miscellaneous, 1969-1973
Fishelson, Lev, 1977
Ritte, Uzi, 1968-1971
Por, Francis Dov, 1969-1977
Steinitz, H., 1968-1971
Davenport, Demorest, 1969-1972
University of California, Santa Barbara - Miscellaneous, 1972-1973
Newman, William, 1970-1972
Bullock, Theodore H., 1970
University of California, San Diego - Miscellaneous, 1972
Redemske, joyce, 1969-1976
Weinmann, Frederick, 1969
Wilce, R. T., 1969
University of North Carolina - Miscellaneous, 1971
Bortone, Stephen, 1971-1973
Ricklefs, Robert, 1972
MacArthur, Robert, 1969-1972
Princeton University - Miscellaneous, 1971-1972
Box 10
George, Carl, 1969-1971
Hecht, Max K., 1967-1972
Rosenblatt, Richard H., 1967-1977
Hubbs, Carl L., 1971
Hubbs, Clark, 1968-1972
University of Texas, Austin - Miscellaneous, 1969-1970
Hamilton, Terrell, 1966-1967
Edmondson, W. T., 1971-1972
Washington University - Miscellaneous, 1971-1972
Zaret, Thomas M., 1967-1978
Hazen, William, 1970-1972
Ketchum, Bostwick H., 1971
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1970-1972
Kropach, Chaim, 1969-1972
Universities - Miscellaneous, 1970-1973
Sea Fisheries Research Station, Haifa, Israel, 1972
Sanders, Howard L., 1968-1970
Sanchez, Patricio, 1976
Loftin, Horace, 1971-1973
Mead, Giles, 1967-1971
Ogden, John C., 1969-1973
Chesher, Richard H., 1977-1980
Buss, Leo William, 1977-1980
Birkeland, Charles, 1970-1973
Castro, Peter, 1978-1979
Meyer, David L., 1969-1979
McCosker, John Edward, 1970-1978
Menge, Bruce, 1976-1983
Kramer, Donald L., 1978
Gee, John H., 1978
Naos Boston Whaler Cruise Requests, 1986-1987
Naos Boston Whaler Cruise Requests, 1981-1984
Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente
Office of the Director - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1982-1985
Ongoing and Projected Research Projects, 1986
Research Projects, 1985-1986
Brochure on Marine Research at STRI, 1986
Smithsonian Institution Publication Policy, 1986
Molecular Evolution Committee, 1987
Molecular Evolution Program, 1987
Panamanian East Pacific Mollusk Collection - H. Kaufman, 1978
Bocas del Toro, 1986-1987
Barro Colorado Island - Miscellaneous
Sea Level Canal Conference, August 1980
Dexter, Deborah M., 1978
Caldwell, Roy L., 1978
Allen, Gerald R., 1978
Castro, Peter
Sea Level Canal Studies Proposals, 1984
Box 11
Sea Level Canal - Miscellaneous, 1984-1985 (3 folders)
San Blas Facilities, 1988
Morin, J., 1984-1985
Wolff, Jamie, 1985
Fischer, Eric, 1983-1985
Victor, Ben, 1985
Morse, Daniel E.
Lasker, Howard K., 1982-1986
Warner, Robert, 1973-1986 (2 folders)
Jimenez, Carlos, 1988
San Blas Visitor Information, 1985
San Blas Visitors, 1986-1987
Staff Retreat - El Valle, May 1987
Fellowships, 1988
Long-Lived Organisms Meeting
Fellowships, 1985
Smithsonian Interbureau Conference on Tropical Biology, 1985
Marine Ecology Course, 1985
Naos Collections Report, October 1987-September 1988 (2 folders)
Site Studies, 1967-1969
Publications - Correspondence, 1978-1984
Panama Marine Reserves
Fort Amador Marine Parks, 1979
Marine Studies Background Information, 1978-1979
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