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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 10-164

National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany

Departmental Records, 1967-2005

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
Title:Departmental Records
Dates:1967-2005
Quantity:2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 10-164
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting the research and activities of the Department of Botany under Head Curators and Chairmen William Louis Stern, 1965-1967; Mason E. Hale, 1967-1970; Edward S. Ayensu, 1970-1976; Dieter C. Wasshausen, 1976-1982; Mark M. Littler, 1982-1987; Laurence E. Skog, 1987-1992; Warren Lambert Wagner, 1992-1997; and W. John Kress, 1997- . Materials include correspondence; research proposals; research reports; research notes; and files concerning professional activities and administrative matters.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting the research and activities of the Department of Botany under Head Curators and Chairmen William Louis Stern, 1965-1967; Mason E. Hale, 1967-1970; Edward S. Ayensu, 1970-1976; Dieter C. Wasshausen, 1976-1982; Mark M. Littler, 1982-1987; Laurence E. Skog, 1987-1992; Warren Lambert Wagner, 1992-1997; and W. John Kress, 1997- . Materials include correspondence; research proposals; research reports; research notes; and files concerning professional activities and administrative matters.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-164, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany, Departmental Records

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Container List

Box 1

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) - Research Training Program

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Enellez

Box 1 of 3

NMNH- Research Opportunities Fund (ROF) - Memos circa 1990s

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Reprint and Page Charges

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Investing in the National Research Initiative

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Science, Research, and Public Programs at NMNH

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Research Initiative Proposals

Box 1 of 3

Research Initiative Proposals - Fall 1994

Box 1 of 3

FY 1995 Research Initiative Results

Box 1 of 3

FY 1996 Research Initiative Call

Box 1 of 3

S.I. Research Initiative - Planning Workshop Ripley - 4/27/1996

Box 1 of 3

S.I. Wide Research Initiative

Box 1 of 3

Research Initiative

Box 1 of 3

Natural History Research Review

Box 1 of 3

S.I. Press - Department of Botany

Box 1 of 3

NMNH Internship Program

Box 1 of 3

Departmental and External Review Recommendations and Responses - 1984

Box 1 of 3

Index Nominum Genericorum

Box 1 of 3

Department History

Box 1 of 3

General Archives

Box 1 of 3

Financial Disclosure Material

Box 1 of 3

Botany Mission Statement

Box 1 of 3

Biodiversity of the Guianas

Box 1 of 3

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Inspective Service

Box 1 of 3

Import Permit - Plants

Box 1 of 3

Botany and the Smithsonian

Box 1 of 3

SI Archives

Box 1 of 3

Botany - Botanical Information Management Working Group (BIMWG)

Box 1 of 3

Chinese Virtual Herbarium

Box 1 of 3

Plant Conservation Unit

Box 1 of 3

Media Guide

Box 1 of 3

Department of Botany Space Committee Meeting - 1995-1997

Box 1 of 3

Department of Botany Space Committee Meeting - 1992-1994

Box 1 of 3

Administrative File

Box 1 of 3

Meadow Design Office

Box 1 of 3

Sant Chair, Advertisement Arrangements, July 2005

Box 1 of 3

Botany Review - 1987

Box 1 of 3

The Plant Press - Department of Botany Newsletter - 1992-1995

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Gomez-Pompa

Box 1 of 3

Rapid Map or Rapid Collections and Research Information System (CRIS)

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Space Issues (not Botany)

Box 1 of 3

Pharmacognetics, Inc.

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Public Progress

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Links to Life

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Natural Partners

Box 1 of 3

Natural Partners Program

Box 1 of 3

Neotropical Lowland Research Program

Box 1 of 3

NMNH - Laboratory of Molecular Systematics

Box 1 of 3

Box 2

NMNH / Space HVAC

Box 2 of 3

Gopher Server

Box 2 of 3

ING

Box 2 of 3

NMNH - Exhibits: Vision 2000

Box 2 of 3

NMNH - External Review 1999

Box 2 of 3

NMNH - Public Progress - Vision 2000

Box 2 of 3

Future Directions for Science at NMNH

Box 2 of 3

NMNH Director Search

Box 2 of 3

NMNH - Discovery Room

Box 2 of 3

Report to Advisory Committee - November 1967

Box 2 of 3

CRIS

Box 2 of 3

Construction

Box 2 of 3

Collections as World Resources (CWR)

Box 2 of 3

Warren Wagner - Collecting Program

Box 2 of 3

Museum Techniques in Botany Workshop

Box 2 of 3

Collection Management Proposals

Box 2 of 3

Collections - Pest Management Assessment

Box 2 of 3

NMNH Collections

Box 2 of 3

NMNH - Collection Improvement Fund

Box 2 of 3

Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program

Box 2 of 3

Biodiversity Program Call FY 1996

Box 2 of 3

Systematics Biology Research

Box 2 of 3

NMNH - Asher Tunis Biology Chair

Box 2 of 3

NMNH - Board Members Profiles

Box 2 of 3

Dianne Niedner Memos

Box 2 of 3

NMNH Organization

Box 2 of 3

Staff Day 1994

Box 2 of 3

Dawn DuBois Correspondence - National Geographic Photo Identification

Box 2 of 3

Plant Press - 1999 and 2000

Box 2 of 3

Jose Cuatrecasas Botanical Fund

Box 2 of 3

Biological Diversity

Box 2 of 3

Biological Diversity of Forest Fragments

Box 2 of 3

Biodiversity Prospecting

Box 2 of 3

Seed Micromorphology of Neotropical Regions

Box 2 of 3

Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (SICB) Manuscripts Submitted with Background Information

Box 2 of 3

Smithsonian Council Meetings October 31st through November 2nd, 1996

Box 2 of 3

Consortium on Plant Resources of the Americas (COPRA)/ICUN

Box 2 of 3

Christensen Research Institute

Box 2 of 3

SI Endowment

Box 2 of 3

Erickson Exchange Program

Box 2 of 3

Office of Sponsored Projects - Office of the Provost

Box 2 of 3

Fort Pierce

Box 2 of 3

International Center

Box 2 of 3

International Activities

Box 2 of 3

International Botanical Congress

Box 2 of 3

Inventory Progress Reports (monthly)

Box 2 of 3

International Funding

Box 2 of 3

Island Biogeography Files

Box 2 of 3

SI Libraries

Box 2 of 3

Box 3

Margaret Mee File

Box 3 of 3

Museum Support Center (MSC) Space and Access

Box 3 of 3

MSC 5-Year Plan (1988-1993)

Box 3 of 3

Smithsonian Mellon Fellowship

Box 3 of 3

New World Grasses

Box 3 of 3

National Science Foundation

Box 3 of 3

National Biodiversity Center

Box 3 of 3

Smith, Lyman B.

Box 3 of 3

Fosberg, F. Raymond

Box 3 of 3

Wurdack, John J.

Box 3 of 3

Collecting Permits for Ecuador 1995

Box 3 of 3

Miscellaneous (Research Funding, Etc.)

Box 3 of 3

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