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Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 13-082
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Curatorial Records, 1957-2010
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
Title: | Curatorial Records |
Dates: | 1957-2010 |
Quantity: | 8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 13-082 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of the records of research zoologist Roy W. McDiarmid and his work at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey (USGS). McDiarmid's research focuses on the systematics, behavior, ecology, and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles in the Neotropics. Records include graduate work; research projects and publications; special projects, such as workshops, committees, and reviews; and activities with professional societies, including the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) and the Herpetologists' League (HL). Some materials predate his time with the USGS. Materials include correspondence, notes, research information, manuscripts, proposals, reports, reviews, maps, illustrations, postcards, newspaper clippings, microfiche, photographs, negatives, and transparencies. Some materials are in electronic format. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of research zoologist Roy W. McDiarmid and his work at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey (USGS). McDiarmid's research focuses on the systematics, behavior, ecology, and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles in the Neotropics. Records include graduate work; research projects and publications; special projects, such as workshops, committees, and reviews; and activities with professional societies, including the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) and the Herpetologists' League (HL). Some materials predate his time with the USGS.
Materials include correspondence, notes, research information, manuscripts, proposals, reports, reviews, maps, illustrations, postcards, newspaper clippings, microfiche, photographs, negatives, and transparencies. Some materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Herpetologists’ League
- McDiarmid, Roy W.
Subject
- Amphibians -- Behavior
- Amphibians -- Geographical distribution
- Ecology
- Herpetologists
- Herpetology
- Latin America
- Reptiles -- Behavior
- Reptiles -- Geographical distribution
- Zoology -- Research
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-082, Curatorial Records
Container List
Box 1
Curriculum Vitae
Completed Research Projects/Publications
Lewis's Collection, Nayarit-Jalisco, Los Angeles County Museum (LACM), 1957-1972
Master's Thesis - Herpetofauna of Western Mexico, 1966
Phrynohyas, LACM, 1967-1968
Tantilla yaquia, Southern California Academy of Sciences, 1965-1968
Zoogeography of Western Mexico, Tropical-Temperate Transition (2 folders)
Sinaloa Amphibians and Reptiles, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, 1969
Sinaloan Museum Records - Miscellaneous Species, 1963-1974
Trimorphodon tau manuscript and data, 1969-1970
Trimorphodon tau correspondence, 1966-1971
Tropical Salamander Reproduction, Herpetologica, 1969-1970
Atelopodidae - Morphology, Systematics, original manuscript, 1968
Atelopodidae - External Morphology, Muscle and Osteological data
Specimen data on Atelopus, Brachycephalus, Melanophryniscus, Dendrophryniscus, and Oreophrynelia for dissertation
Ph.D. Dissertation, 1969
Mexican Enulius, Copeia, 1968-1971
Atelopodidae - Morphology, Systematics, third copy manuscript, 1971-1972
Melanophryniscus rubriventris manuscript, 1970-1972
New Atelopus, 1969-1973
Adler - Centrolenid manuscript, 1972-1974
Tadpole manuscript, McDiarmid and Foster, 1973-1975
Tropical Frog Romance, Terra, LACM Magazine, 1975
Tadpole Predation paper, 1973-1975
Sinaloa - Tres Marias, 1967-1977
Tantilla yaquia account, 1970-1976
Stemmadenia paper, 1971-1977
Box 2
Stemmadenia data
Stemmadenia paper seminar
Infrared Frogs, Science, 1975-1978
Bachia blairi, 1975-1977
Parental Care paper, 1977-1978
Endangered Amphibians and Reptiles, 1973-1978 (3 folders)
Vilkitis Impoct Study, 1973-1974
MacDill Report, 1975-1976
National Geographic Meetings - Mimicry
Museum Acronyms, Second Edition, 1980
Coral Snake Mimicry: Does It Occur?, Science, 1976-1981
Large-Scale Operations Management Test of Use of the White Amur for Control of Problem Aquatic Plants, 1981-1983
Breeding Habits of Bufo coccifer, Southwestern Naturalist, 1979-1981
Aggregative Behavior of Rhinophrynus dorsalis Tadpoles, Herpetologica, 1981-1982
Foam Nest Predators, 1972-1984
Trichilia cuneata Fruit, Biotropica, 1981-1983
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) Accounts - Janzen's Book, 1978-1983
Prey Size and Number in Regina, Herpetologica, 1981-1984
Taxonomic Status of Centrolenella, Journal of Herpetology, 1980-1984
Trimorphodon Accounts, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (CAAR), 1982-1984, 2007
Three New Leptotyphlops from Hispaniola, Biological Society of Washington, 1978-1985
Review: Gastric Brooding Frog, Quarterly Review of Biology, 1985
Neblinaria, Oecologia, 1985-1986
Additions to Herpetofauna of Paraguay, 1985-1987
Two New Eleutherodactylus from Bolivia, Biological Society of Washington, 1985-1987
Cocoon Formation in Smilisca, Journal of Herpetology, 1981-1987
New Centrolenella of Ecuador and Peru, Herpetologica, 1983-1989
Box 3
Peru Centrolenella - Illustrations
Ecology and Behavior of Oreophrynella, Copeia, 1984-1989
Vocalizations in Atelopus, Copeia - Manuscripts, etc., 1987-1990
Vocalizations in Atelopus, Copeia - Figures and illustrations
Two New Species of Centrolenella from Peru, 1989-1990
New Ecuador Tadpoles, Alytes, 1989-1990
Tantilla bocourti, CAAR, 1970-1992
Tantilla bocourti - Illustrations
Costa Rican Sibon, 1990-1992
Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity of Amphibians
Systematic Status of Tantilla deviatrix, 1990-1992
New Species of Arthrosaura, 1991-1992
Habitat Use by Chelydra serpentina, 1991-1993
New Phenacosaurus from Neblina, 1992-1993
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus, CAAR, 1993
Phyllorhynchus accounts - McCleary correspondence, submissions, etc., 1991-1995
Phyllorhynchus - Illustrations
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus, CAAR - Locality data
Phyllorhynchus decurtatus, CAAR - Literature, data
Scientists Center for Animal Welfare Field Research Panels, 1991-1992
Foreword to Wright and Wright Handbook of Frogs and Toads, 1993-1995
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Early planning, 1989-1991
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Correspondence, general, 1991-1993
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Workshop, 1991
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Editorial, 1991-1993
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Chapter 2, Amphibians: An Introduction
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Chapter 7, Important Considerations
Box 4
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Group Activities, 1991-1992
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Wisconsin and Illinois Survey, data and correspondence, 1990-1991
Standard Methods for Amphibians - Appendix A, Preservation Techniques - Amphibians
Status of Corallus hortulanus, 1990-1996
Pakitza herpetofauna manuscript, Biological Diversity of Tropical Latin America (BIOLAT), 1988-1996
Bachia manuscript, Herpetologica, 1995-1998
Key to Tadpole Species, 1998
North American Tadpole Key, 1998-1999
Tadpole Key - Electronic, general information, 1994-1998
Tadpole illustrations
Tadpole Key - Patuxent Wildlife Research Center home page, 1998-2000
New Hylid from Mexico, 1998-2000
Ecotoxicological Book - Chapter 2, Diversity and Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1997-2000
Frog Calls of Tambopata, 2000-2001
Sauromalus manuscript, 2001-2002
Coral Snake Mimicry, 1999-2005
Special Projects
Biodiversity Bill - Jenkins testimony, etc., 1989-1991
Curatorial Techniques for Latin American Museum Personnel workshop, 1986-1989
Latin American Curatorial Workshop - Originals of handouts (2 folders)
Latin American Curatorial Workshop - Handouts and notes
Tropical Biology Workshop, Smithsonian - Seminar and notes, 1985
Smithsonian Institution (SI) Task Forces, 1987
McKinsey Task Force Report and Vertebrate Zoology Response, 1987-1988
Mexico Rana Workshop, 1984, 1988
Mexico Rana Workshop, 1989
California Academy of Sciences - Curatorial search, 1986-1987
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Biodiversity Roundtable, 1991
Box 5
American Midland Naturalist Editorship, 1985-1991
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Management Authority - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), 1988-1989
Senate of Scientists, FY 1989-FY 1990
EPA Systematics Workshop, 1991
Review - Biology at University of Texas, Arlington, 1992-1993
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Systematic Entomology Laboratory Review, 1991-1997
Systematic Entomology Laboratory - In-Depth Lab Review, 1994
Systematic Entomology Laboratory Review - Handouts and other information, 1993-1994 (includes electronic records)
Systematic Entomology Laboratory Review - Final report, 1994
Carnegie Museum Curator Search, 1994
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Research Training Program, 1992-1994
Biodiversity Workshop, Man and the Biosphere Biodiversity Program (MAB), 1993
SI/MAB Biodiversity Course, Front Royal - General information, 1992-1993
SI/MAB Biodiversity Course, 1994
SI/MAB Biomonitoring Report - Amphibians, 1994
SI/MAB Biodiversity Course - Materials from Woody and others, 1994
FWS Refuge Workshop - Amphibian monitoring, 1994
SI/MAB III International Biodiversity Measuring and Monitoring Course, 1995
Status and Trends Report, National Biological Survey (NBS) - Amphibians of the United States, 1993-1994
Status and Trends Report, NBS - Manuscripts, 1994
Status and Trends Report, NBS - Committee data, etc., 1993-1994
FWS New Biological Survey, 1993-1994
Our Living Resources - Color copy of herpetology
Our Living Resources - Norm Scott materials, Berry issues, etc., 1995
National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET) - Program workshop, Washington, D.C., 1994-1995
Biological Diversity in Latin America - Grant proposal, 1994-1995
Museum intern program, 1987-1989
Vertebrate Zoology intern program, 1990
Interns, 1991-1994
Systematics Agenda 2000 - Summary reports
Box 6
Systematics Agenda 2000 - Natural Resources Management Report, 1992
Systematics Agenda 2000 - Natural Resources Committee, 1991-1992
Systematics Agenda 2000 - Committee reports, 1992
Sustainable Biosphere Initiative, Ecological Society of America (ESA), 1991
SI Biodiversity Taskforce, 1993
SI Biological Inventory/Biodiversity Initiative Workshop, 1992
Gopher Tortoise Project, Godley and Disney, 1993
Princeton University Press Review - Vitt and Pianka Lizard Ecology Volume, 1993
SI/MAB Biodiversity Course - Database of British Columbian Taxonomists, 1993-1994
University of Oklahoma Press Review - Campbell's Herpetofauna, 1996-1998
Straight Edge Placemat Project, 1993
Sonnerat translation - Dan Nicolson, 1995
NBS Oregon Demonstration Project - Paul Geissler, 1995
NBS Taxonomic Work - Species of concern, FY 1994
Reptile Recovery Team, 1995-1998
Wildlife as Indicators in the Neotropics - University of Idaho questionnaire, 1997, 1999
Straight Edge Pond Puzzle, 1999
Amphibian Monitoring in Latin American, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Project, 1998-1999
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC) Science Meeting Presentation - Museum and Biodiversity, 2000
NSF/TNC Latin American Workshops, 1999
Research Grade Evaluation Panel (RGEP), 2000
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Herpetology Search Committee, 2005-2006
AMNH Curator Search, 2000
SI Monitoring Program, Front Royal, 1999-2000
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) Types Manuscript - Patton, 2000
Herpetology Meetings, Portland, Oregon, 2009
Gingrich files - Snakes, 1999-2000
MorphoBank proposal, 2001
Conservation International (CI) Data Interactions - Guiana and others, 2001-2002
NBS Activities - Research, reduction in force (RIF), Barton Springs, etc., 1993-1996
North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP) Review, 1995-2002
Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) meeting, Atlanta, 1999-2000
Bird curator search, 2004
NSF Systematics Workshop, New York, 2003
Peer Awards, NMNH, 2004-2005
Peer Recognition Awards Committee, 2005-2006
Amphibian Disease Course, West Virginia, 2007
Society Activities: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)
Committee on Traffic in Venoms and Noxious Animals, 1974-1976
Environmental Quality Committee, 1977-1983
Business, 1973-1974
Board of Governors, Corvallis, Oregon, 1981
Board of Governors, 1982
Board of Governors, 1983
Board of Governors, 1984
Long Range Planning and Finance Committee, 1981-1983
Long Range Planning and Finance Committee, 1983-1984
Long Range Planning and Finance Committee, 1984-1986
Nominating Committee, 1983-1984
Nominating Committee, 1992-1993
Nominating Committee, 1995-1996
Box 7
ASIH Annual Meeting, Knoxville, 1985
ASIH/Herpetologists' League (HL)/Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988
ASIH Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, 1990
Ecology of Tropical Herpetology Symposium, 1990
ASIH Annual Meeting, New York, 1991
Presidential Correspondence, 1992
Business and Board Meeting, Urbana, Illinois, 1992
Collection Building in Ichthyology and Herpetology, 1990, 1992
ASIH/HL Meeting, Urbana, Illinois, 1992
Financial statement, 1992
Endowment Committee, 1992-1993
State of Ichthyology-Herpetology Committee, 1991
ASIH Annual Meeting, 1994
Board of Governors, 1994
Presidential Correspondence, 1994
Presidential Correspondence, 1992-1995
Presidential Correspondence, 1995-1997
Ichthyological/Herpetological Collections Committee - Pietsch, 1993-1994
Animal Welfare Issues, 1994
Endowment Committee Solicitation Letter, 1996
Fitch Committee, 1997-1999
Board of Governors, 1992-1993
ASIH Meetings, Los Angeles, 1994
Past President's Correspondence, 1994-1995
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Representative, 1994-1995
Committee Appointments, 1993-1995
Stoye/Storer Awards, Los Angeles, 1994-1995
Committee for Graduate Student Participation, 1994-1995
Honorary Foreign Member Committee - Frost, 1993-1994
ASIH Meetings, Edmonton, 1995
FWS Regulations - Transport of Wildlife, Federal Register, 1994-1995
Board of Governors, 1997
ASIH Meetings, Pennsylvania State University, 1999
Board of Governors, 2002
Board of Governors, 2003
Board of Governors, 2004
Board of Governors, 2005
Board of Governors, 2007
Board of Governors, 2010
Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Rhode Island, 2010 (includes electronic records)
Membership Information - Applications for various societies
Society Activities: Herpetologists' League (HL)
Council and Board Meeting, Austin, 1992-1993
Committees and Board of Trustees materials, 1995-1997, 2004
Correspondence, 1992-1994
Board of Trustees, 1994
Board of Trustees, 1995
Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Kansas City, 2002
Board of Trustees, 2002
Board of Trustees, 2003
Board of Trustees, 2004
Board of Trustees, 2005
Special Publications - Schwartz Tribute, 1992-1997
Special Publications - Cnemidophorus, 1992
Special Publications Committee - Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies, 1992
National Academy Testimony - National Institutes for the Environment (NIE), 1991
Froggman Software Proposal - Correspondence, agreement, etc., 1993-1995
Long Range Planning and Finance Committee, 1987-1989
Box 8
Board of Trustees, 1989
Board of Trustees, 1990
HL Business, 1990-1991
Long Range Planning and Finance Committee, 1989-1990
Board of Trustees Meeting, Pennsylvania State University, 1991
HL Annual Meeting, Urbana, Illinois, 1992
HL Business, 1992-1993, 2010
Board of Trustees, 1999
Board of Trustees, 2006
Herpetological Resources Committee - Correspondence, 1981
Herpetological Resources Committee - Correspondence, 1984-1986
Monograph Series - Campbell and Lamar, Seidell Proposal, 1982-1991
New Book Projects, 1995
HL Activities - Correspondence, etc., 1994-1995
Board of Trustees, 1996
HL Business, 1992-1999
Archives in SI, 1997
Special Publications Program, 1996
20 Year Index, 1996-1997
Crother - Caribbean Book, Academic Press, 1998
Special Publication - Herpetofauna of Baja, Grismer, 1990-1991
Special Publication - Baja California Herpetofauna, Grismer, 1996-1998
Special Publication - Yucatan Herpetofauna, Lee, 1996
Long Range Planning and Finance Committee, 1995-1996
ASIH/HL/SSAR Meetings, Seattle, 1997
Herpetology Meetings, Guelph, California, 1998
Computer Application to Publishing, 1987-1989
Student Papers, Judge - Information, etc., New Orleans, 1990
Seidell Project - Venomous Reptiles - Letters of receipt, etc., 1991-1992
Frost - Checklists, Amphibian Species of the World, 2004
Turtle Biodiversity Proposal, 1998
Texas Herpetological Society
Board of Trustees, 2007
Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2005
Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2007
Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2010
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