Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 17-003
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Research Records, 1964-1999
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: | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |
Title: | Research Records |
Dates: | 1964-1999 |
Quantity: | 9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 17-003 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of the research records of zoologist James Francis Lynch (1942-1998). In 1974, Lynch became the first staff scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES) which was renamed the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in 1985. Lynch administered or participated in several projects conducted on the Center's property and the surrounding Chesapeake region to collect and analyze data regarding insects (especially ants), birds, roadkill, and other terrestrial animals. He also conducted bird, ant, and amphibian research internationally and his bird netting and banding projects in the Yucatan (Yucatán), in Australia, and at the Mpala Research Centre in Kenya are particularly well documented in this collection. In addition, this accession includes documentation of Lynch's involvement in the Pan-American Continental Section of the International Council for Bird Preservation. Materials include original data, data summaries, data analysis documents, images, field books, reports, proposals, correspondence, meeting materials, and related materials. Some materials may have been created while Lynch was a student and a few folders appear to have been added to his project files after his death. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the research records of zoologist James Francis Lynch (1942-1998). In 1974, Lynch became the first staff scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES) which was renamed the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in 1985. Lynch administered or participated in several projects conducted on the Center's property and the surrounding Chesapeake region to collect and analyze data regarding insects (especially ants), birds, roadkill, and other terrestrial animals. He also conducted bird, ant, and amphibian research internationally and his bird netting and banding projects in the Yucatan (Yucataln), in Australia, and at the Mpala Research Centre in Kenya are particularly well documented in this collection. In addition, this accession includes documentation of Lynch's involvement in the Pan American Continental Section of the International Council for Bird Preservation. Materials include original data, data summaries, data analysis documents, images, field books, reports, proposals, correspondence, meeting materials, and related materials. Some materials may have been created while Lynch was a student and a few folders appear to have been added to his project files after his death.
Index Terms
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Name
- Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies
- International Council for Bird Preservation. Pan American Continental Section
- Lynch, James Francis, 1942-
- Mpala Research Centre (Kenya)
Subject
- Amphibians
- Ants
- Australia
- Bird banding
- Birds
- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
- Environmental sciences
- Insects
- Research
- Yucatan (Mexico : State)
- Yucatan Peninsula
- Zoologists
- Zoology
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-003, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Research Records
Container List
Box 1
Map of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and Surrounding Watershed
"The Long View," SERC Article in Spirit Magazine, May 1998
"History at the Edge of the Chesapeake," Orientation Building Proposal
Reptile and Amphibian Slides, circa 1968-1976
Herpetology Work Slides, circa 1970-1974
Insect Slides, circa 1966-1976
Other Invertebrate Slides, circa 1969-1978
Botanical Work Slides, circa 1971-1975
Mammalogy Work Slides, circa 1971-1974
Soils and Geology Slides, circa 1971-1976
Flowers, Bonsai, and People Slides, circa 1980-1993
Bamboo, Bromeliads, and Orchids Slides, circa 1972-1988
Channel Islands Deer Exclosures, circa 1977-1980
Monarch Butterfly Site, Michoacan, Mexico, Slides, circa 1986
San Marcos Slides, circa 1972-1975
ESP Project Study Sites and Exclosures Slides, circa 1979-1987
Roadkill Data, 1992-1995
Ants and Herps Species Lists - "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Species of Ants of the Chesapeake Bay Region," June 1988
Ants and Herps Species Lists - Belt Woods Ants
Ants and Herps Species Lists - Herp List for SERC
Ants and Herps Species Lists - List of Ants Actually or Potentially Occurring in Maryland Ant Data Sets, 1980
Ant Data Sets - Factuals, etc., 1985
Photographs - Ants, Lynch in the Field, etc.
SERC Ant Competition (Data Sets), 1983
Cuban Ants
SERC Ant Study Manuscript, 1976-1987 (2 folders)
Saint Vincent Ants, 1975-1978
Insect Sweep Maps, 1975-1976
Insect Sweep Samples Data Analysis, 1975-1976
Box 2
Litter Sampling for Ants (Data Analysis), 1974-1976
Ant Data Analysis, 1975
Ants from Sweep Samples - Data, 1975-1976
Insect Sweep Sample Size Analysis, 1975
Protocol for Sweep Sampling Program and Identification of Ants, 1975
Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES) Sample Data by Species, 1975-1976 - Hymenoptera, Hemipters, and Homoptera (Card Box 1)
CBCES Sample Data by Species, 1975-1976 - Diptera and Coleoptera (Card Box 2)
CBCES Sample Data by Species, 1975-1976 - Collembola, Isoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Plecoptera, Psocoptera, Thysanoptera, Crustacea, Opiliones, Trichoptera, Miscellaneous, and Araneida (Card Box 3)
Box 3
Central American Bird Papers (Reference)
Belize Audubon Society Bulletin, 1986
Bird Species Accounts, Belize, 1992
Nesting Bird Lists, Belize Cays
Belize Slides, circa 1982-1990
Birds of Parque Nacional "El Cusuco," Honduras - Proposal and Final Report, 1994-1995
Bird Observation Data and Correspondence, Cusuco, Honduras, 1995
Bird Observation Lists - Australia and New Zealand, 1989-1993
Bird Banding Permits, Australia, 1988-1995
Birds of Ivy Neck, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1964-1965
Field Sheets for Patch, Chesapeake Western Shores, Spring 1978
Bird Counts, Forest Fragmentation, Western Shores of Chesapeake, 1978-1979
Bird Counts, Chesapeake Western Shores, 1979 (2 folders)
Chesapeake Western Shores Bird Counts Isolation 1, 1979
Chesapeake Western Shores, Isolation 2
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1982-1983
SERC Breeding Bird Census, 1983
SERC Breeding Bird Census, 1987
SERC Successional Forest Breeding Bird Survey, 1987
SERC Mature Forest Bird Breeding Census, 1989
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1989-1990
SERC Breeding Bird Census, 1990
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1990-1991
SERC Breeding Bird Census, 1991
SERC Bird Count, 1991-1992
SERC Breeding Bird Census, 1992
SERC Bird Survey Point Count Data Sheets, 1992
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1992-1993
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1993-1994
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1994-1995
SERC Summer Birds Checklist, 1995
SERC Breeding Bird Survey, 1995
SERC Breeding Bird Survey Reports, 1995, and Final Report of Trends, 1982-1995
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1995-1996
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1996-1997
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1997-1998
SERC Winter Bird Count, 1998-1999
SERC Winter Bird Count Checklist and Maps
Box 4
Birds in Forest Patches - Cardinal Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Carolina Wren Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Common Flicker Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Downy Woodpecker Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Eastern Wood Pewee Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Great Crested Flycatcher Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Gray Catbird Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Acadian Flycatcher Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Black and White Warbler Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Blue Gray Gnatcatcher Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Tufted Titmouse Partial Correlation, 1980
Box 5
Birds in Forest Patches - Blue Jay Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Carolina Chickadee Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Yellow Billed Cuckoo Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - White Eyed Vireo Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Wood Thrush Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Worm Eating Warbler Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Pileated Woodpecker Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Rufous Sided Towhee Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Red Eyed Vireo Partial Correlation, 1980
Box 6
Birds in Forest Patches - Red Billed Woodpecker Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Yellow Throated Vireo Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Oven Bird Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Pine Warbler Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Ruby Throated Hummingbird Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Scarlet Tanager Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - White Breasted Nuthatch Partial Correlation, 1980
Birds in Forest Patches - Data Analysis, 1980
Breeding Bird Survey Species Summary Report, 1985
Maryland Bird Occurrences Sort List, 1985
Box 7
Forest Fragmentation Slides, circa 1968-1981
Transparencies for Talks on Migrants, Fragmentation, etc.
Pan-American Continental Section (PACS) Meeting Minutes, 1988-1991
International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP) - Miscellaneous Papers, 1988-1992
ICBP Publications and Strategy Documents, 1988-1992
PACS - Pre-Eccles Committee Correspondence Regarding Reorganization of ICBP in United States, May-July 1992
PACS - Wild Bird Protection Legislation, 1992
ICBP PACS Correspondence, 1992
ICBP PACS - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1992-1994
PACS Merger with United States Section, 1993
Bird Conservation America, 1993-1994
BirdLife International Publications, 1994
PACS Small Grants Program Evaluation Committee, 1994
IBCP, Inc. Board Meetings - Merger Documents, March-April 1994
BirdLife International Merger Documents, 1994
IBCP PACS Research Project, 1984 (2 folders)
Atherton Seidell Endowment Fund Proposal - Distribution of "Threatened Birds of the Americas" and "Threatened Birds of Africa and Related Islands" to Conservation and Research Organizations in Latin America, the Caribbean Region, and Africa, 1994
ICBP Parrot Specialist Group - "Parrots: An Action Plan for their Conservation and Management," 1992
"Parrots: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan," 1992
Miscellaneous Yucatan Slides, circa 1979-1990
Yucatan Birds, etc., Slides, 1979-1995
Landsat Images (Slides) of the Yucatan Peninsula
Yucatan - Mist Netting Data Summaries from Puerto Morelos, 1982-1992
Yucatan - Summaries of Mist-Net Data, 1982-1987
Box 8
Yucatan - Gilberto Chavez-Leon's Mist Net Data, 1983-1985
Quintana Roo - Farming and Mist Netting Slides, circa 1983-1993
Yucatan - Mist Netting Results for Oscar's Acahual, 1984-1985
Yucatan - Miscellaneous Mist Netting Sites, 1984-1987
Yucatan - Felipe's Selva Mediana, 1984-1988
Yucatan - Denny's Plots, 1984-1989
Yucatan - "Effects of Traditional and Alternative Agricultural Practices on Migratory Birds in the Yucatan Peninsula," World Wildlife Fund Proposal, 1988
Yucatan - Plant, Bird, and Forest Photographs, 1989-1993
Yucatan - Color Banding Master Records from Puerto Morelos, 1990-1995
Yucatan - American Birding Association Foreign Field Notes, 1992
Yucatan - Noh-Bec Data, 1993-1995
Yucatan - Noh-Bec Raw Point Count Data, 1993-1995
Yucatan - Paul Wood and Noh-Bec Project, 1993-1996
Yucatan - Noh-Bec Bird Paper Statistical Analyses, Data Summaries, etc.
Yucatan - Mist Netting Data and Color Banding Forms, 1993-1994
Yucatan - Quintana Roo and Puerto Morelos Mist Netting Data, February 1995
Yucatan - Puerto Morelos Mangrove Assessment, Fall 1997
Yucatan Book, October 1998
Multiway CHI-Square Analysis of Habitat Use by Yucatan Birds
Yucatan Data - Graphs and Tables
Yucatan - Data Codes
Yucatan - Bird Banding Log
Yucatan - Notes and Slides for Talks on Migrant Birds
Transparencies for Talks on Migrant Ecology in Mexico
Mpala Research Centre Brochure
Mpala - New Opportunities in Animal Health Sciences (NOAHS) Education Outreach Proposal, 1995-1996
Mpala - Research Proposals, Reports, and Correspondence, 1996-1997
Mpala - Backup Banding Data, 1996-1997
Kenya Slides - Net Day 1, Roll 3, January 1996
Mpala and Ol Jogi Slides, 1996
Mpala - Nairobi National Park Slides, January 1996
Mpala Slides - Habitat at Net Site 1, May-June 1996
Mpala - Masai Mara Photographic Prints, June 1996
Mpala - Kenya Slides, Prints, and Negatives, May-June 1996
Mpala - Photographic Prints, Rolls 1-7 (envelope for roll 1 is empty), September 1996
Mpala Slides, Netting at Site 1, Roll 1, September 1996
Mpala Slides, Roll 2
Mpala Slides, Roll 3
Mpala and Ol Jogi Slides, Roll 4
Ol Jogi - Netting Slides (both habitats), Roll 5
Ol Jogi - Netting Slides, Roll 6
Mpala Slides, Roll 7, September 1996
Mpala Slides, September 1996
Box 9
Mpala and Ol Jogi - Prints of Birds, September 1996
Mpala Prints and Slides - Francis Lomojo and Family, Lynch on Mount Kenya, etc., September 1996
Kenya Wildlife Habitats Slides, 1996-1997
Mpala and Ol Jogi Bird Slides, 1996-1997
Mpala (June-November 1997) and Texas (August 1997) - Prints and Negatives
Mpala - Slides from Dan Niven
Cinque Terre and Lilliano Slides, October 1996
Cinque Terre and Tuscany Slides, October 1996
Australia Slides - Wheat Belt Habitat, Radio-tracking, etc., 1992
Western Australia Slides - Geraldton Field Trip, Coolabahs along Murchison, Wheat Belt, and Babbler Habitat, May 1994
Notebook - Ant Research Data Processing and Analysis (O'Halloran and Lynch), Fall 1987-Winter 1988
Field Book (copies), 1967 (2 folders)
Field Book (copies) - Costa Rica, Colombia, West Indies, and California, 1968-1969 (2 folders)
Field Book (copies), 1970 (2 folders)
Field Book (copies) - Guatemala and Mexico, May-July 1970
Field Book (copies) - Guatemala and Mexico, Fall 1971-Spring 1972
Field Book (copies) - Guatemala, July 1973, and Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, January-February 1974
Field Book (copies), 1974-1980, 1984 (3 folders)
Field Book - Baja California, Berkeley, Maryland, Guatemala, Mexico, and Florida, 1974-1975
Field Book - Southeastern United States, Saint Vincent, Panama, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, 1975
Field Book - Mexico, New York, Alaska, and Panama, 1976
Field Book - Saint Vincent, 1976
Box 10
Field Book - CBCES Ant Data (Brenda Tremper), February-July 1976
Field Book - CBCES Ant Data, February-September 1976
Field Book - CBCES Ant Data, August-October 1976
Field Book - Colombia, Panama, CBCES, and Northern California, 1977
Field Book - CBCES Ant Data, February-June 1977
Field Book - CBCES Ant Data, March-November 1977
Field Book - ECB Ant Data, June-September 1977
Field Book - Florida, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and Yucatan, December 1978-January 1979
Field Book - CBCES Ant Data, May 1978-June 1979
Field Book - Mexico and Guatemala, December 1978-January 1979
Field Book - ECB Ant Data, May-June 1979
Field Book - CBCES Ant Data, July 1979 and June 1980
Field Book - Northeast Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula, August-October 1979
Field Book - Bahamas (San Salvador), Mexico (Western and Southern), and Cuba, 1980
Field Book - Oaxaca, Mexico, October 1981
Field Book - Yucatan, February 1982 and January-February 1983
Field Book - South Mexico, October 1981, and Yucatan, February-March 1982
Field Book - Yucatan, February-March 1982
Field Book - Barro Colorado Island, July-September 1982
Field Book - Transplant Garden, 1982, and Kentucky Warbler and Hooded Warbler, 1984
Field Book - Yucatan, January-October 1983
Field Book - Quintana Roo, Mexico, October 1983
Field Book - Yucatan Peninsula, January-February 1984
Field Book - Yucatan, January-March 1984
Field Book - Yucatan, March-April 1984
Field Book - Mexico (Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, and Chiapas), October-December 1984
Box 11
Field Book - Yucatan, November 1984 and February 1988
Field Book - Color Banding Records, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 1984-1985
Field Book - New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji, September-October 1985
Field Book - Yucatan, February-March and November-December 1985
Field Book - Yucatan, December 1985
Field Book - Belize and Mexico (Quintana Roo, Yucatan, and Campeche), 1985-1990 (2 folders)
Field Book, 1986
Field Book - Yucatan, January-February 1986
Field Book - Yucatan Peninsula, December 1986
Field Book - Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Guatemala, and Belize, 1986-1987
Field Book - Quintana Roo, Mexico, January-February 1987
Field Book - Belize, May-June 1987
Field Book - Australia, August-September 1987
Field Book - Australia and New Zealand, August-September 1987
Field Book - Quintana Roo, Mexico, March-April 1988 and February-March 1989
Field Book - Australia, July-August 1988
Field Book - Australia, July 1988-January 1989
Field Book - Australia, August 1988
Field Book - Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), August-October 1988
Field Book - Australia, October-November 1988
Field Book - Australia, November-December 1988 and August 1989
Field Book - Yucatan, March 1989
Field Book - Australia, August-September 1989
Field Book - Australia (Western Australia), September 10-29, 1989
Field Book - Australia (Western Australia), September 22-25, 1989
Box 12
Field Book - Mexico, February-March 1990
Field Book - Australia, September-October 1990
Field Book - Australia (Western Australia and New South Wales), September-October 1990
Field Book - Quintana Roo, Mexico, 1990-1991
Field Book - Borneo and Australia, July-October 1991
Field Book - Australia, August-October 1991
Field Book - Quintana Roo, Mexico, March 1992
Field Book - SERC, May 1992
Field Book - Australia, July-September 1992
Field Book - Australia, August-September 1992
Field Book - Quintana Roo, Mexico, 1992-1993
Field Book - Yucatan, February-March 1993
Field Book - Belize, March-April 1993
Field Book - Fort Pierce, Florida, April 1993
Field Book - Australia, August-September 1993
Field Book - Quintana Roo, Mexico, February-March 1994, August 1995, and September 1997
Field Book - California, Australia, and New Mexico, May-June 1994
Field Book - Australia, May-June 1994
Field Book - Honduras, January and August 1995
Field Book - Texas and Yucatan, November-December 1996
Field Book - Kenya, February-November 1997
Field Book - Belize, undated
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