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Accession 23-070

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

Program Records, circa 1990-2016

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Title:Program Records
Dates:circa 1990-2016
Quantity:5.18 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (2 oversize folders)
Collection:Accession 23-070
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Robert A. (Robert Armstrong) Rice, research geographer and ecologist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC), 1995-2019. SMBC forms part of the National Zoological Park and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Prior to his official employment, Rice performed research in collaboration with and on contract for SMBC. The majority of the records document Rice's research on shade grown coffee, the First Sustainable Coffee Congress, and the establishment, administration, and marketing of the Smithsonian Institution's Bird Friendly Coffee certification program. Materials include correspondence; research data, reports, and papers; inspector training documents; certification applications, certificates, and agreements; promotional materials and ephemera; grant proposals; presentations and posters; oral histories and interviews with members of the sustainable coffee industry; conference proceedings; photographs; brochures; illustrations; artifacts; and related materials. Materials also include audio recordings from a sustainable cacao workshop. Some materials are in digital format.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Robert A. (Robert Armstrong) Rice, research geographer and ecologist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC), 1995-2019. SMBC forms part of the National Zoological Park and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Prior to his official employment, Rice performed research in collaboration with and on contract for SMBC. The majority of the records document Rice's research on shade grown coffee, the First Sustainable Coffee Congress, and the establishment, administration, and marketing of the Smithsonian Institution's Bird Friendly Coffee certification program. Materials include correspondence; research data, reports, and papers; inspector training documents; certification applications, certificates, and agreements; promotional materials and ephemera; grant proposals; presentations and posters; oral histories and interviews with members of the sustainable coffee industry; conference proceedings; photographs; brochures; illustrations; artifacts; and related materials. Materials also include audio recordings from a sustainable cacao workshop. Some materials are in digital format.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2032; Transferring office; 3/21/2023 memorandum, Wright to Rice; Contact reference staff for details.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 23-070, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Program Records

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Container List

Box 1

"Birds Over Troubled Forests," by Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, 1991

Box 1 of 5

"New Technology in Coffee Production: Examining Landscape Transformation and International Aid in Northern Latin America," by Robert A. Rice, July 1993

Box 1 of 5

"The History of Land Use Patterns of Coffee and Cacao Production in the Ocosingo-Altamirano-Las Margaritas Area of Chiapas, Mexico: 1950-Present," by Robert A. Rice, April 1994

Box 1 of 5

"Land History Use in the Cattle Sector of Eastern Chiapas, Mexico: The Role of Markets and Road Construction," by Robert A. Rice, October 1994

Box 1 of 5

"Internationalizing the Garden Patch: The Geography of Hybrid Vegetable Seed Production," by Robert A. Rice, 1995

Box 1 of 5

"Coffee, Conservation, and Commerce in the Western Hemisphere: How Individuals and Institutions Can Promote Ecologically Sound Farming and Forest Management in Northern Latin America," by Robert Rice (Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center) and Justin R. Ward (Natural Resources Defense Council), June 1996

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"El Cafe, la Conservacion Ambiental, y el Commercio en el Hemisferio Occidental: Como Pueden Promover los Individuos y las Insttituciones una Agricultura y un Manejo Forestal Ambientalmeente Sanos en el Norte de America Latina," Spanish Translation, April 1997

Box 1 of 5

Plant Sciences for Students - Coffee Article, 1999-2000

Box 1 of 5

"Socioeconomic Benefits of Shade Management in Coffee in the Apurimac Valley of Peru and Potential Income-generating Products Associated with Coffee Holdings," by Robert A. Rice, March 2000

Box 1 of 5

"In Pursuit of Sustainability: Lessons from the Coffee Sector," by Robert Armstrong Rice, 2015

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"The Bird Conservation Value of Coffee Plantations in Two Peruvian Landscapes: A Report of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center," undated

Box 1 of 5

Estadisticas de Exportaciones Agricolas de Guatemala, 1983-1991, Published September 1991

Box 1 of 5

Fair Trade - Transfair History, 1989-1998

Box 1 of 5

"A Selected and Annotated Bibliography on Agroforestry in the Tropical Developing Countries," by M. Atiqul Azam - Tropical Resources Institute Working Paper #45, December 1990

Box 1 of 5

Correspondence and Data Updates from Coffee Producing Countries, 1993

Box 1 of 5

Bird Friendly Coffee Clippings, 1994

Box 1 of 5

"Caficultura Organica sostentible an el Proyecto IMCA," by Luis Eugenio Cifuentes Baheza, August 1994

Box 1 of 5

United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Correspondence, 1994

Box 1 of 5

Coffee Cooperatives - Information, circa 1994-1996 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Coalition for Sustainable Coffee, 1995

Box 1 of 5

Organic and Fair Trade Coffee of High Quality from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic - Preliminary Study/Current Situation Analysis by Rox Research AB, February 1997

Box 1 of 5

Conservation Coffee Organizer's Kit - Rainforest Alliance, 1997

Box 1 of 5

Organic Coffee Inquiry

Box 1 of 5

Coffee Boards and Trade Organizations - Inquiries, 1997

Box 1 of 5

Pesticide in Coffee Samples, 1998

Box 1 of 5

United States Department of Agriculture Reports - Organic and Fair Trade Coffee Market Reports by Country, 1998-2000

Box 1 of 5

Coffee, Birds and Trade Policy: Making the Connection - Seattle Audubon Society, October 1999

Box 1 of 5

"Measuring Consumer Interest in Mexican Shade Grown Coffee: An Assessment of the Canadian, Mexican, and United States Markets," by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, October 1999

Box 1 of 5

Dairy One Forage Analysis, 1999-2000

Box 1 of 5

PERHUSA Organic Coffee Agency Data, 2002-2005

Box 1 of 5

Shade Grown Coffee Demographics and Data from Around the World, 2010

Box 1 of 5

Shade Data by Country, 2012-2013

Box 1 of 5

Coffee Technology and Steep Slopes - Articles

Box 1 of 5

Miscellaneous Coffee - Articles

Box 1 of 5

Sustainable Coffee Congress - Turner Foundation Grant Proposal, 1996

Box 1 of 5

Sustainable Coffee Congress - Summit Foundation Grant Proposal, April 10, 1996

Box 1 of 5

First Sustainable Coffee Congress - Correspondence, September 1996

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Proceedings of the First Sustainable Coffee Congress, September 1996

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

Sustainable Coffee Workshop Handouts

Box 2 of 5

Resolution at the First Sustainable Coffee Congress

Box 2 of 5

Shade Certification Debate, 1997-1999

Box 2 of 5

Coffee Site Visit Photographs, circa January 2002 [digital records only]

Box 2 of 5

Survey on the Use of Native Forage Trees, Summer 2000

Box 2 of 5

United States/Guatemala Labor Education Project - Correspondence, 1994

Box 2 of 5

Guatemala Project, 1996-1999

Box 2 of 5

Organic Coffee in Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico - Reports, 1997-1998

Box 2 of 5

Survey for Organic Coffee Producers: Use of Shade - Submissions from Mexico, undated

Box 2 of 5

Shade Grown Coffee - Tierra Nueva, Chiapas, Mexico, 2006 [digital records only]

Box 2 of 5

Peru - United States Agency for International Development, 1996-1999

Box 2 of 5

Survey of Shade Trees Used in Coffee (Data Sheets), Pichari, Kimbiri, Sivia, and San Francisco, Peru, 1998-1999 (8 folders)

Box 2 of 5

Survey of Shade Trees Used in Coffee (Data Sheets), Villa Rica and Chanchamayo Region, Peru, 1999-2001

Box 2 of 5

Peru - Alternative Development Project, 1998-1999

Box 2 of 5

Peruvian Shade Grown Coffee Primer and Bird Friendly Certification Documents

Box 2 of 5

Peru - Final Report [digital records only]

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

Training for Shade Coffee Inspectors - Workshop Documents, Peru, September 6-8, 2000

Box 3 of 5

Training for Shade Coffee Inspectors - Workshop Documents, Chiapas, Mexico, November 8-10, 2000

Box 3 of 5

Training for Shade Coffee Inspectors - Workshop Documents, Colombia, February 24-26, 2001

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Training for Shade Coffee Inspectors - Workshop Documents, Guatemala, February 2001

Box 3 of 5

Training for Shade Coffee Inspectors - Workshop Documents, Guatemala, March 2001

Box 3 of 5

Training for Shade Coffee Inspectors - Workshop Documents, Nicaragua, March 2001

Box 3 of 5

Training for Shade Coffee Inspectors - Workshop Documents, Nicaragua, April 2001

Box 3 of 5

Training for Shade Coffee Inspectors - Workshop Documents, Veracruz, Mexico, June 7-8, 2001

Box 3 of 5

Shade Grown Coffee Inspector Certificate, Peru Workshop, September 2016

Box 3 of 5

Brazil Coffee Certifications - Varzea da Onca, 2002

Box 3 of 5

Colombia Certifications - Santa Rita, 2002

Box 3 of 5

Colombia Certifications - Red Ecolsierra, 2002

Box 3 of 5

Colombia Certifications - El Roble, 2002-2005

Box 3 of 5

Colombia Certifications - Finca Agroberlin, 2005

Box 3 of 5

Costa Rica Certifications - Lomas Al Rio, 2002

Box 3 of 5

Ecuador Certifications - COFENAC, 2002

Box 3 of 5

Ecuador Certifications - Tierra Viva, 2003

Box 3 of 5

El Salvador - Shade Coffee Certification, 1997-1998

Box 3 of 5

El Salvador Certifications - Ortiz Rosales, 2003

Box 3 of 5

El Salvador Certifications - Beneficio Tepeyec, 2004

Box 3 of 5

El Salvador Certifications - Finca Santa Isabel, 2004

Box 3 of 5

El Salvador Certifications - Multipros, 2004-2005

Box 3 of 5

El Salvador Certifications - Proinnova, 2005

Box 3 of 5

Guatemala Evaluation - Asociacion Barillense de Agricultures, 2002

Box 3 of 5

Guatemala Certifications - Guayab Asociacion Civil, 2002

Box 3 of 5

Guatemala Certifications - San Juan Utapa, 2002-2005

Box 3 of 5

Guatemala Certifications - Finca San Jose la Laguna, 2005

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Certifications - Finaca Irlanda, 2002-2004

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Certifications - Fiech, 2003

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Certifications - UNISOPAS, 2003

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Certifications - Ismam, 2003-2004

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Certifications - Cafe Cumbre, 2004

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Certifications - Finacas Arabia y Piedras Negras, 2004

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Certifications - CASFA/EOCSA, 2005 (3 folders) [includes digital records]

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Certifications - PCOREIT de Santa Cruz y las Nubas, 2005

Box 3 of 5

Mexico Evaluation - Finca Triunfo Verde, 2005

Box 3 of 5

Peru Certifications - Prohassa/Cecanor, 2001-2005

Box 3 of 5

Peru Certifications - Lamas Coffee, 2002

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Peru Evaluations - Saite, 2002

Box 4 of 5

Peru Certifications - Selva Andina, 2002-2005

Box 4 of 5

Peru Certifications - Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalaria "La Florida," 2002-2005

Box 4 of 5

Peru Certifications - Pronatur/Aproeco, 2003-2005

Box 4 of 5

Peru Certifications - Kuelap Organic Coffee, 2004

Box 4 of 5

Peru Certifications - Central de Cooperativas Cafetalerias (COCLA), 2004-2005

Box 4 of 5

Peru Certifications - Cooperativa Agraria Cafetalaria "San Juan del Oro," 2004-2005

Box 4 of 5

Peru Certifications - Perhusa, 2005

Box 4 of 5

Peru Certifications - Green Crop/Finca Brack, 2005

Box 4 of 5

Elan Organics - Bird Friendly License, 1998

Box 4 of 5

Roaster/Importer Agreements, 2003-2006

Box 4 of 5

Farm Certificates, 2007-2012

Box 4 of 5

Associacion Barrilense de Agriculturas Evaluation, Inspection Sheets, and Certificates, 2002-2005

Box 4 of 5

Finca el Chorro Inspection Sheets and Certificates, 2002-2005

Box 4 of 5

Bird Friendly Coffee Inspection Sheets, Certificates, and Agreements, 2002-2008 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Cafe Audubon - Bird Friendly Coffee Marketing, 1996-1998

Box 4 of 5

Cafe Audubon - Press Conference, 1997

Box 4 of 5

Cafe Audubon - Press Conference Photographs, 1997

Box 4 of 5

Cafe Audubon - First Bird Friendly Coffee, 1997-1998

Box 4 of 5

Cafe Audubon Shade Grown Organic Coffee Packaging, undated

Box 4 of 5

Bird Friendly Trademarks and Infringements, 1998-2012

Box 4 of 5

Research and Fieldwork Supported by Bird Friendly Coffee Funds (Display Binder)

Box 4 of 5

"Bird Friendly Coffee It's Made in the Shade" Magnets, undated

Box 4 of 5

Bird Friendly Coffee Tabletop Promotion, undated

Box 4 of 5

Shade Grown Coffee Button Design, undated

Box 4 of 5

"Bird Friendly Coffee It's Made in the Shade" Brochure, undated

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

Bird Friendly Coffee - Quality Manual, Form Handbook, and Norms for Production, Processing, and Marketing, 2001-2002

Box 5 of 5

Normas para la Produccion, el Procesamiento, y la Comercializacion de Cafe Bird Friendly: Certificado Organico Bajo Sombra, 2002

Box 5 of 5

Manual de Cafe Bajo Sombra, July 2003

Box 5 of 5

Shade Coffee Manual, 2011

Box 5 of 5

Specialty Coffee Association of America - Oral History: Documentation and Release Forms for the History of Shade Coffee Project and Book, 2008

Box 5 of 5

Shade Coffee Book Interviews, 2008-2010

Box 5 of 5

Sustainable Coffee Interviews, 2008 and undated [digital records only]

Box 5 of 5

Cuba Correspondence, circa 1993-1998

Box 5 of 5

Third National Meeting of Organic Agriculture, Cuba, May 1997

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Seattle Presentation, 1994

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Congress of Latin American Geographers, 1996-1997

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Commission for Environmental Cooperation Workshop, 1999

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Environmental Coffee Seminar (Dunkin Donuts), February 3, 2000

Box 5 of 5

Presentations - CocaCola and the Smithsonian, November 2006 [digital records only]

Box 5 of 5

Japan Trip, November 2005 [digital records only]

Box 5 of 5

Bird Friendly Symposium - Japan, 2007 [digital records only]

Box 5 of 5

Japan Trip, October 2008 [digital records only]

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Smithsonian Booth, undated [digital records only]

Box 5 of 5

Inquiries from Coffee Companies, 2004-2007

Box 5 of 5

Bird Friendly Coffee Public Inquiries, 1994, 2002-2003

Box 5 of 5

Sustainable Cacao Workshop - Recordings, March 1998 (Audiocassettes #1-5)

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Sustainable Cacao Workshop - Recordings, March 1998 (Audiocassettes #6-10)

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Cacao Agroforestry Articles

Box 5 of 5

Conservation and Research Center Closing - Letters in Support of the Conservation and Research Center, 2001

Box 5 of 5
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Folder 1 Pencil Drawing of Bay Breasted Warbler on Coffee Plant, circa 1991; "An Improved Method of Making Coffee" from Thomson's Annals of Philosophy, 1823 (Text Reproduced as Poster, date unknown); and Artwork for Cafe Audubon Bird Friendly Coffee Packaging

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Folder 2 "The Importance of the Shade Component in Coffee Farms: Average Values for Small Producers in Peru and Guatemala" poster, undated; "Bird Friendly Coffee It's Made in the Shade" Poster, undated; and Original Logo for the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, 1991

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Digital Records

Coffee Interviews - Audio Files and Transcriptions, circa 2008

Digital Records

Final Disney Grant Report - Report with Website Submission, circa 2014-2016

Digital Records

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