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Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 23-092

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

Records, 1992-2022

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Title:Records
Dates:1992-2022
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 23-092
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of materials concerning Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) annual meetings, publications and committees. Particularly well documented is the loan of the SPNHC Supplies and Materials for Museum Collections traveling display to a variety of institutions and meetings. Publications documented include SPNHC Connection and Collection Forum. People represented in the collection include Cynthia A. Ramotnik, Linda Hollenberg, and Carol Lynn Kelloff. Materials include correspondence, loan agreements, lists, meeting minutes, conference programs and abstracts, newsletters, serials, books, presentations, website records, color photographs and slides, clippings, and other related materials documenting SPNHC activities. Some materials are in digital format.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of materials concerning Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) annual meetings, publications and committees. Particularly well documented is the loan of the SPNHC Supplies and Materials for Museum Collections traveling display to a variety of institutions and meetings. Publications documented include SPNHC Connection and Collection Forum. People represented in the collection include Cynthia A. Ramotnik, Linda Hollenberg, and Carol Lynn Kelloff. Materials include correspondence, loan agreements, lists, meeting minutes, conference programs and abstracts, newsletters, serials, books, presentations, website records, color photographs and slides, clippings, and other related materials documenting SPNHC activities. Some materials are in digital format.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2038; Transferring office; 7/11/1990 Agreement of Transfer; Contact reference staff for details.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 23-092, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Records of Cynthia A. Ramotnik - The following folders consist of the Loan Agreements from various institutions and meetings for the SPNHC Supplies and Materials for Museum Collections traveling display. The traveling display was provided by the Resources Committee.

1992 - Madrid: List of contents of box 1 and 2; list for box 3 missing. No loan agreement.

Box 1 of 2

1993 - Sternberg Museum, Hays, Kansas (Kansas Museums Association): Loan agreement, photos [by Cathy Dwigans (?)], correspondence, list of display items

Box 1 of 2

1994 - Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Nevada (Nevada Museum Association): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1994 - San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1994 - Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii: No loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1995 - Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario, Canada: Loan agreement, correspondence, list of display items, photos of display

Box 1 of 2

1996 - American Institute for Conservation (AIC) (meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence, list of display items, photos

Box 1 of 2

1996 - The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois (The American Malacological Union meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1996 - University of Iowa Collections Coalition: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1996 - Texas Memorial Museum: display requested but not loaned: Correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1996 - Samples of cover letters for traveling display

Box 1 of 2

1998 - Revised "Museum Supplies and Material" Loan Agreement

Box 1 of 2

1998 - Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1998 - Museum Association of Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1998 - RC-AAM Marketplace, Los Angeles, California: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1998 - Collection Care Workshop, Nome, Alaska: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1998 - American Society of Mammalogists, Blacksburg, Virginia: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1998 - Partnerships in Paleontology, Rapid City, South Dakota: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1998 - Partnership Opps. Federally-Associates of Collections, San Diego, California (2nd Conference): Loan agreement, correspondence, list of materials

Box 1 of 2

1999 - Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum, Washington, D.C. (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collection annual meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1999 - Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri (International Botanical Congress meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1999 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Mountain-Plains Museum Association and New Mexico Association of Museums joint annual meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence, display loan cancelled

Box 1 of 2

2000 - Regional Council of Historic Agencies (Annual Meetings and Workshops): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2000 - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Saving your family treasures preservation fair): Loan agreement, correspondence, Saving Your Family Treasures - Program of Events

Box 1 of 2

2001 - California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections annual meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2001 - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Albuquerque Conservation Center): Loan agreement, correspondence, Botany 2001 exhibit space application

Box 1 of 2

2003 - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (Society for the Preservation of National History Collections and the American Society of Mammalogists joint meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2003 - Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Midwest Museum Association Meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence - This request was cancelled

Box 1 of 2

2004 - Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies and Museums, Elmsford, New York: ("Handling History" workshops in Hicksville and Westchester County, New York): Loan agreement, correspondence; workshop announcement

Box 1 of 2

2004 - American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections annual meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2004 - Western Association for Art Conservation, Santa Fe, New Mexico (annual meeting): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2005 - Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (Management of Natural History Collections course): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2005 - United States Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado (Curating Natural History Collections): Loan agreement

Box 1 of 2

2006 - Smithsonian Institution - Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland (Natural History Curation Class): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2006 - Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (Caring for your collections - Basics of Preventative Conservation seminar): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2006 - National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2007 - Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California (Natural History Curation Class): Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2007 - Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota: Loan agreement

Box 1 of 2

2008 - Museum of the North University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2008 - SPNHC-NSCA joint meeting, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2010 - Natural History Curation Class, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2011 - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Loan agreement, correspondence, Preservation Fair schedule of events

Box 1 of 2

2012 - Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Loan agreement, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

2012 - Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut: Loan agreement

Box 1 of 2

2005 - Supplies and Material for Museum Collections: Notes, drafts, vendor list, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

Resources display shipping information, 1998-2004

Box 1 of 2

Supplies and Material for Museum Collections - Instructions for setting up the display with photos

Box 1 of 2

Supplies and Material for Museum Collections - Instructions for packing up the display with photos

Box 1 of 2

Supplies and Material for Museum Collections - Handout (2006 draft, with correspondence)

Box 1 of 2

Supplies and Material for Museum Collections - List of Display Items (various dates, versions)

Box 1 of 2

Supplies and Material for Museum Collections - 1998 draft versions of setting up and packing the display, list of suppliers, list of display items

Box 1 of 2

"Ask me about SPNHC" pins

Box 1 of 2

Resource Sub-Committee Records

Original Resource Sub-Committee questionnaire

Box 1 of 2

1992-2001 - Resource Sub-Committee: Notes, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1996-1998 - Resource Sub-Committee: Notes, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1999-2006 - Resource Sub-Committee: Notes, correspondence

Box 1 of 2

1993 - Ann Pinzl - Samples of the new 8.5 x 11-inch posters

Box 1 of 2

1999 - Ann Pinzl - Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Nevada: Information on various institutions, organizations, and other conversation societies, name of societies publication, addresses, etc.

Box 1 of 2

2002 - Robert Fisher to Louise Duke, Import and Domestic Program, Seed Section about the packet of spinach seeds adopted as the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collection "mascot" - seed packet included

Box 1 of 2

2004-2008 - Cindy Ramotnick, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Correspondence related to the Traveling Display, copies of the handouts

Box 1 of 2

2006 - Adrienne Raniszewski - notes and photos about the display

Box 1 of 2

Photograph of three people - unknown

Box 1 of 2

General Records

Preventive Conservation in Museum Video Handbook, 1995

Box 1 of 2

SPNHC website files, 1998-2006 [includes digital records]

Box 1 of 2

SPNHC Archive committee - Linda Hollenberg - Miscellaneous reports, notes, letter, etc., 1999-2011

Box 1 of 2

SPNHC 20 year anniversary lapel pins from Ann Pinzl, 2005

Box 1 of 2

Pest Management Tour, 2007 [includes digital records]

Box 1 of 2

Safety Book, July 13, 2009 [includes digital records]

Box 1 of 2

Storage Handbook, Vol. 1 and backup, 2009 [includes digital records]

Box 1 of 2

2011 - White Paper: Developing a strategic plan for SPNHC

Box 1 of 2

2013 - Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections: Strategic Plan, January 2013: Deliverables and draft of questions for SPNHC planning questionnaire

Box 1 of 2

2019 - Emails and correspondence from various sub-committees

Box 1 of 2

Council Meeting via Zoom, November 29, 2022: Agenda, minutes, notes by Kelloff

Box 1 of 2

Miscellaneous discussions about membership, evotes, etc.

Box 1 of 2

Awards and grants

Box 1 of 2

Publications

1997 - Leaflet 1 (2): Adhesives and consolidants in geological and paleontological conservation: A wall chart

Box 1 of 2

2017 - Collection Forum, volume 31

Box 1 of 2

2018 - Collection Forum, volume 32

Box 1 of 2

2019 - Collection Forum, volume 33

Box 1 of 2

2020 - Collection Forum, volume 34

Box 1 of 2

2019 - SPNHC Connection, volume 33 (1 & 2)

Box 1 of 2

2020 - SPNHC Connection, volume 34 (1 & 2)

Box 1 of 2

2021 - SPNHC Connection, volume 35 (1 & 2)

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2019 - SPNHC Connection newsletter - Advertising with SPNHC

Box 1 of 2

2020 - Advertising book sale - Huxley, R., C. Quaisser, C. R. Butler, R. W. R. J. Dekker. Managing Natural Science Collections

Box 1 of 2

Books

Elkin, L., C. A. Norris (eds.). 2019. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage. New York: Society from the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Smithsonian Institution, The George Washington University Museum Studies Program

Box 1 of 2

Meeting Files

2019 - Society from the Preservation of Natural History Collections Conference, Chicago, Illinois: May 25-31, 2019 - Program and abstracts

Box 1 of 2

2019 - Society from the Preservation of Natural History Collections Conference, Chicago, Illinois: May 25-31, 2019 - Program Council and General meetings: Reports and minutes

Box 1 of 2

2020 - SPNHC and International Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History of the International Council of Museums (ICOM NATHIST) Joint Virtual Conference: June 8-12, 2020. [Virtual Host: American Institute for Conservation (AIC)] - Notes and emails

Box 1 of 2

2020 - SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST Joint Virtual Conference: June 8-12, 2020. (Virtual Host: AIC) - Report of the 35th Annual Business Meeting

Box 1 of 2

2020 - SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST Joint Virtual Conference: June 8-12, 2020. (Virtual Host: AIC) -Annual Business Meeting: Minutes, June 10, 2020 (virtual meeting)

Box 1 of 2

2020 - SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST Joint Virtual Conference: June 8-12, 2020. (Virtual Host: AIC) - Council Meeting: Agendas, budgets, committee meeting schedule, minutes of the June 8, 2020 meeting (virtual meeting)

Box 1 of 2

2020 - SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST Joint Virtual Conference: June 8-12, 2020. (Virtual Host: AIC) - Program and abstracts

Box 1 of 2

2019-2020 Council and Committee Members contacts

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2021 - American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and Society for the Preservation of Nature History Collections (SPNHC) Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - SPNHC Council Meeting: Agenda, budgets, minutes of the July 8, 2020 Council Meeting, letter to Julian Carter dated: April 29, 2021 about California Academy of Science hosting the meeting in 2023; SPNHC Inclusion Statement developed by the IDEA Committee

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - Guide for the 2021 Virtual Conference for SPNHC members

Box 2 of 2

2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - Various SPNHC committee agenda/meetings: Long-range planning committee; Conservation Committee; International Relations; Biodiversity in Crisis; Awards and Grants; Conference Committee; Theft and Security Monitoring; (notes by Kelloff)

Box 2 of 2

2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) - Goals and duties; committee members

Box 2 of 2

2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - Education Committee - Vote to change from seasonal to standing

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2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - Vote - for SPNHC to join American Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS) as a member organization

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2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - AIC/SPNHC Community Digest - Daily updates of presentations

Box 2 of 2

2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - Various emails about the 2021 Virtual Meeting

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2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - Applications for SPNHC grants: Christine Allen and Fitzgerald grants

Box 2 of 2

2021 - AIC and SPNHC Joint Virtual Conference: May 3-June 25, 2021 - The 36th Annual Business Meeting Report, May 27, 2021

Box 2 of 2

2022 - International Partner - BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) and National Partner - NatSCA (Natural Sciences Collections Association) Joint conference with SPNCH, Edinburgh, Scotland, Date: June 4-10, 2022 - About the meeting - Online joint instructions outlining the events and times.

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2022 - International Partner - BHL and NatSCA Joint conference with SPNCH, Edinburgh, Scotland, Date: June 4-10, 2022 - Email about the Committee Meetings and schedules

Box 2 of 2

2022 - International Partner - BHL and NatSCA Joint conference with SPNCH, Edinburgh, Scotland, Date: June 4-10, 2022 - Council Meeting: agenda, minutes, MOU review, and FY 2021 and FY 2022 operating budgets

Box 2 of 2

2022 - International Partner - BHL and NatSCA Joint conference with SPNCH, Edinburgh, Scotland, Date: June 4-10, 2022 - Proposal to hire Christy Classi as a business manager for SPNHC: Various emails, notes

Box 2 of 2

2022 - International Partner - BHL and NatSCA Joint conference with SPNCH, Edinburgh, Scotland, Date: June 4-10, 2022 - SPNHC Management Agreement with Christy Classi, September 2, 2022

Box 2 of 2

2022 - International Partner - BHL and NatSCA Joint conference with SPNCH, Edinburgh, Scotland, Date: June 4-10, 2022 - The 37th Annual Business Meeting Report, June 9, 2022

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2022 - International Partner - BHL and NatSCA Joint conference with SPNCH, Edinburgh, Scotland, Date: June 4-10, 2022 - Long Range Planning Membership Survey, June 2022

Box 2 of 2

2022 - International Partner - BHL and NatSCA Joint conference with SPNCH, Edinburgh, Scotland, Date: June 4-10, 2022 - COVID masks

Box 2 of 2

Financial Reports

Independent Accountants' Review Report and Financial Statements, December 31, 2019 and 2018

Box 2 of 2

Committees

Best Practices Committee: Contributors to Wiki topics for 2018-2019; 2019-2020

Box 2 of 2

Correspondence/Statements

2017 - Letter dated August 28, 2017, opposing the proposal (RIN 0710-AA79) to repeal the 2015 Waters of the U.S., Clean Water Rule

Box 2 of 2

2020 - Black Lives Matter movement: Formal statement from Paul Mayer, President, SPNHC, June 30, 2020

Box 2 of 2

Statement from SPNHC on the invasion of Ukraine: Other emails

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Photographs/Images

2015 - Contact sheets of images of speakers and events for the conference in Gainesville, Florida (with a guide to images)

Box 2 of 2

2016 - Contact sheets of images of speakers and events for the conference in Berlin, Germany (with a guide to images)

Box 2 of 2

2019 - Contact sheets of images of speakers and events for the conference in Chicago, Illinois (with a guide to images)

Box 2 of 2

Miscellaneous prints and slides sent to Linda Hollenberg

Box 2 of 2

Contact sheet of images taken during the 2004 SPNHC meeting - Photographer unknown

Box 2 of 2

2007 photos, Jean-Marc G., Gretchen A., Rose K. [includes digital records]

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LACCMTP slide show, 2010 [includes digital records]

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2012 SPNHC from Kelly Sendah, Royal British Colombia Museum, Canada [includes digital records]

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2012 SPNHC meeting: Presentation and banquet photos - from Susan to Linda [includes digital records]

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2012 SPNHC meeting images by Carol L. Kelloff [includes digital records]

Box 2 of 2

Museum Support Center (MSC) - Botany mounting images; tapa images, 2006-2007 [includes digital records]

Box 2 of 2