Website Records, 2021

Summary

This accession consists of twelve sections of the National Museum of Natural History website. All were removed from the main website and temporarily moved to a holding server shortly before they were crawled. The Flora of the West Indies section, maintained by the Department of Botany, was crawled on August 27, 2021. It is a checklist of names, distribution, and conservation status. It also includes specimen information and images as well as a geographic and historic overview. Due to technical issues, the search function does not properly operate in the web crawl and specimen information may be incomplete. The Index Nominum Genericorum section, maintained by the Department of Botany, was crawled on August 27, 2021. It is a compilation of published generic names for algae, fungi, and plants. Due to technical issues, the search function does not properly operate in the web crawl and the names may be incomplete. The Onagraceae section, maintained by the Department of Botany, was crawled on August 26, 2021. It includes phylogeny and classification of the evening primrose family. Due to technical issues, some features in this web crawl do not function as expected and information may be missing. The Flora of the Hawaiian Islands section, maintained by the Department of Botany, was crawled on August 27, 2021. It documents collaborative research conducted by the National Museum of Natural History and the National Tropical Botanical Garden and includes information about specimens, images, and a bibliography. Due to technical issues, the search function does not properly operate in the web crawl and specimen information may be incomplete. The Flora of Micronesia section, maintained by the Department of Botany, was crawled on August 27, 2021. It documents collaborative research conducted by the National Museum of Natural History and the National Tropical Botanical Garden and includes a geographic overview and bibliography. Specimen information was missing from the live website at the time it was crawled and, therefore, is not included in the web crawl. The Hope Diamond section, maintained by the Department of Mineral Sciences, was crawled on August 27, 2021. It provides a historical timeline and images of the Hope Diamond. Server files for this section are also included. This Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Program section, crawled August 27, 2021, includes information about the program and related research, scholarly events, publications, and news. Server files for this section are also included. The Repatriation Review Committee section, maintained by the Department of Anthropology, was crawled on August 27, 2021. It provides information about the Committee and its by-laws. The International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants: Appendices I-VII section, maintained by the Department of Botany, was crawled on September 1, 2021. It is a compilation of all proposals or requests for names. Due to technical issues, the search function does not properly operate in the web crawl and the proposals may be incomplete. The Burgess Shale section, maintained by the Department of Paleobiology, was crawled on September 1, 2021. It provides information about fossils discovered by Secretary Charles D. Walcott in 1909 in the Burgess Shale rock formation in the Canadian Rockies. These fossils are more than half a billion years old and reside in the National Museum of Natural History collections. The Joseph Augustine Cushman section, maintained by the Department of Paleobiology, was crawled on September 15, 2021. Cushman was known as the father of American micropaleontology and was a pioneer in the use of foraminifera to support oil exploration in North America, developing a classification method that for the first time allowed foraminifera to be used for borehole correlation. This website section provides biographical information, contributions to science, and information about related collections at the National Museum of Natural History. The Flora of the Marquesas Islands section, maintained by the Department of Botany, was crawled on September 23, 2021. It documents collaborative research conducted by the National Museum of Natural History and the National Tropical Botanical Garden and includes a project overview, specimen information, a geographic overview, images, and a bibliography. Due to technical issues, the search function does not properly operate in the web crawl and specimen information may not be included in the crawl nor be accessible. Server files were received for the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program section. It includes information about the program, its projects, and its Carrie Bow Cay Field Station in Belize as well as information for visiting scientists. The program is administered by the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce which is overseen by the National Museum of Natural History. Materials are in electronic format.

Subject

• Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
• Cushman, Joseph A (Joseph Augustine) 1881-1949
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Anthropology
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Repatriation Review Committee
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Program
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Mineral Sciences
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Paleobiology
• National Tropical Botanical Garden
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany
• Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce (Fort Pierce, Fla.)

Notes

• Electronic List in accession file.
• Electronic List in accession file.
• Folder List in accession file.
• For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

2021

Topic

• Coral reef ecology
• Gems
• Mineralogy
• Paleoontology
• Onagraceae
• Prospecting
• Petroleum industry
• Fungi
• Petrology
• Protists
• Biological stations
• Repatriation
• Botany
• Micropaleontology
• Hope diamond
• Special events
• Formations (Geology)
• Natural history museums
• Algae
• Museums
• Ecology
• Plants
• Fossils
• Public relations
• Paleontologists
• Botanical specimens
• Web sites
• Petroleum--Prospecting
• Foraminifera, Fossil
• Paleobiology
• Museums--Collection management
• Museum publications
• Museums--Public relations
• Research

Place

• Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
• West Indies
• Fort Pierce (Fla.)
• Hawaii
• Burgess Shale (B.C.)
• Micronesia
• Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)
• Carrie Bow Cay (Belize)
• North America

Form/Genre

• Electronic records
• Collection descriptions
• Classification
• Web sites

Local number

SIA Acc. 23-148

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