Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 428
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
Records, circa 1947-1990, with related records from 1926
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: | National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | circa 1947-1990, with related records from 1926 |
Quantity: | 14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Record Unit 428 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records primarily document the operation of the Department of Botany under Head Curators Ellsworth Paine Killip, 1947-1950, and Jason Richard Swallen, 1950-1964, and Chairmen William L. Stern, 1965-1967, Mason E. Hale, Jr., 1967-1970, Edward S. Ayensu, Dieter C. Wasshausen, Mark M. Littler, and Laurence E. Skog. Records created prior to the formation of the Department of Botany in 1947 are those of its predecessor, the Division of Plants. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence with United States and foreign botanists, curators of museums and herbaria, Smithsonian staff, and botanical collectors concerning the identification, acquisition, loan, and exchange of specimens; research and publications; professional affairs; and administrative matters. Also included are administrative and program files concerning collection management, exhibitions, space and facilities, budget and fiscal matters, grant proposals, and departmental reviews; correspondence documenting Hale's field work in Antarctica, 1981; records concerning the death of E. Yale Dawson in 1966; records and audio tapes from memorial services for Hale, Thomas R. Soderstrom, and Richard H. Eyde; annual reports, circa 1960-1989; plans of operations, circa 1950-1960; and records of the Department's Herbarium Services Unit, 1970-1980, which mostly concern collection management and the identification of specimens. |
Historical Note
Edward S. Ayensu became Chairman of the Department of Botany in 1970. He served until 1976, when he was succeeded by Dieter C. Wasshausen, who directed the Department until 1982. Mark M. Littler was appointed Chairman in 1982. He was succeeded by Laurence E. Skog in 1987.
Descriptive Entry
These records primarily document the operation of the Department of Botany under Head Curators Ellsworth Paine Killip, 1947-1950, and Jason Richard Swallen, 1950-1964, and Chairmen William L. Stern, 1965-1967, Mason E. Hale, Jr., 1967-1970, Edward S. Ayensu, Dieter C. Wasshausen, Mark M. Littler, and Laurence E. Skog. Records created prior to the formation of the Department of Botany in 1947 are those of its predecessor, the Division of Plants. They include incoming and outgoing correspondence with United States and foreign botanists, curators of museums and herbaria, Smithsonian staff, and botanical collectors concerning the identification, acquisition, loan, and exchange of specimens; research and publications; professional affairs; and administrative matters.
Also included are administrative and program files concerning collection management, exhibitions, space and facilities, budget and fiscal matters, grant proposals, and departmental reviews; correspondence documenting Hale's field work in Antarctica, 1981; records concerning the death of E. Yale Dawson in 1966; records and audio tapes from memorial services for Hale, Thomas R. Soderstrom, and Richard H. Eyde; annual reports, circa 1960-1989; plans of operations, circa 1950-1960; and records of the Department's Herbarium Services Unit, 1970-1980, which mostly concern collection management and the identification of specimens.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Ayensu, Edward S.
- Dawson, Elmer Yale, 1918-1966
- Eyde, Richard H.
- Hale, Mason E.
- Killip, Ellsworth Paine, 1890-
- Littler, Mark M. (Mark Masterton)
- Skog, Laurence E.
- Smithsonian Institution. Herbarium Services Unit
- Soderstrom, Thomas R.
- Stern, William Louis, 1926-
- Swallen, Jason R. (Jason Richard), 1903-1991
- United States National Museum. Division of Plants
- Wasshausen, Dieter C.
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 428, National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany, Records
Container List
Box 1
General correspondence with herbariums, botanical gardens, and botanists, mostly during tenures of Chairmen William L. Stern, 1965-1967; Mason E. Hale, Jr., 1967-1970; Edward S. Ayensu, 1970-1976; and Dieter C. Wasshausen, 1976-1982. Also included is substantial correspondence from Head Curators Ellsworth P. Killip, 1948-1950, and Jason Richard Swallen, 1950-1964.
Administrative records including files concerning collection management, Endangered Species Program, staff research, exhibitions, space and facilities (especially the move to the West Wing in 1965), and annual reports.
Correspondence, 1950-1985
BIOTROP, 1970
Task Force on Tropical Biology, 1966-1967
Tropical Science Center Annual Report, 1964
Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, 1949-1967
Correspondence (T), 1960-1975
Correspondence (V), 1956-1967
Correspondence (W), 1956-1973
Rechinger, K. H., 1948-1960
Washington Biologists' Field Club, 1949-1967
Correspondence (Y-Z), 1965-1968
Biosystematics Research Institute and SELGEM, 1973
Herbarium Services Unit, 1975
Correspondence, 1947-1957
Correspondence, 1935-1969
Possible Move Out of Department, 1966
National Arboretum, 1953-1966
National Fungus Collections, 1948-1965
Organization for Tropical Studies, 1965-1972
Office for Tropical Biology, 1965
Correspondence, 1950-1966
Paleobiology Map File, 1964-1972
Correspondence, 1959-1978 (primarily re: collecting and collections)
Correspondence, 1949-1971 (primarily re: collecting, collections, loans)
Exchange Program, 1964-1971
Annual Progress Report, 1968
Correspondence, 1948-1977
Correspondence (L), 1949-1972
Krukoff, B. A., 1962-1963
Correspondence and Collection Lists, 1956-1971
Royal Botanic Gardens, 1949-1974
Correspondence (K), 1959-1967
Staff Publication & Professional Activities, 1968-1973
Committees, 1972
Correspondence, 1950-1975
Correspondence (B), 1955-1965
Arctic Institute of North America, 1950-1968
Box 2
General Correspondence and Administrative Records
American Society of Plan Taxonomists, 1965-1971
American Journal of Botany, 1965-1967
Professional Society Correspondence, 1949-1967
Correspondence, 1951-1969
Correspondence (A), 1959-1969
Missouri Botanical Garden, 1948-1974
Steyermark, Julian A., 1948-1972
Correspondence (B-C), 1948-1959
Correspondence (S), 1960-1973
Correspondence (M), 1956-1973
Lancetilla, 1965-1967
Correspondence, 1950-1975
Correspondence (J), 1950-1969
Stafleu, F. A., 1963-1970
Correspondence, 1950-1966 (primarily re: index cards, Xerox, microfilm)
International Biological Program, 1965-1969
Correspondence, 1965-1970
Correspondence (D), 1955-1971
Correspondence (C), 1950-1966
Correspondence, 1949-1976
Correspondence (Harvard), 1954-1968
Correspondence (R-S), 1948-1965
Correspondence, 1947-1955
Correspondence (C), 1950-1967
Correspondence, 1960-1967 (primarily with Adolph Hecht)
Biological Society of America, 1954-1965
Bailey Hortorium, 1949-1969
Correspondence (H-I), 1951-1967
Correspondence (H), 1951-1975
Correspondence (G), 1949-1975
Correspondence, 1949-1975
Box 3
Correspondence, 1960-1978
Correspondence, 1973-1975
Correspondence, 1965-1970
Smithsonian Contributions Series, 1962-1979
Correspondence (P), 1950-1970
Correspondence (O), 1950-1975
Organization for Flora Neotropica/New York Botanical Garden, 1948-1974 (2 folders)
National Science Foundation Case Proposal Correspondence, 1965-1966
National Science Foundation, 1955-1971
Correspondence, 1948-1967
Correspondence, 1949-1967
Correspondence, 1928-1971
Correspondence, 1955-1968
Hunt Botanical Library, 1965-1977
Correspondence, 1949-1966
Dodge Herbarium (Lichens), 1934-1948
Beaudette Herbarium (Algae), 1965
G. K. Merrill - Evans Correspondence, 1923-1929
Van Schaack Herbarium (Lichens), 1945-1946
C. G. Lloyd Mycological Collection, 1927, 1967
Endangered Species Program, 1974-1977
Fumigation, 1922-1971
Box 4
Collection Management - Museum Numbers, 1962-1977
Miscellaneous Collections Management Processes and Procedures, 1965-1977
Curatorial Specimen Processing Methods, 1964-1965
Peace Corps Volunteers, 1970-1971
Smithsonian Contributions Series - Policies & Procedures, 1964-1976
Smithsonian Press, 1965-1977
Personnel, Staff, Volunteers, 1971-1974
Miscellaneous Departmental Administration, 1972
Annual Report, 1977
A Revision of the Genus Polylepis, undated
Beryl Simpson, 1972-1977
Beryl Simpson - Bacon Fellowship, 1975
Beryl Simpson - Travel to Buenos Aires, 1974
Beryl Simpson - Leningrad Trip, 1975
Beryl Simpson - Travel, 1975
NMNH Executive Council/Administrative Council, 1965-1970
CPM Committee (Wurdack), 1976
Persons Considered for Employment, 1962
Museum Technician - Plant Anatomy - Recruitment, 1967
Personnel, 1959-1962
Space Allocation, 1967-1972
Ecology/Environmental Science, 1964-1972
Move to New Quarters, 1964-1965
Office of the Registrar, 1960-1974
Personnel, 1960-1975
Editorial Policy Committee, 1966-1971
Botany Library, 1965-1979
Deactivated NMNH Committees, 1970-1971
NMNH Administration - Systematics Center (proposed), 1965-1971
Memoranda, 1965-1970
Museum Services - Museum Shops, 1965-1973
Office of International Activities, 1965-1973
1978 Tropical Blossoms Exhibit, 1972-1979
1973 Orchid Exhibit, 1972-1974
Senate of Scientists, 1966-1975
CITRE Program (Comparative Investigations of Tropical Reef Ecosystems), 1970-1971
Nursery-Greenhouse Operation - Anacostia, 1974
Department Activities (Highlights)/Regents Reports, 1947-1970
Box 5
Congressional Hearings, 1970-1974
Departmental Activities, Memoranda, 1946-1974
Departmental Activities, 1966-1976
Navy Contract Expenditures, 1972-1974
Volta Lake Workshop, 1966-1972
Professional Accomplishments & Evaluation Committee (Personnel), 1960-1973 (6 folders)
Walker, Egbert H., 1928-1966
Office of Academic Programs - Educational Exchange Agreements, 1965-1973
Smithsonian Research Fund (SRF) Proposals and Reports, FY 1975
Personnel, 1961-1970
Search Committee, 1966-1971
Honorary Appointments, 1965-1971
Conger, Paul S., 1943-1977
Research Awards, 1977-1980 (2 folders)
SRF Proposals, 1976
Grants - National Science Foundation (NSF) (Hale), 1958-1969
Grants, 1961-1971
Grants - NSF (Cuatrecases), 1955-1974
Box 6
Annual Reports & Data, 1968-1969
Annual Reports, 1970-1977 (8 folders)
Jason Swallen Files
Notes & Papers, undated
Vegetative Characters, undated
Gramineae, 1956
Bor, Grass of India - Review, 1960
Weberbauer - Grasses, 1955
Specialists, undated
Scrapbook, undated
Publications to Get, undated
Administrative Records
Plan of Operations, 1950-1962
American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 1936
Brazil, 1947 and undated
Black-Amazon for Checking, undated
Llano, 1949-1951
Office Memoranda, 1941-1948
Office Notes, 1948-1950
Gorgas, 1954-1958
Grasses Annual Report, 1962-1963
Department Annual Reports, 1962-1964 (2 folders)
Annual Report Notes, 1947-1964
Grasses Annual Report, 1948-1949
Grasses Annual Reports, 1951-1953, 1957
Travel, 1949-1963 (2 folders)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Bibliography, undated
Photographing Types, 1952-1955
Van Steem's Dates of Publication, 1954
Publications, 1964
Directors of Systematic Collections, 1962
Reports - NSF, 1959-1964
Descriptions to Mount, 1948-1951
Plant Introductions, 1954-1956
Biological Handbook, 1962
Hyalea; Brazil Miscellaneous, 1956
Chinchona Lists - Grasses, undated
8th Botanical Congress, 1954
Translations - Russian, 1959-1963
Pan. Copied, undated
Miscellaneous Plant Exploration and Identification Correspondence, 1942-1943
Mexico, undated
Smithsonian Manual Revisions, 1961-1962
G. K. Hall & Co. - Grass Index, 1960-1963
Forage Crops, 1941-1948
Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil, 1948
Economic Notes, 1940-1942
Miscellaneous Notes, 1942
Arizona: Flora Notes, 1938 and undated
Box 7
Contributions, Transfer from Agriculture, 1902-1903
Time Chart, 1950-1965
A. S. Hitchcock Reprints, 1934-1936
Agnes Chase - J. C. McAmis Correspondence, 1941
Agnes Chase Correspondence, 1951
Manual Edition I, 1934-1935
Manual Edition II, 1936-1964
Soderstrom, Thomas - Publications, 1967
Floyd McClure - Bamboo Identifications, 1954-1957
Administrative records, circa 1965-1985, with materials from 1947, mostly from Dieter C. Wasshausen's tenure. Records pertain to the Museum Support Center; Endangered Species Program; Mason E. Hale, Jr.'s field work in Antarctica, 1981; annual reports, 1970s-1980s; budget matters; and the T. R. Soderstrom Memorial Bamboo Research Fund.
Littler, Mark M., 1982-1988
Dahl, Arthur Lynn, 1974-1983
Lellinger, David, 1966-1988
Norris, Jim, 1975-1988
Nowicke, Joan, 1975-1984
DeFilipps, Robert, 1974-1988
Nicolson, Dan, 1979-1985
Robinson, Harold, 1972-1985
Shetler, Stanwyn, 1977-1987
Wurdack, John, 1966-1986
Wasshausen, Dieter, 1974-1988
African Program, 1984
Arctic Research, 1986
Cowan, Richard S., 1973-1985
Stebbins, Ledyard, 1981
Kirkbridge, Joseph, 1974-1979
Ewan, Joseph - Regents' Fellow, 1980-1985
Calderon, Cloefe, 1971-1983
Sachet, Marie-Helene, 1971-1986
Ayensu, Edward S., 1966-1982
Box 8
Benson, Lyman, 1953-1980
Simpson, Beryl B., 1972-1979
Archer, W. Andrew, 1949-1974
Dahl, Arthur, 1969-1973
Walker, Egbert, 1964-1978
Rudd, Velva, 1959-1975
Soderstrom, Thomas, 1976-1987 (2 folders)
Stoddart, David R., 1983-1985
Soderstrom, Thomas, 1972-1987
Soderstrom - Condolence Letters, 1987-1988
Soderstrom Memorial Service, 1987
Department of Botany Chronological File, 1985 (2 folders)
Department of Botany Chronological File, 1984
Department of Botany Chronological File, 1983
Plant Press, 1980-1981
Box 9
Annual Reports, 1948-1964 (12 folders)
Index to Principal Collections - U.S. National Herbarium, 1950
Smithsonian Statement of Functions, 1958
Staff Meetings, 1984
Plant Press, 1982-1983
Annual Reports, 1978-1983 (10 folders)
Soderstrom, Thomas (post-September 1, 1987)
Departmental Correspondence, 1965-1982 (3 folders)
National Science Foundation, 1972-1981
Checklist for Soil Conservation, 1978-1981
Edelman Trip - Madagascar, 1987
Box 10
Budget, 1967
FY 1979 Budget and Planning
Budget, 1969-1971
Ayensu - Biological Conservation, 1979
Endangered Species Fund, 1978
FY 1978 Budget and Planning
Endangered Flora Budget - Formulation and Requests, 1975
Stevenson Mycological Library, 1975-1976
Departmental Correspondence, 1965-1982
FY 1976-FY 1978 Endangered Flora Accounting
Orchid Illustrations Exhibit, 1982
Walpole Exhibit, 1972-1982
Cactus and Succulent Conference, 1977-1978
Foreign Currency Proposals, undated
Departmental Correspondence, 1971-1980
Steel Storage Cases for the U. S. National Herbarium
Smithsonian Office of Systematics, 1965-1971
FY 1975 Endangered Flora Conference Travels
Endangered Species Fund, 1974
Interior Grant for Endangered Flora, 1977
FY 1974-FY 1975 Endangered Flora Accounting
FY 1977 Budget and Planning
FY 1976 Budget and Planning
Transition Quarter/Mini-Year, 1976
FY 1975 Budget and Planning
FY 1972-FY 1973 Budgets
Botany Private Funds, 1966-1975
Travel, 1967-1968
Visitors, 1982-1985
ID Manual, 1981
Faden, Robert, 1979-1988
Old C.V.s
Skog, Larry, 1971-1988
Eyde, Richard, 1973-1978
Hale, Mason, 1976-1986
Funk, Vicky, 1980-1988
Research and Funding, 1986-1988 (2 folders)
Box 11
Research and Funding, 1984-1988 (3 folders)
Administrative records, circa 1964-1990, with related materials from 1948, concerning the Museum Support Center, collection management, reviews and evaluations of the Department, space and facilities, and personnel matters. Materials also include a cassette tape of a memorial service for Mason E. Hale, Jr., May 1, 1990. Chairmen Mark L. Littler, Laurence E. Skog, and Dieter C. Wasshausen and Curator Richard Eyde are represented in the records, as well.
Museum Support Facility/Museum Support Center (MSC), 1969-1988 [includes 1969 Master Plan] (8 folders)
Museum Support Facility/Museum Support Center (MSC), 1972, 1974-1979 (Accession 20-041)
Collections Management Information, 1976-1988
Box 12
Botany Review, 1980 and 1984 Follow-Up
Personnel, 1979-1988
Read, Robert, 1973-1989
Hale, Mason, 1986-1990
Eyde, Richard, 1980-1990
Space, 1982-1985
Fosberg, F. Raymond, 1964-1989
Botany Emeritus - L. B. Smith, 1964-1984
Botany Hiring Priorities, 1981-1986
Jardim Botanico Do Rio De Janeiro, 1984-1986
Multidisciplinary Research Program in Egypt and the Red Sea, 1984
Job Satisfaction Survey, 1982
Fellowships, 1984-1988
Administrative records, circa 1960s-1970s, including grant proposals, files on research associates, files regarding the death of E. Yale Dawson, and correspondence between William R. Maxon and Ellsworth Paine Killip.
Correspondence, 1969-1973
Earth Food Association - Algae Project, 1974-1975
Research Associates Not Renewed, 1966-1970
Grants - NSF - Morton, 1957-1969
Grants - NSF - McClure, 1954-1968
Botany - Smithsonian Research Fund (SRF) Proposals, 1972
Box 13
Botany - SRF Proposals, 1973-1974, 1970 (3 folders)
Botany - SRF Proposals Before 1970 (1965-1972)
Research Projects, 1964-1973
Research Projects, 1967-1970
Notifications of Research Projects (NRP), 1974-1975 (2 folders)
Maxon, William R. 1932-1948
Llano, George A. 1948-1955
Rhyne, C. F., 1965-1968
Stern Correspondence with Job Applicants, 1962-1967
Correspondence, 1965-1972
Sohns, Ernest R., 1950-1956
Threlkeld, Gesina B. (Nicky), 1967-1968
Porter, Duncan, 1972-1973
Smith, A. C., 1948-1965
Swallen, Jason R. and Clara B., 1950-1965
McClure, Floyd, 1944-1969
Stern, William L., 1959-1967
Dawson, E. Yale, 1963-1965
Alphabetic correspondence concerning the Herbarium Services Unit, 1970-1980. Materials include correspondence concerning requests for information on plants and plant identification, for photographs, and for information on botany in general.
A, 1971-1978
B, 1972-1978
Barrell, Joseph, 1972-1977
C, 1972-1978
Croat, Thomas, 1973-1975
D-E, 1969-1978
Eiten, George, 1973-1975
Box 14
F-G, 1970-1979
Forero, Enrique, 1973-1977
Gibson, Gordon, 1974
H, 1973-1978
Holmgren, Patricia K., 1971-1978
I, 1974-1979
J, 1971-1978
K, 1970-1978
L, 1971-1978
M, 1973-1978
National Geographic Society, 1973-1975
R, 1972-1977
S, 1966-1978
T, 1971-1978
U-V, 1939-1977
W-Z, 1966-1977
General Correspondence
Kennedy, Helen, 1973-1978
General Requests, 1971-1972 (2 folders)
Biographical Information, 1965-1972
National Geographic, 1970
General Requests, 1968-1969 (2 folders)
Requests for Handouts, 1970-1972
Science Projects, 1966-1970
Requests for Photographs, 1969-1972
Requests for Plant Identification, 1968-1972
Humor - Cards, Letters, etc., 1969-1977
Young, Priscilla, 1973-1978
General Requests, 1970
Oldest Plants, 1973-1974
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