National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program Search this
Extent:
17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Newsletters
Pamphlets
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Floppy disks
Audiotapes
Color transparencies
Date:
1980-1999
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of the Smithsonian Institution's Biodiversity Program (BDP) as maintained by Marsha E.
Sitnik, Scientific Program Administrator. Some of the projects and programs represented in the files include the BIOLAT (Biological Diversity in Tropical Latin America) program;
the BDFF (Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments) project; the Neotropical Lowland Research Program; and the ICB (Institute for Conservation Biology). The files also document
collaborative projects with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). Materials include conference and workshop programs; grant and research proposals; mission statements;
memoranda regarding research, exhibitions, and outreach functions; lists of specimens; reports on environmental programs; personnel records; meeting minutes; budget reports;
brochures and pamphlets; photographs; maps; curricula vitae; and other administrative material. Records predating 1990 were compiled and maintained by the Program for administrative
and reference use. Some materials are in electronic format.
National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program Search this
Extent:
7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color photographs
Manuscripts
Clippings
Brochures
Floppy disks
Electronic records
Date:
1983-1996
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records that document the work of the Biodiversity Program. They include information on funded or sponsored symposia, conferences, and workshops,
as well as grant and fellowship proposals during the tenure of Director Don E. Wilson. Materials include correspondence, minutes of meetings, memoranda, brochures, news clippings,
and a record set of the publication Biodiversity Bullets. Some materials are in electronic format.
