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Folder 1 Administrative Records - Correspondence, 1940

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 3 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 3
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Folder 3 Administrative Records - A. S. Hitchcock, 1923

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 4 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 4
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Folder 7 Barro Colorado Island Laboratory, Panama Canal Zone, Visitors' Register, 1924-1928

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 4 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 4
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Box 6

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964
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Folder 4 Cashbook, 1953-1958, showing resident custodian's cash receipts and disbursements while operating facility.

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 6 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 6
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Folder 6 CZBA Annual Report, FY 1951

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 7 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 7
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Records

Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Extent:
6.5 cu. ft. (13 document boxes) (oversize materials)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Maps
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Black-and-white negatives
Serials (publications)
Manuscripts
Color transparencies
Place:
Barro Colorado Island (Panama)
Date:
1918-1964
Descriptive Entry:
These records document the creation and development of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, from preliminary discussions in 1918 to the selection of a site on, and reservation of, Barro Colorado Island in 1923, and its subsequent development as a center for research into the ecology of the American tropics. The records include correspondence of Thomas Barbour, David Fairchild, Alexander Grant Ruthven, James Zetek, and others. Records of the planning stage, 1918-1923 are particularly interesting, though not so full as might be wished. Correspondence, research reports, administrative records, publications, photographs, and maps are included, in English and in Spanish. Researchers should also consult Record Unit 135 and records of the Secretary's Office, Smithsonian Institution, which contain related material, c. 1926-1964.
Historical Note:
In 1923 the Institute for Research in Tropical America, a group of private foundations and universities under the auspices of the National Research Council, first established a research laboratory on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone, in order to investigate the flora and fauna of tropical America. This arrangement continued until 1940, when the facility was renamed the Canal Zone Biological Area (CZBA) and, by act of Congress, placed under control of a board composed of the heads of certain executive departments and prominent scientists. In 1946 the operation was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, a sponsor from 1923, and has been known as the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) since 1966. In recent years the Institute has expanded its interests to include marine biology.
Topic:
Rain forest ecology  Search this
Entomology  Search this
Entomologists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Maps
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Black-and-white negatives
Serials (publications)
Manuscripts
Color transparencies
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
Identifier:
Record Unit 134
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Box 9

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 3: Scientific Research and Reports, 1925-1953, and undated
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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James Zetek Papers, 1919-1953

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
Records, largely scientific research, created by James Zetek, in his capacity as an entomologist for the U. S. Department of Agriculture in the Canal Zone; includes reports on termite control tests prepared for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
Identifier:
Record Unit 134, Series 4
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Folder 5 Administrative Records - Correspondence, 1933-1935

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 2 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 2
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Folder 7 Administrative Records - Correspondence, 1939

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 2 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 2
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Folder 5 Administrative Records - Correspondence, 1946

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 3 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 3
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Folder 1 Cashbook, 1938-1941, showing resident custodian's cash receipts and disbursements while operating facility.

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 6 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964 / Box 6
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Folder 6 Scientific Research and Reports: Reports of Work Carried Out (scientific research conducted on Barro Colorado Island), 1946-1953

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 8 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 3: Scientific Research and Reports, 1925-1953, and undated / Box 8
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Folder 9 Scientific Research and Reports: Research Fragments - Amphibia

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 9 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 3: Scientific Research and Reports, 1925-1953, and undated / Box 9
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Folder 3 Insect Determinations, USDA, 1944-1949

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 11 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 4: James Zetek Papers, 1919-1953 / Box 11
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Folder 11 Termite Resistance Tests, BCI, Panama Canal Zone, February 1951

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 11 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 4: James Zetek Papers, 1919-1953 / Box 11
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Folder 4 Maps - Barro Colorado Island and Canal Zone

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 13 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 6: Photographs and Maps, c. 1930-1960 / Box 13
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Folder 8 Institute for Research in Tropical America Executive Committee Correspondence, undated

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records / Series 1: Executive Committee Correspondence, 1920-1930 / Box 1
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Box 2

Collection Creator::
United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 134, United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island, Records
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Records
Records / Series 2: Administrative Records, 1918-1964
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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