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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Topic
Journal of Mammalogy
Topic
Mammalogy
Professional associations
Mammalogists
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Historical Note
The American Society of Mammalogists was formally established at an organizational meeting held in the new U.S. National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., April 3-4, 1919. The meeting had been announced by a one-page circular mailed in February 1919 to several thousand prospective members and by an advertisement in Science magazine. (See Box 62, Folder 1, Box 143, Folders 1 and 2, and Box 144, Folder 2 for minutes and reports of the organizational meeting.) It was an outgrowth of the recommendations of an ad hoc committee established originally by several members of the U.S. Biological Survey, which at the time was housed in the National Museum in Washington, D.C. The organizational committee consisted of Hartley H. T. Jackson, U.S. Biological Survey, chairman; Walter P. Taylor, U.S. Biological Survey, secretary; Glover M. Allen, Boston Society of Natural History; Joseph A. Allen, American Museum of Natural History; Joseph Grinnell, University of California; Ned Hollister, U.S. National Zoological Park; Arthur H. Howell, U. S. Biological Survey; Wilfred H. Osgood, Field Museum of Natural History; Edward A. Preble, U.S. Biological Survey; and Witmer Stone, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Other staff members of the U.S. Biological Survey who contributed to the discussions of the committee included Vernon Bailey, A. K. Fisher, William H. Cheesman, and E. W. Nelson. Sixty persons signed the Register of Attendance at the organizational meeting (see Box 143, Folder 2), but the list of charter members of the society includes approximately 400 names (see Box 62, Folder 2). The by-laws (see Box 143, Folder 4) and rules of the new society were based on the constitutions and by-laws of the American Ornithologists Union, the American Society of Naturalists, the Wisconsin Natural History Society, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, and the Biological Society of Washington. The Society was incorporated in the District of Columbia on April 29, 1920, and the purpose of the Society is spelled out as "the promotion of the study of mammalogy by the publication of a serial and other publications, by aiding research, and by engaging in such other activities as may be deemed expedient." (See Box 143, Folder 3.) Signatories to the Articles of Incorporation were C. Hart Merriam, E. W. Nelson, Vernon Bailey, Hartley H. T. Jackson, Clarence R. Shoemaker, Charles W. Richmond, and Victor J. Evans. The Society publishes the Journal of Mammalogy quarterly and a number of miscellaneous publications and several series on a less regular basis.
Extent
77.19 cu. ft. (153 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (4 oversize folders)
Date
1919-1993 and undated
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Record Unit 7357
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiotapes
Manuscripts
Videotapes
Black-and-white photographs
Color transparencies
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7357, American Society of Mammalogists, Records
Genre/Form
Audiotapes
Manuscripts
Videotapes
Black-and-white photographs
Color transparencies
Descriptive Entry
These records document the history and development of the American Society of Mammalogists from the time of its inception through the year 1994. The collection includes a number of early documents, some in the handwriting of the originators, and correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, audiocassettes, photographs, and other memorabilia from the files of most of the officers and many of the committees serving during 1919-1994. A commemorative wood-cased album contains photographs of all the presidents of the society, and another contains photos of honorary members (see Box 159). A history of the Society, 75 Years of Mammalogy, containing chapters contributed by a number of authors and edited by James N. Layne, was published in 1994. (Papers connected with three of the book's chapters are included in Box 150, Folders 1-3). A less formal and perhaps more personal description of the early days of the Society was written by Hartley H. T. Jackson in 1968 and sent to Donald Hoffmeister, then Society historian. This remarkable document, in Jackson's own hand, is preserved in the collection (see Box 143, Folder 6) along with a number of other writings by Jackson and other early members.
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Record ID
ebl-1503511107001-1503511107014-0
Metadata Usage
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  • Box 73

  • Folder 2 1970-1972 Correspondence with Grant-in-Aid Committee

  • Folder 10 1931-1938 H. E. Anthony papers: correspondence

  • 1984-1988 Manuscript reviews, Ma 41-Ma 60

  • Folder 2 1927-1929 Treasurer (A. J. Poole) papers: dues, accounts, ledger book

  • Untitled

  • Folder 1 1919-1936 Register of Attendance, ASM meetings; Ledger book

  • Folder 5 1977-1978 Correspondence

  • Folder 2 1973 53rd Annual meeting; Pacific Grove, California

  • Folder 1 1975-1984 Minutes, Board of Directors meetings

  • Folder 7 1934-1941 Ledger Book, Editors Record, Journal of Mammalogy

  • Folder 5 1986-1988 Correspondence re: systematics collections

  • Folder 6 1931-1956 Resolutions Committee: correspondence

  • Folder 10 1963-1969 Membership Committee: correspondence

  • Group photos of ASM annual meetings, 1919-1986

  • Folder 5 1986 President (H. H. Genoways) papers: Committee, Acceptable Field Methods in Mammalogy

  • Folder 41 1964 Photos by W. R. Eadie; some individuals identified

  • Folder 3 1974-1979 Committee on Information Retrieval

  • Folder 71 Photo: Wilfred H. Osgood

  • Folder 3 1920 Articles of Incorporation

  • Folder 57 Photo: William Z. Lidiker, Jr.

  • Folder 8 1982-1983 Review Editor (J. K. Jones) papers: Correspondence

  • Folder s 3-4 1982-1983 Correspondence; M. A. Lawrence papers

  • Folder 5 1949 Correspondence (A)

  • Folder 7 1976 Alexander report

  • Folder 5 1920 Form letter from H. H. T. Jackson announcing publication of the Journal of Mammalogy (from Kenneth W. Anderson papers)

  • Folder 2 1970 Group photo, annual meeting

  • Untitled

  • Folder 9 1976-1979 Nomenclature Committee

  • 1987-1988 Manuscript reviews, VM 26-VM 59

  • Folder 15 1927 Secretary (C. C. Adams) papers: Minutes, Business meeting

  • Folder 43 1967 Group Photo taken at Canyonlands, Glen Canyon; Advisory Board

  • Folder 4 Photos of Victor Scheffer

  • Folder 1 1977-1978 Correspondence

  • Folder 6 1929-1947 Journal of Mammalogy: Correspondence with printers, not Waverly

  • Folder 4 1986 President (H. H. Genoways) papers: Correspondence with Marine Mammals Committee

  • Folder 3 1981 61st Annual meeting; Oxford, Ohio

  • Folder 2 1983 Ride for Research, 1983; banner

  • Folder 3 1931 Committee on Problems of Predator Control, S. B. Locke report

  • Folder 4 1922-1954 Financial records; H. E. Anthony

  • Folder 5 1986 Jackson Award

  • Folder 30 Photo: James S. Findley

  • Box 117

  • Folder 7 1983-1988 Mammalian Species, Cumulative index, 201-306

  • Folder 9 1974-1979 Correspondence, Committee on Conservation of Land Mammals

  • Folder 1 1975-1976 Microfiche proposal

  • Folder 2 1978-1981 Committee on Legislation & Regulations: papers

  • Box 109

  • Folder 7 1984-1985 President (D. E. Wilson) papers: ASM correspondence

  • Folder 2 1987 Autobiographical survey of members; S-T

  • Folder 11 1967-1976 Membership Committee

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