Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Fishes
SI Records
Correspondence
1946-2009
15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
Accession 10-016
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-016, National Museum of Natural History. Division of Fishes, Correspondence
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the professional activities and research of Victor Gruschka Springer (Associate Curator, Curator, Senior Scientist Emeritus,
1963- ). Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence, clippings, photographs, negatives, slides, daily diaries, and expedition journals. Some materials pre-date
Springer's career in the Division of Fishes.
Use Restriction
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2025; Transferring office; 11/25/2009 memorandum, Yowell to Springer; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Springer, Victor Gruschka, 1928-
Subject
Ichthyologists
Ichthyology
Fishes
Museum curators
Research
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Manuscripts
Clippings
Diaries
Picture postcards
Black-and-white negatives
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Black-and-white photographs
Box 1
Alphabetical Correspondence
Box 1 of 15
Abe, T.
Box 1 of 15
Ahlstrom, E. H.
Box 1 of 15
Akazaki, Masato
Box 1 of 15
Alfred, Eric R.
Box 1 of 15
Allen, Gerald R. (3 folders)
Box 1 of 15
Anderson, Michael Eric
Box 1 of 15
Anderson, Sid
Box 1 of 15
Anderson, William D., Jr.
Box 1 of 15
Applegate, Sheldon
Box 1 of 15
Asano, Hirotoshi
Box 1 of 15
Atz, James W.
Box 1 of 15
Axelrod, Herbert R. (6 folders)
Box 1 of 15
Ayensu, Edward S.
Box 1 of 15
Bailey, Reeve M.
Box 1 of 15
Baldwin, Carole
Box 1 of 15
Baldwin, Wayne J.
Box 1 of 15
Bardach, John E.
Box 1 of 15
Barsukov, Vladimir V.
Box 1 of 15
Bath, Hans (Folders 1-2 of 6)
Box 2
Box 2 of 15
Bath, Hans (Folders 3-6 of 6)
Box 2 of 15
Bauchot, Marie-Louise; Bauchot, Roland (3 folders)
Box 2 of 15
Beebe, William
Box 2 of 15
Ben-Tuvia, Adam
Box 2 of 15
Berry, Frederick H.
Box 2 of 15
Bertin, L.
Box 2 of 15
Biological Society of Washington
Box 2 of 15
Birdsong, Ray S.
Box 2 of 15
Bleher, Heiko; Banister, Keith
Box 2 of 15
Boeseman, Marinus
Box 2 of 15
Bohlke, James E. and Eugenia B.
Box 2 of 15
Boschung, Herbert T., Jr.
Box 2 of 15
Bradbury, Margaret G.
Box 2 of 15
Breder, Charles M., Jr.
Box 2 of 15
Briggs, John C.
Box 2 of 15
Britz, Ralf
Box 2 of 15
Brock, Vernon E.
Box 2 of 15
Brogan, Michael W.
Box 2 of 15
Brown, Jerram L.
Box 2 of 15
de Buen Lozano, Fernando
Box 2 of 15
Bullis, Harvey R.
Box 2 of 15
Burgess, Warren E.
Box 2 of 15
Cadenat, Jean J.
Box 2 of 15
Caldwell, David K.
Box 2 of 15
Cardinali, Joanne
Box 2 of 15
Carlson, Bruce A.
Box 2 of 15
Carpenter, Kent E. (Folders 1-2 of 3)
Box 3
Box 3 of 15
Carpenter, Kent E. (Folder 3 of 3)
Box 3 of 15
Cavalluzzi, Martin
Box 3 of 15
Cervigon, Fernando
Box 3 of 15
Chan, William L.
Box 3 of 15
Chang, Kwei-Yang B.
Box 3 of 15
Chapman, Wilbert McLeod
Box 3 of 15
Chernoff, Barry
Box 3 of 15
Choat, Howard
Box 3 of 15
Clark, Eugenie (2 folders)
Box 3 of 15
Clarke, Thomas A.
Box 3 of 15
Cohen, Daniel Morris
Box 3 of 15
Cole, Charles F.
Box 3 of 15
Collette, Bruce B.
Box 3 of 15
Compagno, Leonard J. V.
Box 3 of 15
Cook, Sid F.
Box 3 of 15
Courtenay, Walter R., Jr.
Box 3 of 15
Croziat, Leon
Box 3 of 15
Darrow, Karolyn
Box 3 of 15
Davies, David H.
Box 3 of 15
Davis, William P.
Box 3 of 15
Dawson, C. E.
Box 3 of 15
Deckert, Kurt
Box 3 of 15
de Sylva, Donald Perrin
Box 3 of 15
DeWitt, Hugh H.
Box 3 of 15
Dick, Myvanwy M.
Box 3 of 15
Dutt, S.
Box 3 of 15
Ebeling, Alfred W.
Box 3 of 15
Erdman, Donald S.
Box 3 of 15
Eschmeyer, William N. (2 folders)
Box 3 of 15
Feddern, Henry A.
Box 3 of 15
Fehlman, Adair
Box 3 of 15
Feltes, Ross M.
Box 3 of 15
Filewood, L. W. C.
Box 3 of 15
Fink, William L. and Sarah V.
Box 3 of 15
Finucane, John H.
Box 3 of 15
Fischer, Walter
Box 3 of 15
Fishelson, Lev
Box 3 of 15
Fitch, John E.
Box 3 of 15
Follett, W. I.
Box 3 of 15
Foster, Neal R.
Box 3 of 15
Fourmanoir, P.
Box 3 of 15
Fowler, Henry W.
Box 3 of 15
Francois, Donald D.
Box 3 of 15
Fraser, Thomas H.
Box 3 of 15
Fraser-Brunner, Alec
Box 3 of 15
Freihofer, Warren C.
Box 3 of 15
Fri, Robert (3 folders)
Box 3 of 15
Fricke, Ronald
Box 3 of 15
Garrick, John A. F. (Folder 1 of 4)
Box 4
Box 4 of 15
Garrick, John A. F. (Folders 2-4 of 4)
Box 4 of 15
George, Anita
Box 4 of 15
Gehringer, Jack W.
Box 4 of 15
Gerking, Shelby D.
Box 4 of 15
Gibbs, Robert H., Jr. - Memorial Service
Box 4 of 15
Gibbs, Robert H., Jr. (3 folders)
Box 4 of 15
Gibbs, Robert H., Jr. - Award Committee
Box 4 of 15
Gilbert, Carter R.
Box 4 of 15
Gill, Anthony C. (2 folders)
Box 4 of 15
Ginsburg, Isaac
Box 4 of 15
Gomon, Martin F.
Box 4 of 15
Gosline, William A.
Box 4 of 15
Gosse, Jean Pierre
Box 4 of 15
Grant, E. M.
Box 4 of 15
Greenwood, P. Humphry
Box 4 of 15
Grey, Marion
Box 4 of 15
Gunter, Gordon
Box 4 of 15
Hansen, Patricia E. Hadley
Box 4 of 15
Harbor Branch Foundation
Box 4 of 15
Hardy, Graham
Box 4 of 15
Harrington, Robert W., Jr.
Box 4 of 15
Hartel, Karsten Edward
Box 4 of 15
Haskell, W. A.
Box 4 of 15
Hastings, Philip A. (2 folders)
Box 5
Box 5 of 15
Heemstra, Phillip C. (2 folders)
Box 5 of 15
Hellier, Thomas R.
Box 5 of 15
Hensley, Dannie A.
Box 5 of 15
Herald, Earl S.
Box 5 of 15
Hiatt, Robert W.
Box 5 of 15
Hildebrand, Henry
Box 5 of 15
Hoedeman, J. J.
Box 5 of 15
Hoese, Douglass F.
Box 5 of 15
Hoese, Hinton D.
Box 5 of 15
Holleman, Wouter
Box 5 of 15
Hollingsworth, Penelope Kay
Box 5 of 15
Hubbs, Carl Leavitt
Box 5 of 15
Hubbs, Clark
Box 5 of 15
Hutchins, Barry
Box 5 of 15
Hutton, Robert Franklin
Box 5 of 15
Illick, Helen J.
Box 5 of 15
Imai, Sadahiko
Box 5 of 15
Ivantsoff, Walter
Box 5 of 15
Iwamoto, Tomio
Box 5 of 15
Jayaram, K. C.
Box 5 of 15
Jewett, Susan L.
Box 5 of 15
Jewfish
Box 5 of 15
Johnson, G. David
Box 5 of 15
Jones, Robert S.
Box 5 of 15
Jonker, Liesl
Box 5 of 15
Kahsbauer, Paul
Box 5 of 15
Kailola, Patricia J.
Box 5 of 15
Kamohara, Toshyi
Box 5 of 15
Kanazawa, Robert H.
Box 5 of 15
Karb, Kenneth S.
Box 5 of 15
Karrer, Christine
Box 5 of 15
Kay, E. Alison
Box 5 of 15
Kilby, John D.
Box 5 of 15
Klausewitz, Wolfgang
Box 5 of 15
Kornfield, Irving Leslie
Box 5 of 15
Krefft, Gerhard
Box 5 of 15
Krejsa, Richard J.
Box 5 of 15
Lachner, Ernest A.
Box 5 of 15
Ladiges, Werner
Box 5 of 15
Lal Mohan, R. S.
Box 5 of 15
LaMonte, Francesca
Box 5 of 15
Larson, Helen K.
Box 5 of 15
Lavenberg, Robert J.
Box 5 of 15
Leccia, Francisco Mago
Box 5 of 15
Leis, Jeffrey M.
Box 5 of 15
Lewis, A. D.
Box 5 of 15
Li, Si-zhong; You-wei, Zhang
Box 5 of 15
Losey, George S.
Box 5 of 15
Lubbock, Roger
Box 6
Box 6 of 15
Mansueti, Romeo J.
Box 6 of 15
Marr, John C.
Box 6 of 15
Marshall, N. B.
Box 6 of 15
Marshall, Thomas Claude
Box 6 of 15
Martin S., Felipe
Box 6 of 15
Massmann, William H.
Box 6 of 15
Mather, Frank J., III
Box 6 of 15
Matsubara, Kiyomatsu
Box 6 of 15
McAllister, Don E.
Box 6 of 15
McCosker, John Edward
Box 6 of 15
McEachran, John D.
Box 6 of 15
McErlean, Andrew J.
Box 6 of 15
McFarland, William N.
Box 6 of 15
McHugh, J. L.
Box 6 of 15
McKay, R. J.
Box 6 of 15
Mead, Giles W.; Slastenenko, E. P.
Box 6 of 15
Mees, G. F.
Box 6 of 15
Merriman, Daniel
Box 6 of 15
Miller, Peter James
Box 6 of 15
Miller, Robert R.
Box 6 of 15
Miller, Rudy
Box 6 of 15
Milward, Norman E.
Box 6 of 15
Moe, Martin A., Jr.
Box 6 of 15
Mohlmann, Mark - Reef Research Foundation
Box 6 of 15
Mooi, Randy
Box 6 of 15
Moreland, John
Box 6 of 15
Morrow, James E.
Box 6 of 15
Munro, Ian S. R.
Box 6 of 15
Murdy, Edward O.
Box 6 of 15
Myers, George S.
Box 6 of 15
Myers, Robert F.
Box 6 of 15
Nafpaktitis, Basil
Box 6 of 15
Nakaya, Kazuhiro
Box 6 of 15
National Geographic (2 folders)
Box 6 of 15
Naylor, Gavin
Box 6 of 15
Nelson, Gareth J.
Box 6 of 15
Newman, William A.
Box 6 of 15
Nichols, John T.
Box 6 of 15
Nielsen, Jorgen G.
Box 6 of 15
Nijssen, Han
Box 6 of 15
Ochiai, Akira
Box 6 of 15
Olsen, A. M.
Box 6 of 15
Orrell, Thomas M.
Box 6 of 15
Parenti, Lynne R.
Box 6 of 15
Patterson, Colin
Box 6 of 15
Paxton, John R.
Box 6 of 15
Penrith, Mary-Louise; Penrith M. J.
Box 7
Box 7 of 15
Pezold, Frank
Box 7 of 15
Pfaff, J. R.
Box 7 of 15
Phillips, Fanny Lee
Box 7 of 15
Pietsch, Theodore W.
Box 7 of 15
Pinto, Sergio Ypiranga
Box 7 of 15
Poll, Max
Box 7 of 15
Por, F. D.
Box 7 of 15
Randall, John E., 1958-1973 (2 folders)
Box 7 of 15
Randall, John E., 1974-1976
Box 7 of 15
Randall, John E., 1977-1980
Box 7 of 15
Randall, John E., 1981-1983
Box 7 of 15
Randall, John E., 1984-1989 (2 folders)
Box 7 of 15
Randall, John E., 1990-1997 (2 folders)
Box 7 of 15
Randall, John E., 1998-2009 (2 folders)
Box 7 of 15
Raney, Edward C.
Box 7 of 15
Reid, George K.
Box 7 of 15
Reintjes, John W.
Box 7 of 15
Revyuk Foundation
Box 7 of 15
Ribeiro, Paulo de Miranda
Box 7 of 15
Rivas, Luis Rene
Box 7 of 15
Rivero, Luis Howell
Box 7 of 15
Roberts, Clive
Box 7 of 15
Roberts, Tyson R.
Box 7 of 15
Robins, C. Richard
Box 8
Box 8 of 15
Rofen, Robert R.
Box 8 of 15
Rosen, Donn E.
Box 8 of 15
Rosenblatt, Richard H.
Box 8 of 15
Rotondo, Gary M.; Scott, Geoffrey A. J.; Schlanger, Seymour O.
Box 8 of 15
Rubinoff, Ira
Box 8 of 15
Ruck, John
Box 8 of 15
Russell, Barry C.
Box 8 of 15
Sadovsky, Victor
Box 8 of 15
Schroeder, William C.
Box 8 of 15
Schultz, Leonard Peter
Box 8 of 15
Schwartz, Al
Box 8 of 15
Schwartz, Frank J.
Box 8 of 15
Scott, W. B.
Box 8 of 15
Shen, Shih-chieh
Box 8 of 15
Shoemaker, Hurst H.
Box 8 of 15
Sibley, Charles G.
Box 8 of 15
Smale, Malcolm
Box 8 of 15
Smith, C. Lavett
Box 8 of 15
Smith, Gerald R.
Box 8 of 15
Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, Margaret M.
Box 8 of 15
Smith-Vaniz, William F., 1967-1975
Box 8 of 15
Smith-Vaniz, William F., 1976-1987
Box 8 of 15
Smith-Vaniz, William F., 1987-2005
Box 8 of 15
Smith-Vaniz, William F., 2005-2007 (2 folders)
Box 8 of 15
Society of Systematic Zoology - Treasurer
Box 8 of 15
Spencer, Catherine
Box 8 of 15
Springer, Stewart
Box 8 of 15
Springer, Stewart and Springer, Victor
Box 8 of 15
Stahl, Margo S.
Box 8 of 15
Starck, Walter A., II
Box 8 of 15
Steinitz, Heinz
Box 8 of 15
Stephens, John S., Jr.
Box 8 of 15
Stepien, Carol
Box 9
Box 9 of 15
Sternberg, Richard von
Box 9 of 15
Storey, Margaret H.
Box 9 of 15
Strasburg, Donald W.
Box 9 of 15
Strauss, Lewis H.
Box 9 of 15
Strawn, R. Kirk
Box 9 of 15
Su, Jinxiang
Box 9 of 15
Suttkus, Royal D.
Box 9 of 15
Svetovidov, A. N.
Box 9 of 15
Talbot, Frank H.
Box 9 of 15
Taning, A. Vedel
Box 9 of 15
Tavolga, William N.
Box 9 of 15
Taylor, William Ralph
Box 9 of 15
Teague, Gerard W.
Box 9 of 15
Tee-Van, John
Box 9 of 15
Tomiyama, Itiro
Box 9 of 15
Topp, Robert W.
Box 9 of 15
Tortonese, Enrico
Box 9 of 15
Travassos, Haroldo
Box 9 of 15
Trewavas, Ethelwynn
Box 9 of 15
Trott, Lamarr B.
Box 9 of 15
Truett, David F.
Box 9 of 15
Tucker, Denys W.
Box 9 of 15
Tyler, James C.
Box 9 of 15
Vari, Richard P.
Box 9 of 15
Voss, Gilbert L.
Box 9 of 15
Walker, Boyd W.
Box 9 of 15
Walters, Vladimir
Box 9 of 15
Watson, Ronald E.
Box 9 of 15
Weitzman, Stanley Howard
Box 9 of 15
Weldon Owen - Encyclopedia of Fishes
Box 9 of 15
Wheeler, Alwyne C.
Box 9 of 15
Whitehead, Peter J. P.
Box 9 of 15
Whitley, Gilbert P.
Box 9 of 15
Wickler, Wolfgang
Box 9 of 15
Wilimovsky, Norman J.
Box 9 of 15
Williams, Jeffrey T.
Box 9 of 15
Winn, Howard E.
Box 9 of 15
Winterbottom, Richard (2 folders)
Box 9 of 15
Wintersteen, John
Box 9 of 15
Wirtz, Peter
Box 9 of 15
Woods, Loren P.
Box 9 of 15
Wongratana, Thosaporn
Box 9 of 15
Yerger, Ralph W.
General Correspondence
Box 9 of 15
Correspondence, 1960-1963 - Tilapia
Box 9 of 15
Correspondence, 1961-1963 - Trial
Box 9 of 15
Correspondence, 1962-1963 (4 folders)
Box 10
Box 10 of 15
Correspondence, 1962-1968
Box 10 of 15
Correspondence, 1963-1964 (2 folders)
Box 10 of 15
Correspondence, 1964-1967 - Biological Society of Washington
Box 10 of 15
Correspondence, 1965-1975 (8 folders)
Box 10 of 15
Correspondence, 1975-1991 - Pacific Plate
Box 10 of 15
Correspondence, 1976-1979 (4 folders)
Box 11
Box 11 of 15
Correspondence, 1980-1988 (11 folders)
Box 12
Box 12 of 15
Correspondence, 1989-1995 (15 folders)
Box 13
Box 13 of 15
Correspondence, 1996-2007 (11 folders)
Box 13 of 15
Correspondence, 1991-2002 - Sharks
Expeditions and Diaries
Box 13 of 15
Europe, 1961-1962; Australia, New Zealand, and Manila, 1962; California, 1962
Box 13 of 15
Fish Division, United States National Museum, 1963-1964
Box 13 of 15
Dominica, British West Indies, 1964
Box 13 of 15
Europe, 1968
Box 13 of 15
Israel, 1971; Australia, 1966
Box 13 of 15
Indonesia, 1972
Box 14
Box 14 of 15
Indonesia, 1974
Box 14 of 15
Stories from the Bismarck Sea, 1976
Box 14 of 15
St. Brandon's, 1976
Box 14 of 15
Philippines, 1978
Box 14 of 15
Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, 1978
Box 14 of 15
Ponape, 1980
Box 14 of 15
Fiji, 1982
Box 14 of 15
Israel, Egypt, Paris, 1993
Box 14 of 15
Rotuma, 1986
Box 14 of 15
New Caledonia, 1986
Box 14 of 15
Fiji, 1982 (2 folders)
Box 14 of 15
Aldabra, 1984
Box 14 of 15
Tonga - New Heb, 1982
Box 14 of 15
Ponape, 1980 (3 folders)
Box 15
Box 15 of 15
Indonesia - Background
Box 15 of 15
Indonesia, 1974 (2 folders)
Box 15 of 15
National Geographic Grant Proposal, 1973
Box 15 of 15
St. Brandon's, 1976 (2 folders)
Box 15 of 15
St. Brandon's, 1976 - Lewis H. Strauss
Box 15 of 15
Philippines, 1978
Box 15 of 15
Israel, 1971
Box 15 of 15
Lewis H. Strauss (2 folders)
Box 15 of 15
New Zealand, Australia, November-December 1989
Box 15 of 15
Indonesia, 1972-1973