Organization for Tropical Studies records 1948-1986 1958-1979

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Organization for Tropical Studies records 1948-1986 1958-1979

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Consortium of universities created to study tropical environments focusing on Central America and field activities in tropical habitats. The University of Michigan became a founding member of OTS in April 1963. Administrative records chiefly concerning University of Michigan involvement in the Organization for Tropical Studies and related programs. Records include initial planning documents, committee files, meeting minutes, proposals, reports, topical files and curriculum material. Includes correspondence of Norman Hartweg and Stephen Spurr; also records collected by Warren H. Wagner.

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Hartweg, Norman E.

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Organization for Tropical Studies

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Consortium of universities created to study tropical environments focusing on Central America and field activities in tropical habitats. From the description of Organization for Tropical Studies records, 1948-1986. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 79108205 The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), founded in 1963, has had its North American Office located at Duke University since 1976. The OTS offers students, faculty, and researchers opportunities to work ha...

Spurr, Stephen Hopkins

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Stephen Hopkins Spurr was a professor of forestry at the University of Michigan and other institutions, who spent a major part of his career at Michigan and the University of Texas as a university administrator. Spurr was born in 1918 and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida. After earning a graduate degree from the Yale forestry school in 1940, he worked at the Harvard Forest and the University of Minnesota before becoming professor of silvic...

Wagner, Warren H., 1920-

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