Computerization and Preservation of the Charles H. Peck Mycological Collection

查尔斯·H·佩克真菌学收藏的计算机化和保存

• 批准号: 9213453
• 负责人: John Haines
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: The University of the State of New York
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-10-15 至 1995-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9213453&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computerization; Preservation; Charles; H.; Peck

This project will support the improvement and computerization of the mycological holdings in the Charles Peck collection at the New York State Mycological Herbarium, and is aimed at ensuring preservation of and greater accessibility to the collection for research and teaching. This project is an outgrowth of recommendations made by an advisory panel that examined and evaluated the collections in 1991. A complementary project funded by NEH would support the preservation and indexing of the archival materials associated with the collection. Specific tasks of the NSF-supported project include the preparation of a database and catalogue of the type specimens with cross-references to archival correspondence and water color illustrations; the latter have never been loaned or published, and slides of these watercolors will be prepared for dissemination to the mycological research community. Curatorial improvements involve new housing materials and the preservation of specimen labels. The collection of 84,000 fungi is completely documented, contains about 3500 types and 2734 holotypes, and because of Peck's dominant role in American mycology, is of international import and central to mycological taxonomy. The improvements allowed by this award will enhance the value and use of this collection in biological research and teaching.

该项目将支持纽约州真菌学植物标本馆查尔斯·佩克收藏的真菌学藏品的改进和计算机化，旨在确保收藏品的保存和更方便的研究和教学。该项目是一个顾问小组在 1991 年审查和评估藏品时提出的建议的结果。由 NEH 资助的一个补充项目将支持与藏品相关的档案材料的保存和索引。美国国家科学基金会支持的项目的具体任务包括准备模式标本的数据库和目录，并交叉引用档案信件和水彩插图；后者从未被借出或出版过，这些水彩画的幻灯片将准备好分发给真菌学研究界。策展改进涉及新的外壳材料和标本标签的保存。 84,000 种真菌的收藏有完整的记录，包含约 3500 个类型和 2734 个正模，并且由于 Peck 在美国真菌学中的主导作用，因此具有国际重要性，并且是真菌学分类学的核心。该奖项所允许的改进将提高该藏品在生物学研究和教学中的价值和用途。