Computerization and Preservation of the Charles H. Peck Mycological Collection

该项目将支持纽约州真菌学标本馆Charles Peck收藏的真菌学馆藏的改进和计算机化，旨在确保这些藏品的保存和更大程度上用于研究和教学。这个项目是1991年审查和评价这些藏品的一个咨询小组提出的建议的产物。由NEH资助的一个补充项目将支持保存和索引与馆藏有关的档案材料。美国国家科学基金会支持项目的具体任务包括编制数据库和模式标本目录，并与档案通信和水彩插图交叉参考；后者从未被借出或出版过，这些水彩画的幻灯片将被制作出来分发给真菌学研究界。策展改进包括新的住房材料和标本标签的保存。84,000种真菌的收集是完整记录的，包含约3500种类型和2734种全型，并且由于派克在美国真菌学中的主导作用，具有国际重要性和真菌学分类学的中心。该奖项所允许的改进将提高该收藏在生物学研究和教学中的价值和使用。

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.