Kisling V N
Marston Science Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611-8011 USA.
Arch Nat Hist. 1994 Oct;21(3):393-406. doi: 10.3366/anh.1994.21.3.393.
From the colonial period through the civil war period, naturalists in America were scattered over an extensive area, much of which was still sparsely settled, and all of which was very distant from the intellectual centers of Europe. Developing a network of contacts with like-minded naturalists took many years of correspondence. To facilitate communication among these naturalists, the Naturalists' Directory was compiled and first published in 1865. It has gone through more than 46 editions and is still being published. The role of the directory in the ever-changing communication process that has occurred in America from 1865 to the present is reviewed, as are the directories themselves: the early Frederic W. Putnam editions (which were published in association with the Proceedings of the Essex Institute, 1865-1866, the Samuel E. Cassino editions (editions 1-30, 1877-1936), and the post-Cassino editions (with various publishers, editions 31-46, 1938-1993).
从殖民时期到内战时期，美国的博物学家分布在广袤的区域，其中大部分地区仍人口稀少，且所有地区都与欧洲的知识中心相距甚远。与志同道合的博物学家建立联系网络需要多年的通信交流。为了促进这些博物学家之间的交流，《博物学家名录》于1865年编纂并首次出版。它已经历经了46多个版本，至今仍在出版。本文回顾了该名录在1865年至今美国不断变化的通信过程中所起的作用，同时也介绍了这些名录本身：早期弗雷德里克·W·普特南版本（与埃塞克斯学会学报联合出版，1865 - 1866年）、塞缪尔·E·卡西诺版本（第1 - 30版，1877 - 1936年）以及卡西诺之后的版本（由不同出版商出版，第31 - 46版，1938 - 1993年）。
