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[Identification of item], Organization for Tropical Studies Reference Collection, University Archives, Duke University.
The bulk of the Organization for Tropical Studies Reference Collection was received by University Archives as a gift from Donald E. Stone in 2001 (UA 2001-5).
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Encoded by Molly Bragg, July 2011
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The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) is a non-profit consortium made up of more than 6o universities and research institutions from the United States, Latin America and Australia. In the early 1960's, scientists from U.S. universities forged relationships with colleagues at the Universidad de Costa Rica in the interest of strengthening education and research in tropical biology. This led to the founding of OTS in 1963 in order to provide leadership in education, research and the use of natural resources in the tropics. The corporate headquarters of OTS is located at Duke University.
The bulk of the collection (three folders) consists of copies of memoranda, letters and reports cited by Donald E. Stone in his article, "The Organization for Tropical Studies: A Success Story in Graduate Training and Research" published in Tropical Rainforests: Diversity and Conservation, Frank Almeda and Catherine Pringle, eds. (1988), along with a copy of the Stone article. These materials are in three folders. A fourth folder contains news clippings about the organization, 1979-1985.
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