The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum is pleased to invite applications for the
2003 R. T. Abbott Visiting Curatorship.

The Curatorship, established originally in accordance with the wishes of
the late Dr. R. Tucker Abbott, Founding Director of the Shell Museum, is
awarded annually to enable mollusk systematists to visit the museum for a
period of one week.  Abbott Fellows will be expected, by performing
collection-based research, to assist with the curation of portions of the
Museum’s collection and to provide one evening talk for the general
public.  The Museum collection consists of marine, freshwater, and
terrestrial specimens.  A large percentage of our holdings have been
catalogued through a computerized database management system.  A
substantial portion of the time will be available for research in the
collection, but field work in southwest Florida can be arranged.  The R. T.
Abbott Visiting Curatorship is accompanied by a stipend of $1,500.

Interested malacologists are invited to send a copy of their curriculum
vitae together with a letter detailing their areas of taxonomic expertise
and research objectives, and to provide a tentative subject for their talk.
Send materials to:

                       Dr. José H. Leal, Director
                       The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
                       P.O. Box 1580
                       Sanibel, FL 33957
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Applications for the 2003 Visiting Curatorship should be sent no later than
May 30, 2003. The award will be announced by late June. Questions about the
Visiting Curatorship should be sent to the e-mail address above, or by
phone at: (239) 395-2233; fax (239) 395-6706


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José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director
The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
Editor, The Nautilus
www.shellmuseum.org

3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel, FL 33957 USA
(239)395-2233
fax (239)395-6706