[Taxacom] request for elusive, ephemeral papers

[Paul van Rijckevorsel]

Dear all,

as you may know, I am doing my best to keep up
a website documenting the evolution of the rules 
of 'botanical' nomenclature, at
http://www.iapt-taxon.org/historic/index.htm.

What is regrettably missing are most of what might 
be called "Congress papers":  anything handed out
at the Nomenclature Sections of an IBC 
(International Botanical Congress).  These may be
belated, ad hoc proposals, supplementary material, 
compromises reached during the Section, etc. 
On occasion the proceedings of Nomenclature
Sections mention that something has been handed
out;  for instance the proceedings of the 1975 
Congress mention a mimeographed "Supplementary 
Notes on Autonyms" by Brummitt, but there may
have been any number of unmentioned papers.

For a library, these papers will be difficult to 
administer, even if they have been turned in at 
the time by those attending a Nomenclature 
Section.  They will likely be not much to look at, 
perhaps loose sheets, photocopied or mimeographed.  
But they may be present in some libraries, possibly 
put in the relevant Code for that Congress.  Perhaps 
the best chance is somebody who attended a 
Nomenclature Section and has kept these papers. 

The last three Congresses should not be a problem
(although I may be missing a paper of the 2005 
Congress), but of earlier Congresses there is close
to nothing. 

Any scan of such a document will be much
appreciated.

Paul