Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Office of the Director Search this
Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Brochures
Color photographs
Date:
1997-2010
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records documenting the meetings of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) Advisory Board. Materials include agendas, minutes, notes,
member lists, reports, by-laws, informational materials, brochures, photographs, and related materials. In addition, this accession includes records documenting the meetings
of the Board's Campaign Steering Committee and SIL's Capital Campaign Planning Committee and Development Committee.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2026; Transferring office; 4/22/2013 memorandum, Wright to Hardy; Contact reference staff for details.
This accession consists of correspondence, reports, invitations, press releases, photographs, negatives, budgets, receipts, and newspaper and magazine clippings documenting
two special events - the Listen, Look, Learn lunch program and the annual Christmas/Holiday dance - and the Smithsonian Craft Show, 1993, and Washington Craft Shows, 1983-1992.
Most of the records consist of project files documenting projects funded by the Women's Committee, and consist of committee reports, project lists, acceptance and rejection
letters, budgets, financial records, and miscellaneous correspondence.
This accession consists of subject files documenting the tenure of Sheila P. Burke, Under Secretary for American Museums and National Programs, 2000-2004, and Deputy
Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, 2004-2007. Materials include correspondence and memoranda relating to Smithsonian programs overseen by Burke, fundraising, and administrative
matters.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2021; Director search records in boxes 1 and 2 are restricted for 25 years; Transferring office; 3/27/2007 memo, Peters to Winget; Contact reference staff for details.
Topic:
Smithsonian Institution -- Administration Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Development Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Web sites
Date:
2005
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the James Smithson Society website as it existed in April 2005. The James Smithson Society, administered by the Office of Development, is
the Smithsonian Institution's premier membership program. The website includes information about the Society, its benefits, and how to donate.
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative activities of G. Wayne Clough during his fourth year as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (SI).
The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums, exhibitions, research, fund raising, programs, and special events. Materials include correspondence,
memoranda, and notes; reports; meeting agents and minutes; agreements; speech papers; budget summaries; policies and guidelines; brochures; information about gifts, awards,
committees, symposiums, publications, Board of Regents, and members of Congress; invitations; and articles.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years. until Jan-01-2027; Transferring office; 3/19/1970 memorandum, Lytle to Ripley; Contact reference staff for details.
National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Deputy Director Search this
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1975-1976, 1981-1992, 1998-2006
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Donald S. Lopez, Deputy Director, documenting the administration of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM).
Lopez held various positions at the National Air and Space Museum beginning in 1972 and became Deputy Director in 1983. Lopez retired in 1990, but came back to the position
of Deputy Director in 1996, a position which he held until his death in 2008. In between stints as Deputy Director, Lopez continued to be closely involved in the activities
of the Office of the Director. The majority of the records document the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, development efforts, and NASM's National Board. Materials include correspondence,
memoranda, agendas, meeting minutes, reports, information files, and related materials.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2022; Transferring office; 4/21/1988 conversation between Glenn and Thomas; Contact reference staff for details.
4.58 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Manuscripts
Pamphlets
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1992-1994
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of copies of James Smithson Society Grant Proposals; attachments for proposals; Founder Medalist nominations; James Smithson Society Grant Proposal
books; the publication "1991, A Year in Review;" and memoranda related to the grant proposal and award process. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, brochures, pamphlets,
and images.
This accession consists of two websites maintained by the Smithsonian Women's Committee. The Smithsonian Craft2Wear website and the Smithsonian Craft Show website,
both crawled on January 7, 2014, publicize the committee's two annual juried craft show fund raisers. Materials are in electronic format.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director Search this
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1999-2004
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records documenting the administration of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden under Olga M. Viso, Deputy Director, 2003-2005. Topics
documented in this accession include exhibitions, development, and media relations. Records also document Viso's research on Ana Mendieta and her curatorial work on the exhibitions
Ana Mendieta: Earth Body Sculpture and Performance, 1972-1985 and Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century. Some records date from Viso's tenure
as Curator. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, checklists, and related materials.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2020; Transferring office; 2/24/2009 memorandum, Wright to Perry; Contact reference staff for details.
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary Search this
Extent:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Drawings
Date:
1996-2002
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of Ira Michael Heyman and Lawrence M. Small during their tenures as Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, respectively. The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums and staff, exhibitions, fundraising, and special events. Materials
include correspondence and final submissions for construction of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI).
This accession consists of records that document the administration and activities of the Smithsonian Photography Initiative (SPI). Records cover the creation of SPI
and its history, funding, and creative projects. Materials include correspondence, meeting notes, reports, funding and project proposals, exhibition materials, budgets, brochures,
and news clippings. Some materials predate the establishment of SPI and were created under the International Art Museums Division.
This accession consists of materials documenting the history of the Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) and its activities in support of the National Zoological Park
(NZP) and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI). As a nonprofit partner of NZP and SCBI, FONZ raises funds for mission support, manages a large volunteer force,
and creates and conducts a wide variety of educational products and programs. Many of the materials in this accession document not just the history of FONZ, but the history
of NZP and SCBI as well. Materials include images, clippings, brochures, maps, books, informational packages, educational activities, volunteer training materials, event invitations,
meeting agendas, videotapes, development files for educational exhibits, patches, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.
17.58 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Architectural drawings
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Clippings
Manuscripts
Color transparencies
Date:
1962-1988
Descriptive Entry:
These records were created mostly by administrators Rohlfing, Dobkin, and Dunne. They document the activities of the Museum Advisory Board and the acquisitions committee
and contain files on fundraising, membership, product development, sales, education, collections management, and exhibitions. The records also include audit reports and annual
reports; grant proposals; architectural plans of the Miller House; and public relations files, including news clippings from the reopening of the Museum in 1976. In addition,
the records contain periodic budget projections and reports for the programs, administrative departments, and payroll of the Museum dating from 1983 to 1988, along with the
memoranda and spreadsheets which document their development.
Historical Note:
In 1963 the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art trustees announced that the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration would be closed, and Director
Calvin S. Hathaway resigned. Curator of Exhibitions H. Christian Rohlfing was named Acting Administrator, and in this capacity he helped to guide the Museum's transfer to
the Smithsonian Institution in 1968. In 1969 Rohlfing became Administrator of the renamed Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and in fiscal year 1972 he assumed the dual title of Administrator
and Curator of Collections. John H. Dobkin became Program Management Officer in FY 1974 and was appointed Administrator in FY 1975. Dobkin and Rohlfing both held the title
of Administrator until FY 1978, when Dobkin resigned and Rohlfing relinquished the post to assume purely curatorial responsibilities. The position of Administrator was vacant
until FY 1979, when Daniel O'Leary became Assistant Director for Administration and Barbara V. Foss and Peter M. Scherer were appointed Administrative Assistants to the Director.
O'Leary left the next year, and Foss was replaced by Chauncie McKeever in FY 1981. In FY 1983 McKeever left, Scherer was appointed Special Assistant to the Director, and Linda
Dunne was named Administrator. Scherer left in FY 1984.
Restrictions:
Boxes 6 and 8 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Contact reference staff for details.
This accession consists of records documenting the curatorial activities of Joseph Chang, Curator, c. 1997-2010. Topics include exhibition development, object research,
collection management, and fundraising. Materials include correspondence, proposals, scripts, label texts, floor plans, object information, object photographs, and related
materials. Some files pre-date Chang's tenure and were likely acquired from other staff.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2026; Transferring office; 9/10/2001 memorandum, Wright to Hennessey; Contact reference staff for details.
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Development Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Web sites
Date:
2009
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the newly redesigned "Giving" website created and administered by the Office of Development. The website, which is the April 2009 edition,
is for soliciting online donations; it includes information about contributing membership, gifts of objects, and corporate support that would benefit the Smithsonian Institution.
National Air and Space Museum. National Air and Space Society Search this
Extent:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Manuscripts
Date:
2008, undated
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records documenting marketing and solicitation efforts of the National Air and Space Society, the National Air and Space Museum's membership
program. Materials include sample direct mail marketing letters and brochures with included membership forms.
This accession consists of two websites and one blog maintained by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as they existed on February 25, 2013.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery website features general information for visitors and educational resources as well as collections, research, conservation,
program, and donation information.
The Eye Level blog is dedicated to American art and the ways in which the nation's art reflects its history and culture. The blog was opened in September 2005.
The informational website for the exhibition, The Art of Video Games, asked the public to vote for video games to be included in the exhibition which ran from March
16 through September 30, 2012. The website chronicles the process of choosing the video games as well as provides information about the exhibition.
AirSpace: Behind the Scenes of the National Air and Space Museum (Blog)
How Things Fly (Website)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Electronic records
Date:
2009-2013
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the National Air and Space Museum website and mobile website as they existed on April 22, 2013. The website includes information about visiting
the museum's facilities, special events, exhibitions, collections, staff, donations, and membership as well as educational resources, histories of various aspects of the museum,
press releases, annual reports, and online exhibitions. The Washington, D.C. museum, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, and the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and
Storage Facility are all documented in this single website. The mobile website includes much of the same content, but its design is optimized for viewing on a mobile device.
Also included in this accession is the museum's blog, "AirSpace: Behind the Scenes at the National Air and Space Museum," which was crawled April 22, 2013. The blog provides
a place for staff to write about their behind the scenes work from their own points of view. The blog was opened in March 2009.
In addition, this accession includes the "How Things Fly" website, crawled in two pieces on April 30 and May 1, 2013. The website explains the basic principles that allow
aircraft and spacecraft to fly. It is a companion website to the physical exhibition of the same name.
This accession consists of the Smithsonian Craft2Wear portion of the Smithsonian Women's Committee website. These pages were crawled on October 5, 2016, shortly before
the 2016 event which occurred on October 6, 7, and 8. Smithsonian Craft2Wear is one of the Committee's two annual juried craft show fundraisers. The web pages include information
about the event and its exhibitors as well as the winners from the 2015 show. This portion of the website had been its own website until shortly before it was crawled. Materials
are in electronic format.
National Museum of American History. Office of Curatorial Affairs Search this
Extent:
2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Videotapes
Date:
1993-2004
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the records of James B. Gardner, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Materials include
correspondence, memoranda, and notes documenting exhibition planning, donor policy, collections, external relations, fund raising, and professional activities; meeting agendas
and minutes; information about NMAH reorganization, staff appointments, and retreats; NMAH visitor comment forms; the correspondence and memoranda of Joyce Ramey, Special
Assistant to the Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs; videotapes; and budget summaries. Also included is a significant amount of records pertaining to the Catherine B.
Reynolds Foundation grant for the proposed NMAH exhibition, The Spirit of America.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2020; Transferring office; 2/27/2009 memorandum, Johnstone to Henderson; Contact reference staff for details.
