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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 592

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications

Productions, 1970-1978, with related materials from 1938

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
Title:Productions
Dates:1970-1978, with related materials from 1938
Quantity:13.12 cu. ft. (10 document boxes) (14 tall document boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 592
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This record unit consists of audiotape recordings of Smithsonian special events including concerts, exhibitions, lectures, interviews, symposia, and openings. Of special interest are recordings of the 1876 exhibition opening, 1976; Festival of American Folklife events; Smithsonian National Associates Program events; and a few copies of The World is Yours broadcasts, 1938-1942.

Descriptive Entry

This record unit consists of audiotape recordings of Smithsonian Institution (SI) special events including concerts, exhibitions, lectures, interviews, symposia, and openings. Of special interest are recordings of the 1876 exhibition opening, 1976; Festival of American Folklife events; Smithsonian National Associates Program events; and a few copies of The World is Yours broadcasts, 1938-1942.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 592, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions

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Container List

Box 1

Music for the Mexican Exhibit dub

Box 1 of 24

"Alvin" narration, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Coral Reef show

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Alaska Master-Park

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program New Orleans

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Indianapolis

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Grand Rapids

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Iowa

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Hartford SI Chamber Players

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Honolulu

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program St. Louis

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Miami and Dayton, several of Carroll's ins & outs

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Promo music - SI Chamber Players

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Family Folklore (tails)

Box 1 of 24

National Associates Program Folk music

Box 1 of 24

Box 2

National Associates Program 1. Degas 2. Jade

Box 2 of 24

Music for beds

Box 2 of 24

SI Chamber Players 77-78 spots

Box 2 of 24

The World Is Yours: Whaling

Box 2 of 24

The World Is Yours: Glaciers

Box 2 of 24

The World Is Yours: Silk

Box 2 of 24

The World Is Yours: Story of Australia

Box 2 of 24

Prelude to a Great Occasion dup

Box 2 of 24

Music from Earle Brown

Box 2 of 24

Music from Woodlawn

Box 2 of 24

Box 3

General Charles Yeager, 40 years of jet aviation

Box 3 of 24

Sir Frank Whittle, invention of jet engine

Box 3 of 24

Islam in New World Affairs: Tape 1 of 4

Box 3 of 24

Islam in New World Affairs: Tape 2 of 4

Box 3 of 24

Islam in New World Affairs: Tape 3 of 4

Box 3 of 24

Islam in New World Affairs: Tape 4 of 4

Box 3 of 24

Box 4

William Shuman Lecture The Act of Creation in Music: Tape 1 of 2

Box 4 of 24

William Shuman Lecture The Act of Creation in Music: Tape 2 of 2

Box 4 of 24

Play and Inventiveness Opening Erik and John Erikson

Box 4 of 24

NPS Lecture: Jesse Owens dup.

Box 4 of 24

National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Lecture: Jesse Owens dup. #2

Box 4 of 24

National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Douglas Trumbull Lecture

Box 4 of 24

Box 5

Jimmy Doolittle Soundtrack, tape 1 of 2

Box 5 of 24

Jimmy Doolittle Soundtrack, tape 2 of 2

Box 5 of 24

"Kin and Communities," opening tape 1 of 2

Box 5 of 24

"Kin and Communities," tape 2 of 2

Box 5 of 24

Canadian Symposium: Canadian Radio and T.V., tape 1 of 2

Box 5 of 24

Canadian Symposium: Canadian Radio and T.V., tape 2 of 2

Box 5 of 24

Box 6

Canadian Symposium: Living in Shadows, tape 1 of 2

Box 6 of 24

Canadian Symposium: Living in Shadows, tape 2 of 2

Box 6 of 24

Canadian Symposium: Canadian Drama, tape 2

Box 6 of 24

Canadian Symposium: Art Scene, tape 1 of 2

Box 6 of 24

Canadian Symposium: Art Scene, tape 2 of 2

Box 6 of 24

Joseph Medicine Crow, NPG

Box 6 of 24

Box 7

"U.S. in the World" closing ceremony

Box 7 of 24

Double Day: Sir Fred Hoyle

Box 7 of 24

Double Day: Wheldon

Box 7 of 24

Double Day: Arthur C. Clark

Box 7 of 24

Music from Western North Carolina, part 1 of 2

Box 7 of 24

Box 8

Music from Western North Carolina, part 2 of 2

Box 8 of 24

Air Force String Orchestra

Box 8 of 24

Concentas Musicus: Bach; Suite No. 1; 1st movement

Box 8 of 24

Workshop featuring Bill Monroe host; Ralph Rinzler

Box 8 of 24

Lecture Sir Fred Hoyle "Origin of the Universe," tape 1 of 2

Box 8 of 24

Lecture Sir Fred Hoyle "Origin of the Universe," tape 2 of 2

Box 8 of 24

Box 9

Concert Hanna Lachert Joseph Bloom, tape 2 of 2

Box 9 of 24

Concert

Box 9 of 24

Folk Concert, tape 2 of 2

Box 9 of 24

Concert John Solum (flute), tape 2 of 2

Box 9 of 24

Jazz Concert Ran Blake

Box 9 of 24

Jo Jones, tape 1 of 2

Box 9 of 24

Box 10

Jo Jones, tape 2 of 2

Box 10 of 24

Morton Subotnick Lecture/Demonstration: Tape 1 of 2

Box 10 of 24

Morton Subotnick Lecture/Demonstration: Tape 2 of 2

Box 10 of 24

Smith. Concert Sunnyland Slim / John Davis: Tape 1 of 2

Box 10 of 24

Smith. Concert Sunnyland Slim / John Davis: Tape 2 of 2

Box 10 of 24

Blues Concert, tape 1 of 2

Box 10 of 24

Box 11

Blues Concert, tape 2 of 2

Box 11 of 24

William Shuman Remarks at Einstein Concert

Box 11 of 24

Boston Museum Trio, tape 1 of 2

Box 11 of 24

Boston Museum Trio, tape 2 of 2

Box 11 of 24

Thor Heyerdahl interview

Box 11 of 24

S. Dillon Ripley (SDR) with E. P. Moran original

Box 11 of 24

Box 12

SDR with E. P. Moran dup

Box 12 of 24

Mexico Today, Fuentes

Box 12 of 24

National Press Club, Eric Severeid

Box 12 of 24

Carmen McCrae workshop

Box 12 of 24

Carmen McCrae Concert #1, tape 1 of 1

Box 12 of 24

Carmen McCrae Concert #1, tape 2 of 2

Box 12 of 24

Box 13

Julian Eull and Donald Burd

Box 13 of 24

Alec Wilder and Friends: Tape 1 of 2

Box 13 of 24

Alec Wilder and Friends: Tape 2 of 2

Box 13 of 24

Ward Hamilton Concert: Tape 1 of 3

Box 13 of 24

Ward Hamilton Concert: Tape 2 of 3

Box 13 of 24

Ward Hamilton Concert: Tape 3 of 3

Box 13 of 24

Box 14

Folk Workshop, tape 1 of 2

Box 14 of 24

Folk Workshop, tape 2 of 2

Box 14 of 24

Ralph Stanley Workshop

Box 14 of 24

Concert, tapes 1 & 2 of 2

Box 14 of 24

Bill Monroe Workshop

Box 14 of 24

Box 15

Folk Workshop Creed, Cockerhan, etc.

Box 15 of 24

Folk Concert, tapes 1 & 2 of 2

Box 15 of 24

Folk Concert: Tape 2

Box 15 of 24

Folk Concert - Grant Rogers, tape 1 of 2

Box 15 of 24

Folk Concert - Grant Rogers, tape 2 of 2

Box 15 of 24

Folklore Society of Greater Washington, tape 1 of 2

Box 15 of 24

Box 16

Folklore Society of Greater Washington, tape 2 of 2

Box 16 of 24

Concert Lisa Goode Crawford: Tapes 1 & 2 of 2

Box 16 of 24

Folk Concert Alan Stowell, tape 1 of 2

Box 16 of 24

Russell Family: Tapes 1 & 2 of 2

Box 16 of 24

Box 17

Folk Festival Wendy Blair, tapes 1 & 2 of 2

Box 17 of 24

"What in the World" run-through

Box 17 of 24

"What in the World" run-through, part 2

Box 17 of 24

Speakers' film Soundtrack

Box 17 of 24

Dr. Abbott re: inventions

Box 17 of 24

Walking Tour "Person to Person" Barney Finn

Box 17 of 24

Bicentennial PSA's

Box 17 of 24

Jessica Tinsy/ Richard Coe: Tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 17 of 24

CBC Program 1st Century of Telephone: Tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 17 of 24

Panda Master tape, National Zoological Park (NZP)

Box 17 of 24

Transit of Venus: U.S. Marine

Box 17 of 24

Box 18

The Parkway Trio audition

Box 18 of 24

Western Civilization T.V. PSA audio dub

Box 18 of 24

Carlos Fuentes Reading

Box 18 of 24

M. Mead memorial service

Box 18 of 24

Mead videotape

Box 18 of 24

Margaret Mead interview Wilton Dillon- Russell Peterson

Box 18 of 24

Edward Munch interview

Box 18 of 24

Kennedy Center Kids exhibit original

Box 18 of 24

RS 313 (included in previous log)

Box 18 of 24

Play and Inventiveness opening

Box 18 of 24

Russia Art interview

Box 18 of 24

Japanese Ambassador

Box 18 of 24

Ceremony "Celebration of People and Culture of Japan"

Box 18 of 24

Daniel Yergin

Box 18 of 24

NASM Series "Black Pilots - WW II"

Box 18 of 24

Box 19

Museum of African Art original

Box 19 of 24

NPG Self-Portrait Series: Isaac Singer

Box 19 of 24

National Museum of American Art (NMAA) Germany in the 20th Century, tapes 1 - 3 of 3

Box 19 of 24

NASM Lecture on Dunkirk, tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 19 of 24

Victorian Extravaganza master

Box 19 of 24

N.Y.C. Opera Singers at the Museum of History and Technology (National Museum of American History)

Box 19 of 24

Chet Atkins Guitar presentation

Box 19 of 24

Carousel Interview, tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 19 of 24

Voice for sample tape

Box 19 of 24

Mt. St. Helen's phone interview

Box 19 of 24

Box 20

American Renaissance, tapes 1 - 3 of 3

Box 20 of 24

NPG Lecture Karl Menninger

Box 20 of 24

NPG Lecture Jesse Owens

Box 20 of 24

Robert Moses NPG (spring 1978)

Box 20 of 24

NPG Harry Bridges Lecture

Box 20 of 24

Women's Conference Presentation, Museum of History and Technology (National Museum of American History)

Box 20 of 24

Wilson Center dialogue Russia and China, tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 20 of 24

Joys of Research Einstein - Low

Box 20 of 24

Joys of Research Einstein - Pauling

Box 20 of 24

Kennedy Centre Presentation: S. Dillon Ripley

Box 20 of 24

Bunker Chair unveiling

Box 20 of 24

Box 21

Bunker Chair unveiling dub

Box 21 of 24

Kin and Communities opening: Tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 21 of 24

Resident Associates Program

Box 21 of 24

Science Debate "Population Control:" Tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 21 of 24

T.V. News Discussion Wilson Center: Tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 21 of 24

Science Debate "Natural Disasters"

Box 21 of 24

Charles Eames Doubleday

Box 21 of 24

"Recombinant DNA" Assoc. Debate, tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 21 of 24

Box 22

Associate Science Debate "Weather," tapes 1 - 3 of 3

Box 22 of 24

NPG Golda Meir Portrait

Box 22 of 24

1876 Opening Ceremony

Box 22 of 24

A&I opening preview

Box 22 of 24

Law of the Sea Wilson Center

Box 22 of 24

Wilson Center Dialogue "Limits to Growth"

Box 22 of 24

Wilson Center Dialogue "Limits to Growth," tape 2

Box 22 of 24

"Indian Art of the Northwest Coast" Lecture, Renwick

Box 22 of 24

WWF Symposium tape 2 and tape 3

Box 22 of 24

Copernicus "New Frontiers in Scientific Communication," tape 1 of 4

Box 22 of 24

Box 23

Copernicus "New Frontiers in Scientific Communication, tapes 2 - 4 of 4

Box 23 of 24

Copernicus CBC interview Wheeler, tapes 1-4 of 4

Box 23 of 24

Wilson Center "Government and the Press," tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 23 of 24

Discussion "Black Art," tapes 1 and 2 of 2

Box 23 of 24

Awards Cynthia Hehns - Academic Program, Mr. Ripley

Box 23 of 24

Assessment and Prognosis, C. H. Waddington, tape 3 of 4

Box 23 of 24

Biological Measurements, tape 2 of 4

Box 23 of 24

Environmental Monitoring: Tape 4 of 4

Box 23 of 24

IUBS - Population Growth and Consequences: Tape 1 of 3

Box 23 of 24

Box 24

IUBS - Population Growth and Consequences: Tapes 2 and 3 of 3

Box 24 of 24

Urban Design - Wolfe Von Eckardt: Tape 2

Box 24 of 24