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SIA Acc. 95-136, Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs, Biographical Files, and Documents relating to Smithsonian Awards and Medals, 1927, 1956-1988

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Summary

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
Title:
Biographical Files, and Documents relating to Smithsonian Awards and Medals, 1927, 1956-1988
Dates:
1956, 1956-1988, 1927, 1956-1988
Summary:
Series one consists of miscellaneous biographical files, mainly of persons affiliated with the Smithsonian, and is comprised of newspaper clippings, obituaries, biographies from Who's Who, SI announcements and press releases, curriculum vitae, and accompanying memoranda, c. 1968-1987. Series two consists of documents relating to Smithsonian awards and medals, including the James Smithson Medal, the Joseph Henry Medal, and the Samuel P. Langley Medal, and includes photographs of recipients and of awards, lists of recipients, brochures, news releases, and newspaper articles, 1927, 1956-1988
Topics:
Henry Medal, Langley Medal, Smithson Medal
Form/Genre:
Brochures, Collection descriptions, Clippings, Manuscripts, Black-and-white photographs, Black-and-white negatives
Local Number:
SIA Acc. 95-136
Physical Description:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)

Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 95-136

Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs

Biographical Files, and Documents relating to Smithsonian Awards and Medals, 1927, 1956-1988

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs
Title: Biographical Files, and Documents relating to Smithsonian Awards and Medals
Dates: 1927, 1956-1988
Quantity: 1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection: Accession 95-136
Language of Materials: English

Descriptive Entry

In this accession, series one consists of miscellaneous biographical files, mainly of persons affiliated with the Smithsonian, and is comprised of newspaper clippings, obituaries, biographies from Who's Who, SI announcements and press releases, curriculum vitae, and accompanying memoranda, c. 1968-1987.

Series two consists of documents relating to Smithsonian awards and medals, including the James Smithson Medal, the Joseph Henry Medal, and the Samuel P. Langley Medal, and includes photographs of recipients and of awards, lists of recipients, brochures, news releases, and newspaper articles, 1927, 1956-1988.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-136, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs, Biographical Files, and Documents relating to Smithsonian Awards and Medals

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Container List

Box 1

Part I: Miscellaneous biographical files, mainly of persons affiliated with the Smithsonian, including staff; consisting of newspaper clippings (including Torch), obituaries, biographies from Who's Who, SI announcements, SI press releases, curricula vitae, and accompanying memoranda, c. 1968-1987.

Folder 1 Miscellaneous biographical files, A-Q, including:

Box 1 of 1
Adams, Robert McC.
Buchan, Alastair
Curtiss, Darcy
Hamilton , Lewis Wardlaw "Ward"
Bonsignore, Joseph J.

Folder 2 Boyne, Walter J.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 3 Buckler, James

Box 1 of 1

Folder 4 Bush, Lawrence

Box 1 of 1

Folder 5 Child, Margaret S.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 6 Cipalla, Rita

Box 1 of 1

Folder 7 Clarke, J. F. Gates

Box 1 of 1

Folder 8 Collins, Henry

Box 1 of 1

Folder 9 Collins, Herbert

Box 1 of 1

Folder 10 Conroy, Richard

Box 1 of 1

Folder 11 DeAngelis, Ildiko P.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 12 Dibner, Bern

Box 1 of 1

Folder 13 Douglas, William

Box 1 of 1

Folder 14 Doyle, Vincent J.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 15 Duff, Brian M.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 16 Ferguson, Andrew B., Jr.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 17 Finn, Bernard

Box 1 of 1

Folder 18 Fosberg, F. Raymond

Box 1 of 1

Folder 19 Miscellaneous biographical files, R, including:

Box 1 of 1
Ransom, Inez N.
Read, Robert
Reaves, Wendy Wick
Reed, Mary Elizabeth Crandall
Reichley, James
Reid, Linda
Reitz, Donald L.
Rhodes, Jill
Ritter, Eileen
Roberts, Frank H. H.
Ron Stark
Rose, Eileen
Rosenberg, Harold
Rosenwald, Lessing J.
Rosnow, Nancy P.
Ross, Marvin C.
Ryan, Leo J.

Folders 20-25 Roubik, David, biographical and information files

Folder 20 Roubik, David, biographical file

Box 1 of 1

Folder 21 "Here Come the Killer Bees" typescript

Box 1 of 1

Folder 22 Background information on bees for Office of Public Affairs releases

Box 1 of 1

Folder 23 Other views of the bee problem, including newspaper articles and publications

Box 1 of 1

Folder 24 General information on bees

Box 1 of 1

Folder 25 Biographical files and notes on bee specialists Thomas Rinderer, M. Hachiro Shimanuki, Robert McDowell and Richard Nunamaker

Box 1 of 1

Folder 26 Miscellaneous Biographical files, S, including:

Box 1 of 1
Sadik, Marvin
Scheele, Carl
Schlebecker, John T.
Schmid, Frederick
Schrader, Harry
Schultz, Leonard P.
Schwartz, Raymond
Schwengel, Frank R.
Scott, David W.
Seale, William
Setzer, Henry W.
Setzler, Frank
Shaffer, Sherry Lynn
Shanahan, Nannie Clay
Shank, Russell
Shannon, Joseph
Shaw, Kenneth E.
Shelton, James
Shropshire, Walter, Jr.
Shuttleworth, Daphne
Simkin, Tom
Sinnott, Terri
Sivowitch, Elliot N.
Skog, Laurence
Slowick, Kenneth
Smith, Carleton Sprague
Smith, G. Hubert
Smith, John W.
Spears, John R.
Spero, Phyllis Marie
Spitzer, Nick
Squires, Donald F.
Stapp, William
Stapp, William F.
Steck, Alfred E.
Steck, Alfred E.
Stephens, Carlene
Stevens, Frederick K.
Stevenson, John R.
Steward, Julian
Stewart, Robert Gordon
Stewart, Thomas Dale
Stirling, Matthew W.
Stokes, Samuel N.
Stoner, Joyce Hill
Stratton, Janet B.
Strickler, Betty V.
Stuart, George
Sturtevant, William C.
Sunquist, Mel
Sweeting, Sharon H.

Folder 27 Schmitt, Waldo LaSalle

Box 1 of 1

Folder 28 Silbergleid, Robert E.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 29 Stern, Harold P.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 30 Taylor, Joshua C.

Box 1 of 1

Folder 31 Tressel, George

Box 1 of 1

Folder 32 Miscellaneous biographical files, T, including:

Box 1 of 1
Talbot, Lee
Tamang, Kirti
Tax, Sol
Taylor, Harris
Taylor, Lonn
Teale, Edwin Way
Thomas, Edward J. "Joe"
Thompson, Herman
Thompson, Mintie Vernette
Tighe, Mary Ann
Tinsley, Jeff
Toelken, Barre
Townsend, J. Benjamin
Townsend, John C., Jr.
Tropp, Henry S.
Trousdale, William
Tuck, Robert G., Jr.
Tully, Tom
Turner, Craig I.
Turner, George T.

Folder 33 Miscellaneous biographical files, U-Z, including:

Box 1 of 1
Underwood, Franklin Earl
Van Volkenburg, Elizabeth
Viola, Herman
Vitola, Francisco
Wallen, I. Eugene
Warner, William W.
Watson, George E.
Wein, Frances Stevenson
Wertime, Theodore A.
Wetmore, Alexander
Whipple, Fred Lawrence
Whitcomb, Donald
White, Judy
Williamson, Francis S.L.
Wood, Peter H.
Wooldridge, E. T. "Tim"
Worthy, Edmund H., Jr.
Yellis, Kenneth A.
Yetter, Albert J.
Young, Dorothy
Zanone, John T.

Folder 34 Whipple, Gloria Dean

Box 1 of 1

Part II: Documents relating to Smithsonian awards and medals, including photographs, lists of recipients, brochures, news releases, newspaper articles, etc., 1927, 1956-1988.

Folder 35 Medals, awards and honors, general

Box 1 of 1

Folder 36 Smithson Medal, includes press releases, newspaper articles, and photographs

Box 1 of 1

Folder 37 Henry Medal

Box 1 of 1

Folder 38 Langley Medal, includes photographs of recipients, including photographs of Charles A. Lindbergh, 1927

Box 1 of 1

Folder 39 Browning Award, includes brochures, 1974-1980

Box 1 of 1

Folder 40 Collier Trophy

Box 1 of 1

Folder 41 Hodgkins Medal

Box 1 of 1

Folder 42 Freer Medal, includes photographs, and brochures from the fifth (Laurence Sickman) and seventh (Max Leohr) presentations of medal

Box 1 of 1

Folder 43 National Zoo Medal

Box 1 of 1

Folder 44 Air and Space Trophy

Box 1 of 1

Folder 45 Matthew Fontaine Maury Medal, includes photograph of recipient Robert M. White

Box 1 of 1

Folder 46 Senate of Scientists International Award

Box 1 of 1

Folder 47 Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 1 of 1

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