The Office of Public Affairs had its origins in the editorial and publication division of the Institution, which had long been disbursing news about events and exhibitions. In 1965 a separate Office of Information, reporting to the Secretary, was created, in part to deal with festivities and events surrounding the Smithson Bicentennial. B. Richard Berg was appointed Director and George J. Berklacy, press officer. The new office issued press releases, answered public inquiries, maintained a system of recorded telephone announcements, arranged for the production of films, and dealt, in general, with the media.

The Office of Public Affairs, reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Public Service, was established in 1968. It was charged with publicizing the programs of the Smithsonian through a broad range of methods of communications, from radio to films to special events. Initially the office provided services including tours, visitor booths, publications, recorded messages, news releases, information leaflets, and the answering of public inquiries.

Frederic M. Philips served as Director, 1968-1972. He was succeeded by Carl W. Larsen, who held the position 1972-1978. In 1977 Lawrence E. Taylor assumed the title of Coordinator of Public Information, with the offices of public affairs, congressional liaison, and special events under his direction. In 1984 Taylor retired and the Office of Public Affairs again reported to the Assistant Secretary for Public Service. Alvin Rosenfeld served as the Director of the Office of Public Affairs,1979-1986. Madeleine Jacobs was Director, 1987-____.

These records consist of biographical files collected by the Office of Public Affairs primarily for the use and convenience of that office.

Like many biographical files, the records were added to as bits of information were collected, from the newspaper, from press releases, from The Torch, or from SI announcements. The more important figures represented in the files contain more documentation and often include a photograph.

The files contain information on regents, employees, donors, artists whose works are in the collections, and docents and volunteers.

Box 1 of 10

Folder	1		Abraham, Anne
Folder	2		Adair, William
Folder	3		Addison, Christopher
Folder	4		Agnew, Spiro T.
Folder	5		Albers, Harry R.
Folder	6		Albright, Alan B.
Folder	7		Alin, Michael C.
Folder	8		Anderson, Clinton Presba. Includes photograph.
Folder	9		Andrews, Matilda Wells
Folder	10		Angel, J. Lawrence. Includes photograph.
Folder	11		Angle, Robert H.
Folder	12		Anglim, John E.
Folder	13		Aron, William I. Includes photograph.
Folder	14		Aschemeier, Charles Robert
Folder	15		Ault, Richard L. Includes photograph.
Folder	16		Austin, Jacqueline Frost. Includes photograph.
Folder	17		Austin, John Paul. Includes photograph.
Folder	18		Ayensu, Edward S.
Folder	19		Babcock, Phillip H.
Folder	20		Bartnick, Robert V.
Folder	21		Barton, Harry P.
Folder	22		Barwick, Fred G.
Folder	23		Bedini, Silvio A. Includes photograph.
Folder	24		Beer, Alice Baldwin
Folder	25		Berg, B. Richard
Folder	26		Bermingham, Peter
Folder	27		Beschloss, Michael R.
Folder	28		Biggs, Joseph
Folder	29		Billings, David A.
Folder	30		Billington, James H.
Folder	31		Blanchard, Ruth
Folder	32		Blitzer, Charles. Includes photograph.
Folder	33		Boggs, Lindy
Folder	34		Bondurant, Lynn

Box 2 of 10

Folders	1-3		Boorstin, Daniel. Includes photographs.
Folder	4		Borges, Thomas R.
Folder	5		Bourne, Russell. Includes photograph.
Folder	6		Bow, Frank Townsend
Folder	7		Bowman, Doris
Folder	8		Bradley, James C. Includes photograph.
Folder	9		Braestrup, Peter
Folder	10		Breeskin, Adelyn D. Includes photograph.
Folder	11		Breton, Arthur
Folder	12		Brooks, Robert Angus. Includes photograph.
Folder	13		Brown, John Nicholas. Includes photograph.
Folder	14		Bruce, Louis R.
Folder	15		Bruns, Franklin R., Jr.

Box 3 of 10

Folder	1		Buechner, Helmut K.
Folder	2		Burden, William A. M. Includes photograph.
Folder	3		Burger, Warren E. Includes photographs.
Folder	4		Burney, Joe Louis
Folder	5		Cannon, Walter Faw (Susan F.)
Folder	6		Carrera, Magali
Folder	7		Carroll, Ann
Folder	8		Carter, Janis
Folder	9		Casey, Louis S. Includes photograph.
Folder	10		Cassidy, Claire
Folder	11		Cederberg, Elford A. Includes photograph.
Folder	12		Chamberlain, Von del
Folder	13		Chapelle, Howard I. Includes photograph.
Folder	14		Chase, David B.
Folder	15		Cherkezian, Nazaret. Includes photograph.
Folder	16		Cifelli, Richard
Folder	17		Citron, Robert
Folder	18		Clain-Stefanelli, Vladimir
Folder	19		Clapp, Charles. Includes photograph.
Folder	20		Clemmer, Dan
Folder	21		Cochran, Doris. Includes photograph.
Folder	22		Coe, Ralph T.
Folder	23		Coerr, Wimberly DeR. Includes photograph.
Folder	24		Colburn, Judith G.
Folder	25		Collins, Jeremiah A. Includes photograph.
Folder	26		Collins, Michael. Includes photograph.
Folder	27		Coolidge, Harold Jefferson
Folder	28		Cooper, G. Arthur
Folder	29		Cooper, Grace Rogers

Box 4 of 10

Folder	1		Coudon, Joseph. Includes photograph.
Folder	2		Courtney, Maxwell G.
Folder	3		Cowan, Richard Sumner. Includes photograph.
Folder	4		Cowart, Jack
Folder	5		Creager, Ann
Folder	6		Cutler, Carol
Folder	7		Dalgano, Alexander. Includes photograph.
Folder	8		Daniel, Peter
Folder	9		Danzenbaker, Warren
Folder	10		Davis, Gerald L.
Folder	11		Davis, Malcolm
Folder	12		Davis, Robert Tyler
Folder	13		Deignan, Herbert G.
Folder	14		Dentry, Gordon
Folder	15		De Rivera, Jose
Folder	16		Desautels, Paul E. Includes photograph.
Folder	17		DeVault, Charles
Folder	18		DiBlasi, Santi
Folder	19		Dick, George
Folder	20		Dickerson, Amina
Folder	21		Dickerson, Cordell
Folder	22		Diez, Antonio
Folder	23		Duckworth, Donald W.
Folder	24		Durant, Frederick C.
Folder	25		Dye, Gilbert
Folder	26		Edy, John, N., Jr.
Folder	27		Eilers, William L.
Folder	28		Eisenberg, John
Folder	29		El-Baz, Farouk. Includes photograph.
Folder	30		Eldredge, Charles. Includes photograph.
Folder	31		Elton, Charles
Folder	32		England, Ken
Folder	33		Engle, Robert C.
Folder	34		Euell, Julian T.
Folder	35		Evans, Clifford
Folder	36		Evans, Rodney G.
Folder	37		Fabian, Monroe H.
Folder	38		Falbo, Samuel D.
Folder	39		Falk, John. Includes photograph.
Folder	40		Fehlmann, Herman Adair.
Folder	41		Feldman, Arthur M.
Folder	42		Flannery, Kent V.
Folder	43		Ford, Gerald R. Includes photograph.
Folder	44		Fowler, Don D.
Folder	45		Fox, Bonnie
Folder	46		Fox, Carl
Folder	47		Fox, Howard
Folder	48		Freeman, Monroe
Folder	49		Friedman, Henry D.
Folder	50		Friedman, Richard
Folder	51		Frillman, Florian L.
Folder	52		Fulbright, J. William. Includes photograph.

Box 5 of 10

Folder	1		Gallagher, Bernard
Folder	2		Gallagher, Edward P.
Folder	3		Gallenkamp, George van Derveer
Folder	4		Galler, Sidney R. Includes photograph.
Folder	5		Gardner, Paul V.
Folder	6		Garner, F. M.
Folder	7		Gartenhaus, Alan
Folder	8		Gaush, Arthur L.
Folder	9		Gazin, Charles Lewis
Folder	10		Gell-Mann, Murray
Folder	11		Geoghegan, William Earle
Folder	12		Gibbs, Robert H.
Folder	13		Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard
Folder	14		Gichner, Lawrence
Folder	15		Gladstone, Jeanette C.
Folder	16		Glascow, Roger
Folder	17		Glenn, LeRoy
Folder	18		Goff, Allen S. Includes photograph.
Folder	19		Goheen, Robert Francis
Folder	20		Goins, Craddock R., Jr.
Folder	21		Goldwater, Barry
Folder	22		Goldwater, Margaret
Folder	23		Gomez, Adela
Folder	24		Goode, James M.
Folder	25		Goodpasture, Carl
Folder	26		Gould, Dennis A.
Folder	27		Grant, Carl E.
Folder	28		Grant, Richard E.
Folder	29		Gray, Clinton W.
Folder	30		Grayson, William C. Includes photograph.
Folder	31		Gremillion, Genevievve
Folder	32		Griesel, Richard
Folder	33		Grimmet, Archie D. Includes photograph.
Folder	34		Gwinn, Nancy
Folder	35		Hamilton, Ladde E.
Folder	36		Hanks, Nancy
Folder	37		Hanson, Jim
Folder	38		Harmaneh, Sami K.
Folder	39		Haskins, Caryl Parker. Includes photograph.
Folder	40		Hasse, John Edward
Folder	41		Hawkins, Gerald S. Includes photograph.
Folder	42		Helms, Cynthia
Folder	43		Henderson, Edward P.
Folder	44		Herman, Lloyd E. Includes photograph.
Folder	45		Hersey, David F.
Folder	46		Hickey, Leo J. Includes photograph.
Folder	47		Hinners, Noel W. Includes photograph.
Folder	48		Hoban, Sheila
Folder	49		Hoffman, John N. Includes photograph.
Folder	50		Hoffman, Thomas
Folder	51		Hohenlohe, Christian C. Includes photograph.
Folder	52		Hollis, Helen
Folder	53		Hoppes, Michael
Folder	54		Hopps, Walter
Folder	55		Howell, Edgar McPherson
Folder	56		Howland, Richard H.

Box 6 of 10

Folder	1		Hubel, Gordon. Includes photograph.
Folder	2		Hughes, Marilyn
Folder	3		Humelsine, Carlisle. Includes photograph.
Folder	4		Humphrey, Hubert H. Includes photograph.
Folder	5		Hunsaker, Jerome C.
Folder	6		Hurd, Paul D.
Folder	7		Hurd, Peter
Folder	8		Hurlbut, Elbridge O.
Folder	9		Huxley, Matthew
Folder	10		Huxley, Michael R. Includes photograph.
Folder	11		Hyman, Harry
Folder	12		Hynek, J. Allen
Folder	13		Jackson, Everett Allen
Folder	14		Jackson, Henry Martin
Folder	15		Jackson, Melvin H.
Folder	16		Jarrell, Tommy
Folder	17		Jenkins, Dale W.
Folder	18		Joels, Kerry
Folder	19		Johnson, Lyndon B.
Folder	20		Johnson, Meredith
Folder	21		Kainen, Jacob
Folder	22		Karr, James R.
Folder	23		Kautz, Lynford E.
Folder	24		Kauffman, Erle
Folder	25		Kelsey, Benjamin S.
Folder	26		Kennan, George
Folder	27		Kier, Porter. Includes photograph.
Folder	28		Klapthor, Margaret B. Includes photograph.
Folder	29		Klein, William H. Includes photograph.
Folder	30		Knez, Eugene
Folder	31		Knierman, Paul K. Includes photograph.
Folder	32		Kohn, Edward H.
Folder	33		Kovy, Stanley A.
Folder	34		Krafthofer, Ann
Folder	35		Lang, John W.
Folder	36		LaRiche, Jeffrey T.
Folder	37		Larsen, Carl W. Includes photograph.
Folder	38		Latham, Hugh L.
Folder	39		Lawless, Benjamin W. Includes photograph.
Folder	40		Laybourne, Lawrence E.
Folder	41		LeConte, David O.
Folder	42		Lerner, Abram. Includes photograph.
Folder	43		Leslie, Philip
Folder	44		Lindsay, G. Carroll
Folder	45		Lipson, Gerald
Folder	46		Little, Elbert A.
Folder	47		Loggans, James
Folder	48		Love, Laverne
Folder	49		Lowe, Harry
Folder	50		Lyons, Mike. Photograph only.
Folder	51		Lytle, Richard H.

Box 7 of 10

Folder	1		MacAgy, Douglas G. Includes photograph.
Folder	2		Madden, Joan
Folder	3		Magruder, John H.
Folder	4		Mahon, George H. Includes photograph.
Folder	5		Malaro, Marie C.
Folder	6		Maloy, Robert. Includes photograph.
Folder	7		Margulies, Maurice M.
Folder	8		Marvin, Ursula B.
Folder	9		Marzio, Peter C. I.
Folder	10		Mason, Robert W.
Folder	11		Matthews, Mary
Folder	12		Mayr, Otto. Includes photograph.
Folder	13		McAlee, James R.
Folder	14		McCan, Robert L.
Folder	15		McCormick, Mack
Folder	16		McCoy, Garnett
Folder	17		McQuiggan, John A.
Folder	18		Melun, Norman C.
Folder	19		Meyer, Eugene Mrs.
Folder	20		Meyer, Robert B.
Folder	21		Miller, H. Crane
Folder	22		Miller, J. Jefferson
Folder	23		Miller, Mike
Folder	24		Mills, Wayne A.
Folder	25		Minshall, William E. Includes photograph.
Folder	26		Mondale, Walter F. Includes photograph.
Folder	27		Mondor, Raymond J.
Folder	28		Morgan, Betty J.
Folder	29		Morgan, Robert. Includes photograph.
Folder	30		Morris, James R. Includes photograph.
Folder	31		Morton, Conrad Vernon
Folder	32		Mosher, Charles A.
Folder	33		Moss, Frank E. Includes photograph.
Folder	34		Muhlert, Jan K.
Folder	35		Multauf, Robert F. Includes photograph.
Folder	36		Murphy, Suzanne DuPre
Folder	37		Mutchler, Sheila
Folder	38		Nagel, Charles. Includes photograph.
Folder	39		Napier, John Russell
Folder	40		Neel, Alice
Folder	41		Nicolson, Dan
Folder	42		Niles, Maxine
Folder	43		Nosanow, Barbara Shissler
Folder	44		Ogilvie, Phillip W.
Folder	45		O'Neill, Sunny
Folder	46		Olin, Charles H.
Folder	47		Organ, Robert M.
Folder	48		O'Toole, Dennis
Folder	49		Packard, George R.
Folder	50		Parker, Kittie
Folder	51		Pell, Claiborne
Folder	52		Peratino, Chris S.
Folder	53		Perrot, Paul N. Includes photograph.
Folder	54		Perry, John
Folder	55		Perrygo, Watson
Folder	56		Peters, James A.
Folder	57		Peterson, Mendel L. Includes photograph.

Box 8 of 10

Folder	1		Philips, Frederic M.
Folder	2		Pinkney, James F.
Folder	3		Pogue, Forrest C. Includes photograph.
Folder	4		Pope, John Alexander
Folder	5		Pouliot, Leonard B.
Folder	6		Price, Woodruff M.
Folder	7		Purdy, Robert
Folder	8		Purnell, Louis
Folder	9		Quintos, Antonio
Folder	10		Reed, Theodore H. Includes photograph.
Folder	11		Reingold, Nathan
Folder	12		Reinhardt, John F.
Folder	13		Reutzler, Klaus
Folder	14		Richards, William N. Includes photograph.
Folder	15		Richardson, Edgar P.
Folder	16		Richter, Anders
Folder	17		Ridgway, Robert
Folder	18		Riesenberg, Saul H.
Folder	19		Ritterbush, Philip C.
Folder	20		Rivinus, Edward Florens
Folder	21		Robinson, Edwin K.
Folder	22		Rooney, John James
Folder	23		Rooney, Lynn Brice
Folder	24		Roschwalb, Jerold
Folder	25		Rosenberg, Dorothy
Folder	26		Rosenfeld, Alvin. Includes photograph.
Folder	27		Rowan, William W.
Folder	28		Rudin, Emily
Folder	29		Ruh, Glen B.
Folder	30		Ruhe, Ben
Folder	31		Rusk, Dean
Folder	32		Ryan, Leo J.
Folder	33		Sadik, Marvin. Includes photograph.
Folder	34		Sager, John
Folder	35		Sanford, William Frederick
Folder	36		Sayre, Francis B. Includes photograph.
Folder	37		Schiffman, Saul W.
Folder	38		Schlebecker, John
Folder	39		Scott, David Winfield
Folder	40		Scott, Hugh. Includes photograph.
Folder	41		Shank, Russell
Folder	42		Shaw, Kenneth E.
Folder	43		Sheldon, Robert E.
Folder	44		Shelton, Richard
Folder	45		Sherrod, Clay
Folder	46		Shropshire, Walter
Folder	47		Shute, David. Photograph only.
Folder	48		Skold, Elmer
Folder	49		Skramstad, Harold K.
Folder	50		Sloane, Eric
Folder	51		Slocum, John J.

Box 9 of 10

Folder	1		Smollar, Eleanor
Folder	2		Smith, Jean Chandler
Folder	3		Smith, Lyman B.
Folder	4		Snider, Harold
Folder	5		Soderstrom, Thomas R.
Folder	6		Sonntag, William
Folder	7		Sorenson, E. Richard
Folder	8		Spilhaus, Athelstan F.
Folder	9		Squires, Donald F.
Folder	10		Stahl, Michael A. Includes photograph.
Folder	11		Stanford, Dennis J.
Folder	12		Steinberg, Saul
Folder	13		Stern, Harold P. Includes photograph.
Folder	14		Stern, William L.
Folder	15		Stone, James M.
Folder	16		Stone, Willard
Folder	17		Sullivan, J. Kenin
Folder	18		Suratt, Samuel Tate
Folder	19		Suszynski, Nicholas J.
Folder	20		Sutherland, Sarah Hall
Folder	21		Sweeting, Sharon H.
Folder	22		Symington, James. Includes photograph.
Folder	23		Talbot, Lee M.
Folder	24		Tangerini, Alice
Folder	25		Taylor, Frank A. Includes photograph.
Folder	26		Taylor, Joshua C. Includes photograph.

Box 10 of 10

Folder	1		Taylor, Lawrence
Folder	2		Taylor, Theodore W.
Folder	3		Tax, Sol
Folder	4		Tech, Jack L.
Folder	5		Thompson, Frank. Includes photograph.
Folder	6		Tillotson, Robert G.
Folder	7		Todd, M. Ruth
Folder	8		Trivers, Robert
Folder	9		Van Arsdale, Dorothy
Folder	10		Walker, Ernest P.
Folder	11		Wallen, Irvin Eugene. Includes photograph.
Folder	12		Ware, George W.
Folder	13		Warner, Deborah J.
Folder	14		Warren, Earl
Folder	15		Wasserburg, Gerald J.
Folder	16		Watson, George E.
Folder	17		Watson, Thomas J.
Folder	18		Webb, James Edwin
Folder	19		Weiner, George
Folder	20		Weiss, Helena
Folder	21		Welsh, Peter C.
Folder	22		Wertheim, Theodore
Folder	23		Westin, Sandra
Folder	24		Wheeler, T. Ames. Includes photograph.
Folder	25		Whitelaw, John
Folder	26		Williams, Douglass G.
Folder	27		Wilson, Forrest
Folder	28		Wolko, Howard S.
Folder	29		Woodbury, Richard B.
Folder	30		Woodring, Wendall P.
Folder	31		Woolfenden, William E.
Folder	32		Wright, Gilbert
Folder	33		Wright, Parke III
Folder	34		Wu, Tung Lin
Folder	35		Wunder, Richard P.
Folder	36		Yaseen, Leonard C.
Folder	37		Yates, Sidney R. Inlcudes photograph.
Folder	38		Young, James M.
Folder	39		Zisfein, Melvin B. Includes photograph.
Folder	40		Miscellaneous obituaries of artists with works in SI collections
Folder	41		Miscellaneous obituaries of docents and volunteers
Folder	42		Miscellaneous obituaries of employees and consultants