HISTORICAL NOTE
From 1977 until 1984, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) reported to the Office
of the Coordinator of Public Information. Carl W. Larsen served as director of
OPA, 1972-1978, before becoming a special assistant in the Office of the
Coordinator. Late in 1978 Alvin Rosenfeld became acting director of OPA and, in
1979, director.
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
This record unit consists of a small group of photographs collected by the
Office of Public Affairs for its various publications. It includes Smithsonian
staff as well as a small number of photographs of Smithsonian buildings or
their construction, exhibits, events, and important visitors.
Box 1 of 2
- Anglim, Jack
- Archer, W. A.
- Ault, Richard L.
- Bishop, Philip N.
- Bisson, Gary
- Bourne, Russell
- Boorstin, Daniel
- Bradley, James C.
- Brown, Nicholas Y.
- Cohea, Harold R.
- Demetrion, James T.
- Desmond, James M.
- Duke of Northumberland
- El-Baz, Farouk
- Erlich, David
- Euell, Julian
- Farrar, ?
- Fehlman, Herman A.
- Freeman, Monroe E.
- Galler, Sidney
- Getten, Rutherford J.
- Gregory, John G.
- Hoffer, Mary
- Hope, W. Duane
- Howar, Rowland
- Hyman, ?
- Judd, Neil
- John Paul Jones letter to Fleury, c. 1788?
- Klein, William H.
- Lapham, Lewis A.
- Laughlin, Robert
- Laybourne, Lawrence
- MacAgy, Douglas G.
- McGruder, Col. John Holmes
- McBride, G. K.
- Merida, Jesse
- Morton, Conrad V.
- Murray, Anne
- Nagel, Charles
- Obato, Gyo
- Odell, Scott
- Perrot, Paul
- Peters, James
Box 2 of 2
- Pope, John
- Richter, Anders
- Robbins, Warren
- Rosenberg, Dorothy
- Sagan, Carl
- Schultz, Leonard P.
- Stevens, Roger L.
- Takahashi, Sugiura
- Tillinghast, Carlton
- Van Arsdale, Dorothy
- Vitala, Francisco
- Warner, William
- Wink, John
- Associates activities
- Joseph Hirshhorn with Maury Povich and Frank Getlein
- Shah of Iran visit, 1975: Shah, his wife, Nancy and Henry Kissinger
- President Reagan at NPG, 1981
- Pres. and Mrs. Anwar Sadat, visit to Renwick, with Mayor and Effie Barry
- Aerial view of south side of Mall, 1980
- Aircraft Building, interiors and exterior
- Old exhibits, A&I
- A&I Interior
- A&I Building
- Old Air and Space Building, South Yard, demolition, 1976
- Andrew Jackson Downing urn
- Castle, several
- Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Science, aerial view
- Civil Service Commission Building
- "The Concerned Photographer," scene from the exhibition
- Congressional resolution on 1976 QE II visit
- Cubans visit NZP and NASM
- Drug Exhibit, 1972
- Exhibit items, USNM
- First ladies gowns
- Freer
- George and Martha Washington portraits arrive at NPG, 1980
- Hillwood Mansion
- HMSG construction
- Infinity sculpture, AHB
- Japanese Emperor installation, 1975
- John Paul Jones letter to Fleury, circa 1788
- Mall and museum scenes
- NASM construction
- National Zoological Park scene, kids and white tiger
- "Not a Model Boy," Mark Twain exhibition at NPG
- Owney the Postal Dog
- Penn. Avenue, Inauguration of Franklin Pierce, 1853, lithograph
- Quad construction
- Renwick exterior, 1983
- Reptile House, NZP
- Rube Goldberg
- Smithsonian owlet
- SI signage, 1983
- The R. V. Johnson, SI research vessel, Ft. Pierce
- Statue of Freedom
- Torch photo contest
- Train "John Bull," A&I
- Uncle Beazley in the snow, 1977
- U.S. Air Force Jazz Ensemble, "The Airmen of Note"
Miscellaneous
- Puppy
- Farmer, plow, and horses
- Two men, unknown
- African musicians
- Unknown speakers and group
- Cigar box exhibit
- Japanese theater poster
- Meeting of Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade
- Unknown football team
- Art demonstration
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