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Includes the records of Neil Kotler, Program Specialist, that document administrative activities of the Office of the Provost. These records primarily consist of correspondence, memoranda, and notes pertaining to Burch Fellowship nominations, The Millennium Project, Close Up Foundation, and new Director searches for the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) and the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives (SCLI). The SIL and SCLI records also include position descriptions, position announcements, and committee meeting information.

Box 1 of 2

Burch Fellowship Nominations, 1993-1994
The Millennium Project, 1991-1993
Close Up Foundation: "Citizen Stories" Reception, 1992
Video Films, 1993

Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives

• Latino Search Committee: Director Search, 1998
• Latino Affairs, 1997-1998
• Letter to Latino Search Committee, 1998
• Founding Documents, 1997
• Latino Search Advertisements, 1997
• Members of Latino Search Committee, 1997-1998
• Candidate Interviews for Directorship, 1998
• Mailings to Director Applicants, 1998
• Director Position Description, 1998
• Press Releases, 1997
• Communications with Director Candidates, 1998
• Advisory Committees, 1998
• Schedule and Communication with Latino Search Committee, 1998
• Latino Search Committee: Second Meeting, February 1998
• Latino Search Committee: Mailing, 1998
• Communications with Latino Committee Members, 1998
• Correspondence, 1996-1998
• Interview Structure, 1998

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Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives

• Latino Search Committee: Third Meeting/Interviews, 1998
• Miscellaneous File, 1998
• Position Announcements, 1997
• Nominations, 1997
• List of Applicants, 1997
• Refugio I. Rochin, 1998

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

• SIL Search Committee: Director Search, 1997
• Press Releases, 1997
• Conference Call, 1997
• Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1996
• SIL Search Committee: Schedule, 1997
• Summary of SIL Director Search Process, 1997
• Opening Advertisements, 1996-1997
• SIL Search Committee: Second Meeting, 1997
• Nominations, 1996-1997
• Letter sent to References, 1997
• SIL Search Committee: First Meeting, 1997
• Position Description, 1997
• Position Announcement, 1997
• SIL Search Committee: Third Meeting and Interviews, 1997
• Background Information, 1996