Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 94-035
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Physical Plant. Horticulture Services Division. Office of the Director
Records, 1972-1990
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Smithsonian Institution. Office of Physical Plant. Horticulture Services Division. Office of the Director |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1972-1990 |
Quantity: | 9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 map case folder) |
Collection: | Accession 94-035 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of the administrative, correspondence, and subject files of James R. Buckler, who was hired in July 1972 to oversee the Smithsonian Institution's horticultural program. The records document the development of the program into the Office of Horticulture, of which Buckler became director. The records were not consistently kept, and there are many gaps. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the administrative, correspondence, and subject files of James R. Buckler, who was hired in July 1972 to oversee the Smithsonian Institution's horticultural program. The records document the development of the program into the Office of Horticulture, of which Buckler became director. The records were not consistently kept, and there are many gaps.
Index Terms
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Name
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-035, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Physical Plant. Horticulture Services Division. Office of the Director, Records
Container List
Box 1
Correspondence, January-December 1985 (12 folders)
Public Inquiries
Trees of Christmas, 1986 (2 folders)
Tours, 1986
Morris Arboretum
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Monthly Reports
Lady Bird Johnson Celebration
Lectures, 1984
Lecture - Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, March 23, 1984
Longwood Gardens
Accokeek Foundation, Incorporated (The National Colonial Farm)
Building Managers
Building Managers Council
Commendations, 1986
Intern Program
Lectures/Presentations, 1985
Symposium - Eastern Long Island, May 4, 1985
Lecture - Tidewater Virginia Nurseryman Association, May 22, 1986
Interior/Exterior Plants, 1984-1985
Monthly Reports
Library (Horticulture)
National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)
National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery (AA/PG)
Box 2
National Museum Act
Office of Horticulture (OH) Personnel File
Plant Exchange
Plant List - A Victorian Horticultural Extravaganza (AVHE), Special Events, and Others
Plant Services, Office of
Plant Security - Removal of, from Buildings
Photograph Request
Public Affairs, Office of, 1984-1985
Public Inquiries
Quarters-40
Regents, Board of
Resident Associate Program
Rockwood Museum, 1982-1985
Seminars, Workshops, etc.
Secretary's Correspondence
Seminar - Horticulture in a Museum Setting
Smithson Society, James (Smithsonian National Associates)
Snow and Ice Removal Plans
Completed Special Events
Special Events, January-December 1985 (12 folders)
Special Events
South Quadrangle
Supply Services, Office of
Trees of Christmas, 1985
Street Tree Plan
Tours
Women's Committee Ball
Accokeek Foundation, Incorporated, 1980-1985
Arts and Industries Building
Business Management Office
Commendations
Eulogy - Jim Crowe
Box 3
Miscellaneous Brochures, 1982-1988
Freer Gallery of Art
Grants and Risk Management, Office of
Ground Maintenance Division, 1985
Greenhouse Nursery Division, 1984-1985 (2 folders)
Holiday Decorations, 1985
Libraries, Smithsonian
Office of Horticulture, January-April, 1985
Office of Horticulture, May- August 1985
Office of Horticulture, January-April 1984
Office of Horticulture, September-December 1984
Indian Exhibit
Internship Program
Office of Horticulture Correspondence, Photographs, Slides, and Drawings (2 folders)
Office of Museum Programs (OMP)
Patio or Small Gardens
Belmont Conference Center
International Club Benefit Dinner, 4/27/1977
Charles County Community College
Publishing Task Force Booklet - SI Pleasure Gardens
OH Lectures and Tours
Christmas Ball, 1977
Williamsburg, March 1977
Torch, August 1978
Staff Meeting Minutes
Victorian Gardens Information and Supplies
Metropolitan Horticultural Show
Label Instructions
Museum Shops - Flower Arrangements
Museum of History and Technology (MHT) Shop Opening, 3/25/1975
Regents Dinner, 1/26/1986
Regents Dinner, 5/5/1985
Smithsonian Treasures, November 14-18, 1984
Event Series (Associates), May-June 1984
Regents Dinner, 9/15/1985
Freer Interior Plants and Event, May 13, 1985
Special Events Meeting, 7/22/1981
Potomac Bonsai Association, 6/11/1984
Special Events, 1984
U.S. National Archives Special Event, 4/16/1984
Special Events, 1983-1984
Spring Celebration, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Extension
Regents Dinner, 5/8/1983
Freer Anniversary, May 2, 1983
Musical Weekend, April 30, 1983
Quadrangle Ground Breaking, June 21, 1983
Regents Dinner, 1983
Special Events - General
Natural History Building (NHB) Ceramics, 2/10/1983
Special Events, 1982
Special Events, 1981
Regents Dinner, 1/25/1981
Special Events, 1980
Special Events, 1978
Gallaudet Supervisor Training, November 1985
Student Interns, Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC)
Intern Inquiries, 1985
Annual Report, FY 1980
Reading File, December 1982
Reading File, November 1982
Reading File, October 1982
Box 4
Washington Star Articles
MHT Holiday Celebration, 1978
Needs Action
Horticulture: A Practical Approach to 18th-20th Century Gardening, April-May 1979
The Victorian Garden Party
Victorian Evening at the Smithsonian, May 1, 1977
Victorian Garden, 1980-1982
Blueprints
Victorian Garden (Memoranda, Notes, and Blueprints), 1973-1974
Future Botanic Gardens
SI Building - Photographs and Drawings
Victorian Garden (Memoranda), 1977-1981
Victorian Garden (Memoranda and Blueprints), 1974-1975
Victorian Garden - Miscellaneous
Victorian Garden (Memoranda and Blueprints), 1974
Victorian Garden (Memoranda), 1975-1976
Correspondence, January-December 1984 (12 folders) [see also Oversize]
Office of Equal Opportunity
Women's Committee, 1981-1982
University of Rochester
A Victorian Horticultural Extravaganza (AVHE)
White House Governors Dinner (Orchids) - Rosalynn Carter
Women's Committee
Save-the-Elms Task Force Report
Society of American Florists
Orchid Expedition, Colombia, 1981
Frances Jones Poetker Collection
Paul N. Perrot Correspondence
Lecture - Rhode Island Historical Society, January 25, 1983
S. Dillon Ripley Correspondence (2 folders)
Box 5
Reading Files, January-September 1982 (9 folders)
Reading Files, January- March, July-December 1983 (9 folders)
Reading Folders, January-August 1977 (5 folders)
Federal Water Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Delaware
Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford, Connecticut
Rockwood Museum, Delaware
Federated Garden Clubs of Washington, DC
Folger Library
Four Seasons Garden Club
Hillwood Museum Correspondence
Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) Board Meetings
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Garden Club of America
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York
Horticultural Society of New York
Office of Horticulture - Miscellaneous
Allied Florists Association of Greater Washington, Inc.
Evergreen Garden Club
Columbia Historical Society
Dumbarton Oaks
Capitol Hill Garden Club
Heurich House Project, 1978
Box 6
Garden Club of America - Garden Club of Bavaria Visit
Budget, 1985
Building Managers
Brandywine River Museum
Business Management, 1986
Commendations, 1986-1988
Christmas
Monday Memoranda
Grounds Management Division
Washingtonian Magazine Article on Jim Buckler, May 1975
Office of Horticulture Proposed Branch Library Site Plan
Docent Program - Draft, Phase I
Education - Exhibitions: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) - Graham Stuart Thomas
Arts and Industries Building - 1876 Centennial Exhibition, 1973-1978
Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery (FA/PG)
Rockwood Museum
National Colonial Farm/Accokeek Foundation
Arts and Industries Building - Miscellaneous
Fernwood, Inc.
Lecture - Old Salem, October 2, 1980
Various Garden Projects (2 folders)
Reading Files, May-June 1983 (2 folders)
Education and Interior Plant Division
Quarterly Reports
The Trees of Christmas, 1977
Annual Report, FY 1988
Financial Resources
Council of Bureau Directors
Budget, 1987
Box 7
Budget, 1986
Natural History Building (NHB)
Trees of Christmas
Williamsburg Christmas Decorations
Christmas Traditions
Trees of Christmas - Tennessee Botanical Gardens
"Smithsonian Supergardener," University of Maryland, November 1975
Budget, 1988
Budget, 1981
Snow and Ice Removal, 1981
Monthly Status Reports
Quarterly Reports
Staff Meetings, 1982
Budget, FY 1983
Internationale/Gartenbau-Ausstellung (IGA 83)
Monthly Status Reports, 1982-1983
Quarterly Reports, FY 1983
Snow and Ice Removal Plan, 1983-1984
Certificate from Women's Program, 1977
Correspondence
Building Services
Greenhouses - Walter Reed Hospital
Light Fixtures
National Associates Lecture - Victorian Gardens, Louisville, Kentucky, April 3, 1978
Horticultural Advisory Committee (HAC) Meeting, October 1976
Paul Perrot
Gifts and Grants
Lectures, 1977
Indoor Gardening
Landscaping Plans, Fall 1978
Women's Committee of the Smithsonian Associates
Notes
John C. Webster
Current Projects, 1974
Benches
Garden Notes
Unsorted, 1978-1980 (2 folders)
Memorial Funds
Donations
Exchange Policy
Arts and Industries Building
Museum Support Center (MSC)
Library Restoration
Publications, 1987-1988
Policy - Plant Exchange
Projects, Office of Horticulture
Project Submittal Request
Programs and Activities
Program Review
Program Reports (Freudenheim)
Proposals
Policy - Plant Removal
Policy - Plant Collection Management
Quadrangle Council
Quadrangle Progress Reports
Quarterly Meetings
Records and Accessioning
Recruitment
Trees of Christmas, 1989
Blair House
Purchases - Marine Systems Laboratory (MSL) Project
Product Development and Licensing
Box 8
Secretary Ripley
Orchid Brochure (Draft)
OH Library
Proposals and Funding
Gude Associates, Inc.
Art Deco Society
Audit
Budget, 1990
Management Analysis Office (MAO) Inquiry
OH Docent Program
Internships
West Balcony
Smithson Society Grant - Freeze-Drying Machine
Computer Equipment Needs
Freer Courtyard
Turf Program
Cold Storage Space for Slides
Great Expectations/First City National Bank
Carpenter Greenhouse
Greenhouse-Nursery Division (GND) Construction
Environmental Control
GND Security
GND Safety
GND Utilities
Greenhouse Tours
Haupt Garden
Hirshhorn Garden
Funds for Horticulture Film
Interior Plant Program
Management Checklist
Furnishing Collections
Loan Policy - Orchid Collection
Mechanical Village
Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Representatives
Budget, FY 1991
Manhour Production
Staff Meeting Minutes
Expenses for "A Victorian Horticultural Extravaganza"
Frances Jones Poetker
Lecture - Persian Miniature Paintings, Freer Gallery of Art, 4/2/1969
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden at Bloemendaal
Little, Brown and Company
Longwood Gardens
M. Finkel and Daughter
Linden Tree
Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum
Maryland Orchid Society
Melwood Horticultural Training Center
Meridian House International
Mills, Nick (Conover and Company)
Morris Arboretum
National Archives
Mount Vernon Ladies Association
National Arboretum
National Aquarium in Baltimore
National Capital Orchid Society
National Capital Planning Commission - Save-the-Elms Task Force
National Capital Area Federation of Garden Clubs
National Committee for the Bicentennial of the Treaty of Paris
National Endowment for the Arts
National Fine Arts Associates, Inc.
National Park Service
National Wildflower Research Center
New York Flower Show, 1989
New York Flower Show - The Horticultural Society of New York, 1987
New York Graphic Society Books
Oak Hill
Oakland Museum, The
Oatlands
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio State University
Old Annapolis Towne Garden Club
O'Neil, Sunny
Olmsted Study, 1977
Paul Eche Poinsettias
Peace Garden Project
Professional Grounds Management Society
Price-Pabst Enterprises, Inc.
Rockwood Museum
Royal Botanic Gardens
Scarsdale Historical Society
Society of American Florists
Stewart Orchids
Susquehanna Orchid Society
Talbot County Historical Society
Traceries
University of the District of Columbia - Loan of Plants, 1982
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Pennsylvania
University of Vermont
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Wamsler, Honore
Washington Antique Show
Washington Craft Show
Washington Flower and Garden Show
Box 9
Wave Hill, Bronx, New York
Weiss Group, Teleflora Presentation, August 1, 1987
White House - Preservation Office
Wichita Art Association, Inc.
Willow Brook Garden Club
Wilmington Garden Center
Arthur Gilbert Wright Memorial Fund
Baltimore Museum of Art, 1989
Atwater Kent Museum, 1988-1989 (5 folders)
General Correspondence, 1983-1988 (3 folders)
Grants and Risk Management, Office of, 1985-1988
Greenhouse-Nursery Division, 1987
Grounds Management Division, 1986-1988 (3 folders)
Proposed Greenhouse-Nursery Operation - Belmont
Proposed Greenhouse-Nursery Operation - Anacostia
Proposed Greenhouse-Nursery Operation - Glendale Plant Introduction Station
Proposed Greenhouse-Nursery Operation - Front Royal, National Zoological Park (NZP)
Proposed Greenhouse-Nursery Operation - Poplar Point
National Air and Space Museum Restaurant Addition Site Plan Blueprints [from Box 4, Correspondence, January 1984]
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