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


Descriptive Entry


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.

Box 1 of 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.

Folder1   Miscellaneous biographical files, A-Q, including:
Adams, Robert McC.
Buchan, Alastair
Curtiss, Darcy
Hamilton , Lewis Wardlaw "Ward"
Bonsignore, Joseph J.
Folder2   Boyne, Walter J.
Folder3   Buckler, James
Folder4   Bush, Lawrence
Folder5   Child, Margaret S.
Folder6   Cipalla, Rita
Folder7   Clarke, J. F. Gates
Folder8   Collins, Henry
Folder9   Collins, Herbert
Folder10   Conroy, Richard
Folder11   DeAngelis, Ildiko P.
Folder12   Dibner, Bern
Folder13   Douglas, William
Folder14   Doyle, Vincent J.
Folder15   Duff, Brian M.
Folder16   Ferguson, Andrew B., Jr.
Folder17   Finn, Bernard
Folder18   Fosberg, F. Raymond
Folder19   Miscellaneous biographical files, R, including:
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

Folder20   Roubik, David, biographical file
Folder21   "Here Come the Killer Bees" typescript
Folder22   Background information on bees for Office of Public Affairs releases
Folder23   Other views of the bee problem, including newspaper articles and publications
Folder24   General information on bees
Folder25   Biographical files and notes on bee specialists Thomas Rinderer, M. Hachiro Shimanuki, Robert McDowell and Richard Nunamaker
Folder26   Miscellaneous Biographical files, S, including:
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.
Folder27   Schmitt, Waldo LaSalle
Folder28   Silbergleid, Robert E.
Folder29   Stern, Harold P.
Folder30   Taylor, Joshua C.
Folder31   Tressel, George
Folder32   Miscellaneous biographical files, T, including:
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.
Folder33   Miscellaneous biographical files, U-Z, including:
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.
Folder34   Whipple, Gloria Dean

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

Folder35   Medals, awards and honors, general
Folder36   Smithson Medal, includes press releases, newspaper articles, and photographs
Folder37   Henry Medal
Folder38   Langley Medal, includes photographs of recipients, including photographs of Charles A. Lindbergh, 1927
Folder39   Browning Award, includes brochures, 1974-1980
Folder40   Collier Trophy
Folder41   Hodgkins Medal
Folder42   Freer Medal, includes photographs, and brochures from the fifth (Laurence Sickman) and seventh (Max Leohr) presentations of medal
Folder43   National Zoo Medal
Folder44   Air and Space Trophy
Folder45   Matthew Fontaine Maury Medal, includes photograph of recipient Robert M. White
Folder46   Senate of Scientists International Award
Folder47   Miscellaneous correspondence


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