Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 108
Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
Records, 1963-1973
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. Assistant Secretary for Science |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1963-1973 |
Quantity: | 26 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Record Unit 108 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | The records are arranged in four alphabetic subject files, overlapping in dates and subject matter. The files were probably segments of one general file which was weeded and separated as records became noncurrent. |
Historical Note
The first person named Assistant Secretary for Science was Thomas Dale Stewart in 1964, although many of the functions of the office had previously been handled by one of the Assistant Secretaries. Sidney Roland Galler was named to the position in 1965, and in 1971 David Challinor became Assistant Secretary for Science.
The Assistant Secretary for Science served as the administrative link between the Secretary and the following Smithsonian bureaus: Center for the Study of Man, the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoological Park, Office of Environmental Sciences, Radiation Biology Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Descriptive Entry
The records are arranged in four alphabetic subject files, overlapping in dates and subject matter. The files were probably segments of one general file which was weeded and separated as records became noncurrent.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)
- Challinor, David, 1920-2008
- Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies
- Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies. Radiation Biology Laboratory
- Galler, Sidney R.
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Smithsonian Institution -- Administration
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Environmental Sciences
- Smithsonian Science Information Exchange
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
- Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 108, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Science, Records
Container List
Series 1
GENERAL SUBJECT FILES, 1966-1971Box 1
A
Academic Programs, Office of
Academy of Sciences, National
Ad Hoc Task Force for Legislative Review (4 folders)
Smithsonian Associates
Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian - Presentation, 11/3/1966, 11/5/1970
Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian - Correspondence
Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian - Photographs
Belmont
Biological Hierarchies, SI-ONR Lecture Series
SI Budget, FY 1968-FY 1971
Budget
Bureau of the Budget
Budget (Office of the Assistant Secretary)
Budget (SI Renovation)
C
Canal, Inter-oceanic Sea Level
Box 2
Cape Haze Marine Laboratory (2 folders)
Caribbean Marine Laboratory, Retired Files
Center for Short-Lived Phenomena
Center for the Study of Man (2 folders)
Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES), 1970 (2 folders)
CBCES, Land Acquisition (2 folders)
CBCES, Before 1970 (4 folders)
Box 3
Contracts Office
Contract, NRAC Advisory
Contracts Office - UNESCO
Council on Communications, ICA
Council on Communications (2 folders)
Data Bank on Scientific Personnel
Ecology Program
Environmental Sciences, Office of
Extramural Support
G
H
Hawaii IRP Proposals (4 folders)
History and Art, Assistant Secretary for
I
Information Systems Division, 1965-1969 (6 folders)
Box 4
International Activities, Office of
International Biological Program - Research Proposals and Booklets, 1969-1970
International Biological Program - Proposals and Booklets, 1968 (2 folders)
International Biological Program - Proposals and Booklets, 1965 (2 folders)
Iran - U.S. Science Agreement- Background through Faryar Mofidi visit, January 1969
Iran - U.S. Science Agreement- Background from Shah's visit to August, 1968 (2 folders)
IUCN Meeting - New Delhi, November-December 1969 (2 folders)
J
Johns Hopkins University
K
Marine Biological Laboratory
Mote Scientific Laboratory
National Museum of Natural History, Deputy Director
Notice of Research Project (Correspondence)
Box 5
National Science Foundation, 1968-1969 (4 folders)
New England Institute for Medical Research
O
Oil Spills, Material relating to
Overhead
Organization for Tropical Studies, 1966-1969 (3 folders)
Pacific Oceanic Bird Project (2 folders)
Pacific Science Center
Paleobiology, Department of
Petrology and Vulcanology, Division of
Planetarium
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Primatology
Smithsonian Press
Programming and Budget, Office of
Public Affairs Office
Public Service Office
R
Radiation Biology Laboratory
S
Box 6
Science Information Exchange (SIE) (3 folders)
SIE Ad Hoc Committee from Viewpoint of Users
SIE Advisory Board
SIE Service Charge
SIE Correspondence, 1966-1969 (7 folders)
SIE/NSF Related Correspondence, 1968-1969 (3 folders)
Box 7
Short-Lived Phenomena, Center for
Short-Lived Phenomena, Center for, A-I (2 folders)
Short-Lived Phenomena, Center for, L-Z (2 folders)
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (Photographs)
Smithsonian Research Foundation Overhead
Smithsonian Research Foundation Expenditures
Speeches, Miscellaneous material
Tax, Sol - Contract, University of Chicago
Treasurer
Urgent Anthropology
Yugoslavia - Dr. Neil Cheek
Series 2
GENERAL SUBJECT FILES, 1966-1972Box 7
A
Academic Program, Office of, 1970-1972
Academy of Sciences, National, 1968-1972
Office of Environmental Sciences, 1969-1971
BUREAU FILES AS FOLLOWS:
Ecology Program, SI Office of, 1968-1970
Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, 1972
Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES), 1971-1972 (2 folders)
CBCES - The Anne Arundel County 4-H Foundation, Incorporated, 1969-1970
CBCES - Rhode River, 1970-1971
Box 8
CBCES - Consortium, 1971 (3 folders)
CBCES - Land Acquisition, 1971
CBCES - Poplar Island, 1970-1971
Fort Pierce, 1971-1972 (4 folders)
Record of Scientific Research done at Fort Pierce, Florida, 1967-1972 (2 folders)
Astrophysical Observatory, 1971-1972 (2 folders)
Center for the Study of Man, 1966-1971 (2 folders)
Museum of Natural History, 1969-1972
Personnel in MNH
MNH Search Committee File (2 folders)
Box 9
MNH Search Committee File, Dr. Challinor's trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan to see Dr. Rhodes, 11/16/1972
Anthropology, Department of, 1966-1971 (4 folders)
Botany, Department of, 1965-1971 (3 folders)
Botany - Flora North America Program: Proposal to National Science Foundation, 1971 (2 folders)
Botany - Flora North America Program as related to Information Systems Division
Botany - Flora North America Program, General (2 folders)
Botany - Flora North America Program as related to NSF, 1972
Entomology, Department of, 1967-1971
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, 1971-1972 (3 folders)
Zoological Park, National, 1972
Zoological Park, National - 22 August 1972, Challinor and Perry to meet Mr. Lawrence Hadley re: zoo breeding facility
NZP Master Plan
NZP Parking
NZP Panda Parties
Box 10
NZP, General, 1969-1971 (2 folders)
NZP, Joint Whittell-Smithsonian Project [removed]
NZP, LaPlata Annex
STRI, General, 1967-1972 (5 folders)
STRI - FWQA Contract, Progress Reports, 1971-1972
END OF BUREAU FILES
Communication, Council on (2 folders)
Computers, 1970-1972
Conservation, General, 1967-1970
D
Development, Office of, 1970-1971
Department of Defense, 1968-1970
E
Ecology, Institute of, 1970-1971 (3 folders)
Environmental Protection Agency, 1971
Environmental Sciences Services Administration, 1966-1969
Exhibits, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Box 11
F
General Counsel, Office of the (Bills 1-10, 999), 1967-1972 (2 folders)
H
K
L
NSF, 1971
P
Planetarium, 1970-1971
Press, SI, 1970-1971
Public Services, SI, 1971-1972 (2 folders)
R
S
Science and Technology, Office of, (Executive Office of the President), 1970-1972
Support Services, SI, 1970
Treasurer, SI, 1970-1972 (3 folders)
Series 3
COUNTRY FILES, 1964-1971Box 11
India, 1965-1971 (8 folders)
India, People and Reports, 1966-1968
Box 12
Lancetilla, Honduras, 1964-1971 (5 folders)
Surtsey, 1965-1970 (3 folders)
Yugoslovia, 1966-1970 (5 folders)
Series 4
GENERAL SUBJECT FILES, 1963-1972Box 12
Academy of Sciences, National
Aldabra, 1966-1971 (6 folders)
Box 13
Brazil (3 folders)
British Honduras (3 folders)
BUREAU FILES AS FOLLOWS:
CBCES-Rhode River (5 folders)
Chesapeake Bay Consortium, Inc. (3 folders)
CBCES - General (3 folders)
Box 14
National Air and Space Museum (3 folders)
NMNH-Department of Mineral Sciences, 1970-1972
NMNH-Department of Paleobiology, 1970-1972
NMNH-Department of Entomology, 1972
NMNH-Department of Botany, 1972
NMNH-Department of Vertebrate Zoology, 1967, 1970-1972
NMNH-Department of Invertebrate Zoology, 1969-1972
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1972
Bureau Heads Meetings, Minutes, 1971
END OF BUREAU FILES
Civil Service Commission Task Force
Conservation Foundation - Consulting Council
India, 1972 (2 folders)
National Science Foundation, 1963-1972 - History of SI-NSF Relationships
National Science Foundation, General
National Science Foundation, 1972
Box 15
St. Vincent Island (2 folders)
Sea Level Canal Correspondence, 1963-1971 (5 folders)
Smithsonian Council
SI Council Meeting at Belmont, April 21-23, 1972
Starfish (Acanthaster planci) (2 folders)
Systematics, Office of (3 folders)
Treasurer, 1970-1972
Series 5
RECORDS, 1966-1973Box 15
A, 1973
AAAS - Copernicus, 1972-1973
Academic Programs, Office of, 1971-1972
Academy of Science, National, 1973
AID, 1973
American Institute of Biological Science, 1966-1973
Box 16
American Type Culture Collection, The, 1970-1973
Annual Report, 1971-1972
Assistant Secretary for Art and History, 1973
Assistant Secretary for Science, 1970-1973
Bicentennial, 1971-1973
Bureaus in SI reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Science:
Bureau Heads Meetings, 1972
Center for the Study of Man, 1972-1973
National Air & Space Museum, 1973
National Museum of Natural History, 1970-1973
Anthropology, Department of, 1972-1973 (2 folders)
Botany, Department of, 1973
Box 17
Entomology, Department of, 1973
Mineral Science, Department of, 1973
Paleobiology, Department of, 1973
Zoology, Department of Invertebrate, 1973
Zoology, Department of Vertebrate, 1972-1973
National Zoological Park, 1973
Office of International & Environmental Programs, 1973
Radiation Biology Laboratory, 1973
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1973 (3 folders)
Box 18
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1966-1973 (5 folders)
Center for Natural Areas, 1968-1972
Center for Short-Lived Phenomenon, 1973 (2 folders)
Box 19
Ceylon - General, 1968-1972 (2 folders)
Ceylon - Kurt, Fred, 1968-1969
Ceylon - Proposals, 1966-1968
Ceylon - Reports, 1966-1968
Ceylon - Ripley, Dr. Suzanne, 1971-1972
Chesapeake Research Consortium - Candidates, Director
Committees:
Committee on Ecological Research - Ad hoc CEQ-FCST, 1971-1973
Committee on International Environmental Affairs, 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Federal Council for Science and Technology - International Committee, 1969-1972
Interagency Committee on Marine Science and Engineering of FCST, 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Box 20
International Biological Program - International Coordinating Committee, 1969-1970
National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Wildlife Society - International Affairs Committee, 1969
Computers
Conferences, Symposiums, Meetings, 1970-1973
United Nations Conference on Environment, 1970-1972 (2 folders)
Conservation Foundation, The, 1971-1973
Contract Office, 1970-1973
Councils:
Council on Environmental Quality, 1972-1973
Federal Council for Science and Technology, 1971-1973 (2 folders)
International Council for Bird Preservation, 1970-1971
National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering, 1969-1970
D - General Subject
Development, Office of, 1972-1973
E - General Subject
Box 21
Ecology, Institute of, 1972-1973
Ecology Program, 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Ecology Program - International Science Cooperation Agreement U.S. - Japan, 1968-1971
Environmental Protection Agency, 1972-1973
Environmental Science, Office of, 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Exhibits - Everything Exhibit, 1971
Exhibits - General, 1971-1973
Exhibits - Population Crisis, 1971-1973
F - Cross References
Foreign Currency Program, 1971-1973
G - General, 1973
Gir (Reports), 1968-1970
Gir (Smithsonian Grant), 1971-1973
Box 22
Gir (Yale-BNHS Grant),1970
Hearings, 1968-1970
Information System Division, 1972
Interdisciplinary Communications Program, 1970-1973
International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) CITRE, 1970-1972 (2 folders)
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1970-1973
Investigation of Marine Shallow Water Ecosystems (IMSWE), 1971-1973
Iran - U.S. Scientific Agreement, 1968-1970 (3 folders)
K - Cross Reference
L - General
Libraries, Smithsonian Institution
M - General, 1973
Box 23
Meeting - Aldabra Committee Meeting, 1972
Museum Programs, 1970-1973
National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development, 1969
National Science Foundation, 1973
O - General, 1973
Oceanography and Limnology, Office of, 1967-1972
Oceanography and Limnology Program, 1972-1973 (2 folders)
Peace Corps, 1970-1971
Personnel Applicants (A-Z), 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Personnel (General), 1968-1973 (2 folders)
Box 24
Presidential Interns, 1972-1973
Presidential Internships - Applicants, 1971-1973
Presidential Internships Programs, 1971-1972
Press, Smithsonian Institution, 1969-1973
Public Affairs, Office of, 1971, 1973 (2 folders)
Publications, 1970-1971
R - General, 1973
Regents, 1968-1973 (3 folders)
Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies, 1972-1973
S - General
SEADAG Grant Accounting, 1970
SEADAG Grant Correspondence, 1969
Box 25
SEADAG Mekong Correspondence, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
SEADAG Mekong Grant - Smithsonian Team Reports, 1970
Seminars and Conferences, Office of, 1973
Smithsonian Institution, 1969-1973 (3 folders)
Smithsonian Institution Council, 1973
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, 1972-1973
Space/Storage, 1968-1972
State, U.S. Department of, 1967-1973
Supply Division, 1973
Support Activities - Storage/Space
Support Services, 1970-1973 (2 folders)
Systematic Biology, Office of, 1973
T - General, 1971-1973
Travel, 1970-1972
Travel - East Africa Trip (June 1968) Dr. Challinor, 1973
Box 26
Treasurer, Office of the, 1973 (2 folders)
Under Secretary - Dr. Robert A. Brooks, 1973
V - General, 1971-1973
W - General, 1968-1972
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1966-1973
World Bank
X-Y-Z, 1973
Series 6
TAPES, 1968-1969Box 26
Lecture O.N.R.
Dr. Simon, Dr. Galler (Introduction), 4/27/1968 (1/4" audiotape)
Dr. Simon, 4/27/1968 (1/4" audiotape)
Prof. Goldstein (2 reels), 4/28/1969 (1/4" audiotape)
Dr. Pattee, 4/29/1969 (1/4" audiotape)
Prof. Bonner (2 reels), 4/30/1969 (1/4" audiotape)
Dr. Levins - Biological Hierarchies, 5/01/1969 (1/4" audiotape)
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