Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 190
United States National Museum. Office of the Director
Records, circa 1921-1973
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: | United States National Museum. Office of the Director |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | circa 1921-1973 |
| Quantity: | 38 cu. ft. (76 document boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 190 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | Records are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, USNM, 1962-1971, and Director General of Museums, 1968-1971. However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee, 1943-1959, and as Director of the Museum of History and Technology, 1958-1964, as well as related records are included. |
Historical Note
The title of Director General of Museums was established in 1968 concurrent with the establishment of the Office of Special Museum Programs. The Director General had previously been known as Director, United States National Museum. In FY 1969 both titles, Director General of Museums and Director, United States National Museum, were assumed by Frank A. Taylor.
Congress began to make small appropriations for the maintenance of the National Museum in 1858. The National Museum became the largest element of the Smithsonian, and its programs, collections, and curators were placed early under the direction of an assistant secretary for the museum. The position of Director, United States National Museum, later became a separate office. With the development of the programs of the Museum of History and Technology, the construction of its new building, and the concurrent expansion of the Museum of Natural History, these two components of the National Museum each required its individual director. Frank A. Taylor became the first Director of the National Museum of History and Technology and served from April 1958 to 1964. Arthur Remington Kellogg became Acting Director of the National Museum of Natural History as well as Director, United States National Museum. Both individual directors continued under the general direction of the Director, United States National Museum, who also continued to administer programs common to both components, including the Office of Exhibits, the Conservation-Analytical Laboratory, the Office of the Registrar, and the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service. Taylor was named Director, United States National Museum, in the fall of 1962 upon the retirement of Kellogg. As of 27 June 1967 the United States National Museum was established as a fully separate administrative unit of the Smithsonian. At this time the Director, United States National Museum, was relieved of line responsibility for the National Museum of History and Technology and the National Museum of Natural History. The Director, United States National Museum, continued to have broad responsibilities for the review and coordination of all museum and exhibit activities within the entire Smithsonian. He became the Secretary's adviser to evaluate the Smithsonian's performance and recommend research, development, and innovation in museum education, public services, and exhibits. Under the direction of the Secretary, the Director continued to carry out the directives of the National Museum Act of 1966 and continued to administer the Office of Exhibits, Conservation-Analytical Laboratory, Office of the Registrar, and Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The Office of Special Museum Programs was created during FY 1968, and Frank A. Taylor was named Director General of Museums. In FY 1969 the title "Director, United States National Museum" was revived, probably for legislative purposes. From FY 1969 to his retirement on 23 January 1971, Frank A. Taylor served as Director General of Museums and Director, United States National Museum. Peter C. Welsh was named Assistant to the Director General, and Lloyd E. Herman became Program Manager in FY 1969. Under Special Museum Programs the Office of Museum Programs was established in FY 1971. The Director was Peter C. Welsh (January-December 1971); Assistant to the Director was Katherine Goldman (January-July 1971); Research Assistant was Jean H. Eisenberg (January 1971-June 1972); Research Associate was Frank A. Taylor (January 1971- ). The Office of Museum Programs changed its name to Office of Smithsonian and National Museum Programs in FY 1972 in order to reflect its broad scope of services. This office was headed by Assistant Director Frederick Schmid after the resignation of Peter C. Welsh in December 1971. Research Assistants were Katherine Goldman (July 1971-May 1972) and Jean H. Eisenberg. Frank A. Taylor remained as Research Associate, and Stephen Johnston was appointed Special Consultant in February 1972. Effective 1 August 1972 Paul N. Perrot became Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs (Director, United States National Museum). The Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs assumed essentially the same duties and responsibilities previously performed by the Director General of Museums.
The Director General of Museums acted as an adviser to the Secretary and Smithsonian museum and gallery directors on museum practices, programs, and administration. The Director General developed and directed assistance programs to museums in the United States and abroad, as well as directing Smithsonian museum programs, offices, and services, including the Office of Exhibits, Conservation-Analytical Laboratory, Office of the Registrar, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, and Smithsonian Exposition Hall. He acted as a liaison with: The American Association of Museums, including Regional Conferences; Advisory Council for Historic Preservation; American Revolution Bicentennial Commission; Presidential Libraries; National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities; International Council of Museums; and American Friends of the Korean National Science and Cultural Center. Additional duties assumed by the Director General included those to: increase visibility of Negro history in Smithsonian museums and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, coordinate Smithsonian programs for the Bicentennial of the American Revolution; consult with New York University at Buffalo; determine space solutions, e.g., research park development at Silver Hill; advise Anacostia Neighborhood Museum; advise "Lamont Street"; coordinate circulation of units with the expansion of the Smithsonian Associates; develop film capability for the enhancement of exhibits; and coordinate exhibits for Presidential Libraries.
Descriptive Entry
The records contained in this record unit are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, United States National Museum (1962-1971) and Director General of Museums (1968-1971). However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee (1943-1959) and Director of the National Museum of History and Technology (1958-1964) as well as some related records are included.
See also: Record Unit 84 - Taylor material as Head Curator, Department of Engineering and Industries, United States National Museum (1948-1955); Record Unit 88 - Arthur Remington Kellogg as Director, United States National Museum (1948-1962); Record Unit 89 - Director, United States National Museum, 1948-1962 (Arthur Remington Kellogg); Record Unit 90 - Exhibits; Record Unit 131 - Exhibits; Record Unit 155 - Office of Director, Museum of Natural History, and Director, United States National Museum (Arthur Remington Kellogg, 1948-1958).
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- American Association of Museums
- International Council of Museums
- Kellogg, Remington, 1892-1969
- National Museum Act Program
- National Museum of History and Technology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Science Foundation Belmont Conference (1969-1970)
- Perrot, Paul N.
- Smithsonian Institution -- Administration
- Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs
- Smithsonian Institution. Conservation Analytical Laboratory
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Programs
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Museum Programs
- Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
- United States National Museum Exhibits Modernization Committee
- United States National Museum. Director General of Museums
- United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 190, United States National Museum. Office of the Director, Records
Container List
Series 1
General SI File, 1960-1972. Arranged alphabetically.Files refer to Smithsonian offices, programs, and policies and serve as an information file.
Box 1
Academic Programs, Office of, 1968-1971 (4 folders)
Academic Studies, Office of, 1968-1971
Administrative Officers, Conferences, 1971
Admission Fee, 1967-1972
Box 2
American Folklife Institute (AFI), c. 1968
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, 1969-1970
Annual Reports (Smithsonian Year), 1970-1972 (2 folders)
Architectural Proposal, 1968 re: developing architectural training program with National Trust and National Park Service
Art for Community Colleges, 1967-1968
Assistant Secretary (Administration), 1959-1969 (2 folders), James C. Bradley
Assistant to the Secretary, 1960-1965, T. W. Taylor
Assistant Secretary (Science), 1963-1969 (3 folders), T. Dale Stewart & Sidney R. Galler
Assistant Secretary, 1964-1968 (2 folders), Phillip Ritterbush (Special Assistant to the Secretary for Scientific Matters)
Box 3
Assistant Secretary (Public Service), 1969-1970, William W. Warner
Assistant Secretary (Museum Programs), 1971 re: Prospective candidates
Barney House, 1967
Betterment of Youth Programs, 1967
Bicentennial of the American Revolution, 1970-1971
Boards and Commissions of the SI, 1970
Board of Regents, 1966-1971 (2 folders)
Buildings Management Department, Guard-Guide Attendants, n.d. (3 folders)
BMD, general, 1966-1970
Box 4
BMD, Security, 1965-1971 (3 folders)
Center for the Study of Man, 1969-1970
Chesapeake Bay Center, 1967
Community College Programs, 1967-1969
Computer Use, 1972
Congressional Contacts, 1968-1971
Contracts Office, 1964-1968
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1971
Curator of the Senate, 1969
Data Processing, 1967-1969 (2 folders)
Development Office, 1965-1971 (2 folders)
Director, Candidates for (Paul Harris), 1967
Donations to the SI, 1968-1970
Endangered Species, 1969
Box 5
Education and Training, Division of, 1965-1967
Executive Committee, 1971-1972
Films and Education (includes proposal for National Ethno-Film Center), 1968-1969
Fiscal Division, 1967-1969 (2 folders)
Golden Spike Centennial Celebration, 1967
Information and Referral Systems, 1967
Information Systems Division, n.d.
International Activities, Office of, general, 1964-1970 (3 folders)
Box 6
International Activities, Office of, general, 1964-1970
International Activities, Office of, Exhibits Lab for Developing Countries, 1965-1968
International Activities, Office of, Rescue of Italian Art, 1966-1967
International Activities, Office of, Rome Centre, 1967 (3 folders)
Box 7
International Activities, Office of, UNESCO, 1966-1967
International Activities, Office of, Foreign Currency Program, 1969-1971
Korean Research - Ecology, 1967 re: Helmut K. Beuchner's "Ecological Study in Korea"
Library, SI, 1966-1970 (2 folders)
Mall Functions, general, 1967
Mall Functions, Folklife Festival, 1967-1968
Museum Career Information, 1967-1970 (2 folders)
Museum Conservation, 1970
Museum Programs, Office of, general, 1971
Museum Service, general; docents; sales desk, 1965-1969 (3 folders)
National Collection of Fine Arts, general, 1967-1971
National Collection of Fine Arts, Lincoln Gallery, 1968
National Gallery of Art, general, 1969
National Portrait Gallery, general, 1966-1969 (2 folders)
National Postal Service Museum, St. Louis, general, 1970
National Zoological Park, general, 1967-1970
Box 8
Non-Museums, Program for, 1966-1967 (includes questionnaires) (2 folders)
Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies/Life Science Radiation Laboratory), 1965-1966
Oceanography and Limnology, Office of, general, 1965-1969
Oceanography and Limnology, Office of, Waldeman A. Ayres correspondence, 1966
Organization and Methods Division, 1966-1970 (2 folders)
Performing Arts, 1968-1970
Personnel Division, general, 1965-1971
Box 9
Personnel Division, general, 1965-1971 (2 folders)
Personnel Division, Retirement Plans, 1966
Personnel Division, Personnel Analysis of USNM, 1967
Photo Lab, 1966-1971 (2 folders)
Planning Committee, proposed for SI, 1969
Potomac River, flooding of, 1967
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, general, 1964-1966
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, general, 1966
Programming and Budget, Office of: Public service projects, 1966
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, USNM, 1967
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget Restrictions, 1967
Programming and Budget, Office of: Transfer of Funds, 1967-1969
Box 10
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, general, 1968
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, USNM, 1968
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, Office of International Activities, 1968
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, National Museum Act, 1968
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, NMHT, 1968
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, NMNH, 1968
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, Working papers, 1968
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget Estimates, Office of Exhibits, 1968
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget Estimates, CAL, 1968-1971
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget Estimates, OR, 1968-1971
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, general, FY 1969
Box 11
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, USNM, 1969
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, general, FY 1970
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, general, FY 1971
Programming and Budget, Office of: Budget, National Museum Act, FY 1973
Public Affairs, Office of, general, 1965-1971 (3 folders) includes Radio Smithsonian: History and Prospects
Box 12
Public Information Office, 1966, includes scripts, TV series
Radiation Biology Laboratory, 1968
Radiation Registration and Safety, 1967
Registrar, Office of, general, 1964-1971 (2 folders)
Registrar, Office of, Report on Transportation Costs, 1962-1965
Renwick Gallery, 1969-1971 (2 folders)
Roosevelt's Little White House and Museum, Peter C. Welsh report, 1968
Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc., 1971
Science Exhibitions Photographs, 1965-1969 (includes Powell Expedition)
Secretary, Office of the, S. Dillon Ripley, 1964-1965 (includes biographical information)
Secretary, Office of the, general, 1965-1971 (2 folders) includes various advisory committees
Secretary, Office of the, Aspen Conference, 1967
Box 13
Secretary, Office of the, Symposium, "quality of man's environment," 1967
Secretary, Office of the, Bureau Directors' Meetings, 1967-1971 (2 folders)
Secretary, Office of the, Congressional Hearings (Thompson), 1970
Secretary, Office of the, Policy, 1965-1970 (2 folders) includes Wolfson controversy
Secretary, Office of the, Secretary's Staff Meetings, 1969-1971 (2 folders)
Secretary, Office of the, Smithsonian Council, 1965-1970 (2 folders)
Shipping and crating, 1967 re: national competition for improved design of shipping crates
Smithson Medal, 1964-1966
Smithsonian Archives, 1966-1970
Smithsonian Art Commission, meeting, May 2, 1967
Box 14
Smithsonian Associates, 1966-1970
SI Museums, general, 1967-1969 (2 folders)
SI Press, general, 1965-1967
SI Press, 1968-1971 (2 folders)
Box 15
SI Press, 1968-1971 (2 folders)
Special Events Fund, 1969-1970
Storage, 1970
Summer in the Parks, 1968
Supply Division, 1963-1970
Survey of Services, 1964-1965
Symposia, 1967-1968
Totem Poles Restoration, 1967-1968
Treasurer, SI, 1968-1969
Visitors to the SI, 1967-1971
Visitors to the SI, Carolyn H. Wells' Visitor Survey, NMNH & NMHT, 1968-1970
Visitors to the SI, American, 1965-1968
Box 16
Visitors to the SI, Foreign, 1965-1968
Water Resource Research, 1967-1968
White House, 1969-1970
Wright Brothers Bust Dedication, 1967
Series 2
SI Buildings, 1933-1971. Arranged alphabetically.Files generally are concerned with planning and construction or renovation of Smithsonian buildings.
Box 16
Alexandria, Virginia, Building #3, 1968-1969
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Medical Museum, 1959-1961
Arts and Industries Building: Blueprint, n.d., southeast range and court reflected ceiling plan of M.E. modifications
Arts and Industries Building: Renovation, n.d. (2 folders)
Arts and Industries Building: General, 1950-1952
Arts and Industries Building: General, 1965-1970 (3 folders)
Box 17
Arts and Industries Building: Statue of Freedom, 1966-1967
Arts and Industries Building: Exposition Hall, 1966-1970
Arts and Industries Building: Planning Committee, 1970-1971
Belmont, 1964-1965
Center for Advanced Study, 1965-1968
Court of Claims Building, 1965-1968 (2 folders)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1961-1968
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1965-1968
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Legislative history, 1966-1967
Mall, maps and diagrams, 1933-1960
Box 18
Mall, general, 1955-1966
Mall Development, 1964-1967
Mall, site at 3rd and Jefferson, 1971
National Air and Space Museum, general, 1966-1968 (2 folders) includes 1968 Interim Report
National Air and Space Museum, general, 1969-1971 (2 folders)
National Armed Forces Museum, general, 1957-1965
Box 19
National Armed Forces Museum, Report, 1960
"The National Armed Forces Museum - Forging a Concept," 1967 (proposal by Col. John H. Magruder III, Director, NAFMAB)
National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, general, 1956-1967 (2 folders)
National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, general, 1967-1969
National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board Meetings, 1962-1964 (4 folders)
Box 20
National Museum of History and Technology: Exhibits, 1955-1963 (includes chronology, 1955-1963; schedules; estimated costs)
National Museum of History and Technology: Checklist and Outline of Requirements for the Design of the Museum of History and Technology, 1956
National Museum of History and Technology: Scholarship, 1960-1963
National Museum of History and Technology: Exhibit Correspondence, 1965-1970
National Museum of History and Technology: Building plans and dimensions, 1965-1967
National Museum of Natural History, 1950, 1964-1967 (4 folders) includes feasibility study prepared by GSA for construction of additional building space in West Court; blueprints
Pension Building, 1967-1968
Silver Hill, Off-campus storage, 1967-1969
Smithsonian Institution Building, general, 1952-1970 (2 folders)
Union Station Museum, 1963-1967 re: possible transportation museum
Use of Smithsonian Buildings, 1964-1967
Box 21
Committee on Future Building Plans, 1965-1968 (4 folders)
Space Resources, 1970-1971
Series 3
United States National Museum, Office of the Director, 1964-1969. Arranged chronologically.Records reflect operational and organizational policies of the Office of the Director.
Box 21
USNM, Origin, n.d.
USNM, general, 1964-1968
USNM, Annual Reports for Smithsonian Year, 1964-1968 (2 folders)
USNM, FY 1967 budget estimates, 1965
Box 22
USNM, FY 1967 budget estimates, 1965
USNM, Office of the Director, 1965-1966 (efforts to hire an administrative officer)
USNM, Organization Chart, 1966
USNM, Contractors, 1966
USNM, Travel Policy, 1966
USNM, Transfer of Funds, 1966-1967
USNM, Office of the Director-General, Housekeeping file, 1966-1969
USNM, Program, 1966-1968 (re: Reestablishment of USNM, and establishment of Office of the Director-General of Museum)
USNM, Plan of Operations, 1967
USNM, Special Projects, 1967
USNM, Director-General of Museums, Organizational Chart, 1968
USNM, Plan of Operations, 1968
Series 4
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1965-1971. Arranged chronologically.Records are general correspondence and memos dealing with future planning for the museum and its exhibitions. In 1958 the Museum of Natural History became separate from the Museum of History and Technology. The name of the museum was changed to the National Museum of Natural History in 1969.
Box 22
NMNH, Museum Planning, n.d. (evaluation and recommendation by F. A. Taylor)
NMNH, general, 1965-1969
Box 23
NMNH, general, 1965-1969
NMNH, general, 1969-1971 (relates mainly to exhibits) (2 folders)
Series 5
National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), 1964-1971. Arranged chronologically.Included are administrative, educational and fiscal subject matter as well as general correspondence. In 1958 the Museum of History and Technology became separate from the Museum of Natural History. The name of the museum was changed to the National Museum of History and Technology in 1969.
Box 23
NMHT, General, 1964-1971 (3 folders)
American Civilization Program, George Washington University, 1965
Renaming NMHT & NMNH, 1965-1969
Budget, FY 1968 preliminary budget estimates, 1966
Box 24
Historic Studies Center, 1966-1967
Assistance to "Hemis Fair '68," 1967
Professional Accomplishments Evaluation Committee (PAEC), 1968
Numismatics, 1969 (2 folders)
Series 6
Conservation-Analytical Laboratory (CAL), 1956-1972. Arranged chronologically.The Conservation-Analytical Laboratory functions to ascertain and advise on the suitability of environmental conditions found in the museums for the display and storage of specific types of museum objects and to suggest remedial action if necessary; to advise on conservation procedures to be used in the museums; to treat objects which present special problems or require more specialized equipment than is available in departmental laboratories; and to analyze museum objects or their materials in accordance with the research needs of curators.
C. H. Olin was named Conservator, United States National Museum, in FY 1963. The Conservation Research Laboratory was established in FY 1964 with C. H. Olin as the Conservator-in-Charge and Mrs. Jacqueline S. Olin as Chemist. In FY 1967 the title was changed to Conservation-Analytical Laboratory and Robert M. Organ was named Chief. J. S. Olin remained as Chemist.
Box 24
General, 1955-1965 (2 folders)
General, 1966-1972 (2 folders)
Box 25
Charles H. Olin Report, 1963
Equipment, 1963-1966
Conservation of Collections, USNM, 1964
CAL Report, 1964
CAL Committee, 1965
CAL Committee Report, 1965
Series 7
Exhibit Programs, Office of, 1956-1972. Arranged chronologically, with special exhibits arranged alphabetically.The Office of Exhibits Programs, in consultation with museum curators, designs, prepares, and installs exhibits in Smithsonian museums. It occasionally prepares circulating exhibits for the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service. The Office of Exhibits was established officially in September 1955, and existing exhibits production personnel were consolidated. This action was largely the result of the authorization for the construction of the Museum of History and Technology.
The name of the office was changed to Office of Exhibits Programs in FY 1969. John E. Anglim served as Chief, and Benjamin W. Lawless served as Assistant Chief. The training of museum technicians visiting the Office of Exhibits Programs from all points of the world has become an accepted responsibility to the smaller museums of the country. Carl Alexander served as Education Officer for the Office of Exhibits Programs and administered this training program. Special Exhibits are temporary experimental vehicles that are relatively low in cost, rarely require more than four weeks to prepare, and rarely last more than six weeks.
Box 25
General, 1965-1971 (2 folders)
Box 26
General, 1965-1971 (3 folders)
Exhibit Research, 1956-1968
Exhibit Research, 1968-1970 (2 folders)
Exhibit Philosophy, c. 1958-1962 (2 folders)
NMHT, 1964-1969 (2 folders)
NMHT proposed Exhibits, c. mid-60s
Box 27
NMNH, 1965-1969
NMNH Hall No. 10, 1969-1970
Colloquium on Exhibits, 1966
Contacts, c. 1966
Decentralization, 1966
Exhibits Review, 1966-1967
Labels Editor, 1966-1968
Orientation film, 1967-1969
Exhibitions, admission charges to, 1968-1970
Budget, 1968; 1972 (2 folders)
Base analysis, 1970
A&I Building, 1970
Box 28
Committee on the Future of Exhibits, 1969
Committee on the Future of Exhibits, 1969-1970 (3 folders)
Exposition Hall Programs, 1970-1971
Museum Exhibits, general, 1968-1970
Proposed Exhibits, A-E, 1969-1971 (7 folders) mainly files of Lloyd E. Herman, Administrative Officer
Box 29
Proposed Exhibits, F-Z, 1969-1971 (14 folders)
Proposed Exhibitions, 1970-1971
"Photography and the City," 1967-1970 (2 folders)
Box 30
"Photography and the City," 1967-1970 (8 folders)
Box 31
"Photography and the City," 1967-1970
"Byword," 1968-1969
Cybernetics Serendipity, 1968-1969
Exhibits for Presidential Libraries, 1968-1969
"Environment," 1969-1970 (Beer Proposal)
Japan Exhibit, damage, 1969-1971
Electric counter at Drug Exhibit Entrance, 1972 (attendance reports)
SI Training Program in Exhibit Techniques, 1967-1971, A-M (files of Education Officer, Office of Exhibit Programs - Carl Alexander) (6 folders)
Box 32
SI Training Program in Exhibit Techniques, 1967-1971, S-T (files of Education Officer, Office of Exhibit Programs - Carl Alexander) (10 folders)
Special Exhibits, old, 1958-1963
Special Exhibits, miscellaneous, 1965-1968 (2 folders)
Box 33
Special Exhibits, miscellaneous, 1966-1968 (includes: Man in Sport, Tunisian Mosaics, Lower East Side Exhibit, Venice Biennale, Vinland Map, National Library Week, Viceregal Art of Peru, Ceylon Gem Exhibit, Peyote Religion, Scranton Centennial, Job Corps, Upward Bound, Vision of Man)
Special Exhibits, miscellaneous, 1967-1968 (includes: Berlandier Exhibit, Schoolhouse in the City, Masada Exhibit, Co-op Craft Show, Pastels of Erie Canal, Time Political Covers Show, Florida 17, Please Be Seated, Rhode Island Right for Recreation, German Poster Show)
General, 1969-1970
Special Shows, miscellaneous, 1969-1970
Exhibitions (Special), 1969-1971
General and schedules, 1968-1970
Schedule, 1969-1970
Special Exhibits
Alaska Centenary, 1965-1967
Box 34
Art and Metal Technology, 1969-1971 (3 folders)
Art Protis, 1970
Cecil Beaton Photos, 1969
Bicentennial of the American Revolution, 1968-1972
Blind, Exhibits for, 1965-1968
Bolivian Show, 1968-1969
Box 35
Cinematique, 1968-1969
Civil Defense, 1967
Concerned Photographer, 1967-1969
Contemporary Black Artists, 1969
Lovis Corinth Prints, 1970
Craft Exhibits, 1969
Endangered Species, 1968-1969
Genteel Female, 1970
Gutenberg Exhibition, 1969-1970
Hand of Man on America, 1969-1970
Industrial Design, 1968-1970
Box 36
Iranian Art Show, 1967-1970
Israel the Reality, 1969
Kokoschka Sokol Exhibit, 1968
Laser, 1968-1969
Liebes, 1970
Light and Color (Colson), 1966
Man and Machine, 1968-1970
Masada, 1968-1969
Microfilm Centennial, 1971
Mobile Travel Units, 1965-1958
Pakistani Prints, 1969-1971
Plastic as Plastic, 1968-1970 (2 folders)
Box 37
Plastic as Plastic, 1968-1970 (2 folders)
Please Be Seated, 1968-1972 (3 folders)
Polish Folk Art, 1970
Software, 1969 (3 folders)
Box 38
Henry O. Tanner Exhibition, 1969
Toledo Glass National, 1970
Towers, 1969-1970
Trieste, 1968
Urban Design - Manhattan, 1969-1970
Vibrating World, 1969-1970
Warshaw Exhibit, 1967-1970 (2 folders)
Watercolor Show, 1969
White House News Photographers, 1970
Woman (Second World of Photography), 1970-1971
Yugoslav Tapestries, 1968-1970
Smithsonian Experimental Exhibit (SEE), 1968 (includes SI Exhibits Design and Production Center proposals and background material)
Smithsonian Experimental Exhibit (SEE), 1969
Series 8
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), 1955-1971. Arranged chronologically.SITES began its operation in FY 1951. From a beginning of touring exhibitions generally limited to the fine arts, it gradually enlarged its scope to include design and crafts, photography, architecture, history, and science. Exhibitions circulated by SITES are assembled from many sources in this country and abroad. SITES also functions to aid public museums, community colleges, science museums, libraries, and other educational institutions in developing programs for using their temporary exhibition space. Dorothy Van Arsdale served as Chief of SITES.
Box 39
General, 1955-1968 (3 folders)
General, 1969-1971 (2 folders)
Letters to prospective directors, n.d.
Budget, 1967-1968
Proposal for grant from Endowment for the Arts, 1967
Art Calendars, 1966-1969
British Designer Crafts, 1969
Colonial Art from Ecuador, 1968-1970
Series 9
Legislative File, 1953-1972. Arranged alphabetically.Records include copies of Congressional Acts and Bills pertinent to Smithsonian interests as well as legislative information with potential impact on museum administration.
Box 40
General, 1953-1970 (2 folders)
General Legislation, 1964-1972
Canadian National Museums Act (National Museums Corporation), 1968
Congressional Records, 1970 (includes contract between SI and Committee on Science and Astronautics)
Legislative Council, Florence Agreement, 1966 (agreement on importation of educational, scientific, and cultural materials)
Historic Preservation Act, 1966
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 1965; 1970
National Museum Act, 1965-1968
Postal Legislation, 1965-1968
Sea Grant Colleges Bill (H.R. 15192), 1965 (includes statement by Ripley)
Series 10
National Museum Act, 1965-1972. Arranged alphabetically.The National Museum Act, approved by Congress October 5, 1966, charged the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the Director of the United States National Museum to provide assistance to museums of the United States and abroad. Advice, information, research of museum and exhibit techniques and problems, publication of museum manuals, and the training of museum personnel were programs directed by the Act to be performed by the Smithsonian.
Box 40
General, 1965-1972 (2 folders)
Box 41
General, 1965-1972 (2 folders)
Advisory Council, 1971
Federal Aid for Cultural Development, n.d.
Foreign Education, 1965 (includes President Johnson's 5-Point Program)
Foundation Proposals (Foundation Support Projects), 1965-1966
Foundation Proposals, 1972
Legislative History, 1965-1969
Museum Study Center, Prospectus for U.S. Office of Education support, 1970
Museum Training, general, 1968-1970
Museum Training, International Internship Program (Shaw Proposal), 1966-1967
Museum Training, American Museum of Natural History, James Oliver, Director, 1967-1968
Museum Training, Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), Lee Webber, Director, 1967-1969
Museum Training, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (Foundation), Herbert Friedmann, Director, 1967-1968
Series 11
Museum Education, 1964-1971. Arranged chronologically.Records include research in the needs and methods of elementary, secondary, community college, and adult education within the Smithsonian museums, and by extension services to schools and community and civic centers. Also included is material on exhibits research, the summer institute, and museum studies programs.
Box 41
Education, 1964-1966 (includes material about Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)
General, 1964-1967 (includes tentative program for SIAAM course for Museum staff members in History of Science and Technology, 1965)
Meeting with Prof. J. Zacharias of MIT, 1965 re: Network of Cultural Centers
Box 42
Exhibits Research, Exhibit on Light and Color, 1965-1967
Exhibits Research, John G. Colson Report on Light and Color, 1965-1968 (3 folders)
Burlington, Vermont Conference, August 1966
Summer Institute on Display Systems in Museums, 1967-1969
Summer Institute on Museum Display Systems, Course material, 1969
Summer Institute, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968-1970
Box 43
Summer Institute, Fisk University Students, 1969
Summer Institute, Fisk University student training project, 1970
Museum Studies, New York State Historical Association, 1966-1971 (includes Cooperstown Graduate program) (2 folders)
Museum Studies Program, George Washington University, 1969
Museum Studies, Smithsonian Program for Museum Study, c. 1970-1971
Museum Studies, Steering Committee, 1970-1971
Series 12
Museums File, 1949-1972. Arranged alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by foreign country.These records contain general information about and general correspondence with museums in the United States and abroad.
Box 43
United States Museums
Arizona; California; Connecticut; Delaware, 1959-1969
District of Columbia, 1960-1965
Florida, 1958-1966
Hawaii, 1963-1966
Illinois, 1950-1961
Illinois, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, 1955-1957
Indiana; Kansas, 1955-1962
Louisiana, 1956-1963
Maryland, 1962
Massachusetts, 1960-1965
Massachusetts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1958
Massachusetts, Boston Museum of Science, 1951-1962
Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949; 1965
Michigan, 1955-1958
Michigan, Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1961-1966
Michigan, Henry Ford Museum, 1953-1956
Missouri, 1956-1959
Nebraska, 1961
New Hampshire, 1963
New York, 1958-1966
New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1957-1963
New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1959-1960
New York, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1962-1965
North Carolina, 1959-1960
Ohio, 1964-1966
Oregon, 1962
Pennsylvania, 1956-1965
Box 44
Pennsylvania, Franklin Institute, 1950-1965
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1958-1966
South Carolina, 1963
Tennessee, 1956; 1965
Texas, 1961-1964
Vermont, 1963
Virginia, 1958-1966
Washington, 1959-1965
Wisconsin, 1950-1966
Foreign Museums
General, 1954 (includes museums visited by F. A. Taylor in England, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden)
Africa, 1967-1968
Argentina, 1961
Australia, 1962-1970
Austria, 1967-1971
Canada, 1957-1970
Canada, Centennial Centre of Science and Technology, 1965-1969
Colombia, 1970
Cuba, 1956
Denmark, 1971
England, 1960-1971
England, Science Museum, 1953-1966
Fiji Islands, 1967
Germany, 1962-1970
Germany, Deutsches Museum, 1955-1963
Holland (The Netherlands), 1956-1969
Box 45
India, 1964-1970
Iran, 1968
Ireland, 1968-1972
Israel, 1962-1972
Italy, 1957-1971
Japan, 1966-1972 (2 folders)
Japan, Tokyo, 1970
Jordan, 1968
Korea, 1963-1969
Box 46
Mexico, 1961-1969
New Zealand, 1964-1967
Okinawa, 1959-1965
Pakistan, 1970
Poland, 1970
Romania, 1970
Sweden, 1956-1971
Switzerland, 1963-1970
Thailand, 1968-1970
United Arab Republic (Egypt), 1968-1969
Series 13
Museum Assistance, 1961-1973. Arranged alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by foreign country.The core of these records deal with information and advisory services to museums on planning programs and buildings, financing, management, and the museum functions of preservation, exhibition, and education. Most assistance was provided through correspondence, but a limited amount of advisory services were performed by Smithsonian Specialists detailed to other institutions on a shared cost basis. Smithsonian programs were coordinated with museum assistance activities under the National Museum Act and with other agencies of the government. The National Museum initiated and supported cooperative efforts of museum associations and conferences to obtain recognition and direct support for museums from foundations and state and federal sources.
Box 46
United States
General, 1966-1972
General, 1967-1971 (includes SI. branch museums)
Northeastern Museum Conference, 1973 meeting; 1971-1973
Southeastern Museums Conference, 1967; 1970
Southeastern Museums Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, 1968
Alabama, 1966-1971
Alaska, 1967-1972
Arizona, 1965-1971
Arkansas, 1967-1971
Arkansas, Arkansas Seminar, October 1967, 1967-1968
California, 1965-1970
Colorado, 1962-1970
Connecticut, 1966-1970
Box 47
Delaware, 1966-1969
Delaware, Eleutherian Mills Hagley Foundation, 1962-1971
District of Columbia, 1965-1971
Florida, 1966-1971
Georgia, 1966-1971
Hawaii, 1965-1971
Idaho, 1966-1971
Illinois, 1966-1971
Indiana, 1966-1971
Iowa, 1965-1971
Kansas, 1966-1971
Kentucky, 1966-1971
Box 48
Louisiana, 1966-1971
Maine, 1967-1971
Maryland, 1967-1971
Massachusetts, 1966-1971
Michigan State University, 1966
Minnesota, 1967-1971
Mississippi, 1963-1971
Missouri, 1965-1971
Montana, 1965-1971
Nebraska, 1963-1971
Nevada, 1967-1971
New Hampshire, 1967-1971
New Jersey, 1965-1971
New Mexico, 1964-1971
New York, 1966-1971
Box 49
New York, Buffalo Museum of Science, 1968-1969
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, International Conference for Conservation, June 1970, 1969-1971
North Carolina, 1966-1971
North Dakota, 1967-1971
Ohio, 1961-1971
Oklahoma, 1966-1971
Oregon, 1966-1971
Pennsylvania, 1964-1971
Rhode Island, 1961-1970
South Carolina, 1966-1971
South Dakota, 1966-1971
Tennessee, 1966-1971
Texas, 1966-1970
Utah, 1966-1968
Vermont, 1966-1971
Virginia, 1964-1971
Box 50
Washington, 1965-1970
West Virginia, 1966-1971
Wisconsin, 1964-1971
Wyoming, 1965-1971
Foreign
General, 1965-1972
Argentina, 1965-1969
Australia, 1967-1971
Brazil, 1971
Canada, 1964-1971
Ceylon, 1969-1970
Chile, Valparaiso Museum of Science and Technology - Dr. Julio R. Hirschmann, 1966-1968
Colombia, 1966-1970
England, 1965-1971
France, 1965-1971
India, 1965-1971
Japan, 1962-1970
Korea: Korean Science Museum, Foundation Proposal, 1966
Korea: National Science Museum, Planning Meeting, September 10-16, 1966 (includes Guide Book)
Korea: Vol. Vb, Korean Museum (A), 1966
Box 51
Korea: Vol. Vb Korean Museum (B), 1966
Korea: Korean Science Museum, Photographs and clippings, c. 1966
Korea: Korean Science Museum, 1966-1967
Korea: Korean National Science-Culture Center, Joseph A. Patterson - Contractor, 1967
Korea: Korean National Science-Culture Center, 1967-1968
Korea: Korean Science Museum, 1967-1969 (correspondence, photos, articles)
Box 52
Korea: Korean National Science-Culture Center, Inc., Reports, 1968
Korea: Korean National Science-Cultural Center, Report of John E. Anglim, 1968
Korea: Korean National Science-Culture Center (1969), Reports accounting under contract SFC 9-3393, 1969-1970
Korea: Korean Science Museum (Science-Culture Center), Fiscal Records, 1969-1970
Pakistan, 1960-1971
Thailand, 1968-1971
United Arab Republic (Egypt), 1962-1967
Series 14
Special Projects, 1966-1970. Arranged alphabetically.This series includes the records of projects that were not clearly the responsibility of the Director General, but over which he exercised at least an advisory capacity. Also included are scripts for a proposed documentary series by Peter C. Welsh.
Box 52
Lamont Street, Smithsonian Experimental Exhibit, 1968-1959
Box 53
Lamont Street, Smithsonian Experimental Exhibit, 1968-1959
Negro History, 1966-1969 (2 folders)
Negro History, 1970 (includes Afro-American Cultural History Project)
Neighborhood Museum, Proposal to Meyer Foundation, 1966
Neighborhood Museum, 1966-1969
Box 54
Neighborhood Museum, 1966-1969
Priority Development Projects, 1966
Scripts: Negro and American Revolution, 1969
Scripts: Sawmill, 1969
Scripts: Trans-Continental Railroad, 1969
TV Studio, 1966-1968 (includes "The Enormous Egg" and film project on animal migration in Africa)
Series 15
Outside Organizations, 1956-1972. Arranged alphabetically.This series includes non-Smithsonian organizations other than The American Association of Museums and the International Council on Museums, which are treated as separate series.
Box 54
Miscellaneous Organizations, 1956-1971
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1967-1968
Box 55
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1967-1968 (2 folders)
American Association for State and Local History, 1966-1971
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Committee on the Public Understanding of Science, 1966-1967
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Holiday Science Lectures, 1964-1966
American Heritage, 1965
Association of Science Museum Directors, 1970
Early American Industries Association, 1959-1964
Interior, U.S. Department of the, National Park Service, 1961-1965
International Cooperation in History of Technology Committee (ICOHTEC), 1968
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), 1965-1968
Labor, U.S. Department of, 1961-1963 (includes Labor in America Exhibit)
Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade/National Capital Downtown Committee, 1960-1963
Museum Computer Network, 1968-1971
Box 56
Museum Educators Roundtable Committee, 1970-1972
National Academy of Sciences, 1963-1971
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
General, 1965-1967
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, Legislative History, 1967
National Endowment for the Arts, 1966
National Endowment for the Humanities, 1966-1967 re: Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities - Intern Program, 1967-1968
National Endowment for the Humanities, Smithsonian Internships, 1967-1968
National Council on the Arts, 1964-1966 (includes National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1964)
National Council on the Humanities, 1966-1967 (includes Biographies of Council Members)
Arts and Humanities (Federal Council), 1968-1971
National Geographic Society, 1959-1962
National Science Foundation, 1959-1971
National Science Foundation, 1966 (includes proposal for grant for Joseph Henry Papers)
Box 57
Pacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington, 1967-1971 (3 folders)
Rome Centre, 1966-1971
Science Service, 1965-1970 (2 folders)
Texas Institute for Small Museums/Texas State Historical Survey Committee, 1966-1971
United Nations, 1966
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1968-1971
United Nations International Cooperation Year (ICY), 1965
Washington Region Conservation Group, 1967-1968
Box 58
World Museum Fund, 1968-1971
Worlds' Fairs (Exposition '67 and Hemisfair '68), 1964-1966
Series 16
National Science Foundation (NSF) Belmont Conference, 1969-1970. Arranged chronologically.The Office of the Director General, in concert with the Office of Academic Programs, conducted a symposium supported by the National Science Foundation. Forty-five invited participants met at the Belmont Conference Center 26-27 January 1970 for the symposium entitled "Opportunities for Extending Museum Contributions to Pre-College Science Education."
Box 58
Letter of Invitation, 1969 (includes proposal to NSF)
Museum Education, NSF Pre-College Science Education, 1969-1970
Notes for papers to be presented, 1969-1970 (Katherine Goldman's & other SI personnel; includes NSF's "Scientific Activities of Non-Profit Institutions, 1966"), 1969-1970
Statements received, 1969-1970
Reports to NSF/Grant Letter, 1969-1970
Box 59
Expenses, 1969-1970
Maps, n.d.
Travel Arrangements, 1969-1970
Notes on sessions, 1970
Post-conference statement solicitations (not previously invited), 1970
Post-conference responses, opinions, thank-you notes, 1970
NSF Report, Edited original draft, 1970
NSF Report, final draft, 1970
NSF Report, Photographic negatives for, 1970
NSF Report, Photographs and captions, 1970
NSF Report, Typescript of Conference, 1970 (includes schedules for publication, duplication, etc.)
Box 60
NSF Report, "Opportunities for Extending Museum Contributions to Pre-College Science Education Summary Report," 1970 (2 folders)
NSF Report, 1970 Correspondence re: corrections and additions
NSF Report, Cover letter to send with report, September 21, 1970
NSF Report - distribution, 1970-1972
NSF Report - subsequent to distribution of report, 1970-1971
NSF Report, Supplementary mailing list, 1970
NSF Report, Museum News supplementary summary report, 1970
Series 17
American Association of Museums (AAM), 1955-1972. Arranged chronologically.Taylor represented the Secretary as required at meetings of the AAM. Taylor was a member and served on the Council of the AAM. Included in this series is the AAM Committee on Museum Needs of the United States, of which Taylor was a member 1967-1968. In 1968, he helped organize the Belmont Conference and was one of the conferees who produced the report on the needs of America's museums.
Box 61
General, 1957-1967 (includes Parkhurst Project; 1957 membership list; J. A. Patterson's resignation as Director, 1967; Whitelaw Survey)
General, 1958-1965 (includes Smithsonian-AAM course for museum staff members in History of Science and Technology, 1965; F. A. Taylor's article for Museum News, "The Museum of History and Techno1ogy," 1964; F.A. Taylor's paper, "Curatorial Functions in the Science and Technology Sections of the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology," 1964 AAM meeting, St. Louis)
General, 1964-1967
General, 1965-1967
AAM/SI Foundation Proposals - Twentieth Century Fund, 1965-1966
Report of the Association of Art Museum Directors' Committee on Art Museums and the Government/Smithsonian relations with AAM, 1966
General, 1968 (Clippings, Correspondence and Notes)
General, 1969-1970
Box 62
General, 1971-1972 (includes Group Retirement Program, clippings, brochures, correspondence)
Traveling Exhibits/Booking Agencies, n.d.
AAM and Richard M. Nixon, 1955; 1969-1970 (includes 1955 Photo)
Publications Committee, "Museum Registration Methods," 1958-1968
Publications Committee, 1962-1969
Publications Committee, 1966-1969 (includes MUSEUM NEWS, Museum Suppliers Directory, MUSEUM ABSTRACTS)
Annual meetings and tours, 1960-1968
Report on cultural activities at museums, 1963
Summer Institute in Anthropology Museums (SIAM) - Arizona State Museum, 1963
Box 63
AAM tour, 1964-1966
Questionnaire for Museum Directory, 1964; 1970
U.S. Steel Foundation, 1965-1966
Aspen Conference, 1966 (Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies), 1965-1966
Council and Executive Meetings, 1965-1971 (3 folders)
Budget and Membership, 1965-1971
Box 64
Joseph A. Patterson (Director), Mid-East Trip, 1966 Report
Related Organizations Address File, 1967-1971
Advertising, 1969
AAM Regional Conference Representatives, 1969-1970
Financial and Membership Reports, 1969-1971
Accreditation, 1970
Museum Trustees Committee, 1970-1972
Box 65
Museum Needs of the United States
Museum Needs of the U.S. (A), 1967
Museum Needs of the U.S. (B), 1967-1968
Museum Needs of the U.S., 1968
Belmont Conference, "A Report on the Needs of American Museums," 1968
Federal Council for the Arts and the Humanities Report, "The Condition and Needs of America's Museums," 1968
Belmont Report, 1968-1971
Series 18
International Council of Museums (ICOM), 1957-1972. Arranged chronologically.F. A. Taylor represented the Secretary as required at meetings of ICOM. From 1962 to 1965 Taylor was President, ICOM, International Committee for Museums of Science and Technology. In 1968 he was a member of the ICOM feasibility study for a museum laboratory in India.
Box 66
General, 1957-1964 (includes International Directory of Museums of Science and Technology)
Commission for Transport Museums, 1958-1964
General, 1959-1963 (includes 1963 membership list)
General Before 1964, 1962
Advisory Board, 1963-1964
General, 1963-1970 (includes ICOM programs, executive committee members, National Committee Chairmen and Secretaries, ICOM history)
Museum of Science and Technology, 1961-1964
Box 67
ICOM '65: Committee for Museums of Science and Technology, 1962-1965
ICOM '65: Meeting plans and Smithson's Bicentennial Plans, 1962-1964 (2 folders)
ICOM '65: General, 1964-1965
ICOM '65: Meeting, 1964-1965 (includes Smithsonian's 200th Anniversary Celebration)
ICOM '65: Expenses, 1964-1965 (includes program)
Box 68
ICOM '65: General, 1964-1965 (includes copies of papers given) (2 folders)
ICOM '65: General, 1965
ICOM '65: General Conference Papers, New York, 1965
ICOM '65: Committee for Museum of Science and Technology, Committee for Transport Museums - attendance list, 1965
ICOM '66: General, 1965-1966 (includes Committee #17 Transport Museums Conference Report)
ICOM '67: General, 1966-1967
ICOM '67: Baghdad conference - Symposium on Urgent Ethnology, 1967
Box 69
ICOM '67: U.S. National Committee, 1967-1972
ICOM '68: General, 1967-1968 (includes Uruguay Proposal)
ICOM '68: General, 1968 (includes list of participants)
ICOM '68: Reports, 1968 (3 folders)
ICOM '69: General, 1969-1970
India, Grace Morley, 1969-1971
Box 70
Meeting of Experts to Study the Ethical Rules Governing Museum Acquisitions, Paris, 1970
Alma S. Wittlin, 1970-1972 (includes impressions of ICOM Conference in Paris, 1971)
ICOM '71, 1971 (includes reports on The Museum in Contemporary Educational and Cultural Policy; National Committee Reports; International Committee Reports)
General, 1971-1972 (includes list of participants of 9th general conference)
General, 1971-1972 (includes article on Canadian Cultural Policy; Ethics of Acquisitions; 1971 US-ICOM membership list)
ICOM Science Museum Exhibits Laboratory (ISMEL), Bangalore, India, 1967-1971 (includes reports and meetings of International Committee for Museums of Science and Technology)
ISMEL, International Museum Development, Bangalore, India (Basic Exhibits Laboratory) Part I, 1968-1971
ISMEL, International Museum Development, Bangalore, India (Basic Exhibits Laboratory) Part II, 1969-1970
Box 71
ISMEL, Science Lab in India to July 69, 1968-1969
ISMEL, Science Lab in India, August 1969, 1969-1970 (includes Excess Foreign Currency Program material)
Series 19
Frank A. Taylor Personal, 1921-1971. Arranged alphabetically.This series contains mainly official correspondence, biographical data and official speeches and publications of Frank A. Taylor, the bulk of the material originating in the time period 1940-1970.
Box 71
Biographical Material, c. 1921-1970 (includes personnel file) (5 folders)
Box 72
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1946-1971 (3 folders)
Awards, 1961-1968 (includes Henry Medal) (2 folders)
Publications, 1939-1946
Speeches, c. 1940s-1970 (2 folders)
Box 73
Speeches, c. 1940s-1970 (3 folders)
Series 20
Miscellaneous and Unfiled Material, circa 1961-1972. Unarranged.Records in this series include miscellaneous correspondence (incoming and outgoing) of the staff of the Office of Museum Programs and the Office of Special Museum Programs. Also included are records that have been separated from their original context and records left unfiled by the originating office.
Box 73
Miscellaneous Correspondence, A-I, c. 1966-1969 (9 folders)
Box 74
Miscellaneous Correspondence, J-Z, c. 1966-1969 (15 folders)
Box 75
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Jean Eisenberg, 1968-1972 (2 folders)
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Katherine J. Goldman, 1971
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Frederick Schmid, 1971
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Peter C. Welsh, 1969-1970 (as Assistant to Director General of Museums and as Acting Director) (2 folders)
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Peter C. Welsh, 1971 (as Director of Office of Museum Programs)
Box 76
Antiques Magazine, 1961-1965 (correspondence with P. C. Welsh)
John J. Appel, 1969 (SI Research Associate in ethnic histories using visual educational materials)
S. K. Ghose, 1971 (individual research)
Intern for Old Lehigh Coal Company Records, Landon, Pennsylvania, 1967
Sundry and Assorted, 1968-1970
Unfiled, n.d. (3 folders)
Conferences Miscellaneous, 1962-1968
Junior League Guided Tours, Prehistoric Life, n.d.
Series 21
Exhibits Modernization, circa 1943-1959. Arranged chronologically. (Add acquisition)Records in this series include correspondence, plans, and reports relating to the modernization of exhibits in the USNM, especially records of the Exhibits Modernization Committee, which was chaired by Taylor.
Box 76
Exhibits Modernization, 1943, Invertebrate and Vertebrate Exhibits
Exhibits Modernization, 1946-1947, includes S. W. Gallery, Division of Crafts and Industries, and Department of Engineering and Industries
Exhibits Modernization, 1948, includes memoranda and reports of the sub-Committee on Exhibits Modernization, Frank A. Taylor, Chairman, Frank M. Setzler, Ellsworth Payne Killip, Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, C. Lewis Gazin, Charles Carey, and John A. Pope
Exhibits Modernization, 1949
Exhibits Modernization, 1950, includes memoranda and reports of the Committee on Exhibits, Frank A. Taylor, Chairman, Herbert Friedmann, John C. Ewers, Paul V. Gardner, and drawings and photographs of the NHB
Exhibits Modernization, 1952-1956
Exhibits Modernization, 1958-1959, includes information relating to the retirement of William L. Brown, taxidermist, and three photographs of Brown and Leonard Carmichael
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