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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 199

United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar

Records, 1948-1971

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:United States National Museum. Office of the Registrar
Title:Records
Dates:1948-1971
Quantity:1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection:Record Unit 199
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records include the files of the Registrar relating to budgets, personnel, organization, procedures, and policy. They do not contain accession records. The materials document the work of Helena M. Weiss, Registrar.

Descriptive Entry

These records include the files of the Registrar relating to budgets, personnel, organization, procedures, and policy. They do not contain accession records. The materials document the work of Helena M. Weiss, Registrar.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 199, United States National Museum, Office of the Registrar, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Accession Records, Microfilm

Box 1 of 1

"Accessions Received," Notable Accessions

Box 1 of 1

Budget, 1948-1951, 1963-1972 (12 folders)

Box 1 of 1

Diaries (sampled), 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971

Box 1 of 1

Forms and Proposed Forms, 1953-1970

Box 1 of 1

Indoctrination Courses, ca. 1953-1963

Box 1 of 1

Insurance

Box 1 of 1

Management Study of OR, 1966

Box 1 of 1

Movement of Specimens Contracts: Esp. National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), 1964

Box 1 of 1

Office Space

Box 1 of 1

Organization Charts and Functional Statements, ca. 1955-1972

Box 1 of 1

Personnel: General

Box 1 of 1

Personnel: Helena Weiss

Box 1 of 1

Policy, 1963-1971

Box 1 of 1

Procedures: Complex Accessions (see also "Management Study of OR, 1966")

Box 1 of 1

Procedures: Loans, 1948-1969

Box 1 of 1

Procedures: Miscellaneous Memoranda, 1948-1971. Includes material relating to examinations and reports; shipping invoices and bills of lading; block accession number assignments; 1969 customs seizure (Desautels); intramural transfer; acknowledgment of accessions; conversion of loans to gifts; USNM Management Improvement Program, 1950; iron curtain clearances, 1963-1965; foreign travel regulations, 1963; accession files missing, 1953, 1971; mail room standard operating procedures, 1967. Related material in "Management Study of OR, 1966."

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Procedures: Official Procedures of OR, undated

Box 1 of 1

Procedures: Official Procedures of USNM, 1948-1949, and undated

Box 1 of 1

Procedures: Shipping, Mail, Customs

Box 1 of 1

Public Inquiries

Box 1 of 1

Speed Mail Experiment, 1960

Box 1 of 1

Staff Photographs

Box 1 of 1

Statistics

Box 1 of 1

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