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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 343

National Air and Space Museum. Associate Director for Research

Program Files, 1984-1987

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Air and Space Museum. Associate Director for Research
Title:Program Files
Dates:1984-1987
Quantity:5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 343
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist primarily of administrative subject files concerning meetings, budgets, publications, lectures, professional appointments, seminars, grants, and projects.

Historical Note

The position of Associate Director for Research was created by Director Walter J. Boyne in 1983 to coordinate the creation at the National Air and Space Museum of a world center for the study of the history of aerospace science and to direct the new emphasis at the museum on research and technology. Paul A. Hanle, formerly Associate Curator of the Department of Science and Technology, 1976-1977; Curator, 1978-1979; Acting Chairman of the Space Science and Exploration Department, 1980; and Chairman of the Department, 1981-1983, was appointed to the new office. By 1986 he was in charge of Educational Planning, Education, Publications and Special Projects, Volunteer Services, and University Programs. When Hanle left the museum in 1987, the position was abolished.

Some of the projects undertaken during Hanle's tenure included the Space Telescope History Project, the Air and Space Bibliography, and the Smithsonian History of Aviation Project.

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Descriptive Entry

These records consist primarily of administrative subject files concerning meetings, budgets, publications, lectures, professional appointments, seminars, grants, projects, and so forth.

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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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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 343, National Air and Space Museum. Associate Director for Research, Program Files

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Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 Accoustiguide Agreement

Box 1 of 5

Folder 2 AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Annual Meetings

Box 1 of 5

Folder 3 Aerospace Education and Publications

Box 1 of 5

Folder 4 Advisory Board Members

Box 1 of 5

Folder 5 Admissions Committee

Box 1 of 5

Folder 6 Adams Briefing, October 2, 1984

Box 1 of 5

Folder 7 Budget, FY 1987

Box 1 of 5

Folder 8 Budget, FY 1988

Box 1 of 5

Folder 9 Brush, Stephen

Box 1 of 5

Folder 10 CEPS (Center for Earth and Planetary Studies)

Box 1 of 5

Folder 11 Budget, FY 1985 travel

Box 1 of 5

Folder 12 Budget, FY 1986 travel

Box 1 of 5

Folder 13 Budget, FY 1986

Box 1 of 5

Folder 14 Budget, FY 1985

Box 1 of 5

Folder 15 Aviation History Project

Box 1 of 5

Folder 16 Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)

Box 1 of 5

Folder 17 Associates Lectures

Box 1 of 5

Folder 18 Appointments to the Research Staff

Box 1 of 5

Folder 19 Albatrosses

Box 1 of 5

Folder 20 Air and Space Bibliography

Box 1 of 5

Folders 21-23 Smithsonian Council Meetings, 1984-1986

Box 1 of 5

Folder 24 SI-Five Year Prospectus

Box 1 of 5

Folder 25 Space Study

Box 1 of 5

Folder 26 Space Stations

Box 1 of 5

Folder 27 Space History Chair

Box 1 of 5

Folders 28-31 Smithsonian Year, 1984-1987

Box 1 of 5

Folder 32 Smithsonian Workshop Fund

Box 1 of 5

Folder 33 SI, Programs and Activities

Box 1 of 5

Folder 34 Visitors (includes photographs of Margaret Thatcher's visit to the Museum)

Box 1 of 5

Folder 35 Visiting Associates Program

Box 1 of 5

Folder 36 Hanle-Air and Space Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Folder 37 Correspondence, June 1985

Box 1 of 5

Folders 38-39 Technology and Culture, 1984-1986

Box 1 of 5

Folder 40 Teacher Resource Center

Box 1 of 5

Folder 41 System for Digital Display

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

Folder 1 Special Exhibit Fund

Box 2 of 5

Folder 2 Space Utilization Committee

Box 2 of 5

Folder 3 Videodisc

Box 2 of 5

Folders 4-19 Correspondence, January-May 1986; January-May, 1985; July-December 1985 (in reverse chronological order)

Box 2 of 5

Folder 20 Visniews International

Box 2 of 5

Folder 21 Worcester College, Oxford, Visiting Fellow

Box 2 of 5

Folder 22 Women's Committee Grants

Box 2 of 5

Folder 23 WETA

Box 2 of 5

Folder 24 Webb Fund for Research in Space History

Box 2 of 5

Folder 25 Technology and Culture, 1980-1983

Box 2 of 5

Folder 26 Videohistory Proposal

Box 2 of 5

Folder 27 University of the World, Smithsonian World

Box 2 of 5

Folder 28 Trust funded SI Press series

Box 2 of 5

Folder 29 Translations

Box 2 of 5

Folders 30-33 Correspondence, September-December 1984 (in reverse chronological order)

Box 2 of 5

Folder 34 Tenth Anniversary

Box 2 of 5

Folder 35 Smithsonian Benefits

Box 2 of 5

Folder 36 Smithsonian Board of Regents

Box 2 of 5

Folder 37 Smithsonian Council Membership

Box 2 of 5

Folder 38 Robinson, George, Space Law

Box 2 of 5

Folder 39 Short Stories Contest

Box 2 of 5

Folder 40 SHOT (Society for the History of Technology) - AAAS Liaison

Box 2 of 5

Folder 41 Smithsonian International Activities Profile

Box 2 of 5

Folder 42 Museum of Flight

Box 2 of 5

Folder 43 Minority Outreach

Box 2 of 5

Folder 44 Museum Studies Fund

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

Folders 1-5 Program Review, 1984-1987

Box 3 of 5

Folder 6 Proposed Research Projects

Box 3 of 5

Folders 7-8 Research Working Group, 1984

Box 3 of 5

Folder 9 Research Report, 1984, ST Article

Box 3 of 5

Folder 10 Five Year Plan, 1985

Box 3 of 5

Folder 11 Five Year Plan, 1987

Box 3 of 5

Folder 12 Film Video Unit, JHU (Johns Hopkins University) - NASM (National Air and Space Museum)

Box 3 of 5

Folder 13 Fellowship Selection Committee

Box 3 of 5

Folder 14 Editorial Advisory Board

Box 3 of 5

Folder 15 Doel, Ron

Box 3 of 5

Folder 16 Dulles Planning Committee

Box 3 of 5

Folder 17 Congressional Staff Advisory Board

Box 3 of 5

Folder 18 Committee for a Wider Audience

Box 3 of 5

Folder 19 Docents-Volunteer Service

Box 3 of 5

Folder 20 Development

Box 3 of 5

Folder 21 Computer Gallery

Box 3 of 5

Folder 22 PEW Memorial Trust

Box 3 of 5

Folder 23 Paris Air Show, June 1985

Box 3 of 5

Folder 24 Paper Airplane Contest

Box 3 of 5

Folder 25 Karmen, T. V., Papers Microfilm Project

Box 3 of 5

Folder 26 Langley Theater, Einstein Planetarium

Box 3 of 5

Folder 27 Internship Program

Box 3 of 5

Folder 28 International Space Symposium, July 1985

Box 3 of 5

Folder 29 Latin American History of Science and Technology Program

Box 3 of 5

Folder 30 Kids America

Box 3 of 5

Folders 31-34 Correspondence, January-April 1987

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Folders 1-5 Correspondence, May-September 1987

Box 4 of 5

Folders 6-12 Correspondence, June-December 1986

Box 4 of 5

Folder 13 Resumes

Box 4 of 5

Folder 14 Freudenheim Briefing, April

Box 4 of 5

Folder 15 Folger Library

Box 4 of 5

Folder 16 IMAX Film, On the Wing

Box 4 of 5

Folder 17 IMAX Film, Exploration

Box 4 of 5

Folder 18 IMAX Film, The Dream is Alive

Box 4 of 5

Folder 19 Ideas Not Thought Out

Box 4 of 5

Folder 20 Howard University - SI Internship Program

Box 4 of 5

Folder 21 Incentive Awards

Box 4 of 5

Folder 22 International Center

Box 4 of 5

Folder 23 International Fellowship

Box 4 of 5

Folder 24 Housing for Students

Box 4 of 5

Folder 25 History of Science Society Newsletter

Box 4 of 5

Folder 26 History of Science Society AAAS Liaison

Box 4 of 5

Folder 27 Henry Institute

Box 4 of 5

Folder 28 Governance in Space

Box 4 of 5

Folder 29 Information Planning Committee

Box 4 of 5

Folder 30 Helen McMahon

Box 4 of 5

Folder 31 NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - NASM Symposium on Space History

Box 4 of 5

Folder 32 NASA History Office

Box 4 of 5

Folder 33 NASA Artifact Committee

Box 4 of 5

Folder 34 National Science Resource Center

Box 4 of 5

Folder 35 National Commission on Space

Box 4 of 5

Folder 36 NASM Trophy

Box 4 of 5

Folder 37 NASM Archival Program

Box 4 of 5

Folder 38 Optical Data Corp.

Box 4 of 5

Folder 39 Our Next 50 Years in Space Symposium

Box 4 of 5

Folder 40 Office of Product Development

Box 4 of 5

Folder 41 OFG (Office of Fellowships and Grants) Research opportunities

Box 4 of 5

Folder 42 OFG Academic Program Committee

Box 4 of 5

Folder 43 National Science Week, 1985

Box 4 of 5

Folder 44 Princeton University

Box 4 of 5

Folder 45 Research Opportunities Fund

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

Folder 1 Research Policy Committee

Box 5 of 5

Folder 2 Research Advisory Committee meeting, November 13, 1984

Box 5 of 5

Folder 3 Research Advisory Committee

Box 5 of 5

Folder 4 Reorganization, 1986

Box 5 of 5

Folder 5 Regents Publication Award Program

Box 5 of 5

Folder 6 Regents Fellowships

Box 5 of 5

Folder 7 Publications

Box 5 of 5

Folders 8-10 Research Reports, 1985-1987

Box 5 of 5

Folder 11 Research Opportunities, SI, 1985

Box 5 of 5

Folder 12 Research Report, 1984

Box 5 of 5

Folder 13 Mall Redevelopment

Box 5 of 5

Folder 14 Leven Briefing

Box 5 of 5

Folder 15 Lecture Series

Box 5 of 5

Folder 16 Lectures Hanle

Box 5 of 5

Folder 17 La Villette

Box 5 of 5

Folder 18 Challenger Foundation

Box 5 of 5

Folder 19 Center for the History of Space Science

Box 5 of 5

Folder 20 Columbus Quincentennial

Box 5 of 5

Folder 21 Collection Committee meetings

Box 5 of 5

Folder 22 Fellowship Program

Box 5 of 5

Folder 23 Expo, 1986

Box 5 of 5

Folder 24 Child Care Advisory Board

Box 5 of 5

Folder 25 Enterprise

Box 5 of 5

Folder 26 Educational Outreach Program

Box 5 of 5

Folder 27 Eisenhower Institute

Box 5 of 5

Folder 28 Dulles

Box 5 of 5

Folder 29 Five Year Plan, 1984

Box 5 of 5

Folder 30 Education

Box 5 of 5

Folder 31 Exhibits Meetings and Schedules

Box 5 of 5

Folder 32 Sky & Telescope

Box 5 of 5

Folder 33 Research Working Group, 1985

Box 5 of 5

Folder 34 Research Steering Committee

Box 5 of 5

Folder 35 Scholarly Studies Program

Box 5 of 5

Folder 36 Research Working Group Report, 1985

Box 5 of 5

Folder 37 Exploring space with astronomers lectures

Box 5 of 5

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