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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 368

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs

Records, circa 1965-1982

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
Title:Records
Dates:circa 1965-1982
Quantity:5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 368
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of administrative files of the Office of Public Affairs. They include correspondence, memoranda, some printed materials, and a few photographs relating to the work of the Office. Events documented in the records include the opening of the National Air and Space Museum in 1976, the 1977 presidential inauguration of President Jimmy Carter, and Pope John Paul II's visit of 1979.

Descriptive Entry

These records consist of administrative files of the Office of Public Affairs. They include correspondence, memoranda, some printed materials, and an occasional photograph relating to the work of the office. Events documented in the records include the 1977 presidential inauguration of President Jimmy Carter, the Papal visit of 1979, and the opening of the National Air and Space Museum in 1976.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 368, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Center Seam

Box 1 of 5

Indiana Raising

Box 1 of 5

Air and Space Museum, 1976-1979

Box 1 of 5

Museum of African Art, 1978-1979

Box 1 of 5

Photographic Service, 1977-1979

Box 1 of 5

Publications - General, 1979

Box 1 of 5

Pope

Box 1 of 5

General correspondence, 1978-1979

Box 1 of 5

American Securities & Trust - Washington Post, 1977

Box 1 of 5

Inaugural Festivities, 1976-1977

Box 1 of 5

Science Writers

Box 1 of 5

The New Yorker (Media)

Box 1 of 5

Involvement Day - Cousteau Society

Box 1 of 5

National Armed Forces Museum - Byron Fogel, 1975-1978

Box 1 of 5

Living Treasure Award

Box 1 of 5

Media Correspondence, 1977

Box 1 of 5

Media Correspondence, 1979

Box 1 of 5

Publications - General, 1977

Box 1 of 5

Regents Meetings, 1975-1978

Box 1 of 5

Book Proposal by John Sherwood

Box 1 of 5

Zoo - Memorandums and Drafts, 1977

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

National Collection of Fine Arts

Box 2 of 5

National Air Space Museum

Box 2 of 5

Exhibit for the Blind

Box 2 of 5

Bhutan Exhibit

Box 2 of 5

Audio-Visual Materials

Box 2 of 5

Aviation & Space Writers Association

Box 2 of 5

Art & Paintings

Box 2 of 5

Artist-Craftsman Series

Box 2 of 5

Art in Organic Form

Box 2 of 5

Armed Forces Radio

Box 2 of 5

Archives of American Art

Box 2 of 5

NASM (National Air and Space Museum) (Reports, Pictures, etc.)

Box 2 of 5

Apollo 8

Box 2 of 5

Jan and Dean Jazz 20th Century-Fox TV, Inc.

Box 2 of 5

Janus Concert Society

Box 2 of 5

Job Corps Art

Box 2 of 5

Ivy Neck - Maps, Clippings, Ceremony data

Box 2 of 5

International Conference on Education of Teachers for Integrated Science

Box 2 of 5

Center for Astrophysics

Box 2 of 5

Center for Field Biology (Chesapeake Bay)

Box 2 of 5

Cyprus Birds

Box 2 of 5

Drugs & Exhibit

Box 2 of 5

Duke & Duchess of Kent

Box 2 of 5

Docent Correspondence & Annual Report

Box 2 of 5

Dinosaur Communications Policy

Box 2 of 5

Communications

Box 2 of 5

Columbia University

Box 2 of 5

Columbia University Advanced Science Writing Program

Box 2 of 5

National Press Club

Box 2 of 5

International Center for Advanced Studies

Box 2 of 5

Hearings

Box 2 of 5

Hughes Tool Co.

Box 2 of 5

Folklife Festival

Box 2 of 5

Fleming Chair

Box 2 of 5

Exploration Dinner

Box 2 of 5

Elk Program

Box 2 of 5

"G. Willikers"

Box 2 of 5

GE Calendar, 1965-1972 (Correspondence)

Box 2 of 5

Fund Raising

Box 2 of 5

Foreign Currency- ELI

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

Scott Paper Calendar

Box 3 of 5

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 1965

Box 3 of 5

Trieste

Box 3 of 5

West & Evans (ELI)

Box 3 of 5

UNESCO Environment Program

Box 3 of 5

Transpo 72

Box 3 of 5

Smithsonian Journal of History

Box 3 of 5

1968 - The President's Report by Mr. Ripley to John Macy

Box 3 of 5

Life Magazine Article

Box 3 of 5

Air & Space

Box 3 of 5

The President's Report by Mr. Ripley

Box 3 of 5

Orientation Meetings

Box 3 of 5

Opera Ball

Box 3 of 5

Oehser Book

Box 3 of 5

Oceanography

Box 3 of 5

Nixon

Box 3 of 5

Film "Night of Counting the Years"

Box 3 of 5

News Advertising Exhibit

Box 3 of 5

N.E.T.

Box 3 of 5

Negro Exhibit

Box 3 of 5

NBC

Box 3 of 5

Museum of Science & Industry

Box 3 of 5

Mayor's Committee on International Visitors

Box 3 of 5

American Association of Museums

Box 3 of 5

National Visitors Center

Box 3 of 5

National Science Foundation thru 1972

Box 3 of 5

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Meeting - December 1972

Box 3 of 5

AAAS File - December 1972 (Alice Thuermer)

Box 3 of 5

AAAS Enclosure Folder

Box 3 of 5

AAAS (cont.)

Box 3 of 5

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Box 3 of 5

Anthropological Film Conference

Box 3 of 5

Anthropological Film Archive

Box 3 of 5

American Museum of Immigration

Box 3 of 5

Anniversary SI (Smithsonian Institution)

Box 3 of 5

American Museum in Britain

Box 3 of 5

American Association of Museums

Box 3 of 5

American Heritage Publishing Company

Box 3 of 5

Altered States of Consciousness

Box 3 of 5

Aldabra

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Aerospace

Box 4 of 5

Advertising Council

Box 4 of 5

Academic Programs

Box 4 of 5

Abu Simbel Exhibit, September 29, 1965

Box 4 of 5

Cinematheque

Box 4 of 5

Photographic Resources

Box 4 of 5

P5M

Box 4 of 5

Perry Exhibition Damage

Box 4 of 5

Phykos (SI-Maine cooperative program)

Box 4 of 5

Plaques (Joseph Henry & SI Building)

Box 4 of 5

Potomac Books

Box 4 of 5

Pres. Council on Environmental Quality

Box 4 of 5

Rathborne-Prescott

Box 4 of 5

Public Media, Inc. (Arthur Brown)

Box 4 of 5

National Museum Act

Box 4 of 5

Public Broadcasting Environmental Center

Box 4 of 5

Inaugural

Box 4 of 5

IBM

Box 4 of 5

Scott Calendar Acknowledgments

Box 4 of 5

Schmertz

Box 4 of 5

1968 Secretariat Meetings

Box 4 of 5

Secretariat (1969)

Box 4 of 5

Foreign Currency Program

Box 4 of 5

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Paulo - Background Information

Box 4 of 5

St. Mary's

Box 4 of 5

Research Program Council

Box 4 of 5

Red China

Box 4 of 5

Recordings

Box 4 of 5

Folklife Festival

Box 4 of 5

RCA

Box 4 of 5

Robinson's Store

Box 4 of 5

St. Vincent Island

Box 4 of 5

Services

Box 4 of 5

Chrysler Corporation

Box 4 of 5

Christmas Tree Event (correspondence)

Box 4 of 5

By-Word File

Box 4 of 5

Brazilian Preserve

Box 4 of 5

Bradley Study

Box 4 of 5

B.O.B. Film Showing

Box 4 of 5

Secretariat Meetings

Box 4 of 5

National Academy of Sciences

Box 4 of 5

Calvert Cliff Caper

Box 4 of 5

Small Museums

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

Ants-Jim Lynch

Box 5 of 5

Bald Eagles

Box 5 of 5

Archeological Discoveries in Thailand

Box 5 of 5

Cranes

Box 5 of 5

Guy Greenwell

Box 5 of 5

ICF

Box 5 of 5

Darwin

Box 5 of 5

Illustrations-Darwin Story

Box 5 of 5

Einstein Satellite (Center for Astrophysics)

Box 5 of 5

Desertification

Box 5 of 5

Evolution

Box 5 of 5

Epcot

Box 5 of 5

Evolution/Creationism Debate

Box 5 of 5

Great Apes

Box 5 of 5

The Indiana

Box 5 of 5

Thomas Jefferson as Scientist

Box 5 of 5

Cultures in Labrador

Box 5 of 5

Sales Exhibition (Smithsonian Shop to Display Welded Animal Sculptures)

Box 5 of 5

Manatee-Gene Montgomery

Box 5 of 5

Science Writers - Behind the Scenes at SI, 1982

Box 5 of 5

NASM

Box 5 of 5

Marsh Productivity-Photosynthesis (Bert Drake)

Box 5 of 5

Research - Press Releases

Box 5 of 5

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