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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 399

Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies. Associate Director for Education Programs

Records, 1974-1983

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies. Associate Director for Education Programs
Title:Records
Dates:1974-1983
Quantity:7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 399
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records document educational programs at the CBCES under Associate Director John H. Falk. They consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed materials concerning CBCES educational programs, especially the Summer Ecology Program and the Work-Learn Program in Environmental Studies; the dissemination of environmental information, particularly the publication of the Rhode River Review; office administration; relations with Smithsonian bureaus and offices; and Falk's educational research. Photographs of CBCES staff are found in the records.

Historical Note

John H. Falk joined the staff of the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES) in 1974 as Education Coordinator. In 1975 he was appointed Associate Director for Education Programs. Educational programs at CBCES included research on the design and implementation of outdoor-centered learning experiences, science education field trips for school groups, the development of public programs emphasizing environmental education, and the dissemination of research findings for use in planning and legislation affecting the Chesapeake Bay. Falk's position was abolished in 1983 after the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center was established.

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Descriptive Entry

These records document educational programs at the CBCES under Associate Director John H. Falk. They consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and printed materials concerning CBCES educational programs, especially the Summer Ecology Program and the Work/Learn Program in Environmental Studies; the dissemination of environmental information, particularly the publication of the Rhode River Review; office administration; relations with Smithsonian bureaus and offices; and Falk's educational research. Photographs of CBCES staff are found in the records.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 399, Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies. Associate Director for Education Programs, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Career Education Projects, 1977

Box 1 of 7

Docents, 1974-1979

Box 1 of 7

Discovery Field Tour - CPCB (Citizens Program for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc.), 1981

Box 1 of 7

Falk Correspondence, 1977-1978

Box 1 of 7

Summer Work/Learn Program, 1977

Box 1 of 7

Summer Work/Learn Program Reading File, 1976-1980

Box 1 of 7

SI Minority-Intern Program, 1976-1978

Box 1 of 7

Undergrad Intern Program, 1975

Box 1 of 7

Work Learn Originals, 1977

Box 1 of 7

Summer Ecology Program, 1977-1982

Box 1 of 7

Smithsonian Estuarine Activities, 1976-1982 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 7

Rhode River Review, 1978-1979

Box 1 of 7

Box 2

Teacher-Led Activities, undated

Box 2 of 7

SEA Contract with Delta, 1981-1982

Box 2 of 7

Public Programs, 1981-1982 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 7

Public Information, 1980-1981

Box 2 of 7

Hog Island Trail Notes, undated

Box 2 of 7

Preschooler and Parent Ecology Program, 1978

Box 2 of 7

Falk Correspondence, 1974-1976

Box 2 of 7

Career Education Proposal, 1976 (3 folders)

Box 2 of 7

Career Education Proposal, 1977

Box 2 of 7

Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, 1978-1979

Box 2 of 7

Federal Interagency Committee on Education, Minutes, 1979-1983

Box 2 of 7

Federal Interagency Committee on Education, Reports, 1978-1980

Box 2 of 7

Box 3

Federal Interagency Committee on Education, correspondence, 1975-1981

Box 3 of 7

Federal Interagency Committee on Education, reports, 1975-1977

Box 3 of 7

Federal Interagency Committee on Education, Survey on Environmental Education, 1977

Box 3 of 7

Dormitory, 1978-1980

Box 3 of 7

Flip Cards

Box 3 of 7

Teacher Workshop, Summer, 1983

Box 3 of 7

Estuarine Sanctuary, 1981-1983

Box 3 of 7

Education Brochure, 1974

Box 3 of 7

Youth Conservation Corps, 1976-1981 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 7

Box 4

Youth Conservation Corps - Publications

Box 4 of 7

Film - Environmental Control

Box 4 of 7

Work/Learn Program, 1976-1980 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 7

Community-Based Science Education, 1979-1983

Box 4 of 7

CBCES - Administration, 1974-1979 (6 folders)

Box 4 of 7

CBCES - Budget, 1974-1977 (4 folders)

Box 4 of 7

Box 5

CBCES - Administration, 1980-1983 (4 folders)

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Budget, 1978-1983 (6 folders)

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Budget Planning, FY 1983 - FY 1987

Box 5 of 7

Bird Seed Savings Day, 1976-1982

Box 5 of 7

Camp Letts, 1974-1977

Box 5 of 7

CBCES Audit, 1981

Box 5 of 7

CBCES Auxiliary, 1977-1978

Box 5 of 7

Bibliography, 1981

Box 5 of 7

Comp Time Records, 1980-1981

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Computers, 1979-1982

Box 5 of 7

Dedication

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Docents

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Environmental Education Building, 1978

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Educational Post-Doc, 1980

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Education Staff Meetings, 1980-1983

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Enrichment Program, 1978

Box 5 of 7

CBCES - Executive Committee Review, 1979

Box 5 of 7

Box 6

CBCES - Inquiries/Materials, 1975-1979

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Personnel, 1980

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Pond

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Preschool Program, 1980

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Public Programs, 1978-1982

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Staff Photos

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Smithsonian Environmental Association

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Tax, 1978

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Tours, 1972-1975

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Information Transfer, 1974-1977

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Watershed and Estuary Programs - Correll

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Exhibits, 1977-1981

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - General Education, 1974 and before (2 folders)

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Human Ecology, 1977

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Public Information, 1977-1980

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Program Review, 1976-1979

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Education Program, 1975-1983

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Science Program, 1976-1982

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Seminars, 1975-1982

Box 6 of 7

CBCES - Slide Show, 1980

Box 6 of 7

CBCES/RBL Merger Plan, 1981-1983

Box 6 of 7

Box 7

SI - Office of Academic Studies, 1974-1979

Box 7 of 7

SI - Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, 1982

Box 7 of 7

SI - Associates, 1976-1982

Box 7 of 7

SI - Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1980

Box 7 of 7

SI - Bureau Conference, 1982

Box 7 of 7

SI Challinor, 1980-1983

Box 7 of 7

SI - Education, 1980-1981

Box 7 of 7

SI - Smithsonian Environmental Action Society, 1976-1978

Box 7 of 7

SI - Smithsonian Environmental Sciences Program, 1977-1978

Box 7 of 7

SI - Exposition Books, 1979-1980

Box 7 of 7

SI - Foreign Currency Program, 1977-1983

Box 7 of 7

SI - Office of Information Resource Management, 1981

Box 7 of 7

SI - Office of Membership and Development, 1978-1983

Box 7 of 7

SI - Peace Corps, 1978

Box 7 of 7

SI - Photo Services, 1977-1979

Box 7 of 7

SI - Office of Public Affairs, 1979-1982

Box 7 of 7

SI - Office of Public Service, 1982

Box 7 of 7

SI - Publishing, 1977

Box 7 of 7

SI - Research Associate, 1981

Box 7 of 7

SI - Research Awards, 1979

Box 7 of 7

SI - Research Reports, 1978

Box 7 of 7

SI - Research Awards Program, 1976-1977

Box 7 of 7

SI - Science Bureau Educators Meetings, 1980

Box 7 of 7

SI - Office of Telecommunications, 1982

Box 7 of 7

SI - SI Council, 1980-1981

Box 7 of 7

SI - SI Council - CBCES Review, 1981

Box 7 of 7

SI - Video Disc, 1977

Box 7 of 7

SI - Video Tape Recorders, 1976

Box 7 of 7

SI - SI Year, 1979-1983

Box 7 of 7

SI - Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, 1976-1977

Box 7 of 7

SI - SOS 200 Program, 1980

Box 7 of 7

SI - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1978-1979

Box 7 of 7

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