Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 503
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
Records, 1954-1979
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: | Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1954-1979 |
Quantity: | 25.58 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (2 oversize folders) |
Collection: | Record Unit 503 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records were mostly created by the Office of Exhibits, 1954-1969; the Office of Exhibits Programs, 1969-1973; and the Office of Exhibits Central, 1973-1979. They document a period of intense exhibition activity at the Smithsonian Institution and its bureaus. Especially well represented are permanent and special exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), the National Air and Space Museum (before 1966, the National Air Museum), and the Arts and Industries Building. The records include correspondence, memoranda, exhibit scripts, budgets, specifications for exhibit halls, plans, press releases, annual reports, installation schedules, progress reports, photographs and negatives, publications, and posters. Of special interest are records concerning the United States National Museum's Exhibits Modernization Program during the 1950s and 1960s; the creation and early history of the Insect Zoo at NMNH, circa 1971-1973; the proposed rain forest exhibition at NMNH, circa 1970-1973; the special Smithsonian exhibition, "Drugs: A Special Exhibition," 1972; the planning and installation of the initial exhibitions at NMHT, circa 1957-1968; the "Laser 10" exhibition at NMHT, 1969-1970; and the installation of the By-Word program at NMNH, circa 1967-1971. |
Descriptive Entry
These records were primarily created by the Office of Exhibits, 1954-1969; the Office of Exhibits Programs, 1969-1973; and the Office of Exhibits Central, 1973-1979. They document a period of intense exhibition activity at the Smithsonian Institution and its bureaus. Especially well represented are permanent and special exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), the National Air and Space Museum (before 1966, the National Air Museum), and the Arts and Industries Building.
This accession includes correspondence, memoranda, exhibit scripts, budgets, specifications for exhibit halls, plans, press releases, annual reports, installation schedules, progress reports, photographs and negatives, publications, and posters. Of special interest are records concerning the United States National Museum's Exhibits Modernization Program during the 1950s and 1960s; the creation and early history of the Insect Zoo at NMNH, circa 1971-1973; the proposed rain forest exhibition at NMNH, circa 1970-1973; the special Smithsonian exhibition, Drugs, 1972; the planning and installation of the initial exhibitions at NMHT, circa 1957-1968; the Laser-10 exhibition at NMHT, 1969-1970; and the installation of the By-Word program at NMNH, circa 1967-1971.
Index Terms
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Name
- Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Drugs: A Special Exhibition (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- Laser 10 (Exhibition) (1970: Washington, D.C.)
- National Air Museum (U.S.)
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
- National Museum of History and Technology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). By-Word Program
- O. Orkin Insect Zoo
- Smithsonian Institution -- Administration
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Programs
- United States National Museum. Exhibits Modernization Program
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 503, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central, Records
Container List
Box 1
Administrative Files - Smithsonian Staff
Recent Answered Letters
Discussion on an Exhibit About Drug Use, 1969
"Why Drugs?" - National Science Foundation Proposal
"Drugs in Use: A Brief Survey," 1970
Drug Exhibit - Narrative Script, October 1970 (3 folders)
"Interactive Devices in Museum Exhibits," 1970
Smithsonian Audience Survey Questionnaire, 1968
Drug Exhibit - Observations and Recommendations, 1971
Drug Exhibit - Panels and Labels, 1972
Drug Exhibit - Status of Scripts, 1971
Drug Exhibit - File System
"The Design, Development and Testing of a Response Box, a New Component for Science Museum Exhibits," United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1967
Warshaw
Medical Slide Show
"Museums: Fossils No Longer," Article by Wilton S. Dillon
"A Viewpoint: The Museum as a Communications System and Implications for Museum Education," Curator Article by Duncan F. Cameron, March 1968
Drug Exhibit - Responsibilities, 1971
Drug Exhibit - Civic Advisors (D.C.), 1971
Drug Exhibit - SI Staff, 1971
Drug Exhibit - Announcement, March 31, 1971
Drug Exhibit - Correspondence Slugs, 1971
Drug Exhibit - History, Dialog Script, and Outline
Drug Fare - Production Outline, 1971
Drug Fare - Final Scripts, 1972
International Symposium on Drug Abuse - Trip Report, 1970
United Nations Association - Capital Are Division, 1972
Drug Exhibit - Travel Specifications, 1972
Drug Exhibit - Press, 1972
Drug Exhibit - Road Show
Drug Exhibit - Visuals
Drug Exhibit - Panels
Drug Exhibit - Talking Heads
Drug Exhibit - Budget, 1972
Drug Exhibit - Production Status, 1972
Drug Exhibit - Handouts, 1971
Drug Exhibit - Press Releases
Drug Exhibit - Narrative Script, October 1, 1970
Narcotics Exhibit File
Box 2
Correspondence
Feasibility Study for Exhibit for Drug Use, Smithsonian Institution
An Exhibit About Drug Use at the Smithsonian Institution
Torch Article, Summer 1972
Smithsonian Institution Sea
Smithsonian Institution Organizational Charts, 1967, 1968
Center for Short-Lived Phenomena
Joseph Henry papers
125th Anniversary
Drake Birds
International Symposium, "The Nature of Scientific Discovery," April 25-27, 1973
Smithsonian Institution Council Meetings, 1972
Budget, FY 1968-FY 1974 (11 folders)
Rain Forest Script, 1973
Desert, 1972-1973
Rain Forest, 1973
Hall 10 Audiovisual, 1973
Hall 10 Specifications, 1972-1973
Drug Exhibit - Miscellaneous (correspondence, memoranda, invitations to opening) (3 folders)
Air and Space General Design, c. 1959
Explorere I
Vanguard I
Box 3
Friendship 7, c. 1963 (negatives)
Freedom 7, c. 1961
Wright Brothers Model Case
Air and Space Memoranda and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1958-1963
General, 1961-1962
Air and Space Specifications and Contracts, General Services Administration and Smithsonian Institution Supply, 1959-1960 (Modernization of National Air Museum Exhibits)
Miscellaneous, Sikorsky Trophy, Kennedy Pen, 1962
Miscellaneous Prints of Airplanes
Negatives
Temporary Exhibit - 50th Anniversary Naval Aviation, 1951 (includes prints)
Able-Baker (Prints, etc.)
Flyer Specifications: Aircraft Exhibitions (Prints, etc.)
Southwest Wall: "Hurricane" Camera-Space, 1962
Center West Wall: Aviation Art, 1962
Flyer Specifications Engine Exhibits (negatives, prints)
Pioneer IV, 1962
Space Photography, 1960-1961
First Recovered Nose Cone
First Recovered Data Capsule
Discoverer XIII, 1960 (?)
19th Century Pioneers Heavier-Than-Air Craft (negatives and prints)
19th Century Experiments (prints) (2 folders)
Samuel Pierpont Langley (prints)
Man's First Powered, Controlled Flight (prints)
Pre-World War I Model Case (prints)
Glenn H. Curtiss
Early Military Balloons (T. S. C. Lowe)
First Military Airplane (prints)
Aircraft Carriers
Lafayette Escadrill, c. 1971 (prints)
Glenn Space Suit and Equipment (prints)
World War I Model Case (prints)
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Aviation in World War I (prints and negatives)
First Transatlantic Flight, NC-4 (prints)
First Stratosphere Flight, First Alaskan Expeditions, First Mid-Air Refueling (prints and negatives
Balloons (prints and negatives)
Airships (prints and negatives)
Naval Airships (prints and negatives)
Air and Space Scripts of South Wall, c. 1970
Unmarked Negative, Air and Space
Air and Space Scripts of North Wall
Air and Space Scripts of Free Standing Cases, c. 1968
RVX 1-5 Nose Cone, c. 1979 (prints and negatives)
R. J. Collier Trophy, 1964-1971 (prints) (2 folders)
Box 4
Instrument Flight Animated (Lear) (prints and negatives)
Racing Planes Model Case, Thompson/Pulitzer Trophies (prints)
National and Space Administration Benefits, 1971
National Air and Space Museum General Aviation Hall, Unit 19
National Air and Space Museum Halls, Arts and Industries Building Negatives
Packard Diesel, 1971 (prints)
National Air and Space Museum - Display Improvement Objectives, 1970 (prints)
Air and Space Building
Aero Propulsion, 1971
Air Museum - Artwork for 3 Plane Drawings
Langley's Aero Engine, 1971 (prints)
Rotary-Winged Aircraft and Convert Planes (prints)
Rotary-Winged Aircraft, 1959 (prints and negatives)
Commercial Aviation Model Case, 1960
Airports, 1956-1959 (prints)
World War II (prints)
World War II Model Case, 1971 (prints)
First Atomic Bomb (prints)
Modern Manned Military Aircraft
Parachutes and Airborne Operations
Parachutes (prints)
General Aviation Hall, 1965-1966 (prints)
Supersonic Transports, 1971 (prints)
DC-7 (script and photographs), 1966 (negatives)
Script - General Aviation Hall
Sirius, 1967 (prints)
Aerial Exploration, 1970 (prints)
Beech Cases, 1969-1970
Henry H. Arnold, General of the Air Force (prints)
James H. Doolittle (prints and negatives)
Transoceanic Flights (prints)
Pan-Am Goodwill Flight, 1960-1971 (prints)
Polar Flights (prints)
First Round the World Flight (prints and negatives)
First Nonstop Coast tot Coast Flight, 1971 (prints)
Virginia Capes Bombing (Billy Mitchell) (prints)
Glenn L. Martin, 1971 (prints)
Miscellaneous Prints
Rotorcraft, 1958, 1965 (prints and drawings)
Commercial Airlines Exhibit, 1966-1967 (prints)
General Aviation Hall: Photographs of Airplanes
Collier, 1935, 1962, 1968 (prints)
Box 5
Gupta, 1963
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Color
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Preliminary Case Setup
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Measurements and General Case Information
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Preliminary Outlines
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Trips, 1961-1962
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Unit #4, Amazon Life Group
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Unit #27, Galapagos Island Group
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #28, Food Habits
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #29, Locomotion
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #30, Economic Value
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #31, Defense
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #32, Rhinoceros Iguana Group
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #33, East African Veldt
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #34, Florida
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #33, Wall-Hung Case
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #35, Southwestern United States
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #36, History of Herpetology
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Cases #37-38, Free-Standing
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Filmotype Requests
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Illustrations
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Temporary Barrier Panel
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Existing Specimens and their Conditions
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Illustrations
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #2, Growth and Development of Amphibians
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - References
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #1, Growth and Development of Reptiles
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Case #3, Malayan Life Group
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Government Memoranda
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - Miscellaneous Memoranda
Hall 29, Reptiles and Amphibians - List of Cases by Title
Hall 10, Zone V
Hall 10, Ecology (3 folders)
Insect Zoo, 1971 (clippings and prints)
Orientation to Natural History Building, 1971
Proposals and Policies - Miscellaneous
Proposals and Policies - "Hearies," "Smellies," or "Feelies"
Proposals and Policies - Downing Urn
Proposals and Policies - Smithsonian Council
Proposals and Policies - Alma Wittlin Manuscript
Proposals and Policies - Secretary's Tour of Exhibit Hall
Proposals and Policies - Great Hall
Box 6
Proposals and Policies - United Nations Youth Festival of Arts
Proposals and Policies - Belmont Estate
Proposals and Policies - Secretary's Office
Proposals and Policies - Union Station
Proposals and Policies - Smithsonian Institution Christmas Card
Proposals and Policies - Smithsonian Institution Flag
Proposals and Policies - Regents Exhibit
Proposals and Policies - Smithsonian Council
Proposals and Policies - National Gallery of Art
Proposals and Policies - Smithsonian Institution Evaluation Committee
United States National Museum Act
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Exhibits
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Production Package and Construction and Graphics Specifications, 1975
Perry Exhibit
Frederick Douglass Exhibit
Warshaw Exhibit
Pacific Science Center
Sinclair
Presidential Libraries
Participation in Programs Outside of the Smithsonian Institution
Barbara Craig Memoranda and Correspondence
Mary Alice Tenenbaum, 1975 (prints)
Insect Zoo Article
"The Curator's Responsibilities in the Exhibits Program"
Production and Shipping Information - General
Exhibit Manager Position, 1973
Zoo Exhibits and Graphics, 1973
Exhibit Editors' Extraordinary Work, 1973
Natural Science Exhibits, 1970
Renwick Gallery, "Design Is " Exhibit, 1971
New York Historical Association Presentation, 1972-1973
Fiberglass Workshop, 1973
"Investigating Experimental Techniques to Increase the Effectiveness of Existing Museum Exhibits" by Robert A. Lakota, 1973
Budget, FY 1973-FY 1975
"Proposal for a Major Smithsonian Institution Environmental Education and Information Program," 1969
"A Research Program in Museum Behavior" by Robert A. Lakota
Initial Planning Document
Elements of a Good Exhibit
National Air and Space Museum Exhibits, 1972
Budget and Exhibit Schedules, FY 1972-FY 1974
Office of Exhibits Central - Policy and Statement of Purpose
Future of Exhibits
Man Hour Cost Accounting
Office of Exhibit Programs Projects, Assignments, and Schedules
Outline of Requirements (National Air Museum and National Air and Space Museum)
Minutes of Meeting (Hellmuth, Obata, and Kaasabaum, Inc.), 1964
Administrative Cost Accounting, FY 1968 (Folder 1 of 2)
Box 7
Administrative Cost Accounting, FY 1968 (Folder 2 of 2)
Insect Zoo, 1973
Insect Zoo Script, 1972
Insect Zoo Cages, 1966, 1971
Insect Zoo Correspondence - External, 1971
Insect Zoo - Mosquitoes Script
Insect Zoo - Ultraviolet Flowers (Kugler), 1971
National Museum of Natural History - Live Exhibits Proposal
Insect Zoo - Photographs, 1971
Insect Zoo - Publicity, 1972
Insect Zoo - Ron Goor
Insect Zoo - Personnel, 1972
Insect Zoo - Book/Reference/Supply Lists, 1971
Insect Zoo - Ant Farm
Insect Zoo - R. S. Goor's Set of Materials, 1972
Insect Zoo - Seminars, 1972
Insect Zoo - Visitors, 1972
Insect Zoo - Budget Support, 1971
Insect Zoo - Office Procedures, 1971-1973
Insect Zoo - Travel
Insect Zoo Correspondence - Internal, 1971
Insect Zoo - Order Forms and Equipment
Insect Zoo - Public Reaction and Correspondence, 1971
Insect Zoo - Publicity and Talks, 1971
Box 8
Insect Zoo - Visuals and Movies
Insect Zoo - Clippings
Hall 27, Insect Life - Current Memoranda, 1967
Grasshopper Model, Hall 27, 1967 (prints)
Special Study, annual Report, 1967
Supervisory Training, 1966
Hall 10 - General
Hall 10 - Adaptations (Natural Selection
Hall 10 - Aggregation
Hall 10 - Biomes
Hall 10 - Biomes (Rainforest)
Hall 10 - Biomes (Deciduous Forest)
Hall 10 - Biomes (Desert)
Hall 10 - Biomes (The Sea)
Hall 10 - Biomes (Tundra)
Hall 10 - Environment Information
Hall 10 - Choice and Consequences (3 folders)
Hall 10 - Club of Rome
Hall 10 - General Correspondence and Memoranda
Hall 10 - Food Chains
Hall 10 - Types of Genetic Adaptation
Hall 10 - Global Materials (Cycles and Flow of Energy)
Box 9
Hall 10 - Present History
Hall 10 - Types of Interaction
Hall 10 - History, April 1970-October 1971
Hall 10 - International Biological Program
Hall 10 - Meetings
Hall 10 - Notes
Hall 10 - Scripts
Hall 10 - Outline, General Statement
Hall 10 - Scripts, June-December 1972
Hall 10 - Scripts, May-July 1972
Hall 10 - Scripts, January-April 1972
Hall 10 - Sources, Bibliographies, etc.
Hall 10 - Visuals
Hall 10 - Dorothy Twinings
Hall 10 - Human Adaptations
Hall 10 - GW's Files
Box 10
Chronological File, 1968-1969
Travel, FY 1969
Annual Report, 1969
Annual Reports, 1966-1968
Transfer of Label Funds (Government Printing Office), FY 1967
Label Editing and Printing Progress Reports, FY 1959-1968 (3 folders)
Government Printing Office Requirements and Man-hour Reports, FY 1967-FY 1969 (3 folders)
Major Exhibition Programs, Smithsonian Institution, FY 1974 (2 copies)
Office of Exhibits Central Administrative: Budget Estimates and Plans of Operations, 1957-1966 (7 folders)
Office of the Assistant Secretary, 1969-1972
Totem Poles, 1969-1970
Proposals and Policies, 1966-1970
Institution Activities, 1965-1969
Office of Academic Programs, 1965-1971
Box 11
Office of Academic Programs, Poverty Program
Office of Academic Programs, Widening Horizons
75th Anniversary - Movie Industry
Science Fair, 1968
Training of Underprivileged, 1968
Training of Exhibits Personnel, 1968-1969
Training of Deaf Students, 1968
Office of International Activities, Animal Sculpture, 1968
Office of International Activities, Poor People's March, 1968
Office of Public Information, 1967-1972
Smithsonian Institution Society of Associates, 1966-1972
Museum Service, 1965-1972
Museum Service, Signs and Posters
Museum Service, Sales Desks
Museum Service, Puppet Theatre
Division of Performing Arts, 1968-1972
Museum Shops, 1966-1972
Smithsonian Press, 1965-1972
Publications by Smithsonian Institution Staff
Budget, 1969
Special Projects, 1968-1971
Special Projects, Plan of Operations
Special Projects, Minnesota Historical Society
Plants, 1970-1971
Horticultural, 1959-1970
Orientation Film Contract, 1968
Rat Caste, 1968-1969
Eames Show, 1968 (3 folders)
Weekly Schedules, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Laser 10 Exhibition - Official Photographs
Photograph Requisitions Received and Pending, 1971
Information on Special and Temporary Shows for Fiscal Year, 1969-1971
Weekly Exhibit Schedule, 1969
List of Shows, Dates of Approval, Dates of Openings, Special Exhibit - Areas and Films, 1968-1969
Approval Forms and Information for Temporary Shows, 1968-1970
Invitations and Miscellaneous, 1967-1969
Scripts, c. 1969
Training of Individuals, 1966-1970
Box 12
Training, 1961-1972
Training - Trainee's Program
Training - Memoranda
Training - Touring
Training - Correspondence
Training - Visitors
Training - Education Day, 1971
Training - Workshop for Career in the Arts
Training - Old Miscellaneous Information
Visitors, 1970-1971
Trainees, 1970-1971
Visitor's File, 1968-1971
Annual Reports - Visitors and Trainees, 1969-1971
Copernicus, 1972-1973
Laser 10 Exhibition - Photographs, 1968
Laser 10 Exhibition - Identification and Description, 1968
Freeze-Dry Taxidermy, 1958-1971 (prints)
Grant Proposal (re: Freeze-Dry Techniques), 1971
Freeze-Dry Taxidermy
Restoration, 1959-1970
Budget, FY 1970-FY 1973 (5 folders)
General Fiscal, 1966-1972 (5 folders)
Box 13
General Fiscal, FY 1967
American Revolution Bicentennial Programs, 1971-1976, August 1971
Training, 1967-1971
Supervisory Development, 1964-1970
Policies, 1965-1969
Processing Unit, 1967-1969
Payroll Unit, 1966-1971
Overtime, 1961-1972
Supply Division, 1966-1972
Fiscal, 1968-1972
Procurement, 1966-1971
Policies, 1965-1972
Model Makers, 1964-1966
Contractors, 1959-1971
Justification Memoranda, 1964-1972
Buildings Management Department, 1965-1972
Buildings and Maintenance Department Exhibit Security
Space (Offices), 1971
Mechanical Services Division, 1964-1969
Historical and Conservation Associations, 1954-1973
Schools, 1962-1973
Individuals, 1967-1973
Historic and Conservation Associations, 1958-1973
Requests for Information - Museums (Domestic), 1968-1973
Protection Division and Safety Office, 1959-1972 (2 folders)
Policies, 1969
Information Systems Division, 1966-1971
Anacostia, 1967-1969
Museum of History and Technology Exhibits Laboratory
Box 14
Training, 1969
Analysis of Base Resources, 1969-1970
Special Exhibits Schedule, 1968
Letters and Memoranda (Jones), 1969
Museum of History and Technology Building - Appearance, 1963-1971
Museum of History and Technology Building - Humidity Control
Museum of History and Technology Building - Freight Elevator Doors
Museum of History and Technology Building - Corridor Exhibits
Museum of History and Technology Building - Fountain File and Miscellaneous Architectural Work
Museum of History and Technology Building - Fountain
Museum of History and Technology Building - 6th Floor Offices
Museum of History and Technology Building - Project Lobby
Museum of History and Technology, 1963-1971
Museum of History and Technology - Wing Additions
Museum of History and Technology - Sign Orientation
Museum of History and Technology - American Revolution Bicentennial
Museum of History and Technology - Office of Exhibits
Director's Office, 1968-1972
Museum of History and Technology Policies and Directives, 1967-1970 (2 folders)
Assistant Director's Office, 1967-1970
Weekly Exhibits Schedule, 1962-1968
Special Exhibits, FY 1968
Director General of Museums, 1968-1972
Reports, 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Office of the Secretary, 1967-1969
Frank Taylor Memoranda, 1966-1970
Proposals, 1966-1970
Schedules and Installations, 1964-1968
Policies and Guidelines, 1964-1966
Rejections, 1965
Special Exhibits Sponsored by Outside Organization, 1964-1966
War on Poverty Exhibit
Vasa Exhibit
United Nations Day Exhibit
Shell Oil Company Underwater Completion Display Exhibit
Pennsylvania Avenue Model Exhibit
General Services Administration Exhibit
Federal Science and Engineering Exhibit
Creative Playthings Exhibit
Chicago Architecture Exhibit
Cavalcade of Comics Exhibit
Architecture USA Exhibit
American Historical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting Exhibit
American Institute for Architecture Exhibit
Special Exhibits, 1964-1965
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1967
Dept. of Armed Forces History, 1967-1969
Division of Military History, 1966-1969
Special exhibits, 1967-1968
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1965-1967
Hall Security, 1964-1968
Box 15
Division of Naval History, 1969
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1965-1966
Hall Security, 1965-1967
Dept. of Arts and Manufactures, 1967-1968
Division of Agriculture and Forest Products, 1967
Special Exhibits, 1966-1969
Hall Alterations and changes, 1967-1969
Special Exhibits, 1964-1966
German Glass Exhibit
Ceramic Arts USA, 1966
Division of Ceramics and Glass, 1967-1972
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1969
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1964-1969
Hall Security, 1964-1966
Division of Graphic Arts, 1972
Special Exhibits, 1964-1967
Twenty Years of New Photography exhibit
Rembrandt Exhibit
Peters Prints Exhibit
19th Century Prints Exhibit
Currier and Ives Prints exhibit
Canaletto Etchings Exhibit
Australian Prints Exhibit
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1965-1966
Hall Security, 1965
Section of Photography, 1971
Special Exhibits, 1965-1969
Russell Lee Exhibit
World Exposition of Photography Exhibit
Festival of Arts Exhibit
Iranian Photographs Exhibit
Hall Security, 1965
Division of Manufacturing, 1970
Special Exhibits, 1966-1968
Atomic Energy Demonstration Exhibit
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1966-1969
Hall Security, 1966
Division of Textiles, 1967-1970
White House Exhibit
Jewelry Exhibit
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1964-1969
Hall Security, 1959-1966
Division of Cultural History, 1967-1970
Special Exhibits, 1965-1969
Comegy's Library Exhibit
Chinese-California Kitchen Exhibit
Viceregal Silver Exhibit
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1965-1967
Special Exhibits - Musical Instruments, 1967-1970
Music Making American Style Exhibit
Hall of Music Changes, 1965-1968
Hall Security, 1964-1971
Mechanical Music (Musical Instruments), 1966-1971
Hall Security - Hall of Musical Instruments, 1966, 1968
Division of Numismatics, 1968-1971
Special Exhibits, 1964-1969
Reifenberg Coin Collection Exhibit
Lilly Collection Exhibit
Hall Alterations and Changes, 1966-1967
Hall Security, 1966, 1969
Photographic Services Division, 1965-1971
Organization and Methods Division, 1965-1967
Maintenance of National Museum of Natural History Exhibits, 1970
Textiles, 1965-1970
Exhibits Production Work Schedules, 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Plan of Operations, Special Exhibits Study Group, Future of Exhibits, 1963-1972
Collective Bargaining Agreement Between Office of Exhibits Programs, Smithsonian Institution and Local 2463
Museum Visits - Washington Area, Minkin, 1965-1966
Physical Anthropology (Hall 25), 1966
Museum of Natural History - Cultures of Africa and Asia, 1967
Ad Hoc Committee on Popular Publications, 1968
Popular Publications - Museum of Natural History Book, 1968
Office of Exhibits Programs (Publications), 1969-1971
Natural History Book, 1968
Philately Hall Book, c. 1966
Box 16
Interview with Dr. Arthur Schawlaw, 1970 (1/4" audiotape)
Smithsonian Arrow - Completed Issues, 1964
Popular Publications - "The Exhibits Speak," 1970
Popular Publications, 1966-1968
Correspondence - Proposed Exhibits Booklets, 1958-1959, 1963-1965
Popular Publications - "Museum of Natural History Guide," 1966-1969
Music Machines Catalog (MITT), 1971
Popular Publications - Miscellaneous, 1964-1971
Computer Book, 1965
Museum of Natural History Renovation, 1966
Guidebook for Museum of Natural History, 1967
Smithsonian Institution Publications
Lighting, 1959-1973
Design, 1956-1957, 1963-1973
Box 17
Production Laboratory, 1963-1973
Models and Plastics, 1962-1970
Miscellaneous Smithsonian Institution Publications
Task Force on Exhibit Operations and Organization, 1955-1971
Office of Exhibits Program Funds (Oceanography), 1972
National Collection of Fine Arts and Renwick Gallery, 1968-1973
National Portrait Gallery, 1962-1973
National Gallery of Art, 1968-1969
John F. Kennedy Center, 1967-1968
National Armed Forces Advisory Board, 1968
Photography and the City
National Zoological Park, 1964-1972
Arts and Industries Building, 1965-1972 (includes Eskimo Art and Photography and the City
Television and Radio Appearances by Lawless and Anglim, 1964-1966
Trips Taken to Talk on Exhibits - Texas and University of Vermont, 1966
Commerce Department Committee on Alaskan Exhibit, 1966-1967
Sandved, 1964-1965
Oakland Project, 1962-1963
Government Agencies, 1963-1974
Exhibits Laboratories, 1972-1973
Letters and Memoranda (Anglim), 1966-1970 (4 folders)
Box 18
Letters and Memoranda (James Jones), 1967-1968 (2 folders)
Letters and Memoranda (Dehlen), 1967-1968
John Anglim Sketches, undated
Information on Exhibits Testing - Exposition Hall (Arts and Industries Building), 1965
Correspondence (Anglim), 1971
Gershin Designs for Hemisfair, undated
Farm Machinery (negatives), 1963
Graphic Arts, 1964
Hall of Heavy Machinery, 1955-1966 (2 folders)
Iron and Steel, 1962
Memoranda, 1957-1964
Case Desing, undated
Medicine and Dentistry, 1961-1965
Memoranda (Glass Hall and Medical Sciences), 1959-1966
Case Design, c. 1961-1964
Mining and Raw Materials, undated
Memoranda, 1959-1963
Musical Instruments, 1964
Memoranda, 1962-1964
Case Design, 1965
Hall of Nuclear Energy, 1966
Pharmacy, 1961
Memoranda (Medicine and Pharmacy), 1958-1962
Case Design, 1960-1961
Photography, 1956-1963
Memoranda (Photography), 1958-1966
Case Design, 1960-1963
Memoranda (Textiles), 1964-1966
Underwater History, 1961
Box 19
Memoranda (Underwater Exploration), 1959-1966
Case Design, 1959
Wood Technology, 1962
Memoranda (Fores Products Hall), 1957-1962
Case Design, 1965
Scripts, 1968
Museum of History of Technology Movie
Music Permits, 1968-1969
Lighting, 1968-1969
Armed Forces I, 1962-1966
Memoranda (Armed Forces), 1963-1966
Case Design, 1959-1963
Automobiles and Coaches, 1957-1972
Case Design, 1961
Case Design, 1959-1963
Electricity, 1964
Memoranda (Electricity), 1962-1965
Case Design, 1961-1963
Growth of the United States I, 1961-1966
Case Design, 1960-1966
Military Art and Biography, 1957-1964
Memoranda (Military Heraldry), 1958-1964
Case Design, undated
Health (negatives and prints), 1958
Box 20
Memoranda (Hall of Health), 1957-1961
Hall of Health, 1956
Petroleum, 1966
Graphic Design, 1965-1967
Budget Book Photographs (negatives) - Proposal for United States National Museum Exhibits, 1960
Mexico, 1964
General Services Administration Accounts (Modernization of Exhibits), 1954-1962
Museum of Natural History - Endangered species
Museum of Natural History - Flemish Insect Case
Museum of Natural History - Whale and Porpoise Sounds
Museum of Natural History - Trieste I
Museum of Natural History - Population Crisis
Museum of Natural History - Classical Archeology
Museum of Natural History - Daraniyagala Exhibit
Museum of Natural History - Botany Hal
Museum of Natural History - Uncle Beasley
Museum of Natural History - Colonial Art of Ecuador
Museum of Natural History - Face of Chile exhibit
Museum of Natural History -Tiger (2 folders)
Prehistoric Mammals, 1959-1960
Paleontology - Halls 3 and 4, 1955-1970
Dinosaur Hall, 1961-1963
World Mammals, 1956-1963
Elephants (Fenykovi), 1956-1959
Jade Case, 1958-1959
Gems and Minerals, 1953-1970
North American Indian Hall, 1953-1962 (2 folders)
North American Mammal Hall and Lounge, 1952-1957
Bird Hall, 1946-1956
North American Mammal Hall and Lounge
Progress Reports - Design: Paleontology, 1958-1965 (4 folders)
Progress Reports - Design: Pleistocene Vertebrates, 1964-1965
Progress Reports - Design: Peoples of Asia and Africa, 1964-1965
Progress Reports - Design: Peoples of the Pacific, 1959
Progress Reports - Design: Botany, 1963-1964
Progress Reports - Design: Oceanic Life, 1963-1966
Progress Reports - Design: Gem Hall, 1962-1966
Progress Reports - Design: Physical Geology, 1963-1966
Progress Reports - Design: North American Archeology, 1961-1962 (2 folders)
Progress Reports - Design: Physical Anthropology, 1962-1965
Progress Reports - Design: Old World Archeology, 1962-1965
Progress Reports - Design: Vertebrate Anatomy, 1961-1966
Progress Reports - Design: Cold-Blooded Vertebrates, 1961-1966
Progress Reports - Design: Jade Room, 1959
Progress Reports - Design: Meteorites, 1961
Progress Reports - Design: Berwick Rugs, 1963
Progress Reports - Production: Paleontology, 1959-1963 (4 folders)
Progress Reports - Production: Peoples of Africa and Asia, 1962-1966
Progress Reports - Production: Peoples of the Pacific, 1961-1962
Progress Reports - Production: Oceanic Life, 1961-1965
Progress Reports - Production: Blue Whale, 1963
Progress Reports - Production: Gem Hall, 1964-1965
Box 21
Progress Reports - Production: North American Archeology, 1962-1964 (2 folders)
Progress Reports - Production: Physical Anthropology, 1964-1965
Progress Reports - Production: Vertebrate anatomy, 1964-1966
Progress Reports - Production: Cold-Blooded Vertebrates, 1964-1966
Progress Reports - Production: World of Mammals, 1956-1958
Progress Reports - Production: Jade Room, 1959
Progress Reports - Production: Meteorites, 1961
Progress Reports - Production: Berwick Rugs, 1961-1964
Unidentified Photographs, 1965
The Museum Object, 1970
Lighting Reports, 1971
Memoranda, 1970-1971
Anglim, John E. - Correspondence, 1970-1971
Anglim, John E. - Personal, 1956-1961
Anglim, John E. - Correspondence and Memoranda, 1970-1972
Modernization, 1958-1961
Central Exhibits Laboratory, 1965-1968
By-Word - General Information
By-Word - Scripts (Folders 1-4 of 20)
Box 22
By-Word - Scripts (Folders 5-17 of 20)
Box 23
By-Word - Scripts (Folders 18-20 of 20)
Buddhist Art in Korea (prints)
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Prints
Laser 10 Exhibit (United States Information Agency) in National Museum of History and Technology (negatives, slides, prints, and brochure)
Laser 10 Special Exhibit - Letters, Memoranda, and Reports by John Anglim, 1969-1970
Quantronix, 1969-1970
RCA, 1969-1970
Rejections, 1969 (2 folders)
Design Contacts, 1969
Dr. Schawlaw, 1970
Laser Safety, 1969-1970
Laser Science, 1969-1970
Siemens - American Corporation, 1969-1971
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1969-1970
Southwest Research Institute, 1969-1970
Stanford-Zweng Medicine, 1969-1971
Squibb and Sons, 1969-1970
Dr. C. Townes, 1969-1970
T. R. W., Inc., 1969-1970
Union Carbide, 1969-1970
United Aircraft, 1969-1970
University Labs, Inc., 1969-1970
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1969
Yale (Bennett), 1969-1970
Zaret, 1969
Children's Hospital - Cincinnati, 1969
Laser Publicity, 1969
South Carolina Tricentennial, 1970
Sample Correspondence - Equipment Purchases and Transfers, 1970-1971
Script, 1969
Opening Ceremonies - Press Previews, 1970, 1979
Hall of Mining Floor Plan
Correspondence with Industrial Corporations, Federal Agencies, Universities, and Research Foundations Regarding Laser 10 Exhibit, 1969-1970 (Folders 1-11 of 27)
Box 24
Correspondence with Industrial Corporations, Federal Agencies, Universities, and Research Foundations Regarding Laser 10 Exhibit, 1969-1970 (Folders 12-27 of 27)
Laser Photographs
Request for HEW Funding for Exhibit for the Blind, 1965-1968
Selection of Design Firm for Exhibit for the Blind, 1967
Exhibits Colloquium, 1966-1967
HEW Evaluation Committee, 1965-1967
John Colson Exhibit, undated
Johnson Library, 1967
Country Store, 1968
Computer Graphics, 1968
Cybernetics Serendipity, 1968
Berlandier in Texas, 1967-1968
By-Word, 1967-1971 (2 folders)
Anacostia, 1967-1972 (2 folders)
Jazz Exhibition, 1968-1969
Works of Art in Metal, 1970
Presidential Pastimes, 1968
Inter-Media, 1968
Afro-American Exhibit, 1968-1969
Box 25
Peoples of Africa - Script by Dr. Smedley, 1969-1970
Museum of Natural History - African Exhibition, 1968-1969
Lamont Street, 1968
Miscellaneous Laser Inquiries, 1969-1971
News Items, 1970
John F. Kennedy Center, 1965-1967
John Wesley Powell Exhibit, 1967-1968
Litchfield Historical Society, 1967-1968
Hemisfair, 1967-1968
Nehru Exhibit, 1964-1966
Oakland Public Museum Project, 1967-1970
Pilot Museum Laboratory (Cairo, Egypt), 1967
Program for Non-Museums, 1966
Woodward and Lothrop Display, 1965-1968
Alaskan Contracts, Alaskan Exchange Itinerary security Statements, 1970
Correspondence with Alaskan Centennial Commission, 1966-1967
Correspondence with University of Alaska, 1966-1967
Alaska Inter-Agency Committee, 1966-1967
Centennial of the Office of Education, 1967
Encyclopedia Britannica Exhibit, 1967
Exhibit for All Senses, 1965-1966
Brian O-Doherty Proposal, 1966-1969
Selection of Designer for Cultural Center in Korea, 1968
Weather Exhibit, 1968-1969
Lilly Exhibition, 1969-1969
Lunar Samples, 1969
Masada Exhibit, 1968-1969
Gandhi Memorial Exhibit, 1969-1970
Lansdowne Exhibit, 1969
Mobile Traveling Exhibits, 1968-1970
Plastic as Plastic, 1969-1970
Short-Lived Phenomena, 1968
Telemetry, 1968
Vision of Man Exhibit, 1970-1971
Alaska Centennial Exhibition, 1966-1968
Joseph Henry Papers, 1969
Korean Cultural Center, 1967-1968
Correspondence with Pat Patterson in Korea, 1968
Box 26
Anglim Report on Korean Cultural Center and Contacts in Korean Government, 1968-1969
Correspondence with American Friends of Korea, 1966-1968
Energy Conversion, 1970
1968 Design Review, 1969
Experiments in Art and Technology, 1968
Interama Exhibit Committee, 1965-1968
Hall 29 - Print
Drug Exhibit, 1972
Posters
Drugs
Opiates
Psychedelics
Alice in Wonderland (National Associate Program)
Today and Tomorrow in Space: Paintings and Drawings by Robert McCall, August-October 1970, Arts and Industries Building
Contemporary Black American Artists, August-October 1969, Arts and Industries Building
Photographic Competition, June 17, 1971 (National Collection of Fine Arts)
Spiders!, National Museum of Natural History
Summer Film Trips, National Museum of History and Technology
British Designer Craftsman, 1970, Arts and Industries Building
Picture the Peace Corps, 1971, Natural History Building
Milton Avery, National Collection of Fine Arts
Listen to Radio Smithsonian
Museum Education Day
The Zoo in Miniature, 1978-1979 (National Zoological Park)
The Smithsonian Puppet Theater by Allan Stevens and Company, National Museum of History and Technology
Perfect Likenesses, National Museum of History and Technology
Tureens, 1971, National Museum of History and Technology
The Smithsonian Specials on the CBS Television Network
Observe, National Zoological Park
Environmental Awareness Week, National Museum of Natural History
The Indomitable Major: John Wesley Powell, 1969, National Museum of Natural History
Winter Wear
Layout of Arts and Industries Building Showing Subject Exhibits in Respective Ranges, Courts, and Halls
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