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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 549

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs

Photographs of Smithsonian Staff and Subjects, circa 1968-1983

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
Title:Photographs of Smithsonian Staff and Subjects
Dates:circa 1968-1983
Quantity:1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 549
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This record unit consists of a small group of photographs collected by the Office of Public Affairs for its various publications. It includes Smithsonian Institution staff as well as a small number of photographs of Smithsonian buildings or their construction, exhibits, events, and important visitors.

Historical Note

From 1977 until 1984, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) reported to the Office of the Coordinator of Public Information. Carl W. Larsen served as director of OPA, 1972-1978, before becoming a special assistant in the Office of the Coordinator. Late in 1978 Alvin Rosenfeld became acting director of OPA and, in 1979, director.

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Descriptive Entry

This record unit consists of a small group of photographs collected by the Office of Public Affairs for its various publications. It includes Smithsonian staff as well as a small number of photographs of Smithsonian buildings or their construction, exhibits, events, and important visitors.

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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 549, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs, Photographs of Smithsonian Staff and Subjects

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Container List

Box 1

Anglim, Jack

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Archer, W. A.

Box 1 of 2

Ault, Richard L.

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Bishop, Philip N.

Box 1 of 2

Bisson, Gary

Box 1 of 2

Bourne, Russell

Box 1 of 2

Boorstin, Daniel

Box 1 of 2

Bradley, James C.

Box 1 of 2

Brown, Nicholas Y.

Box 1 of 2

Cohea, Harold R.

Box 1 of 2

Demetrion, James T.

Box 1 of 2

Desmond, James M.

Box 1 of 2

Duke of Northumberland

Box 1 of 2

El-Baz, Farouk

Box 1 of 2

Erlich, David

Box 1 of 2

Euell, Julian

Box 1 of 2

Farrar, ?

Box 1 of 2

Fehlman, Herman A.

Box 1 of 2

Freeman, Monroe E.

Box 1 of 2

Galler, Sidney

Box 1 of 2

Getten, Rutherford J.

Box 1 of 2

Gregory, John G.

Box 1 of 2

Hoffer, Mary

Box 1 of 2

Hope, W. Duane

Box 1 of 2

Howar, Rowland

Box 1 of 2

Hyman, ?

Box 1 of 2

Judd, Neil

Box 1 of 2

John Paul Jones letter to Fleury, c. 1788?

Box 1 of 2

Klein, William H.

Box 1 of 2

Lapham, Lewis A.

Box 1 of 2

Laughlin, Robert

Box 1 of 2

Laybourne, Lawrence

Box 1 of 2

MacAgy, Douglas G.

Box 1 of 2

McGruder, Col. John Holmes

Box 1 of 2

McBride, G. K.

Box 1 of 2

Merida, Jesse

Box 1 of 2

Morton, Conrad V.

Box 1 of 2

Murray, Anne

Box 1 of 2

Nagel, Charles

Box 1 of 2

Obato, Gyo

Box 1 of 2

Odell, Scott

Box 1 of 2

Perrot, Paul

Box 1 of 2

Peters, James

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Pope, John

Box 2 of 2

Richter, Anders

Box 2 of 2

Robbins, Warren

Box 2 of 2

Rosenberg, Dorothy

Box 2 of 2

Sagan, Carl

Box 2 of 2

Schultz, Leonard P.

Portrait of Leonard P. Schultz, Ichthyologist and Field Naturalist. Schultz came to the Smithsonian in 1936 as an assistant curator in the Division of Fishes, circa 1968. [Image no. SIA2010-3056]
Box 2 of 2

Stevens, Roger L.

Box 2 of 2

Takahashi, Sugiura

Box 2 of 2

Tillinghast, Carlton

Box 2 of 2

Van Arsdale, Dorothy

Box 2 of 2

Vitala, Francisco

Box 2 of 2

Warner, William

Box 2 of 2

Wink, John

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Associates activities

Box 2 of 2

Joseph Hirshhorn with Maury Povich and Frank Getlein

Box 2 of 2

Shah of Iran visit, 1975: Shah, his wife, Nancy and Henry Kissinger

Box 2 of 2

President Reagan at National Portrait Gallery (NPG), 1981

Box 2 of 2

Pres. and Mrs. Anwar Sadat, visit to Renwick, with Mayor and Effie Barry

Box 2 of 2

Aerial view of south side of Mall, 1980

Box 2 of 2

Aircraft Building, interiors and exterior

Interior of National Air Museum's Aircraft Building, located in South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building, shows planes including an Army Air Service Non Stop Coast to Coast plane and display cases. [Image nos. A10792-C or A10792C]
A Lincoln Ellsworth's Northrop Gramma "Polar Star" and a Curtiss R 3C-2 racer, in foreground, exhibited in the Aircraft Building located in the South Yard as part of the National Air Museum, now the National Air and Space Museum, 1950s. [Image no. 2002-10654]
Box 2 of 2

Old exhibits, Arts & Industries (A&I)

Exhibit of relics entitled "The destruction of the U.S.S. Maine" on display in the Hall of Naval History, which opened in 1952 in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. [Image nos. SIA2010-3086 and 42101 or MAH-42101]
Exhibited in the Arts and Industries Building is the "Winnie Mae" airplane, a single-winged 7-passenger plane, suspended from the ceiling above exhibit cases holding coins from the Numismatics Exhibit, 1940. [Image no. SIA2010-3082]
The original Wright Flyer of 1903 hangs from the ceiling in the Arts and Industries Building when it first came to the Smithsonian in December 1948. [Image nos. MAH-38391, 2002-10643, or SIA2010-3087]
Part of the early automobiles collection in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. Cars are lined up, facing the exhibit hall, and bicycles can be seen hanging from the wall, April 1930. [Image nos. SIA2010-3080 or MAH-18493 or 41344]
Box 2 of 2

A&I Interior

Box 2 of 2

A&I Building

Box 2 of 2

Old Air and Space Building, South Yard, demolition, 1976

Box 2 of 2

Andrew Jackson Downing urn

Box 2 of 2

Castle, several

Box 2 of 2

Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Science, aerial view

Aerial view of the Rhode River and the site of the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES), now known as the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), in Edgewater, Maryland, circa 1970s. [Image no. 2003-19524]
Box 2 of 2

Civil Service Commission Building

Box 2 of 2

"The Concerned Photographer," scene from the exhibition

Box 2 of 2

Congressional resolution on 1976 QE II visit

Box 2 of 2

Cubans visit National Zoological Park (NZP) and National Air and Space Museum (NASM)

Box 2 of 2

Drug Exhibit, 1972

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit items, United States National Museum

Box 2 of 2

First ladies gowns

Box 2 of 2

Freer

View of the Freer Gallery of Art north entrance from The Mall. Visitors can be seen entering and leaving the Freer. The sign with Japanese writing, is the reverse side to the sign advertising an exhibit entitled "Japanese Screens", circa 1970s. [Image no. 83-2976-18]
View of the Freer Gallery of Art north entrance from The Mall. Visitors can be seen entering and leaving the Freer. The sign in front advertises an exhibit entitled "Japanese Screens", circa 1983. [Image no. 83-2976-20]
Box 2 of 2

George and Martha Washington portraits arrive at NPG, 1980

Director Marvin Sadik, right, of the National Portrait Gallery examines the portrait, as it lays on a table, of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart upon its arrival at the Gallery in 1980. [Image nos. 80-8759-3 or 80-8759.3]
Director Marvin Sadik of the National Portrait Gallery holds up the portrait of Martha Washington by Gilbert Stuart upon its arrival at the Gallery in 1980. [Image nos. 80-8759-24 or 80-8759.24]
Box 2 of 2

Hillwood Mansion

Box 2 of 2

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden construction

Box 2 of 2

Infinity sculpture, American History Building

Box 2 of 2

Japanese Emperor installation, 1975

Box 2 of 2

John Paul Jones letter to Fleury, circa 1788

Box 2 of 2

Mall and museum scenes

Box 2 of 2

NASM construction

Box 2 of 2

National Zoological Park scene, kids and white tiger

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"Not a Model Boy," Mark Twain exhibition at NPG

Box 2 of 2

Owney the Postal Dog

Box 2 of 2

Penn. Avenue, Inauguration of Franklin Pierce, 1853, lithograph

Box 2 of 2

Quad construction

Box 2 of 2

Renwick exterior, 1983

Box 2 of 2

Reptile House, NZP

Box 2 of 2

Rube Goldberg

Box 2 of 2

Smithsonian owlet

Photograph, taken on a spring day, of one of the new Smithsonian owlets who fell out of a tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle", circa 1977. Photograph by Paul J. Edelson. [Image no. 2003-19525]
Box 2 of 2

SI signage, 1983

Box 2 of 2

The R. V. Johnson, SI research vessel, Ft. Pierce

The Smithsonian Institution's research vessel, the R.V. Johnson, used by the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida, circa 1970s. [Image nos. SIA2011-1490 and SIA2010-3299]
Box 2 of 2

Statue of Freedom

Box 2 of 2

Torch photo contest

Box 2 of 2

Train "John Bull," A&I

Box 2 of 2

Uncle Beazley in the snow, 1977

Fiberglass model of "Uncle Beazley," the dinosaur (Triceratops) used in the film "The Enormous Egg," stands all covered with snow on the Mall, 1977. [Image nos. SIA2007-0069 and 77-322-15A]
Box 2 of 2

U.S. Air Force Jazz Ensemble, "The Airmen of Note"

Box 2 of 2

Miscellaneous

Puppy

Box 2 of 2

Farmer, plow, and horses

Box 2 of 2

Two men, unknown

Box 2 of 2

African musicians

Box 2 of 2

Unknown speakers and group

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Cigar box exhibit

Box 2 of 2

Japanese theater poster

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Meeting of Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade

Box 2 of 2

Unknown football team

Box 2 of 2

Art demonstration

Box 2 of 2

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