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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 562

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services

Records, 1973-1980, with records dating from 1890
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services
Title: Records
Dates: 1973-1980, with records dating from 1890
Quantity: 3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection: Record Unit 562
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

These records consist of documents deemed to be of historical value by the Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services along with photographs, reports correspondence, contracts and blueprints documenting Smithsonian buildings and construction projects. The buildings documented include the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Arts and Industries Building, the Army Medical Museum, the Natural History Building, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Zoological Park, the Museum Support Facility at Silver Hill, the Adelaide Forbes Calhoun Property, the Merriwether Post Estate Hillwood, the Renwick Gallery, the Barney Studio House, the Freer Gallery, and the Old Patent Office Building. There is substantial documentation of efforts to provide parking on the mall. Photographs in the collection document a number of activities including the laying of the corner stone for the Natural History Building, the turning of the Joseph Henry statue, the removal of Greenough's statue of George Washington from the Smithsonian Institution Building, the 1970 fire in the American History Building and repairs and renovations of numerous interior spaces throughout the Smithsonian.

Historical Note

The Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services was established in 1973. Prior to that it was incorporated in the Buildings Management Department. Andrew F. Michaels directed the office until 1975 when Phillip K. Reiss became director and continued in that office through 1980.

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Descriptive Entry

These records consist of documents deemed to be of historical value by the Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services along with photographs, reports correspondence, contracts and blueprints documenting Smithsonian buildings and construction projects. The buildings documented include the Smithsonian Institution Building, the Arts and Industries Building, the Army Medical Museum, the Natural History Building, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Zoological Park, the Museum Support Facility at Silver Hill, the Adelaide Forbes Calhoun Property, the Merriwether Post Estate Hillwood, the Renwick Gallery, the Barney Studio House, the Freer Gallery, and the Old Patent Office Building. There is substantial documentation of efforts to provide parking on the mall. Photographs in the collection document a number of activities including the laying of the corner stone for the Natural History Building, the turning of the Joseph Henry statue, the removal of Greenough's statue of George Washington from the Smithsonian Institution Building, the 1970 fire in the American History Building and repairs and renovations of numerous interior spaces throughout the Smithsonian.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 562, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Photographs of interiors of the Smithsonian Building

Office in Smithsonian Institution Building in the Early 1900's. [2003-19566]
Smithsonian Institution Building Hallway in the Early 1900's. [2003-19565]
Regents' Room, Smithsonian Institution Building, with Smithson exhibit, c. 1905-1912. [2003-19562]
Instrument Room, Smithsonian Institution Building, c. 1890s. [2003-19560]
Archives Office, Smithsonian Institution Building, c. 1897. [2003-9567]
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Blueprints pertaining to Army Medical Museum

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Blueprints pertaining to Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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Catalog of the Architectural Drawings of the Smithsonian Institution Building, 1840-1971

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Photographs of American College Theatre Festival tent on the mall, 1969

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Exterior and Interior photographs of Smithsonian Building

Box 1 of 3

Demolition of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Museum Building

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Garage: Record of Stable Supplies, 1902-1911

Box 1 of 3

Recommended Parking and Traffic Improvements, National Zoological Park (NZP), 1970

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A Study of Visitors to the Smithsonian, 1976

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Washington Mall Parking Facilities Feasibility Analysis, 1976

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Feasibility Study and Master Plan, Museum Depository and Support Facility, Silver Hill, Maryland, 1970

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Special Studies of Visitation, Transportation, and Parking for the museums on the mall, 1980.

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Photographs of the Natural History Building including laying of corner stone

Visitors entering the south side of Natural History Building during Easter week, April 1931. [2003-19561]
A bus dropping visitors at the south side of the National Museum of Natural History building, Easter week, April 1931. [MAH-31020D]
A bus dropping visitors at the south side of the National Museum of Natural History building, Easter week, April 1931. [MAH-31020E]
A bus dropping visitors at the south side of the National Museum of Natural History building, Easter week, April 1931. [MAH-31020F]
National Air Museum Building in South Yard. [2003-19564]
Construction of U.S. National Museum Building, 1905. [MAH-19634]
Construction of U.S. National Museum Building, 1905. [MAH-19635]
Laying First Stone at United States National Museum Building, 1905. [MAH-19636]
Construction of the U.S. National Museum Building, 1908. [MAH-20822]
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Photographs, turning of the Henry statue

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Photographs, removal of Greenough Washington statue from Smithsonian Building

Moving of Greenough Statue of George Washington, 1962. [2003-19479]
Moving of Greenough Statue of George Washington, 1962. [2003-19478]
Moving of Greenough Statue of George Washington, 1962. [2003-19477]
Moving of Greenough Statue of George Washington, 1962. [2003-19476]
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Photographs, interiors, Smithsonian Building, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Barney Studio House

Roof of Natural History Building and Buildings of the City of Washington, D.C., c. 1920s. [2003-19563]
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Photographs, exterior and interior of Smithsonian Building

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Blueprints, Adelaide Forbes Calhoun Property, 1964

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Smithsonian Grounds, 1919

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Photographs, interior and exterior, Arts & Industries Building

Roof of Arts and Industries Building, c. 1906. [MAH-20040]
Floor Plan of the Arts and Industries Building, United States National Museum, 1925. [SIA2013-07638]
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Materials for Mall Site Reservation Hearings, 1974

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Museum Support Center, Costs and Reductions, 1980

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Bicentennial Transportation Study for the National Capital Area

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Smithsonian Visitor, 1969

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A Study of Visitors to the Smithsonian, 1976

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Arts & Industries Building Roof, 1980 (2 folders)

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Box 2

Arts & Industries Roof Study, July 1980

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Photographs, Smithsonian Institution Facilities

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Smithsonian Today, 1972

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Museum Support Facility, Initial Planning, Summary Report

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Survey of Buildings and Other Facilities, 1974

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Survey Toward a Master Plan for the United States Capitol, 1976

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Museum Support Facility Initial Planning Study, Final Report, 1975

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Parking Management Policies and Auto Control Zones, 1976

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Building Management Department, Representative Projects

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Hillwood (2 folders)

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Museum Support Center Architects-Engineers-Planners

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Washington Mall Parking Facilities Feasibility Analysis, 1971 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 3

Mall Parking Study Phase II

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Wilbur Smith Study (Parking), 1975

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Smithsonian Institution Building, Windows, 1956

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Feasibility Study for the Renovation and Improvement of the Original Smithsonian Institution Building

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Final Report of the Board of Inquiry convened to investigate the conditions and possible causes of a fire occurring in the Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology on September 30, 1970 (including photographs)

Box 2 of 3

Smithsonian Institution National Zoological Park, 1961, Master Plan

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Report of the National Zoological Park Commission, 1890

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Statutory History of the National Zoological Park

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Renwick Museum Renovation Contract Folder 15473, 1968 (Folder 1 of 4)

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Box 3

Renwick Museum Renovation Contract Folder 15473, 1968 (Folders 2-4 of 4)

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Renwick Restoration Specifications (4 folders)

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Smithsonian Institution Building, Renovation Project Directive, 1966

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Old Patent Office Building or Civil Service Building

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Specification for the Restoration and Renovation of the Arts and Industries Museum, 1973 (2 folders)

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Freer

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Freer Air Conditioning

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Right of Way, Silver Hill

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New Museum Building (Natural History Building), 1911

Box 3 of 3

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