Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 97-009
National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
Records, 1974-1994
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: | National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1974-1994 |
Quantity: | 9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
Collection: | Accession 97-009 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records document the administration and programs of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) primarily under Director Frank H. Talbot, 1988-1994. Smaller amounts of records were created during the tenure of Director Robert S. Hoffman, 1985-1988. There is a tiny amount of earlier records throughout the accession which were probably maintained by Talbot and Hoffman prior to their tenures as Director. Included are records concerning NMNH departments, divisions, offices, and programs; NMNH relations with Smithsonian Institution administration, bureaus, and offices; NMNH exhibitions; and research of NMNH scientific staff. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, maps, architectural drawings, and related materials. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document the administration and programs of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) primarily under Director Frank H. Talbot, 1988-1994. Smaller amounts of records were created during the tenure of Director Robert S. Hoffman, 1985-1988. Included are records concerning NMNH departments, divisions, offices, and programs; NMNH relations with Smithsonian administration, bureaus, and offices; NMNH exhibitions; and research of NMNH scientific staff.
Index Terms
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Name
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-009, National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director, Records
Container List
Box 1
Biological Diversity, July-December 1989
Alaska, 1989
Dept. of Anthropology (NMNH), 1989 (2 folders)
Aldabra, 1989
Chesapeake Research Consortium Inc., 1989-1990 (3 folders)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1991
American Association of Museums (AAM) File, 1989-1991
Biological Diversity, January-June 1989
Biological Diversity, 1990
Biological Society of Washington
Bureau of Land Management/Minerals Management Service (MMS) Project
Dept. of Botany (NMNH), 1989
Dept. of Botany (NMNH), 1990
China, 1989
Chairman's Meeting, 1990
Chairman's Meeting, 1991
Center for International Programs, 1989
C - General, 1989-1991
Box 2
Biodiversity Bill, 1987-1988 (2 folders)
Biological Diversity, 1988
Bidadari Declaration, 1993
Biodiversity, 1993
American Association of Museums (AAM), 1991 (2 folders)
Baird, 1992-1993
Museum Exchange Commission, 1993
AAM, 1993
Association of Systematics Collections (ASC), 1993
ASC, 1994
Biological Diversity, 1992 (2 folders)
Child Care, 1989
Collection Acquisition Fund, 1989-1990
Collections Management Program, 1989
Collaborators, 1990
Collaborators, 1989
Collections Management Program, 1990
Chairman's Meetings, 1989
Committee, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), 1985-1989
Committees (Various), 1991
Committee, Evans/Hall, 1988
Committee, Exhibits, 1991
Committee, Publications, 1989
Committee, Library Liaison, 1987-1991
Committee, Safety, 1988
Committee, Wider Audience, 1988
Communications Council, 1989
Conservation Analytical Lab, 1989
Council of Bureau Directors Luncheon (COBD), 1990
COBD, 1989
D - General, 1989-1991
Debt Swap, 1991
Department Listings, NMNH (All Employees), 1974-1977
Development, 1990 (2 folders)
Box 3
Development, 1988-1989 (2 folders)
Devolution, 1991
Directors Circle, 1989-1991
C - General
Aquino, Carazon C.
Exchange Agreements
Entomology, Dept. of (NMNH), 1989
Entomology, Dept. of (NMNH), 1990
Education, Office of (NMNH), 1990
Institutional Studies
Environmental Conservation
Columbus America
Exhibit/Inside Active Volcanoes
Mineral Sciences, Dept. of (NMNH), 1989
National Museum of American Indian, 1989
National Museum of American Indian, 1990
Natural History Building, 1989-1990
Office of Assistant Secretary for External Affairs (OASEA), 1990 - Lovejoy
Office of Assistant Secretary for External Affairs (OASEA), 1989 - Lovejoy
Office of Assistant Secretary for Finance & Administration, (OASFA), 1990 - Suttenfeld
Office of Design & Construction (ODC), 1989
Management Council, 1990-1991
Marine Systems Lab (MSL), 1989
Marine Systems Lab, 1990
Peru, 1989
Personnel (Furloughs), 1990
Minority Hiring Support, 1990
Career Service Emblems, 1989
Personnel - Career Service Emblems, 1989
Personnel, 1990
Office of Design and Construction, 1990
Program Directors, 1989
Box 4
Professional Office System (PROFS), 1989
Presidential Files, 1990
Photographers (NMNH), 1991
Photo Survey Project, 1985-1986
Personnel, 1989
Office of the Treasurer, 1989-1990
Office of Telecommunications, 1989
Office of the General Counsel, 1988-1990
Planning and Budget, Office of (OPB), 1990
Office of Information Resource Management (OIRM), 1990
Paleobiology, 1989
Patents
Paleobiology, 1990
Performance Management and Recognition System, 1990
Office of Environmental Services (OEMS), 1989
Office of Fellowships and Grants (OF&G), 1989
Office of Fellowships and Grants (OF&G), 1989
Office of Environmental Services (OEMS), 1990, 1992 (3 folders)
Office of Information Resource Management (OIRM),1989
Office of Assistant Secretary for Research (OASR), 1989 (Hoffmann)
Office of Assistant Secretary for Museums (Freudenheim), 1990
Office of Assistant Secretary for Public Service (OASPS) (Early), 1989-1990
Office of Assistant Secretary for Research (OASR), 1990 (Hoffmann)
Office of Assistant Secretary for Museums (OASM) (Freudenheim), 1989
Office of Assistant Secretary for Institutional Initiatives (OASII), 1989-1990 (Burnette)
AAM, 1992
Joanna Pessa Case, 1992
Association of Science Museum Directors, 1993
AAM, 1992
Wolf, Patricia, 1993
Fitzhugh, Bill, 1992-1993
Anthropology, 1992
Box 5
Anthropology, 1993
National Anthropological Archives (NAA), 1989-1992
Native American Indian Program, 1991-1992
Native American Indian Program, 1993
American Mining Congress Prospect List of GGM, 1993
Collaborators, 1992
Collections, 1993
Collaborators, 1993
Diane Christenson Foundation, 1993
Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC), 1993
Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE), 1993
Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity (CARICOMP), 1992
CCM Contract, 1993
Marc Cramer, 1992-1993
FY 1994 Unrestricted Trust Budget
FY 1994 R&R/A&M Proposal Project
FY 1994 Interior Appointments
FY 1995 Budget Recommendation
FY 1993 Budget
Use of Trust Funds, 1993
Botany, 1993
Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments, 1992-1993
Director's Conference Room, 1993
Director's Circle, 1992
Development, 1992
Computer Security Handbook, 1993
Collections Management, 1992
Entomology, Dept. of, 1992
Entomology, Dept. of, 1993
Emblem Presentation, 1991-1993
Electronic Media Board, 1991-1992
Education, 1992
Earth Exchange, 1992
Diving/Diving Safety, 1993
Dominica, 1991-1992
IMAX, 1989-1992 (2 folders)
Exhibit - Human Origins, 1989-1991
Geology, Gems, and Minerals, 1989-1992
Geology, Gems, and Minerals, 1993
Exhibits, 1992
Exhibits, 1993
Insect Zoo, 1993
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1992
Royalties, 1993
Safety, 1993
Scientific Equipment Pool Request, 1993
Secretary's Correspondence, 1993
Security, 1993
Sesquicentennial, 1991-1993
Smithson Society, 1993
SI Activities Report, 1993
Smithsonian Commission for the Future
Smithsonian Council, 1993
Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1993
Smithsonian Magazine, 1993
SI/Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB), 1993
Box 6
Marine Station, 1993
SMSLP (Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port), 1992
SMSLP (Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port), 1990-1991
SMSLP (Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port), 1986-1989
Venezuela Museum, 1993
Under Secretary, 1993
Venezuela, 1993
Visiting Scientist Article/Visitor Count Statistics, 1990-1993
Lake St. Lucia, 1993
West Court/Core Team, 1993
West Court, 1992
West Court, 1991
West Court, 1975-1988
Winrock Foundation, 1993
Women's Committee, 1993
Research, 1993
Research Associates, 1993
Research Opportunities Funds, (ROF), 1993
Restructuring Plan for Science, 1993
Retirement Agreement, 1993
Times Mirror Magazine, 1993
Hexagon Meeting, 1993
Guyana Biodiversity Center, 1991
Greenhouse and Osteopreparation Lab, 1993
Green Alerts Workshop
Great Basin, 1993
Goeldi Museum, 1993
Global Change Research Program, 1993
Global Reef Studies
Senator Newt Gingrich, 1993
Fund for the Future, 1993
Funds to Renovate Director's Suite, 1993
Fish & Wildlife Service, 1993
Field Museum of Natural History, 1993
R&R and Federal Construction Program, 1995-1999
Employment/Financial Interest, 1993
New Publication, 1993
National Science Foundation (NSF), 1993
National Research Council, 1993
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1993
Strategic Planning for NMNH Public Programming, 1993-1998
NMNH, 1993
NMNH Charrette Report, 1993
State of Museum Paper Work (NMNH), 1992
National Geographic Society
Museum Support Center (MSC), 1993
Move, 1993
Mineral Management Service, 1993
House Appropriation Committee Questions, 1993
International Environmental science Program (IESP) Program, 1993
Information Resource Management (IRM), 1993
International Botanical Congress, 1993
Internet Control Concerns, 1993
Invertebrate Zoology, 1993
Sam Johnson, 1993
Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, 1992/1993
MacArthur Foundation, 1993
Man and the Biosphere (MAB), 1993
Marine Systems Laboratory, 1993
Marine Systems Laboratory, 1991
Mineral Science, 1993
Office of Information Resources Management, 1993
Office of Fellowships and Grants, 1993
Office of Design and Construction, 1993
News Articles, 1993
Repatriation, 1993
Natural History Quest, 1993
Publishing Policies and Guidelines, 1993
Publications, 1993
Prospective Individual Donor Identification, 1993
Box 7
Policy on the Use of Animals in Research, 1993
Pew Charitable Trust, 1993
Office of Government Relations, 1993
Office of Human Resources, 1993
Pathways, 1993
Parking, 1993
Paleobiology, 1993
Overhead, 1993
Office of Public Affairs, 1993
Office of Protection Services, 1993
Smithsonian Year, 1993
Smithsonian Year, 1994
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1993
Smithsonian Residents Associates Program, 1993
SIP (Smithsonian Institution Press), 1993
Smithsonian National Associates Program - Tours, 1993
Repatriation, January-July 1990
Repatriation, August-December 1990
Center for Biodiversity, 1989
Biological Diversity, 1987-1989
Scientific Diving Office, 1989-1990
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL), 1989-1990
Smithsonian Institution Press (SIP), 1989-1990
Smithsonian Year, 1989
Smithsonian World
Seeds of Change, 1988
Research Administrators, 1989-1991
Research Associates, 1989
Research Resources Program, 1989-1990
Secretarial Correspondence (Adams), 1990
Secretarial Correspondence (Adams), 1989
Sequestration, 1990
Senate of Scientists, 1989-1990
Slashers Award, 1989
Research Associates, 1990
Smithsonian African American Association, 1989
Smithsonian Communication Council, 1989
R - General Correspondence, 1987-1990
Smithsonian Contributions, 1989
Smithsonian Council, 1989-1990
Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, 1991
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), 1989
The Smithsonian Forum of Material Culture, 1990
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), 1989
Box 8
Smithsonian Video Collection
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC), 1989-1991
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC), 1989-1990
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC), 1987-1988
SI Opportunities for Research Updates, 1989
Biological Diversity in Latin America Project (BIOLAT), 1993
G - General, 1988-1992
F - General, 1988-1992
E - General, 1989-1992
D - General, 1988-1992
N - General, 1988-1992
Mc - General, 1988-1992
Keith Melder, 1987
Muul, Illar, 1988
O - General, 1988-1992
Q - General, 1989-1990
B - General, 1988-1992 (2 folders)
W - General, 1989
Workshops, 1989
Vertebrate Zoology, 1989
Vertebrate Zoology, 1990
Box 9
V - General, 1989-1990
U - General, 1989-1990
Under Secretary - 1990
The Week That Was, 1990
A - General, 1989-1990
Flint, John, 1989-1990
Regents Publication Program, 1989-1990
H - General, 1988-1992
I - General, 1989-1990
J - General, 1988-1992
K - General, 1988-1992
L - General, 1989-1992
Diane S. Littler, 1986
M - General, 1988-1992
R - General, 1988-1992
T - General, 1988-1992
Marsha Cox Sitnik, 1987-1989
S - General, 1988-1992
U - General, 1989-1992
V - General, 1989-1992
Box 10
X - General, 1988-1989
Y - General, 1989-1992
Z - General, 1990
W - General, 1991-1992
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