Agency history, 1964-1985

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Subject

  • Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001
  • Adams, Robert McC (Robert McCormick) 1926-2018
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary Secretariat
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of the Assistant Secretary
  • Smithsonian Institution Director General of Museums
  • Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Science
  • Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for History and Art
  • Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Public Service
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of the Treasurer
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Academic Programs
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of General Counsel
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Personnel and Management Resources
  • Smithsonian Institution Assistant to the Secretary
  • Smithsonian Institution Public Relations Officer
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of International Activities
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary Executive Assistant to the Secretary
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Supporting Services
  • Smithsonian Institution Administration

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Guide to the Smithsonian Archives
  • Smithsonian Year
  • Shortly after Sidney Dillon Ripley became the Smithsonian's eighth Secretary in 1964, he created a group of advisors named the Secretariat. It was composed of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Director General of Museums, Assistant Secretary for Science, Assistant Secretary for History and Art, Assistant Secretary for Public Service, Treasurer, Director of the Office of Academic Programs, General Counsel, Director of the Office of Personnel and Management Resources, the Assistant to the Secretary, the Public Affairs Officer, the Director of the Office of International Activities, and the Secretary's Executive Assistant.
  • From this group the Secretary obtained such information and advice as he wished in making operating decisions for the Smithsonian. In 1971, as a result of a study of management practices at the Institution, the Secretary streamlined this group, renaming it the Executive Committee. Its members were the Assistant Secretaries for Science, History and Art, and Public Service; the Treasurer, the Executive Officer for Supporting Services, and ex officio, the General Counsel. The new committee continued to advise the Secretary and was given more responsibility for making decisions than its predecessor. In 1985, Secretary Robert McCormick Adams changed the name of the group to the Secretary's Management Committee.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1964
  • 1964-1985

Topic

  • Advisory boards
  • Museums
  • Museums--Administration

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00096

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