Agency history, 1971-1977

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Subject

  • Taylor, Frank A (Frank Augustus) 1903-2007
  • Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001
  • Mid-American Center, Arkansas
  • Smithsonian Institution Collections Policy and Management Study Committee
  • Smithsonian Institution Administration

Category

Agency History

Notes

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  • Guide to the Smithsonian Archives
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 99
  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613
  • Following his retirement as Director General of Museums and Director of the United States National Museum in 1971, Frank A. Taylor continued to serve the Smithsonian as a Consultant to Secretary S. Dillon Ripley. Taylor was involved mostly with projects concerning museums, collections management, and the museum profession. These included the Mid-American Center in Arkansas; planning for a museum support facility and the last museum site on the Mall; and advising the Collections Policy and Management Study Committee.

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1971
  • 1971-1977

Topic

  • Museums
  • Museums--Administration
  • Museums--Collection management

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00103

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