Agency history, 1970-1992
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- Washburn, Wilcomb E
- Skramstad, Harold K
- Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for History and Art
- Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Research
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.
- Smithsonian Year, 1971
- Guide to the Smithsonian Archives, 1996
- Smithsonian Annals, 1991-1992
- The Office of American Studies was created in 1970 to provide formal training in American material culture to students enrolled in graduate programs at various universities in the Washington, D.C., area and elsewhere. Wilcomb E. Washburn was Director, 1970-1992. The office was attached first to the Assistant Secretary for History and Art and then to the Assistant Secretary for Research from 1986 untill its 1992 closing. In addition to Washburn, the office was staffed by Harold K. Skramstad, a Specialist in American Studies, 1971-1972.
- For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of " above.
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
- 1970
- 1970-1992
Topic
Historical museums
Form/Genre
Mixed archival materials
Local number
SIA AH00279