Agency history, 1978-

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Subject

  • Ellsworth, Gretchen Gayle
  • Rubinoff, Roberta W
  • Harris, Catherine F
  • Tanner, Mary R
  • Woodard, Eric
  • Veatch, Elizabeth
  • Veenbaas, Pamela Hudson
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Research Training and Services
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Grants
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Academic Studies
  • Smithsonian Institution Foreign Currency Program
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Internships

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.
  • Torch, August 1978, September 1980
  • Smithsonian Announcement 86-2, January 13, 1986
  • Smithsonian Institution, Office of Fellowships, http://www.si.edu/ofg, January 24, 2002
  • E-mail, Scott Miller to Jennifer Wright, OFI Reorganization, July 22, 2021
  • Smithsonian Institutiion, Office of Fellowships, Staff, Pamela Veenbass, https://fellowships.si.edu/staff, accessed January 7, 2022
  • The Office of Fellowships was first organized as the Office of Fellowships and Grants in 1978, which was formed from the former Office of Academic Studies and the Foreign Currency Program. The Office of Fellowships and Grants was renamed the Office of Fellowships in 2001. In 2006 the Office of Fellowships changed its title to the Office of Research Training and Services but several years later, in 2008, the title of Office of Fellowships was reinstated because it better reflected the core activities of the office and its role as a focal point for research fellowships. In 2011 the Office of Fellowships was renamed the Office of Fellowships and Internships, which has the central management and administrative responsibility for the Institution's fellowship and internship programs, and other scholarly appointments. It seeks to facilitate the Smithsonian's relations with students and scholars at universities, museums and research institutions around the world. The Office reported to the Deputy Under Secretary for Collections and Interdisciplinary Support. In 2021, the Office of Fellowships and Internships was split into two separate offices, the Office of Fellowships and the Office of Internship Programs.
  • Gretchen Gayle Ellsworth served as the first Director, 1978-1984, followed by: Roberta W. Rubinoff, Acting Director, 1984-1986, and Director, 1986-2001; Catherine F. Harris, Acting Director, 2001-2003, and Director, 2003-2012; Mary R. Tanner, Interim Director, 2012; Eric Woodard, Director, 2012-2021; and Pamela Hudson Veenbaas, Interim Director, 2021- . Elizabeth Veatch served as Assistant Director, 1986-1996.
  • 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

  • 1978
  • 1978-

Topic

  • International education
  • Scholarships
  • Education
  • Museums
  • Museums--Educational aspects
  • Research

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00334

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