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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 93-135

National Museum of American History. Office of the Director

Subject Files, circa 1986-1991

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
Title:Subject Files
Dates:circa 1986-1991
Quantity:10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 93-135
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records document the administrative affairs of the National Museum of American History, Office of the Director. Materials include the outgoing and incoming correspondence and memoranda of Roger G. Kennedy, Director, and Douglas E. Evelyn, Deputy Director; records pertaining to budget agendas, collections management, curatorial activities, fundraising, special events, product licensing and development, exhibition research and planning publications, collection acquisitions, loan of museum objects, internships, minutes of meetings, department and division reports, and asbestos removal; and photographs of the Museum.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records which document the administrative affairs of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Office of the Director. Materials include the outgoing and incoming correspondence and memoranda of Roger G. Kennedy, Director, and Douglas E. Evelyn, Deputy Director; records pertaining to budget agendas, collections management, curatorial activities, fundraising, special events, product licensing and development, exhibition research and planning publications, collection acquisitions, loan of museum objects, internships, minutes of meetings, department and division reports, and asbestos removal; and photographs of the Museum.

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Subject

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 93-135, National Museum of American History. Office of the Director, Subject Files

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Container List

Box 1

Abrams Book, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Acknowledgments: Gifts, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Archives Center, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Asbestos, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Association of Museum Specialists, Technicians and Aides (AMSTA), 1989

Box 1 of 10

Center for Advertising History: Advisory Board Meetings, 1988-1989

Box 1 of 10

Audit Reports, 1988

Box 1 of 10

Basement, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Benjamin Banneker, 1988

Box 1 of 10

Benjamin Banneker, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Budget Memoranda, 1987

Box 1 of 10

Budget, 1989-1991 (4 folders)

Box 1 of 10

Budget Requests, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Congressional Budget Hearings, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Budget, 1989

Box 1 of 10

Budget Spending Plans, 1991

Box 1 of 10

Trust Fund, 1988-1989

Box 1 of 10

Budget transmittal, 1988

Box 1 of 10

Budget, 1990

Box 1 of 10

Budget, 1988

Box 1 of 10

Budget: Meetings with NMAH Curators/Spending Plans, 1988

Box 1 of 10

Budget: Priority Call, 1988

Box 1 of 10

Box 2

Budget, 1987

Box 2 of 10

Working Budget File, 1987

Box 2 of 10

Congressional Budget Hearings, 1987

Box 2 of 10

Budget, 1986

Box 2 of 10

Budget Request, 1987

Box 2 of 10

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Budget, 1986

Box 2 of 10

Carmichael Auditorium, 1989

Box 2 of 10

Case-of-the-Month, 1989

Box 2 of 10

Ceremonial court, 1989

Box 2 of 10

Child Care Center, 1989

Box 2 of 10

Collections Management, 1989 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 10

Collections Management Master Plan, 1989

Box 2 of 10

Collections Management, 1988

Box 2 of 10

Collections Documentation: Foreign Museums

Box 2 of 10

Collections Documentation: Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 10

Box 3

Collections Management Policies and Procedures, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Common Agenda Project, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Greene, Lucy: Combined Federal Campaign

Box 3 of 10

Computer Service Center, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Congressional Budget Hearings, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Cooke, Ian

Box 3 of 10

Curator's Association, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Curatorial Advancement, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Daka Food Service, 1989

Box 3 of 10

The Director's Award, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Office of the Director: General Information, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Exhibition Schedules, 1987

Box 3 of 10

Exhibition Review Meetings

Box 3 of 10

Exhibition Schedule and Procedures, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Exhibition Fund, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Exhibition Evaluation, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Duke Ellington Collection, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Documentation of NMAH Exhibitions, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Discovery Channel, 1989

Box 3 of 10

NMAH Fellowships, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Ford Motor Company, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Forman, Paul

Box 3 of 10

Fukisankei/Fundraising Prospects in Japan, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Fundraising: General, 1989

Box 3 of 10

General Motor Corporation, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Symposium: "History from Things," 1989

Box 3 of 10

Inaugural Events, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Howard, Jeff Exton

Box 3 of 10

Information Leaflet for Visitors, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Inaugural Reception: Vice-President, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Institute for Social History Research, 1989

Box 3 of 10

NMAH Internships, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Inventory Office/Frank Roche, 1989

Box 3 of 10

Exhibition Invitations/Special Events, 1986-1987

Box 3 of 10

Invitations/Roger Kennedy, 1989 (3 folders)

Box 3 of 10

Japan-United States Community Exchange (ACE), 1989

Box 3 of 10

Kemp, Emory

Box 3 of 10

Box 4

Loans: Office of the Director, 1989

Box 4 of 10

Loans: Office of the Director, 1983

Box 4 of 10

Major Reinstallation Project, 1983-1985

Box 4 of 10

Master Coordination Plan, 1989

Box 4 of 10

Management Studies, 1988

Box 4 of 10

Management Committee, 1989

Box 4 of 10

NMAH: 25th Anniversary Celebration, 1989

Box 4 of 10

Melrose Diner News Clips

Box 4 of 10

Melrose Diner Study

Box 4 of 10

Melrose Diner Graphics and Photographs

Box 4 of 10

Melrose Diner Correspondence

Box 4 of 10

Minority Hiring, 1989

Box 4 of 10

Minority Hiring, 1988

Box 4 of 10

Munson-Williams-Proctor Collection

Box 4 of 10

Museum Catalogs: United States

Box 4 of 10

Museum Catalogs: Foreign

Box 4 of 10

NMAH Museum Guide, 1988

Box 4 of 10

Arts & Industries Museum Shop, 1989

Box 4 of 10

Smithsonian Museum Shops, 1987-1989 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 10

Photographs of NMAH

Box 4 of 10

Navy Yard, 1989

Box 4 of 10

Native American Program, 1989

Box 4 of 10

Non-Expendable Property, 1989

Box 4 of 10

Office of Printing and Photographic Services (OPPS), 1987

Box 4 of 10

Professional Accomplishment Evaluation Committees (PAEC)

Box 4 of 10

Model Traveling Exhibition, 1989

Box 4 of 10

United States Patent Model Foundation: Invent America Campaign, 1987

Box 4 of 10

Box 5

U.S. Patent Model Foundation, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Parking, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Smithson Photo Shop, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Performance Appraisals, 1988

Box 5 of 10

Photo Gallery Procedures, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Printout Status, 1985-1986

Box 5 of 10

Product Licensing and Development, 1989 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 10

Product Licensing and Development, 1988

Box 5 of 10

Product Licensing and Development, 1987-1990

Box 5 of 10

Department of Social and Cultural History, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Ceramics and Glass, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Division of Musical History, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Musical History/Jazz Masterworks, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Community Life, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Costume, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Domestic Life, 1988

Box 5 of 10

Domestic Life, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Musical History, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Musical History, 1988

Box 5 of 10

Photographic History, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Friends of Music, Musical History, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Musical History - John Hammond Fund, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Political History, 1989

Box 5 of 10

First Ladies Gowns - Political History, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Project Management, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Project Management, 1987

Box 5 of 10

Property Pass, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Research, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Research Leave, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Research Opportunity Fund, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Restoration and Renovation, 1989 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 10

Roundtable Discussions, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Safety, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Safety Committee, 1987

Box 5 of 10

NMAH Security, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Shipping and Receiving/Hazel Jones, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Silver Hill, 1986

Box 5 of 10

Silver Hill: Storage, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Silver Hill: General Information, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Staff Meetings, 1989

Box 5 of 10

Box 6

Division of Textiles, 1989

Box 6 of 10

National Philatelic Collection, 1989

Box 6 of 10

National Philatelic Collection: Search Committee for Curator, 1989

Box 6 of 10

National Numismatic Collection, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Department of Science and Technology, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Division of Armed Forces History, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Computers, Information and Society, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Division of Engineering and Industry, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Division of Medical Sciences, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Native American Program, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Physical Sciences and Mathematics, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Senior Historians Office, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), 1989

Box 6 of 10

Division of Transportation, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Technology and Culture, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Department of Public Programs, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Office of External Affairs: Special Events, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Office of External Affairs: Public Affairs, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Department of Exhibits Design, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Hispanic American Program, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Exhibits Production, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Department of Exhibits, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Conservation, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Building Manager's Office, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Assistant Director for Academic Programs: Gary Kulik, American Quarterly, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Administrative Office, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Office of the Registrar, 1989

Box 6 of 10

African American Culture, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Department of Public Programs: Education, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Department of Public Programs: Publications, 1989

Box 6 of 10

Minority Hiring

Box 6 of 10

Planning Advisory Group, 1990

Box 6 of 10

Planning Advisory Group: Office Meetings, 1990

Box 6 of 10

Planning Advisory Group: Reports and Comments, 1990

Box 6 of 10

Planning Advisory Group: Subcommittee on Administration, 1990

Box 6 of 10

Box 7

Affirmative Action, 1989

Box 7 of 10

AAM Dues/American Association of Museums (AAM), 1989

Box 7 of 10

Abody, Sir Valentine

Box 7 of 10

Accounting and Financial Services, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Accounting and Financial Services, 1988

Box 7 of 10

Office of Design and Construction, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Design and Construction, 1988

Box 7 of 10

Development Committee, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Educational Outreach Fund, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Education Office, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Electronic Mail, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Experimental Gallery, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Experimental Gallery, 1988

Box 7 of 10

Forum on Material Culture, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Five Year Prospectus, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Horticulture, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Information Age Exhibition, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Institutional Studies, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Internship, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of the Inspector General, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Library, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Management Committee, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Secretary: Monthly Report, 1989

Box 7 of 10

National Museum of African Art: Sylvia Williams, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Media Project, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Museum Shops, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Museum Programs, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Folklife Programs, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of General Counsel, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Interdisciplinary Studies, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Plant Services (OPlantS), 1989

Box 7 of 10

Pan-Institutional List, 1987

Box 7 of 10

Patent Policy and Disclosure Form, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Personnel, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Performance Appraisals, 1988

Box 7 of 10

Performance Standard Review Board, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Protective Services, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Folklife Programs, 1988

Box 7 of 10

Office of Public Affairs, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Radio Smithsonian, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Board of Regents, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Regents Fellow, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Regents Publication Award Program, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Risk Management, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Secretary: Robert McC. Adams, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Secretary: Program Report, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Secretary: Correspondence, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Scholarly Studies Program, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Sloan Foundation Video History, 1987

Box 7 of 10

Smithson Society, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Associates, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Council, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Guide to Historic America, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Magazine, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian World, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Year, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Sesquicentennial, 1988-1996

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Video Collection, 1988

Box 7 of 10

Office of Special Events, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Special Exhibition Fund, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Staff Bulletin, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Summer Employment, 1988

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Treasurer's Office, 1990

Box 7 of 10

Video Collection, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Vineland Map Conference, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Smithsonian Treasurer's Office, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Visitor Comment Form, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Tenure Practice at the Smithsonian, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Visitors, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center (VIARC), 1988

Box 7 of 10

Women's Council, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Women's Committee, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Office of Telecommunications, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Wingspread Conference, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Woodrow Wilson Center, 1989

Box 7 of 10

National Zoological Park, 1989

Box 7 of 10

Box 8

Smithsonian Council Meeting: Review of Collecting Policies, 1986

Box 8 of 10

National Air and Space Museum, 1989

Box 8 of 10

National Gallery of Art, 1989

Box 8 of 10

National Museum of American Art: Charles Eldredge, 1989

Box 8 of 10

National Museum of American Art, 1989

Box 8 of 10

National Museum of the American Indian, 1989

Box 8 of 10

National Museum of the American Indian: Dave Warren, 1989

Box 8 of 10

National Associates Program, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Smithsonian Council Meeting, 1987

Box 8 of 10

National Museum of Natural History: James Tyler, 1989

Box 8 of 10

National Science Research Center, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Office of Environmental Management and Safety (OEMS), 1989

Box 8 of 10

Planning Advisory Group (PAG) - Affinity Groups - Phase I, 1990

Box 8 of 10

Planning Advisory Group: Reports/Planning, 1990

Box 8 of 10

Repair and Renovation Projects, 1985-1987

Box 8 of 10

Articles on the National Museum of American History, 1991

Box 8 of 10

Munson-Williams-Proctor Collection

Box 8 of 10

TIP Project/Function Analysis Project

Box 8 of 10

Armed Forces Advisory Board, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Anderson, Dean: Under Secretary, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Freudenheim, Tom: Assistant Secretary for Museums, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Doering: Special Assistant to Secretary for Survey Research Programs, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Jameson, John: Assistant Secretary for Administration, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Rinzler, Ralph: Assistant Secretary for Public Service, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Hoffmann, Robert: Assistant Secretary for Research, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Atherton Seidell Endowment, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Robert A. Brook Award, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Smithsonian Budget, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Business Lunch Charge Card, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Collections Acquisitions Fund, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Gaynor, Margaret: Congressional Liaison, 1989

Box 8 of 10

Box 9

Smithsonian Institution Archives, 1988-1989 (2 folders)

Box 9 of 10

Anacostia Museum, 1988-1989 (2 folders)

Box 9 of 10

Smithsonian Annual Report for 1989

Box 9 of 10

American Industrial Heritage Series, 1989

Box 9 of 10

African American Heritage Museum, 1989

Box 9 of 10

African American Presence on the Mall, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Council of Information and Education Directors, 1986

Box 9 of 10

Council of Information and Education Directors, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Council of Bureau Directors, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Corporate Associate Program, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Cooper-Hewitt, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Conservation Lab, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Conference of Management Assistance for Culturally-Diverse Arts Organs, 1989

Box 9 of 10

B, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Australian National Maritime Museum, 1987 (2 folders)

Box 9 of 10

Association of Science and Technology, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Association of American Universities, 1989

Box 9 of 10

American Association for State and Local History, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Applicants, A-L (1989)

Box 9 of 10

Applicants, M-Z (1989)

Box 9 of 10

American Association of Museums (AAM): Accreditation Update, 1989

Box 9 of 10

American Association of Museums (AAM): Dues 1989

Box 9 of 10

American Express, 1989

Box 9 of 10

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1989

Box 9 of 10

A, 1989

Box 9 of 10

File: W thru Z, 1989

Box 9 of 10

W, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Visions Foundation, 1989

Box 9 of 10

V, 1989

Box 9 of 10

United States Information Agency, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Tucker, John G. ("Sacred House")

Box 9 of 10

T, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Space, Science, and Technology: Hofman, 1989

Box 9 of 10

The Society for History in the Federal Government, 1989

Box 9 of 10

S, 1989

Box 9 of 10

R, 1989

Box 9 of 10

Diane Cohn & Robert Jaeger: "Partners for Scared Places," 1989

Box 9 of 10

National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1989

Box 9 of 10

National Endowment for the Humanities, 1989

Box 9 of 10

National Endowment for the Arts, 1989

Box 9 of 10

M, 1989

Box 9 of 10

L, 1989

Box 9 of 10

"The Museum of the Future," 1989

Box 9 of 10

Box 10

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1989

Box 10 of 10

C, 1989

Box 10 of 10

D, 1989

Box 10 of 10

Droege, Peter

Box 10 of 10

E, 1989

Box 10 of 10

F, 1989

Box 10 of 10

G, 1989

Box 10 of 10

The German Historical Museum, 1989

Box 10 of 10

Historical Society of Washington, 1989

Box 10 of 10

H, 1989

Box 10 of 10

Japanese American National Museum, 1989

Box 10 of 10

I, 1989

Box 10 of 10

J, 1989

Box 10 of 10

N, 1989

Box 10 of 10

K, 1989

Box 10 of 10

Training, 1989

Box 10 of 10

Technology and Culture, 1989

Box 10 of 10

Taylor, Frank

Box 10 of 10

Tax Reform Act, 1989

Box 10 of 10

National Museum of American History: Space Review, 1989

Box 10 of 10