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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 94-030

Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for External Affairs

Project Records, 1977-1993

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for External Affairs
Title:Project Records
Dates:1977-1993
Quantity:1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 94-030
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This acccession consists of records that primarily document the activities of Janet W. Solinger, former Director of the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, in her capacity as Director of Special Projects in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and reports describing her involvement in several projects and initiatives, such as seminars, festivals, performances, and professional organizations. Also included are memoranda and reports concerning the restructuring of the Resident Associate Program, Solinger's reassigment, and her departure from the Smithsonian Institution in December 1993. The records also contain Solinger's correspondence files for 1993, and miscellaneous correspondence dating from 1979. The bulk of the material was created in 1992 and 1993, but some items date from 1977.

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This accession consists of records that primarily document the activities of Janet W. Solinger, former Director of the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, in her capacity as Director of Special Projects in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and reports describing her involvement in several projects and initiatives, such as seminars, festivals, performances, and professional organizations. Also included are memoranda and reports concerning the restructuring of the Resident Associate Program, Solinger's reassignment, and her departure from the Smithsonian in December 1993. The records also contain Solinger's correspondence files for 1993, and miscellaneous correspondence dating from 1979. The bulk of the material was created in 1992 and 1993, but some items date from 1977.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-030, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for External Affairs, Project Records

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Container List

Box 1

Audiotapes: PADC Symposium, September 24, 1984 (two); and "Smithsonian Galaxy" A Tribute to R. Buckminster Fuller

Box 1 of 2

Centerbeam MIT slides, 1977

Box 1 of 2

Brochures: The Smithsonian Resident Associate Program: A Different Species of Continuing Education

Box 1 of 2

Personal Correspondence, 1993 (9 folders)

Box 1 of 2

Personal Correspondence, 1992

Box 1 of 2

Personal Correspondence, 1979-1988

Box 1 of 2

Activities Reports/Regents Newsletters

Box 1 of 2

African File

Box 1 of 2

America's Film Festivals

Box 1 of 2

Aruba

Box 1 of 2

AWIU (American Women for International Understanding)

Box 1 of 2

Council of Information and Education Directors (CIED), 1993

Box 1 of 2

Constance Berry Newman

Box 1 of 2

Cultural Alliance: DC Chambers of Commerce, Tourism

Box 1 of 2

Cultural Alliance: Corporate Art Connection

Box 1 of 2

CIED, 1993

Box 1 of 2

Earth Resources Institute: The Web of Life

Box 1 of 2

Education, SI

Box 1 of 2

Environment

Box 1 of 2

Equal Opportunity

Box 1 of 2

External Affairs Staff Meetings

Box 1 of 2

Foreign Visitors File

Box 1 of 2

Future, Smithsonian of the

Box 1 of 2

Germany

Box 1 of 2

Greek Festival

Box 1 of 2

Guadalajara Travel

Box 1 of 2

Learning in Retirement Institute

Box 1 of 2

Management Report

Box 1 of 2

Mexico

Box 1 of 2

Miscellaneous Memos, Special Projects

Box 1 of 2

New York Presence

Box 1 of 2

NUCEA (National Universities Continuing Education Association) - Annual Conference, April 16-30, 1993

Box 1 of 2

NUCEA Correspondence

Box 1 of 2

150th Marketing Committee

Box 1 of 2

Partners in Livable Places

Box 1 of 2

Rasky: Canadian Broadcast Center

Box 1 of 2

RAP: Credit Card Proposal MBNA America Bank

Box 1 of 2

TSA (The Smithsonian Associates): Opera Evenings/TSA

Box 1 of 2

TSA: Sweden

Box 1 of 2

TSA Memos

Box 1 of 2

TSA Merger

Box 1 of 2

TSA Merger: John Jameson Report

Box 1 of 2

TSA Merger: RAP and SNAP

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

USIA (United States Information Agency) Grant Papers

Box 2 of 2

Visit Count

Box 2 of 2

Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts

Box 2 of 2

Tom Lovejoy

Box 2 of 2

John Jameson

Box 2 of 2

Constance Berry Newman/RMCA

Box 2 of 2

Marc Pachter

Box 2 of 2

150th

Box 2 of 2

TSA Correspondence

Box 2 of 2

Greece (2 folders)

Box 2 of 2

New Zealand

Box 2 of 2

150th Sculpture Commission

Box 2 of 2

Resident Associate Program (RAP): American University Collaborations

Box 2 of 2

RAP: Georgetown University Collaboration

Box 2 of 2

University of Warwick Collaboration

Box 2 of 2

University of Warwick International Conference of Education and the Arts, July 12-15, 1993, Gerald Normie

Box 2 of 2

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