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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 95-109

National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director

Records, circa 1957-1974
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
Title: Records
Dates: circa 1957-1974
Quantity: 6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection: Accession 95-109
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

These are the records of the Office of the Director, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), mostly from the tenures of Richard S. Cowan and Porter M. Kier. Materials include reading files, 1970-1974; files relating to the NMNH budget, circa 1957-1974; and miscellaneous records.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of the records of the Director, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), mostly from the tenures of Richard S. Cowan and Porter M. Kier. Materials include reading files, 1970-1974; files relating to the NMNH budget, circa 1957-1974; and miscellaneous records.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-109, National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Reading Files, 1970 - April 1972

Box 1 of 6

Box 2

Reading Files, May 1972-1974

Box 2 of 6

101 Organization & Functions, Anthropology Center for the Study of Man, Museum of Man 1968-1970 (3 folders)

Box 2 of 6

104 Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, 1970

Box 2 of 6

106 Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center, 1969

Box 2 of 6

Box 3

1003 Smithsonian Year 1970

Box 3 of 6

Bengal Tiger Presentation, October 15, 1969

Box 3 of 6

Ambassador of Ghana, MNH African Hall, April 28, 1970

Box 3 of 6

1101 Public Relations & Information Service Planning, 1971. Hubbard Scientific Co. proposal to Produce Educational Materials

Box 3 of 6

1101 Public Relations & Information Service Planning, 1971. Planning Files: Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 6

1003 Smithsonian Year, 1971 (3 folders)

Box 3 of 6

1106 Correspondence Survey, 1968

Box 3 of 6

1109 Public Exhibit Planning Files, 1970. American Bicentennial, 1966-1971.

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Pell Fund, 1957-1958

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Rathbun Fund, 1965

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Rocca Fund, 1963

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Fund for Planktonic Foraminiferal Studies, 1957

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Francis Lea Chamberlain Mollusk Fund 1966

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Fluid Research Fund, 1964-1966

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Hanson Fund, 1957

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Numismatics Fund, 1958

Box 3 of 6

307 Budget & Program Reference Papers, FY 1966

Box 3 of 6

404 Fund Operating Records, FY 1965

Box 3 of 6

304 Budget Estimation & Justification, FY 1963-1967 (7 folders)

Box 3 of 6

FM 2-2-1 BOB Agency Guidelines - FY 1965 & earlier

Box 3 of 6

403 Federal Fund Allotment Files, 1963-1964

Box 3 of 6

FM 2-2 Formulation - Execution, FY 1966

Box 3 of 6

501 Foreign Currency Program, 1965 (102 Fund Planning & Instruction Files 1965)

Box 3 of 6

502 Non-Federal Fund Admin, 1965-1967 (3 folders)

Box 3 of 6

503 Private Fund Operating Records, FY 1958-1966 (4 folders)

Box 3 of 6

501 Fund Planning & Instruction Files, FY 1964

Box 3 of 6

501 Fund Planning & Instruction Files, Smithsonian Research Fund (SRF), FY 1964

Box 3 of 6

FM 2-2-1 BOB & Agency Budget Office Guidelines, FY 1966

Box 3 of 6

301 Program Development Files, 1966-1967 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 6

FM 2-2-2 FY 1968 MNH Budget statements: work papers, draft

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Special Events, FY 1965-1967 (3 folders)

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Aton Forest Trust Funds, 1966

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Special Events Fund Policy, 1967

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Dawson Memorial Fund for Galapagos, 1967

Box 3 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Link Foundation, 1967

Box 3 of 6

Box 4

FM 2-2 Budget Formulation - Execution - General, FY 1968 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

FM 2-2-2 Ecology Submissions, FY 1968

Box 4 of 6

FM 2-2-2 MNH Submissions, FY 1968

Box 4 of 6

115 Vertebrate Zoology, 1962-1969

Box 4 of 6

301 Program Development Files, 1968-1971

Box 4 of 6

303 Program & Budget Guide Files, FY 1968-1970 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 6

304 Budget Estimate & Justification Files, FY 1968 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 6

304 Budget Estimate & Justification Files, FY 1969 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

304 Budget Estimate & Justification Files, FY 1970

Box 4 of 6

306 Programming & Budgeting Administration, FY 1969-1970 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

307 Program & Budget Reference Papers, FY 1968-1969 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 6

402 Federal Fund Allocation Files, FY 1969

Box 4 of 6

404 Fund Operating Records, FY 1968-1970 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 6

404.1 Requests to Purchase Collections, FY 1969

Box 4 of 6

405 Report Files, FY 1969

Box 4 of 6

501 Fund Planning & Instruction Files, 1968-1969 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

502 Non-Federal Fund Administration, 1969

Box 4 of 6

503 Private Fund Operating Records, FY 1968-1969 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

504 Reports, FY 1969

Box 4 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files - Special Event Files, FY 1968-1969 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Box 5

505 Himba Wedding Files, 1969

Box 5 of 6

505 Gordon Gaver's Curators' Fund, 1968

Box 5 of 6

505 Cooper Fund and Special Paleontological Fund, 1968

Box 5 of 6

505 Director's Discretionary Fund, 1968

Box 5 of 6

505 National Science Foundation (NSF), 1962-1968

Box 5 of 6

303 Program and Budget Guidance, FY 1971

Box 5 of 6

304 Budget Estimate & Justification, FY 1971 (3 folders)

Box 5 of 6

306 Programming and Budget Administration Files, FY 1971

Box 5 of 6

307 Programming and Budget, Reference Paper Files, FY 1970-1971 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

401 Fund Management, 1971

Box 5 of 6

402 Federal Fund Allocation Files, FY 1970-1971 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

403 Federal Fund Indirect Allocation & Operating Records Files: Environmental Science Funds, FY 1971

Box 5 of 6

404 Federal Fund Operating Records, FY 1971

Box 5 of 6

404.1 Requests to Purchase Collections, FY 1970-1971

Box 5 of 6

405 Reports, FY 1970-1971 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

406 Federal Fund Administration Files, FY 1970

Box 5 of 6

407 Federal Fund Reference Papers, FY 1970

Box 5 of 6

501 Fund Planning & Instruction Files, 1970-1971 (3 folders)

Box 5 of 6

502 Non-Federal Fund Administration, 1970

Box 5 of 6

502 Mekong River Project, 1970

Box 5 of 6

503 Private Fund Operating Records, FY 1971

Box 5 of 6

503 Primate Biology Program Support, FY 1969-1970

Box 5 of 6

503 SOS Fund, FY 1970

Box 5 of 6

504 Requests to Purchase Collections, FY 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Technical Reference Files. Special Events Files, FY 1970-1972 (3 folders)

Box 5 of 6

505 Paleobotany Fund, 1970

Box 5 of 6

505 Primate Biology Fund - Thorington, 1970 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

505 Curator's Fund, Division of Mammals, 1970

Box 5 of 6

505 Desautels Fund

Box 5 of 6

505 Hillyer Fund, 1970

Box 5 of 6

505 Hitchcock-Chase Fund, 1970

Box 5 of 6

505 Tropical Fish Hobbyist Fund, 1963-1970

Box 5 of 6

505 Noyes Fund, 1970

Box 5 of 6

505 Pacific Program Funds, 1970

Box 5 of 6

505 Bacon Scholarship Fund, 1968-1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Springer Fund, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Remington Kellogg Memorial Fund

Box 5 of 6

505 Museum Jar Revolving Fund, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Roland Brown Fund, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Beal Foundation, Malacology Scholarship, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Casey Fund, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Drake Estate Funds, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Gibson Fund, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 E. H. Harriman Fund, 1969-1971

Box 5 of 6

505 HEW Funds, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Rehder Fund, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Wenner-Gren Fund, 1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Walcott Fund, 1970-1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Maxwell Fund, 1970-1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Long Fund, 1970-1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Improvement of Insect Collection Fund, 1970-1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Bruce Hughes Fund, 1961-1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Hrdlicka Fund, 1968-1971

Box 5 of 6

505 Junior Natural Science Library Fund, 1971

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Department of Botany - Ad-Hoc Review, 1967

Box 5 of 6

101 Research Planning Files. Organization & Function- Anthropology, 1964-1968

Box 5 of 6

Department of Vertebrate Zoology Advisory Committee, 1967

Box 5 of 6

Department of Invertebrate Zoology Advisory Committee, 1967

Box 5 of 6

Box 6

Ad-Hoc Panel Review on Dept of Entomology Space & Plans, 1967

Box 6 of 6

Department of Mineral Sciences Review Committee, 1967

Box 6 of 6

Department of Paleobiology Review Committee, 1967

Box 6 of 6

Marriott Corporation. West Court Proposal, 1974

Box 6 of 6

Hall 10, World of Living Things, 1970

Box 6 of 6

SEM Lab Report, August 1971

Box 6 of 6

The Enormous Egg, 1967

Box 6 of 6

"Major Accomplishments of the Smithsonian Institution," 1963-1973

Box 6 of 6

Material for Mall Site Reservation Hearings, 1974

Box 6 of 6

Selected Activities, NMNH, FY 1972

Box 6 of 6

Educational Consideration/Public Activities, NMNH, 1971

Box 6 of 6

Study on feasibility of using museum specimens

Box 6 of 6

FY 1974 B. E. Support Book (also FY 1970, FY 1975)

Box 6 of 6

NMNH Records Manual Index, 2-12-1969

Box 6 of 6

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