Agency history, 1999-

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Subject

  • Cain, J. Todd
  • Kellems, Susannah
  • Leipold, Angela
  • Thomson, Mary
  • Kramer, Patricia
  • Simms, Denise Robinson
  • Fox, Mary

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.
  • Annals of the Smithsonian Institution, 1991-1996.
  • Smithsonian Directory 1999
  • Smithsonian Directory 2002
  • Prism, Smithsonian Intranet, http://prism.si.edu/siphone/resultc.cfm?Last_Name=Leipold accessed 2/11/2005
  • National Museum of the American Indian, Organizational Chart, 2010
  • LinkedIn, Angela Leipold, https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-leipold-a3330410/, accessed March 31, 2022
  • LinkedIn, Patricia Kramer, https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-kramer-a893125/details/experience/, accessed March 31, 2022
  • LinkedIn, Denise Robinson Simms, https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-robinson-simms-1040984a/, accessed March 31, 2022
  • LinkedIn, Mary Fox, https://www.linkedin.com/in/marymfox/, accessed March 31, 2022
  • The Office of Special Events originated as part of the national campaign mounted to fund the construction of the National Museum of the American Indian. The national campaign began in January of 1991 and Susannah Kellems was the Assistant Director for Public Relations and Special Events until 1992. Succeeding her was Mary Thomson who started as a Campaign Associate for Special Events in 1993 and became Manager of Special Events in 1995. In 1999 J. Todd Cain served as special events coordinator and in 2001 a special events manager position existed within the Museum and Angela Leipold filled this position from 2001-2007. Patricia Kramer was appointed director and served from 2008-2010. Following Kramer, Denise Robinson Simms was Acting Manager of the Office of Special Evetns, from 2010-2012, and then Special Events Manager from 2012-2016. In 2016 Mary Fox began her tenure as the Special Events Manager.
  • 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

  • 1999
  • 1999-

Topic

  • Public relations
  • Historians
  • Museums
  • Special events
  • Indians of North America--Museums
  • Museums--Public relations

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00401

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