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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 97-017

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Environmental Management and Safety

Records, 1972-1991

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Environmental Management and Safety
Title:Records
Dates:1972-1991
Quantity:11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 97-017
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records that document the work of the Office of Environmental Management and Safety and its predecessors from 1972 to 1991. Most of the records deal with efforts to monitor and control levels of pollutants such as lead, formaldehyde, asbestos, and various industrial chemicals through the use of ventilation, respirators, abatement/change of chemical compounds, and the like.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records that document the work of the Office of Environmental Management and Safety and its predecessors during the period from 1972 to 1991. Most of the records deal with efforts to monitor and control levels of pollutants such as lead, formaldehyde, asbestos, and various industrial chemicals through the use of ventilation, respirators, abatement/change of chemical compounds, and the like.

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Access Restriction

Box 11 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Contact reference staff for details.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-017, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Environmental Management and Safety, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Asbestos Testing, April/May 1985

Box 1 of 11

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) - Asbestos, FY 1987

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos Testing, January/February 1985

Box 1 of 11

Personnel Monitoring

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos - Silver Hill, 1985

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos - Silver Hill, 1984

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos - Silver Hill, 1983

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos - Silver Hill, 1972-1982

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos Samples and Testing (by SI), August 1979

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos Program 1983

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos - National Museum of American History (NMAH), January-September 1983

Box 1 of 11

FY 1989 Office of Plant Services (OPlantS) Correspondence

Box 1 of 11

FY 1989 OPlantS Lab Results

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos Samples and Testing, 1981-1982

Box 1 of 11

FY 1987 SI - Laboratory Results

Box 1 of 11

FY 1984-FY 1986 Renwick Asbestos

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos NMNH, 1986

Box 1 of 11

Asbestos NMNH

Box 1 of 11

Box 2

Renwick Asbestos, 1983-1986

Box 2 of 11

86-005-SK Client: P. Baback (ORM) - Uncle Beasley, Recommendations

Box 2 of 11

FY 1988 Renwick Gallery

Box 2 of 11

FY 1988 Renwick Gallery - Lab Results

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 Quad / Sackler - Lab Results

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 Quad Indoor Air Quality

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 Quad Drinking Water Quality

Box 2 of 11

FY 1985 Office of Protection Services (OPS) Lead Firing Range

Box 2 of 11

Lead OPS Firing Range, 1986

Box 2 of 11

FY 1986 OPS Lead Firing Range

Box 2 of 11

Back Injury: J. Howard, OPS, August 24, 1987

Box 2 of 11

National Zoological Park (NZP), 1987-1988

Box 2 of 11

Asbestos NZP, 1976-1986

Box 2 of 11

Infant Care Center and Miscellaneous Improvements, Arts and Industries Building, Project No. 883314D, Architectural Drawings, 1989

Box 2 of 11

FY 1986 NMNH Indoor Air Quality

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NMNH Indoor Air Quality

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NMNH Hood Ventilation

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NMNH Spray Booth Design

Box 2 of 11

87-002-JJ Client: M. League, Natural History Building (NHB) Computer Room, OPlantS

Box 2 of 11

Asbestos NMAH, 1985

Box 2 of 11

NMNH

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NMNH - Laboratory Results

Box 2 of 11

Asbestos NMAH, 1986

Box 2 of 11

FY 1986 NMAH Asbestos

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NMAH/Silver Hill - Laboratory Results

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NMAH - Laboratory Results

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NMAH Indoor Air Quality

Box 2 of 11

FY 1986 NMNH Fumigation

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NMAH Hydroquinone

Box 2 of 11

NMAH, 1987 (Pre-October 1)

Box 2 of 11

NMAH, 1987-1988

Box 2 of 11

NMAH Indoor Air Quality, 1988

Box 2 of 11

FY 1988 NMAH - Laboratory Results

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 National Gallery of Art (NGA) - Laboratory Results

Box 2 of 11

87-003-SK Client: Cleckley, National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Building Manager Office - Water Damage

Box 2 of 11

FY 1987 NASM Noise

Box 2 of 11

Box 3

FY 1987 NASM Carbon Monoxide

Box 3 of 11

FY 1986 NASM - S/H Building 19 Asbestos

Box 3 of 11

NASM, 1986

Box 3 of 11

FY 1988 NASM - Laboratory Results

Box 3 of 11

FY 1989 NASM Restaurant "Pest Control"

Box 3 of 11

FY 1986 Museum Support Center (MSC) Indoor Air Quality

Box 3 of 11

MSC, 1986

Box 3 of 11

FY 1987 MSC Noise

Box 3 of 11

FY 1987 MSC Formaldehyde

Box 3 of 11

FY 1987 MSC Background and Procedures

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, November/December 1986

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, September/October 1986

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, July/August 1986

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, May/June 1986

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, March/April 1986

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, January/February 1986

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, November/December 1985

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, September/October 1985

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos Testing, August/September 1985

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos NMNH, Memos and Correspondence, 1981-1986

Box 3 of 11

Lead Asbestos Testing, 1986

Box 3 of 11

Asbestos 1985

Box 3 of 11

Box 4

Asbestos Testing, March-April 1985

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Program, 1985

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Results, 1985 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Testing, January-August 1983

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Testing, May-July 1984

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Program, January-December 1984

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Testing, August-December 1984

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Samples and Testing

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Testing, January-February 1984

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Testing, September-December 1983

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Testing, March-April 1984

Box 4 of 11

Noise Levels, 1977-1987

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Results, 1987

Box 4 of 11

Asbestos Results, 1986

Box 4 of 11

Box 5

Asbestos Program, 1983-1985

Box 5 of 11

Asbestos Program, 1986-1987

Box 5 of 11

Asbestos Training, 1984-1985

Box 5 of 11

Asbestos - OPlantS, 1985-1986

Box 5 of 11

FPS 51 OPlantS, 1985

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Freer General Correspondence

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Hirshhorn General File

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Hirshhorn Management Evaluation and Technical Review (METR)

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Health Services Division (HSD)

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Management Evaluation and Technical Review, MSC

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Complains and Assistance

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) METR

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 STRI METR Background

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NASM General Correspondence

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NASM Laboratory Results

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NASM/Garber General File

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NASM/Garber Facility

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NASM METR and Follow-up

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NASM METR Notes

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NMAH General Correspondence

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM) Lab Results

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Anacostia Neighborhood Museum METR

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Cooper Hewitt METR

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989-FY 1990 Action Plan - Correct Ventilation and Indoor Air Deficiencies at NMNH Museum Gift Shops APEX Task #3

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 National Portrait Gallery (NPG)/National Anthropological Archives (NAA) METR and Follow-up

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 STRI Non METR

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Quad METR

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Quad Lab Results

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Whipple

Box 5 of 11

Asbestos - STRI, 1984-1985

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 STRI Lab Results

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 STRI METR Draft

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Customs House, New York - Walk Through

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Cooper Hewitt

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Cooper Hewitt Survey

Box 5 of 11

Cooper Hewitt, 1984-1989

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 Cooper Hewitt METR

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NMAH Asbestos

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NMAH Lab Results

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NMAH Indoor Air Quality

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NMNH Lab Results

Box 5 of 11

FY 1989 NMNH Indoor Air Quality

Box 5 of 11

Box 6

FY 1989 NMNH General Correspondence

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 Arts & Industries (A&I) Infant Care Center

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 NMNH METR

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989-FY 1991 NMNH Hayek Complaint, Room E-116

Box 6 of 11

Small Purchase Orders

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 Small Purchase Order Records

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 OEMS Statistical Report of Program Activities

Box 6 of 11

MSC METR, 1987-1988

Box 6 of 11

Conservation Analytical Laboratory (CAL) Hood, 1988

Box 6 of 11

FY1989 MSC General Correspondence

Box 6 of 11

MSC Formaldehyde SOP

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 MSC METR Notes

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 October-December Reading File, 1st Quarter

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 Air Quality in Room 4100, NMAH

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 Lab Results, Renwick

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 NPG General File

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 NGA

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 A&I

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 A&I Indoor Air Quality Cases

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 A&I METR and Follow-up

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 A&I Lab Results

Box 6 of 11

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 1988-1989

Box 6 of 11

NMNH Asbestos, 1989-1990

Box 6 of 11

NMNH 1990

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 South Quad "Apex"

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 African Art

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 STRI METR

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 STRI METR Prep and Notes

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 NMAH / Silver Hill Lab Results

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 NMAH / Silver Hill

Box 6 of 11

Silver Hill Building 15 Project

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 Office of Protection Services

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 Office of Museum Programs (OMP) Workshop

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 OPPM

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 Office of Plant Services Radiation Survey

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 South Quad General File

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 Smithsonian Institution Support Center (SISC) METR

Box 6 of 11

SISC, 1988-1989

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 SISC Fire-Treated Wood Study

Box 6 of 11

FY 1989 NMAH METR

Box 6 of 11

Box 7

FY 1989 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) General File

Box 7 of 11

FY 1989 Laboratory Results SERC

Box 7 of 11

FY 1989 Smithsonian Institution METR

Box 7 of 11

FY 1989 SERC METR and Follow-up Info

Box 7 of 11

FY 1989 SI General File

Box 7 of 11

FY 1989 SI Indoor Air Quality Cases

Box 7 of 11

FY 1989 SI METR

Box 7 of 11

FY 1988 Office of Design and Construction (ODC) General Correspondence

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 General Post Office Building, Tariff Building

Box 7 of 11

FY 1989 ODC General Correspondence

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 NMNH METR

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 Whipple Observatory Annual Safety and Occupational Health Survey Report

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 Laser System Inventory, SAO

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 SAO METR Report

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 South Quadrangle

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 South Quadrangle METR

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 SI METR Report

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 SERC Lab Results

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 OPS General Correspondence

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 Office of Personnel Administration Personnel

Box 7 of 11

NZP Invertebrate Collection Permit

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990-FY 1991 NMNH Fumigation

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 NMNH Lab Results

Box 7 of 11

FY1989-FY 1990 NMNH Anthropology Lab Results, General Correspondence

Box 7 of 11

NMNH Health and Safety Priorities

Box 7 of 11

FY 1990 NMNH Vulcan Fumigation

Box 7 of 11

NMNH Attic Access Procedures

Box 7 of 11

Box 8

FY 1989 OPlantS

Box 8 of 11

FY 1992 OPlantS

Box 8 of 11

FY 1991 Office of Plant Services

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 Fort Pierce General Correspondence and METR Report

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 Freer Gallery

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 Health Services Division (HSD) General Correspondence

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 MSC Management Evaluation and Technical Review

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 L'Enfant Plaza

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 National Air and Space Museum (NASM) METR

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 Garber Facility/NASM

Box 8 of 11

Silver Hill

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 Garber Facility

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 NASM METR Review and Follow-up Information

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 NMAH METR

Box 8 of 11

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), 1990-1993

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 NZP Survey

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 NASM Lab Results

Box 8 of 11

NMAH Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 NMAH Lab Results

Box 8 of 11

FY 1990 Museum of the American Indian

Box 8 of 11

Box 9

FY 1990 National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery (AA&PG) METR and Follow-up

Box 9 of 11

FY 1990 Arts & Industries Indoor Air Quality Cases

Box 9 of 11

FY 1990 Anacostia Neighborhood Museum General Correspondence and Lab Results

Box 9 of 11

FY 1990 Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM) METR

Box 9 of 11

FY 1990 Capital Gallery and Museum Shops, Warehouse

Box 9 of 11

FY 1990 Cooper Hewitt METR and Follow-up

Box 9 of 11

FY 1990 Office of Plant Services

Box 9 of 11

Management Evaluation and Technical Reviews, Minutes of Meetings, and Miscellaneous Items

FY 1991 Anacostia Museum

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Arts & Industries Building

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Capital Gallery / Museum Shops Warehouse

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Cooper Hewitt Museum

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Freer Gallery

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Folklife

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Fort Pierce

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Greenhouse / Horticulture

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Hirshhorn Museum

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 L'Enfant Plaza

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Mail Order Division

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 Museum Support Center

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 American Art / Portrait Gallery / Renwick / Barney

Box 9 of 11

FY 1991 NASM / Garber

Box 9 of 11

Box 10

FY 1991 National Museum of American History

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 National Museum of the American Indian

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 National Museum of Natural History

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 National Zoological Park

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 Office of Plants Services

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 NZP

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 NMNH

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 Silver Hill Facility

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 Smithsonian Institution Building

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 Smithsonian Institution Service Center

Box 10 of 11

F 1991 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 South Quadrangle

Box 10 of 11

FY 1991 Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory

Box 10 of 11

Carousel / Escalator Safety

Box 10 of 11

Box 11

FY 1991 Miscellaneous

Box 11 of 11

FY 1991 Safety Coordinators

Box 11 of 11

Staff Disaster Preparedness Procedures, 1991

Box 11 of 11

SI Disaster Preparedness Plan, 1991

Box 11 of 11

FY 1991 Annual and Statistical Report

Box 11 of 11

Safety Handbook, 1991

Box 11 of 11

FY 1991 Statistics Log and Summary of Occupational Injuries and Illness

Box 11 of 11

FY 1991 Occupational Injury and Illness Reports (2 folders) [RESTRICTED]

Box 11 of 11

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