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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 96-087

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary

Records, 1992-1993
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary
Title: Records
Dates: 1992-1993
Quantity: 12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
Collection: Accession 96-087
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

This accession consists of records that document the work of the Under Secretary, Constance Berry Newman, mostly during the Calendar Year 1993 and part of 1992. The records pertain to the activities of Smithsonian Institution offices and bureaus; international relations; and significant projects such as the establishment of the National Museum of the American Indian, the National Postal Museum, the National African American Museum, and the Institute of the Americas. Also included are correspondence and memoranda between the Under Secretary and various Assistant Secretaries, Museum Directors, and heads of different bureaus. Additional records include audit reports, confidential files, and memoranda from the Office of the General Counsel; budgetary reports; articles from newspapers and journals pertaining to Smithsonian events and other issues; pamphlets and brochures; and a few color photographs.

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This accession consists of records that document the work of the Under Secretary, Constance Berry Newman, mostly during the Calendar Year 1993 and part of 1992. The records pertain to the activities of Smithsonian Institution offices and bureaus; international relations; and significant projects such as the establishment of the National Museum of the American Indian, National Postal Museum, National African American Museum, and Institute of the Americas. Also includes correspondence and memoranda between the Under Secretary and various Assistant Secretaries, Museum Directors, and heads of different bureaus.

Additional records include audit reports, confidential files, and memoranda from the Office of the General Counsel; budgetary reports; articles from newspapers and journals pertaining to Smithsonian events and other issues; pamphlets and brochures; and a few color photographs.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-087, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Under Secretary, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Accounting

Box 1 of 12

Activities Report

Box 1 of 12

Administration

Box 1 of 12

Administrative Service Center

Box 1 of 12

African-American Museum - 1992-1993

Box 1 of 12

American Studies - 1992-1993

Box 1 of 12

Archives of American Art - 1992-1993

Box 1 of 12

Arts and Humanities, Assistant Secretary for

Box 1 of 12

Association of Art Museums Directors

Box 1 of 12

Audits (3 folders)

Box 1 of 12

Audit (External Service)

Box 1 of 12

Beller

Box 1 of 12

Black Cemetery (New York) - (Burial Ground) - 1992-1993

Box 1 of 12

Brock Group

Box 1 of 12

Building Management

Box 1 of 12

Burson-Marsteller

Box 1 of 12

Business Management Office (2 folders)

Box 1 of 12

Box 2

Business Management - 1992

Box 2 of 12

Business Manager/Officer (Senior)

Box 2 of 12

Campus on the Air

Box 2 of 12

Capital Program Planning Board

Box 2 of 12

Challinor

Box 2 of 12

Chargebacks

Box 2 of 12

Close-up Foundation - 1992

Box 2 of 12

Collection Information Systems (CIS)

Box 2 of 12

Columbus Center

Box 2 of 12

Commission on the Future (see SI 2000)

Box 2 of 12

Computer Security Manager

Box 2 of 12

Congressional Hearing, Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials, March 17, 1993

Box 2 of 12

Conservation and Research Center (Report of the External Review Committee)

Box 2 of 12

Construction

Box 2 of 12

Coopers & Lybrand

Box 2 of 12

Debt Swap - 1992

Box 2 of 12

Design & Construction, Office of

Box 2 of 12

Development, Office of

Box 2 of 12

Diving Program

Box 2 of 12

Education and Public Service, Assistant Secretary for Education: Cultural Education Committee, 1992-1993

Box 2 of 12

Education and Public Service, Assistant Secretary for Education: Outreach Fund (EOF)

Box 2 of 12

Equal Employment & Minority Affairs (2 folders)

Box 2 of 12

Box 3

Executive Branch Program

Box 3 of 12

Executive Women in Government (EWG)

Box 3 of 12

Exhibit Review Process Committee

Box 3 of 12

External Affairs, Assistant Secretary for

Box 3 of 12

Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET)

Box 3 of 12

Finance and Administration

Box 3 of 12

Financial Management

Box 3 of 12

Financial System Implementation Plan (SFS)

Box 3 of 12

Financial System Project

Box 3 of 12

Fire/Life Safety Hazard - 1992-1993

Box 3 of 12

Folklife

Box 3 of 12

Freedom Forum

Box 3 of 12

Freer/Sackler

Box 3 of 12

Fund Raising - 1992-1993

Box 3 of 12

Garber

Box 3 of 12

General Counsel, Office of

Box 3 of 12

Georgetown University - 1992

Box 3 of 12

Gifts - 1992

Box 3 of 12

Government Relations, Office of

Box 3 of 12

Haupt, Enid (Endowment Fund)

Box 3 of 12

Hearings

Box 3 of 12

Henry, Dr. Jean

Box 3 of 12

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden

Box 3 of 12

Box 4

Human Resources, Office of - (2 folders)

Box 4 of 12

Independent Sector

Box 4 of 12

Information Resource Management (IRM), Office of

Box 4 of 12

IRM Vision Project - (1992-1993)

Box 4 of 12

IRM Plan/Executive Committee

Box 4 of 12

Inspector General

Box 4 of 12

Institute of the Americas - 1992

Box 4 of 12

Institute of Public Administration

Box 4 of 12

Institutional Initiatives, Assistant Secretary for - 1992-1993

Box 4 of 12

Internal Controls (Steering Committee)

Box 4 of 12

Box 5

International Activities

Box 5 of 12

International Management & Development Group, Ltd. (IM&D)

Box 5 of 12

International Projects - 1992-1993

Box 5 of 12

International Relations - 1992-1993

Box 5 of 12

Interns

Box 5 of 12

Iwerks

Box 5 of 12

Japan Project (3 folders)

Box 5 of 12

Jerusalem

Box 5 of 12

Kennedy Center

Box 5 of 12

Lancaster - 1992-1993

Box 5 of 12

Library (SI)

Box 5 of 12

Lorch, Steve - 1992-1993

Box 5 of 12

Luncheon Group (Smithsonian) - 1992

Box 5 of 12

Management

Box 5 of 12

Management Report

Box 5 of 12

Manuals

Box 5 of 12

Marvel

Box 5 of 12

Mount Vernon College

Box 5 of 12

Museum Support Center - 1992-1993

Box 5 of 12

National Air and Space Museum

Box 5 of 12

Box 6

National Museum of American Art

Box 6 of 12

National Museum of American History

Box 6 of 12

National Museum of American Indian (NMAI)

Box 6 of 12

NMAI: Campaign

Box 6 of 12

NMAI: Suitland

Box 6 of 12

National Museum of Natural History (2 folders)

Box 6 of 12

National Planning Association (NPA)

Box 6 of 12

National Portrait Gallery - 1992-1993

Box 6 of 12

National Postal Museum

Box 6 of 12

Nellum, Albert

Box 6 of 12

Newseum

Box 6 of 12

North Capitol (1111)

Box 6 of 12

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corp. (PADC)

Box 6 of 12

Penny/Kasich Bipartisan Task Force

Box 6 of 12

Policy and Program Development

Box 6 of 12

Presidio of San Francisco

Box 6 of 12

Price Waterhouse - 1992-1993

Box 6 of 12

Private Sector Council

Box 6 of 12

Product Development & Licensing - 1992-1993

Box 6 of 12

Protection Services, Office of

Box 6 of 12

Box 7

Public Affairs

Box 7 of 12

Publications Council

Box 7 of 12

Quilts

Box 7 of 12

Quincentenary

Box 7 of 12

RAP (Resident Associates Program)/SNAP (Smithsonian National Associates Program) Merger - 1992

Box 7 of 12

Regents

Box 7 of 12

Regents Audit & Review Committee

Box 7 of 12

Regents Board Meeting

Box 7 of 12

Regents Investment Committee

Box 7 of 12

Registrar - 1992-1993

Box 7 of 12

Repatriation - 1992-1993

Box 7 of 12

Resident Associate Program - 1992

Box 7 of 12

Retirement - 1992-1993

Box 7 of 12

Saudi Arabia - 1992

Box 7 of 12

Scholarly Studies Program - 1992

Box 7 of 12

Science, Assistant Secretary for

Box 7 of 12

Security - 1992-1993

Box 7 of 12

Senate of Scientists Council - 1992

Box 7 of 12

Senior Pay - 1992-1993

Box 7 of 12

Smithsonian Institution (SI) Commission (2000) - 1992-1993 (3 Folders)

Box 7 of 12

Box 8

SI Commission (2000) (3 Folders)

Box 8 of 12

SI Magazine

Box 8 of 12

SI Press

Box 8 of 12

SI Research Information System (SIRIS)

Box 8 of 12

SI Women's Council - 1992

Box 8 of 12

Smithsonian Archives

Box 8 of 12

Smithsonian Associates (TSA) - 1992-1993

Box 8 of 12

TSA: Tours Catalog

Box 8 of 12

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Box 8 of 12

Box 9

Smithsonian Council - 1992-1993

Box 9 of 12

Smithsonian Information Technology External Advisory Committee

Box 9 of 12

Smithsonian National Board

Box 9 of 12

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute/Panama

Box 9 of 12

Smithsonian Women's Committee - 1992

Box 9 of 12

Smithsonian Year - 1993

Box 9 of 12

Solinger, Janet - 1992-1993

Box 9 of 12

Sponsored Projects

Box 9 of 12

Spraggins, Barbara

Box 9 of 12

Sri Lanka - 1992-1993

Box 9 of 12

Storage Space (1111 North Capitol)

Box 9 of 12

Studies

Box 9 of 12

Times Mirror

Box 9 of 12

Box 10

Tour File

Box 10 of 12

Training

Box 10 of 12

Transition 1992-1993 Clinton

Box 10 of 12

Transition 1992-1993 Newman

Box 10 of 12

Travel

Box 10 of 12

Treasurer

Box 10 of 12

Treasurer - Investment Policy Committee (IPC)

Box 10 of 12

Truman Scholars

Box 10 of 12

Trust

Box 10 of 12

Turner Broadcasting

Box 10 of 12

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Box 10 of 12

United States Information Agency (USIA)

Box 10 of 12

Up with People

Box 10 of 12

Visitor Information & Associates' Reception Center (VIARC)

Box 10 of 12

White House Fellows - 1992

Box 10 of 12

World Cup of Soccer

Box 10 of 12

Young Benefactors

Box 10 of 12

Zoological Park (NZP)

Box 10 of 12

Box 11

Correspondence, A-Z, 1992-1993

Box 11 of 12

Chronologic File

Box 11 of 12

Telephone Message Log

Box 11 of 12

Box 12

Budget, FY 1993 (6 folders)

Box 12 of 12

Budget Studies

Box 12 of 12

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