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Accession 95-083, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, Subject Files, 1989-1994
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for the Sciences |
| Title: | Subject Files |
| Dates: | 1989-1994 |
| Quantity: | 12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 95-083 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These records document the administrative activity of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, the predecessor office to the Assistant Provost for the Sciences, under the direction of Robert Hoffmann. The records chiefly concern the years 1992 and 1993, but records run from 1989 to 1994. Subject files include museums and offices reporting to this office; agencies and organization pertaining to the environmental, biological, and astronomical sciences; Smithsonian projects and informal working groups; and other Smithsonian central administrative offices, especially exchanges with the offices of the other assistant secretaries. The subject files include as well files on foreign countries with Smithsonian research interests. |
Descriptive Entry
These records document the administrative activity of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, the predecessor office to the Assistant Provost for the Sciences, under the direction of Robert Hoffmann. The records chiefly concern the years 1992 and 1993, but records run from 1989 to 1994. Subject files include museums and offices reporting to this office; agencies and organization pertaining to the environmental, biological, and astronomical sciences; Smithsonian projects and informal working groups; and other Smithsonian central administrative offices, especially exchanges with the offices of the other assistant secretaries. The subject files include as well files on foreign countries with Smithsonian research interests.
Restrictions
Use Restriction
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2010; Transferring office; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States
- Burch Fellowship.
- Coalition for Networked Information
- Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
- Friends of the National Zoo (U.S.)
- Great Britain. Overseas Development Administration
- Hoffmann, Robert S.
- Inter-American Development Bank.
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
- National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property (U.S.)
- National Institute for the Environment (U.S.)
- National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Organization for Tropical Studies
- Organization of American States
- Osterweis Selig, Ruth
- Pan American Development Foundation.
- Public Welfare Foundation.
- Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
- Simons, Ross B.
- Smithsonian Institution. Archives and Special Collections Council.
- Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research. Research Policy Committee.
- Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science. Conservation Training Council.
- Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education. Research, Libraries, Archives Collections Conservation Task Force.
- Soros Foundation
- United Nations Development Programme
- United States. Agency for International Development
- United States. Asia Environmental Partnership
- United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Wildlife Legislative Fund of America.
- World Bank
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-083, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, Subject Files
Container List
Box 1
Accessibility Statement
Box 1 of 12
Activities Report
Box 1 of 12
Administrative Service Center (ASC)
Box 1 of 12
Advisory Group on Science and Technology Policy
Box 1 of 12
Affirmative Action Reports - 1992
Box 1 of 12
Agency for International Development
Box 1 of 12
Aldabra Atoll
Box 1 of 12
Anacostia Museum - 1991
Box 1 of 12
Announcements (General)
Box 1 of 12
Archives, Smithsonian Institution (SI) - 1992-1993
Box 1 of 12
Arctic Studies
Box 1 of 12
Assistant Secretaries - Arts & Humanities - 1991-1993
Box 1 of 12
Assistant Secretaries - Education & Public Services 1991-1993
Box 1 of 12
Assistant Secretaries - External Affairs - 1991-1993
Box 1 of 12
Assistant Secretaries - Finance & Administration - 1991-1993
Box 1 of 12
Assistant Secretaries - Institutional Affairs - 1992
Box 1 of 12
Assistant Secretaries - Science - 1991-1993
Box 1 of 12
Audit Information
Box 1 of 12
Audubon
Box 1 of 12
Australia
Box 1 of 12
Awards (Chevron, Getty, International Prize for Biology, National Medal of Science, Tyler, Volvo Environmental)
Box 1 of 12
Belgium
Box 1 of 12
Belize
Box 1 of 12
Beller Request
Box 1 of 12
Beringia
Box 1 of 12
Biological Diversity (2 folders)
Box 1 of 12
Biological Diversity, National Center for
Box 1 of 12
Box 2
Brazil
Box 2 of 12
British Airways
Box 2 of 12
Burch Fellowship
Box 2 of 12
Bureau Director's Meeting
Box 2 of 12
Canada
Box 2 of 12
Canal Alternatives Study
Box 2 of 12
Capital Program Planning Board
Box 2 of 12
China
Box 2 of 12
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
Box 2 of 12
Collections Management
Box 2 of 12
Collections Research Fund
Box 2 of 12
Columbus Center
Box 2 of 12
Conferences
Box 2 of 12
Conservation Analytical Laboratory (CAL)
Box 2 of 12
Conservation and Research Center
Box 2 of 12
Box 3
Conservation Training Council, Smithsonian Institution
Box 3 of 12
Contracting and Property Management, Office of (OCPM)
Box 3 of 12
Convention on International Endangered Species (CITES)
Box 3 of 12
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
Box 3 of 12
Cultural Diversity
Box 3 of 12
Curatorial Advancement (includes general PAEC)
Box 3 of 12
Darwin Initiative
Box 3 of 12
Design and Construction, Office of
Box 3 of 12
Development, Office of (OD)
Box 3 of 12
Diving Program, Smithsonian Institution
Box 3 of 12
England
Box 3 of 12
Environmental Awareness, Office of (OEA)
Box 3 of 12
Environment Management and Safety, Office of (OEMS)
Box 3 of 12
Box 4
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Box 4 of 12
Equal Employment and Minority Affairs
Box 4 of 12
Exxon
Box 4 of 12
Facilities Services, Office of (OFS)
Box 4 of 12
Federal Facilities Compliance Act (FFCA)
Box 4 of 12
Fellowships and Grants, Office of (OFG)
Box 4 of 12
Financial System, Smithsonian Institution
Box 4 of 12
Folklife Programs, Office of
Box 4 of 12
Friends of the National Zoological Park (FONZ)
Box 4 of 12
FONZ - Board of Directors
Box 4 of 12
FONZ - General
Box 4 of 12
FONZ - Nominating Committee - 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 12
Galapagos
Box 4 of 12
General Counsel, Office of
Box 4 of 12
Germany
Box 4 of 12
Global Change
Box 4 of 12
Government Relationship, Office of (OGR)
Box 4 of 12
Guyana
Box 4 of 12
History, Archives and National Collections, Office of (HANC)
Box 4 of 12
Human Resources, Office of
Box 4 of 12
India
Box 4 of 12
Indonesia
Box 4 of 12
Information Resource Management, Office of (OIRM)
Box 4 of 12
Box 5
Information Technology Initiative
Box 5 of 12
Inspector General, Office of (IG)
Box 5 of 12
Institutional Studies
Box 5 of 12
Institutional Initiatives, Office of
Box 5 of 12
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Box 5 of 12
Interior, U.S. Dept. of (DOI)
Box 5 of 12
Internal Controls Review
Box 5 of 12
International Environmental Science Program (IESP) (Venezuela-Rudran, Neotropical Lowlands-Heyer, Mexico-Whigham)
Box 5 of 12
International Activities Center (IAC)
Box 5 of 12
International Project Development Group (IPDG)
Box 5 of 12
International Exchange Program
Box 5 of 12
Internet
Box 5 of 12
Inventory
Box 5 of 12
Iraq
Box 5 of 12
Information Resources Management
Box 5 of 12
Israel
Box 5 of 12
Italy
Box 5 of 12
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Box 5 of 12
Jamaica
Box 5 of 12
Box 6
Jesse Noyes Foundation
Box 6 of 12
Joseph Henry Papers
Box 6 of 12
Korea
Box 6 of 12
Legislature
Box 6 of 12
Library of Congress
Box 6 of 12
Madagascar
Box 6 of 12
Malaysia
Box 6 of 12
Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
Box 6 of 12
Management Report
Box 6 of 12
Manpower, Office of
Box 6 of 12
Marine Mammal Commission
Box 6 of 12
Marine Systematic Laboratory
Box 6 of 12
Master Mall Raceway System
Box 6 of 12
Media, Communications with
Box 6 of 12
Medical Museum
Box 6 of 12
Mexico
Box 6 of 12
Migratory Bird Program
Box 6 of 12
Millennium Project
Box 6 of 12
Minorities in Science
Box 6 of 12
Minority Internships
Box 6 of 12
MITRE
Box 6 of 12
Molecular Systematics External Review
Box 6 of 12
Box 7
Moriah Fund
Box 7 of 12
Museum Support Center (MSC)
Box 7 of 12
Museum Computer Conference
Box 7 of 12
National Academy of Science (NAS)
Box 7 of 12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Box 7 of 12
National African American Museum (NAfAM)
Box 7 of 12
National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
Box 7 of 12
National Center for Biodiversity
Box 7 of 12
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, U.S.
Box 7 of 12
National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property
Box 7 of 12
National Institute of the Environment (NIE)
Box 7 of 12
National Museum of American Art (NMAA)
Box 7 of 12
National Museum of American Indian (NMAI)
Box 7 of 12
National Museum of American History (NMAH)
Box 7 of 12
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) (1 folder)
Box 7 of 12
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) (2 folders)
Box 7 of 12
National Portrait Gallery (NPG)
Box 7 of 12
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Box 7 of 12
National Zoological Park (NZP)
Box 7 of 12
Box 8
NZP - Incinerator Problems
Box 8 of 12
NZP - Panda Program
Box 8 of 12
NZP - Saudi Arabia
Box 8 of 12
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Box 8 of 12
Nature Conservancy
Box 8 of 12
Netherlands
Box 8 of 12
New Independent States
Box 8 of 12
New Zealand
Box 8 of 12
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Box 8 of 12
Norway
Box 8 of 12
National Research and Education Network (NREN)
Box 8 of 12
Office Memorandum (OMXXX)
Box 8 of 12
Organizations of American States
Box 8 of 12
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Box 8 of 12
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) (4 folders)
Box 8 of 12
Box 9
Overseas Development Administration (ODA)
Box 9 of 12
Panama (Canal Alternatives Commission) 1992-1993
Box 9 of 12
Pan-American Development Foundation
Box 9 of 12
Personnel, Smithsonian Institution
Box 9 of 12
Plant Services, Office of (OPS)
Box 9 of 12
Policy and Program Development (OPPD)
Box 9 of 12
Public Affairs, Office of (OPA)
Box 9 of 12
Public Welfare Foundation (PWF)
Box 9 of 12
Publications
Box 9 of 12
Regents, Smithsonian Institution Board of
Box 9 of 12
Registrar, Office of (OR)
Box 9 of 12
Research, Libraries, and Archives Collections Conservation Taskforce (RELACT)
Box 9 of 12
Research Policy Committee
Box 9 of 12
Research Library/Gp/Information Network (RGL/RLIN)
Box 9 of 12
Research Misconduct
Box 9 of 12
Royal Geographic Society
Box 9 of 12
Russia
Box 9 of 12
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) (2 folders)
Box 9 of 12
SAO - Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
Box 9 of 12
SAO - Center for Astrophysics (CfA)
Box 9 of 12
SAO - Infrared-Optical Telescope Array (IOTA)
Box 9 of 12
SAO - Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT)
Box 9 of 12
SAO - Submillimeter Array (SMA)
Box 9 of 12
SAO Personnel
Box 9 of 12
Box 10
Scientific Equipment Pool
Box 10 of 12
Secretary, Office of the SI
Box 10 of 12
Senegal
Box 10 of 12
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) (2 folders)
Box 10 of 12
SERC Master Plan
Box 10 of 12
Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) (1 folder) (includes SIA Director Search)
Box 10 of 12
SIA (1 folder)
Box 10 of 12
SI Archives & Special Collections Council (SIASC)
Box 10 of 12
SI Communications Strategy
Box 10 of 12
SI Council 1992
Box 10 of 12
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)
Box 10 of 12
Box 11
SIL (2 folders)
Box 11 of 12
Singapore
Box 11 of 12
SI Research Information (SIRIS)
Box 11 of 12
SI Wildlife Training Program
Box 11 of 12
SI Years Submission (2 folders)
Box 11 of 12
Smithson Society Award
Box 11 of 12
Sorting Center
Box 11 of 12
SORES Foundation
Box 11 of 12
SOROS Foundation
Box 11 of 12
Special Exhibition Fund
Box 11 of 12
Sponsored Projects, Office of (OSP)
Box 11 of 12
Sri Lanka
Box 11 of 12
Standard of Conduct
Box 11 of 12
State Department, U.S.
Box 11 of 12
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) (2 folders)
Box 11 of 12
Box 12
STRI - Living Allowance
Box 12 of 12
STRI - Oil Spill
Box 12 of 12
Study Tours and Seminars
Box 12 of 12
Suitland Master Plan
Box 12 of 12
Sweden
Box 12 of 12
Swiss Embassy
Box 12 of 12
Switzerland
Box 12 of 12
Tanzania
Box 12 of 12
Tibet
Box 12 of 12
Tick Collection
Box 12 of 12
Trilateral Committee on Environmental Education (U.S./Mexico/Canada)
Box 12 of 12
United Kingdom (UK)
Box 12 of 12
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Box 12 of 12
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Box 12 of 12
University/College Relations
Box 12 of 12
U.S. Asia Environment Partnership (USAEP)
Box 12 of 12
Venezuela
Box 12 of 12
Videohistory Project
Box 12 of 12
Vietnam
Box 12 of 12
Whipple Observatory (Fred Lawrence) - FLWO
Box 12 of 12
Wildlife Legislation Fund
Box 12 of 12
World Bank
Box 12 of 12
World Food Day, U.S. Committee for
Box 12 of 12
Zimbabwe
Box 12 of 12
- Finding Aid encoded on: 7-11-2011
- Contact us at osiaref@si.edu