Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 95-131
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Physical Plant. Horticulture Services Division
Administrative Files, 1986-1993
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Smithsonian Institution. Office of Physical Plant. Horticulture Services Division |
Title: | Administrative Files |
Dates: | 1986-1993 |
Quantity: | 4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 95-131 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records consist of administrative files. The files contain internal and external memoranda and correspondence concerning grounds and greenhouse maintenance, most of which contain horticulture services. There is also correspondence with the Blair House, the National Park Service, the Festival of American Folklife, and the Garden Club of America/Archives of American Garden. Some correspondence from Environmental Management and Safety deal with hazardous waste disposal. There are also correspondence on the United States Soldier and Airmen's Home. Also included are landscape sketches and drawings, vouchers, invoices, and notes for the FYs 1990 and 1991. At the end of the FYs 1990 and 1991 are five year prospectus beginning with FY 1986. |
Descriptive Entry
These records consist of administrative files. The files contain internal and external memorandum and correspondence concerning grounds and greenhouse maintenance, most of which contain horticulture services. There is correspondence from the Blair House, the National Park Service, the Festival of American Folklife, and the Garden Club of America/Archives of American Garden. Additionally there is some correspondence from Environmental Management and Safety deal with hazardous waste disposal and correspondence regarding the United States Soldier and Airmen's Home. Also included are landscape sketches and drawings, vouchers, invoices, and notes for the FY 1990 and 1991.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Archives of American Gardens
- Blair House (Washington, D.C.)
- Festival of American Folklife
- Garden Club of America
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Environmental Management and Safety
- United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home
- United States. National Park Service
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-131, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Physical Plant, Horticulture Services Division, Administrative Files
Container List
Box 1
1990 Admin File
Incoming
Outgoing
Outgoing letters
1990 Budget Allocation
American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA)
2R Account
A&I (Arts and Industries Building) Balcony
Accountable Mail
Activities and management report
Adler Display
Agreements for loans or exhibitions
Agreement for outgoing loan
Airborne Express
Allocation Reappraisal
Alviti, John
American Airlines
American Horticultural Society
American Society
Annual Report
Appraisal
Appreciation
Armstrong, Anne
ATI
Blackburn, Sadie Gwinn
Blair, Dubilier and Associates
Blair House Restoration Fund
Block, Carolyn
Brusch, Larry
Buckler, Jim
Call for Plans, FY 1991 thru 1997
Canterbury International
CASD (Council of Administrative and Service Directors) Meeting
Chicago Botanic Garden
Connecticut Historical Society
Construction pedestrian directional signage
Cunningham, Carter
Curry, Robert
Deed of Gift
Diversity
Draft 5-Year prospectus, FY 1991-1995
Dumbarton Oaks
Folger Urn Collection
Furloughs
FY 1992 Budget Submission Phase I and II
GL Cornell Company
Garden Source
Garden Source Furnishings
Green Meadows, Inc.
Grants
Hanes, John W., Jr.
Hen Feathers
Hider, Rick
Hospital for Sick Children
Horticultural Services Division (HSD) Party
Image Management Corp
Impact Statement of FY 1990 Budget Cuts
Invitation/Reception
Iron Works
James Smithson
Jim's Scrapbook
Journal of Garden History
Leinbachs, Inc.
Lewis, Hewett W.
Loan of Government Owned Property
Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum
Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
New Arrivals
Northern Virginia Nurserymen's Association
Oglebay Institute
Organization Charts (HSD)
Potomac Industrial Trucks Inc.
Professional Shoe Service (Safety boots0
Program Report
Ripley, Mrs. S. Dillon [Mary Livingston Ripley]
Shuttle and mail service
SI 1990 Collection Statistics and Highlights
Smithsonian Council Report 1990 Meeting
Smithsonian Museum Accreditation
Smithsonian Year FY 1990
Staff meeting agenda
Sunny O'Neil
Thank you folder
Training
Uncle Beasley
University of South Carolina
Use of the garden
Use of power lifts and reinstallation of Folger Collection Urns
Valentiner Benedicte
Victorian Gardens Order
Visitor comments (3 folders)
Wanderman, Lisa
Wetsel Seed Company
Willow Run Company, Inc.
Yoder Brothers, Inc.
1990 Grounds Management File
Incoming
Outgoing
Activation of Water and Sprinkler System
Containers
Dinosaur
Enid A. Haupt Garden
Hypodermic needles
Infant center play area
Integrated pest management
Moving plant materials in Ripley Garden
Pest control
Snow and ice removal plan
Space for GMB/Office of Horticulture (OH) update
1990 Greenhouse File
Incoming
Outgoing
A Campaign to Remember
Agreement between OH and MSL of the Greenhouse/Nursery Division (GND)
Display labels for spring tulips
FY annual orders proposal
GND safety meeting
Box 2
Greenhouse/Nursery Division Disaster Preparedness Plan
Letters of GND tour requests
Orchid show and collections
Plant list for spring planting
Plants rented from outside vendor and supplemented from OH/GND
Special events
1990 Interior File (Plant Division)
Incoming
Outgoing
Enid Haupt Garden tour request incoming
Enid Haupt Garden tour request outgoing
Haupt Garden Information for exhibitions, Directory and Calendar of Events
Holiday decorations
Museum cafeteria interior plant program
Records, labeling, and accessions training materials program
Reproduction terms and fees
Rotational plants
Special events
Statistics for annual report
Trees of Christmas incoming
Trees of Christmas outgoing
Trees of Christmas loan policy
Women's committee ball
1990 GCA/AAG (Garden Club of America/Archives of American Gardens)
Incoming
Outgoing
Blackburn, Sadie Gwinn
AAG policy and procedures
AAG processing procedures and personnel
Bissell, Gina
Database materials
Fisher, Laura
GCA/AAG minutes
Jones, Gloria
Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (MLRG) Dedication
Practical use of the AAG
Procedure for handling slides
Project manager, AAG
Receiving reports,
Robinson, Betty
Rollins, Helen
Titus, Joanne
Weller, Eleanor
West, Millicent
Yellott, Sandy
1990 Women's Committee
Outgoing
Incoming
Computerized engraving machine
Women's Committee membership list
Women's Committee Project Awards
1990 Festival of American Folklife
Letter - Doris Dietrich
1990 Accounting and Finance
Incoming
Outgoing
Establishment of new fund numbers and organization code
1990 Procurement and Property Management (OPPM)
Incoming
Procurement management review of the Office of Horticulture
1990 Environmental Management and Safety (OEMS)
Incoming
Discharges to the wastewater system
Hazardous waste coordinator meeting
Hazardous waste disposal program
NASM (National Air and Space Museum) internal safety and fire protection
Pesticide
Safety coordinator's meeting
Safety and occupational health survey
SI Disaster Preparedness Procedures
SI Hazardous Chemicals Emergency Spill and Leak Control Procedures
SI Statistical Report Program Activities
1990 Planning and Budget (OPB)
Incoming
3 Quarter FY 1990 trust fund projections
Congressional appropriations hearing
FY 1991 federal salaries and expenses
Justification for FY 1991 budget submission
Permission to exceed FTE allocation in FY 1991 and FY 1992
Reprogramming other objects surplus
Justification for the FY 1992 budget submission
FY 1992 budget
FY 1991 budget allocation
Budget (trust)
1990 Design and Construction (ODC)
Incoming
Outgoing
Proposed FY 1992 R&R and A&M program for the Office of Horticulture
883417 - Exterior perimeter, courtyard and fence repairs (National Museum of American Art - NMAA)
883501 - NASM - Miscellaneous HVAC projects
900007 - Consolidation of Grounds Management Division space
906309 - Path accessibility and south tower exterior accessibility (Quadrangle)
906310 - Quadrangle leaks study
8632107W - Window restoration - Phases II and III (Smithsonian Institution Building - SIB)
8637104 - Additions and alterations (Freer Gallery of Art - FGA)
1990 Fellowships and Grants
Stipend awards
1990 Office of Registrar
Collaborations
Registrar deadline
1990 Resident Associate Program (RAP)
Incoming
1990 Experimental Gallery
Incoming
1990 Anacostia Museum
Outgoing
Anacostia Museum landscaping
1990 National Park Service
Incoming
Outgoing
1990 National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
Incoming
Outgoing
Meeting
Response to NASM interior safety and fire protection review
Response to safety and fire protection review NASM
1990 National Zoological Park (NZP)
Incoming
1990 Office of Protection Services (OPS)
Incoming
Update emergency notification list
USSAH (United States Solider and Airmen's Home)
Agreements
Greenhouse Nursery Division
MSL (Marine Systems Laboratory)
Correspondence
Proposed Greenhouse Nursery Operation (miscellaneous information)
Blair House
Correspondence
Budget
FY 1986 Trust, FY 1987 Federal, FY 1987-1991 Five Year Prospectus (submission) (3 folders)
Box 3
FY 1987 Trust, FY 1988 Federal, FY 1988-1992 Five Year Prospectus (submission) (4 folders; Folder 1 contains 5.25" floppy disk)
1991 Admin File
Incoming
Outgoing
Incoming letters
Outgoing letters
AABGS (American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta)
ABC Guide to Gardens, Arboreta and Nurseries
Acquisitions funding for the library
Acting director for HSD
Activities and management report
Administrative procedures
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Appointment of accessibility liaisons and alternates
Audio-visual services for horticulture workshop
Ball State University
Boese, Carl
Botany Department
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Bulb order for 1991 planting
Call for plans
Career service emblems
CASD meeting (Council of Administrative and Service Directors)
Care Award
Catering
Cheekwood
Collections Management Policies
Connelly, John
Curry, Robert
Cushwa Brick Inc.
Detail of FY 1990 Base Analysis Data
Diane Genre Oriental Art and Antiquities, Inc.
Dumbarton Oaks
Engraving machine
ERIE Insurance Group
Essential employees
Explus Inc.
Federal Yellow Book
Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Inc.
Fiberglass urn liners
Fiberglass urns reimbursement
Floriade
Flowers Magazine
Folger, Lee M.
Fred C. Gloeckner Foundation Annual Report
Friends of Bugs
FY 1991 Trust Fund Budget Shortfall
Gardens and Countrysides
Garden Club of America (GCA) Zone meeting
Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc.
Gichner - JMB
Gift list review
Haupt, Enid A.
Honorable John Warner
Horticulture Chronology
HSD goals and objectives FY 1992
HSD Situation Analysis
1991 Festival of American Folklife
Outgoing
1991 Product Development and Licensing (OPDL)
Incoming
Smithsonian Gardener's Journal
1991 Fellowships and Grants
Incoming
1991 Office of Registrar (OR)
Incoming
Collection statistics, 1991
Meeting
Project success
Project success through problem solving
SI Registrars survey
Transportation services
Water detectors
1991 Office of Risk Management
Monthly register
1991 Experimental Gallery
Incoming
1991 Anacostia Museum
Horticulture upgrade for Anacostia Museum
1991 National Park Service
Incoming
1991 NASM
Outgoing
1991 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Incoming
1991 Women's Committee
Incoming
Silent auction contract
Women's Committee members
1991 Office of Plant Services (OPlantS)
Incoming
Detail of federal funding
Manual of OPlantS Policy and Procedure
Meetings
Open audit recommendations
OPlantS service manual
Program of requirements
Proposed transfer of OH to OPlantS
Safety meeting
Work hour allocation
Work schedule on form 23
GCA
Professional Grounds Management Society
National Institute on Park and Grounds Management
AABGA
Professional organizations
Miscellaneous materials
1991 Grounds Management File
Incoming outgoing
Activation of water and sprinkler system
Dinosaur
Enid Haupt Garden
GMB storage areas
Grounds safety meeting
Infant center play area
Landscapes and ground for historic building
Lighting in Haupt Garden
Location of sculptures in the garden
Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
Project in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
Snow and ice removal plan
Space for GMB/OH update
Trees in Haupt Garden
Tree spraying
Watering the Haupt Garden
Box 4
1991 Greenhouse File
Incoming
Outgoing
GND safety meeting
Greenhouse tour schedule
Letters of GND tour request
Integrated pest management in the Cowles Conservatory
Orchid Show and Collections
Pesticide
Renwick Gallery
Shaffer, John
1991 GCA/AAG
Incoming
Outgoing
Buckler, Jim
Database materials
Deed of gift
Delivery of the database
Frinier, Richard
GCA/AAG agenda
GCA/AAG minutes
Wave Hill
Weller, Eleanor
West, Millicent
1991 Building Management
Annual report of Safety Activities
Safety meeting
1991 General (Admin)
James Posey Associates
James Smithson
Landscape Architecture, Planning, Historic Preservation
Lecture
Lewis, Hewett
List of email subscribers
Longwood Gardens
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Memo of Agreement of Transfer of the OH
Monthly reports
Moscow exhibits
Museum and Library of Maryland History
National Capital Orchid Society
OASM staff meeting
Objectives for organization study and resulting management improvement plan
Office of Communication
Oglebay Institute
Organic Garden Committee Members minutes
Poor III, Edward King
Poulin-Deltour
Program report
Public inquiry mail service
Reid, Zak
Return materials
Reorganization of the OH
Ripley, S. Dillon
Safety
Safety survey
Security of 2282 A&I OH
Smithsonian Libraries
Smithsonian Year FY 1991
Special Exhibition Fund
Staff meeting
Stolen works of art - Canada
Streeter, Richard H.
Sunshine Farm and Gardens
TDY Reports
Thank you folder
National Arbor Day Foundation
The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore
Tour of gardens with interns
Training
Truppi, Carol
Update emergency notification list
Update on OH
Use of the garden
Victorian Gardens booklets
Victorian Gardens order
Victorian Garden show
Video release form
Visitor comment
Volunteer program
Wanderman, Lisa
Waterford gardens
Wetsel Seed Company, Inc.
1991 Interior File
Incoming
Outgoing
Docent training handbook
Enid Haupt Garden tour request incoming
Enid Haupt Garden tour request outgoing
Flowers in SDR concourse
Haupt Garden information for exhibitions, directory and calendar of events
Holiday exhibition
Internship
Special events Haupt Garden
Trees of Christmas incoming
Trees of Christmas outgoing
1991 Procurement and Property Management (OPPM)
Procurement management review of the Office of Horticulture
1991 Environmental Management and Safety (OEMS)
Incoming
Annual report of safety activities for FY 1991
Asbestos Management Plan and Operations and Maintenance Program
Follow-up response for survey findings
FY 1993 Budget for health / safety
Hazardous chemicals emergency spill and leak control
Hazardous waste coordinators' meeting
Hazardous waste disposal program
Hazardous waste report for 1990
Hazardous waste
Management Evaluation and Technical review of the National Museum of American History
Safety and Occupational Health Survey of the GND/OH
Safety coordinators' meeting
Safety and health program
Safety report
SI Statistical Report of Safety Program
Waste minimization guidance
1991 Planning and Budget (OPB)
Incoming
1991 design and Construction (ODC)
Incoming
Outgoing
Project activity report
86307 - Quadrangle Design and Construction items
8245104 - HMSG (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden) plaza renovation and landscape
8338104 - Suitland Collections Research Center Master plan
8632107W - Window restoration phases II and III (Smithsonian Institution Building - SIB)
8637102 - FGA - Gallery renovation
8637104 - FGA - Additions and alterations
8748105 - Cooper-Hewitt - Accessibility implementation, Phase II
8770101 - SI-Wide facilities inventory and strategic plan, Phase I
883417 - AAPG (American Art/Portrait Gallery) - exterior perimeter, courtyard and fence repairs
897001 - Mall master plan for site improvements
900007 - Consolidation of Ground Management Division office space
903504 - NASM handicap accessibility improvements
903506 - NASM handicap accessibility improvements
903701 - FGA auditorium renovation
906309 - Mary Livingston Ripley Garden - Existing lamppost anchor bolts
906310 - Quadrangle building leak problems
913130 - NMNH (National Museum of Natural History) - Uncle Beasley relocation
914408 - Visitor's Center roof replacement (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - SERC)
914409 - Visitor's Center roof replacement (SERC)
914503 - HMSG - Miscellaneous HVAC repairs
914513 - HMSG - Conference room conversion
916308 - Infant care center outdoor activity area location (Quadrangle)
926305 - Quad - Views of Paradise
Budget
FY 1988 Trust, FY 1989 Federal, FY 19089-1993 Five Year Prospectus (submission) (1 of 2)
FY 1988 Trust, FY 1989 Federal, FY 19089-1993 Five Year Prospectus (submission) (2 of 2)
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