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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 92-083

Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Council

Records, 1978-1984

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Council
Title:Records
Dates:1978-1984
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 92-083
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of background materials for the Smithsonian Council members and participants; correspondence and memoranda from and to James M. Young; the Council's planning committee reports; the Council's expenses; the Council's executive committee reports to the Secretary and Smithsonian Council members; budget reports; program materials; materials by Young concerning financial and logistical matters; financial matters; travel vouchers; copies of opening remarks made by the Secretary at the Council's meetings; briefs from various museum directors concerning different programs and activities in their respective museums; reports by Warren M. Robbins to the Council's executive committee concerning the establishment of the National Museum of African Art; programs for dinners and other functions of the Council; and copies of opening remarks made by different Council members. Included are magnetic and cassette tapes; newspaper clippings; pamphlets; brochures; and reports.

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This accession consists of background materials for the Smithsonian Council members and participants; correspondence and memoranda from and to James M. Young; the Council's planning committee reports; the Council's expenses; the Council's executive committee reports to the Secretary and Smithsonian Council members; budget reports; program materials; materials by Young concerning financial and logistical matters; financial matters; travel vouchers; copies of opening remarks made by the Secretary at the Council's meetings; briefs from various museum directors concerning different programs and activities in their respective museums; reports by Warren M. Robbins to the Council's executive committee concerning the establishment of the National Museum of African Art; programs for dinners and other functions of the Council; and copies of opening remarks made by different Council members. Included are magnetic and cassette tapes; newspaper clippings; pamphlets; brochures; and reports.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 92-083, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Council, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Council Meeting, 1981

Box 1 of 2

Smithsonian Council Meeting, Fall 1981

Box 1 of 2

Fall Council Meeting, October 19-21, 1980

Box 1 of 2

Fall Council Meeting, October 19-21, 1980: Apples and Oysters, Dissenting from a Museum of Anthropology or Related Organizations, The National Research Film Center, A Report, October 15, 1980

Box 1 of 2

Fall Council Meeting, October 19-21, 1980: Toward a Museum of Anthropology, a Report of the Planning Group for a Strengthened Museum of Man..., July 1, 1980

Box 1 of 2

SI Council, Fall Meeting, October 19-21, 1979

Box 1 of 2

Fall Council Meeting, October 27-29, 1978

Box 1 of 2

Spring SI Council Meeting, May 12-14, 1978

Box 1 of 2

Financial Matters, Fall 1981

Box 1 of 2

Smithsonian Council Expenses, Fall 1980

Box 1 of 2

Expenses (Travel Vouchers) for October 19-21, 1979

Box 1 of 2

Expenses, Spring Meeting, May 12-13, 1978

Box 1 of 2

Expenses for Council Meeting, October 27-29, 1978

Box 1 of 2

Smithsonian Council Meeting, Program Materials, 1984

Box 1 of 2

Smithsonian Council Meeting, Logistics, 1984

Box 1 of 2

Smithsonian Council Meeting, Program Materials

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Smithsonian Council Meeting, Financial and Logistics Matters, Fall 1983

Box 2 of 2

Smithsonian Council Meeting, 1982

Box 2 of 2

Smithsonian Council Meeting, Financial Matters, 1982

Box 2 of 2

Smithsonian Council Meeting, Travel Vouchers, Receipts, 1979

Box 2 of 2

Eight (8) 1/4" x 2400' 7" (Reel to Reel) Magnetic Recording Tapes

SI Council Meeting, October 26, 1974 (four tapes)

Box 2 of 2

SI Council Meeting, October 26, 1974: Brooks Speech and Ripley Closing Remarks (two tapes)

Box 2 of 2

SI Council Meeting, December 4, 1971 (two tapes)

Box 2 of 2

Five (5) Cassette Tapes

Council Dinner, A&I Rotunda, October 27, 1983

Box 2 of 2

Smithsonian Council Dinner, Hirshhorn Museum, 3rd Floor, Close of the Session, Side #1, October 22, 1973

Box 2 of 2

SI Council Meeting (continued), Presidential Suite, National Museum of American History (NMAH), Side #3, October 20, 1983

Box 2 of 2

SI Council Meeting, Presidential Suite, NMAH, October 20, 1983

Box 2 of 2

Dinner with Adams, Commons, October 19, 1983

Box 2 of 2