Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 89-030
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
Records, 1981-1988
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of project submittal requests, requisitions for supplies or services, blueprints, government/private cost estimates and contract number forms, contractor exhibit installation objectives, construction logs and reports (worksheet forms), project assignment/action memos, summaries of special conditions for work contracts, order acknowledgments, reimbursement/interfund transfer forms, correspondence, photographs, and applications for payment. See Accession 89-106 for related materials.
Researchers must consult the records to determine the details of each project. Buildings and museums documented in this accession include: Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle), Arts and Industries Building, National Museum of American Art, National Portrait Gallery, National Air and Space Museum, Renwick Gallery, Freer Gallery of Art, Silver Hill Facility, Museum Support Center, Barney Studio House, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Quadrangle Building, National Museum of American History, Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the National Mall, Smithsonian Institution Service Center, and L'Enfant Plaza offices.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Anacostia Museum
- Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Barney Studio House (Washington, D.C.)
- Cooper-Hewitt Museum
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- L'Enfant Plaza (Washington, D.C.)
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Silver Hill Facility
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Quadrangle Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Renwick Gallery
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution Service Center (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution. Museum Support Center
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Subject
- Architectural design
- Buildings -- Maintenance
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Museum buildings
- Smithsonian buildings
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 89-030, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction, Records