Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 88-086
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Administrative Records, FY 1985
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary |
| Title: | Administrative Records |
| Dates: | FY 1985 |
| Quantity: | 41 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 88-086 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of the administrative records of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Robert McCormick Adams, for FY 1985. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the administrative records of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Robert McCormick Adams, FY 1985.
Listings in bold and capital letters indicate both the topic of folder contents and major subheadings from the Secretary's Office file plan.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 88-086, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary, Administrative Records
Container List
Box 1
AWARDS: General
Brooks, Robert A.
Exceptional Service
Fleming, Arthur S.
Guggenheim
National Air and Space Museum Trophy
Henry Medal
National Medal of Science
National Zoo Conservation Medal
Smithson, James (medal)
Smithson, James, Order of
Smithsonian medals
Tyler
COMMITTEES: General
Research Policy Committee
COMMUNICATIONS
CONFERENCES: General (2 folders)
"Women's Changing Roles in Museums"
SYMPOSIUMS: General
Canvas of Culture
Grass Systematics and Evolution
Man & Beast Revisited
CONSERVATION: General
Aldabra
Endangered Species
Endangered Species / Marine Mammal Commission
Galapagos Islands
Tiger Project
Wildlife Preservation Trust International
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALL: General
Parking
EXHIBITS: General
After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800
Beyond the City Lights
Bismark, Mona
Crossroads of Continents: Traditional Cultures of the Peoples of the North Pacific Rim
Evolution
Gibran
Her Own Proper Sphere
Information Revolution (IBM)
Box 2
Information Revolution (IBM) (5 folders)
Man Makes Culture Makes Man
Manhattan Project
Men and Women: Dressing the Part
Mosque
Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6000 Years of Chinese Art
United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Vatican
LECTURES
LEGISLATION (2 folders)
MUSEUMS: General
Museums (A-Z)
Box 3
Regional museums
Policy
PROJECTS
Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
PUBLICATIONS
Publications (A-Z)
Directories
Publication distribution
Publication distribution (A-Z)
Smithsonian Publications Council (SPC)
Smithsonian Year (SI annual report)
Research
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Executive Director (Hobbins)
UNDER SECRETARY
Audits and Investigations, Office of (2 folders)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION (2 folders)
Airplane
Allocation of Space
Allocation of Space - Post Office / Trade Commission
Allocation of Space - International Trade Commission
Announcements
Auto
Congressional Liaison, Office of
Box 4
Congressional Liaison, Office of (2 folders)
Congressional Liaison - Hearings (3 folders)
Contracts, Grants, Proposals: Proposals (3 folders)
Proposals - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Proposals - National Science Foundation (2 folders)
Courtesy and cooperation (letters of)
Delegations of authority
Facilities Services, Office of (OFS) (2 folders)
OFS Architectural History and Historic Preservation, Office of
OFS Keeper of the Castle
Box 5
Design and Construction, Office of (ODC)
ODC Quadrangle (5 folders)
ODC Plant Services, Office of
ODC Protection Services, Office of (OPS)
ODC OPS Security guards
Horticulture, Office of
Letterhead stationery
Memos to heads of bureaus
Office of Information Resource Management (OIRM) (4 folders)
Parking
Personnel Administration, Office of
Box 6
Personnel - American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
Personnel - Combined Federal Campaign
Personnel - Benefits, Office of
Personnel - Consultant
Personnel - Equal Employment Opportunity, Office of (EEO)
Personnel - EEO Women's Council
Personnel - Government Employees Union (Credit Union)
Personnel - Grievances and Complaints
Personnel - Insurance and hospitalization
Personnel - Honorary Appointments
Personnel - Honorary Appointments - Research Associate (3 folders)
Personnel - Honorary Appointments - Senate of Scientists
Personnel - Leave (sabbatical)
Personnel - Ombudsman
Personnel - Pay & tenure
Personnel - Recruiting (5 folders)
Box 7
Personnel - Recruiting
Personnel - Recruiting - Announcements (4 folders)
Personnel - Retirement plan (TIAA)
Personnel - Savings bonds
Personnel - Senior candidates
Personnel - Senior candidates - Deputy Director (ANM)
Personnel - Senior candidates - Under Secretary
Personnel - Summer employment
Personnel - Supergrade
Personnel - Trust fund employees
Personnel 201 (A-Z)
Box 8
Printing and Photographic Services, Office of (OPPS)
Programming and Budget, Office of
Programming and Budget - Hearings (7 Folders)
Safety Programs, Office of (2 folders)
Seal
Special Events, Office of (2 folders)
Special Events - Inaugural balls
Special Events - Invitation list (guest list)
Special Events - Menu
Special Events - Use of facilities
Box 9
Supply Services
Travel Services, Office of
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MUSEUMS (3 folders)
Search committee (2 Folders)
Assistant Secretary for History and Art
American Art & Portrait Gallery Building
American Studies Program
Anacostia Museum
Archives of American Art (AAA)
AAA Board of Trustees
Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution
Freer Gallery of Art
Freer - Visiting Committee
Sackler Gallery of Art
Sackler - Visiting Committee
Conservation Analytical Laboratory (4 folders)
Box 10
Conservation Analytical Laboratory
Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design & Decorative Art (6 Folders)
Cooper-Hewitt - Advisory Council
Exhibits Central, Office of (OEC)
Hirshhorn, Joseph Museum & Sculpture Garden (HMSG)
HMSG Board of Trustees
HMSG Nominating Committee
Museum Support Center
National Air & Space Museum (NASM) (4 Folders)
Box 11
NASM (12 folders)
NASM Advisory Board
NASM Dulles (3 Folders)
NASM Enterprise
NASM Magazine
Box 12
NASM Restaurant (2 Folders)
National Museum Act
National Museum Act - Advisory Council
National Museum of African Art (NMAfA)
Commission of NMAfA
NMAfA Friends of
National Museum of American Art (NMAA) (3 Folders)
NMAA Barney House
NMAA Commission
NMAA Renwick Gallery
National Museum of American History (NMAH) (5 Folders)
Box 13
NMAH (2 folders)
NMAH Advertising
NMAH Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division of
NMAH Armed Forces History, Division of
NMAH Cafeteria
NMAH Ceramics and Glass, Division of
NMAH Community Life, Division of
NMAH Costumes, Division of
NMAH Domestic Life, Division of
NMAH Eisenhower Institute for Historical Research
NMAH Electricity, Division of
NMAH Exhibiting
NMAH Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of
NMAH Medical Sciences, Division of
NMAH Musical Instruments, Division of
NMAH Numismatics, Division of
NMAH Philatelic Collection (Postal History, Division of)
NMAH Photographic History, Division of
NMAH Political History, Division of
NMAH Textiles, Division of
NMAH Transportation, Division of
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) (3 folders)
NMNH Anthropology, Department of (SOA) (5 Folders)
Box 14
NMNH SOA International Programs of the Human Studies (Film Center)
NMNH SOA Richard Rhodes / Sorenson
NMNH Building plans
NMNH Botany, Department of
NMNH Cafeteria (Associates Court)
NMNH Calendar
NMNH Entomology, Department of
NMNH Exhibiting
Box 15
NMNH Invertebrate Zoology, Department of
NMNH Mineral Sciences, Department of (2 folders)
NMNH Paleobiology, Department of
NMNH Paleobiology - Search Committee
NMNH Vertebrate Zoology, Department of
NMNH Vertebrate Zoology - Birds, Division of
National Portrait Gallery (NPG)
NPG Commission
Registrar, Office of the (2 folders)
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) (5 folders)
Box 16
SITES Treasures of the Smithsonian
SITES Precious Legacy
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH (2 folders)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE (2 folders)
Henry, Joseph Papers
National Zoological Park (NZP) (2 folders)
NZP Friends of (FONZ)
Office of Fellowships and Grants (OFG) (3 folders)
OFG Internship
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) (2 folders)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) (2 folders)
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Box 17
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)
SIL Dibner Library
Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port (Harbor Branch Foundation)
Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC)
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) (3 folders)
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Docents
Educational Programs
Universities - General
Universities (A-G **C has 3 folders)
Box 18
Universities (H-Z)
National Opinion Research Center (2 folders)
Oriental Institute
Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of (2 folders)
Folklife Festival (2 folders)
Folklife Festival - Advisory Council
Office of Public Affairs (OPA) (2 folders)
Box 19
OPA
OPA News clippings (3 folders)
OPA News service (2 folders)
OPA Press releases
OPA Research reports
OPA Torch
Division of Performing Arts - General
Smithsonian Associates (SA)
SA Contributing membership (2 folders)
SA Donors
SA Patrons
SA Sponsoring
SA Sustaining
Lecture & Seminar Program (2 folders)
Luncheon group
Magazine Subscription (A-Z)
Membership - General
Box 20
Membership (A-Z)
Study Tours
Women's Committee
Smithsonian Council - General (2 folders)
Smithsonian Institution Press (SI Press) (3 folders)
SI Press - Exposition Books
SI Press - Recordings
SI Press - Recordings (A-Z)
Regents Publication Award Program
Smithsonian Magazine
Box 21
Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine - Article
Smithsonian Horizon
Office of Symposia and Seminars (OSS)
Telecommunications, Office of (OTC) (3 folders)
OTC Latin America
OTC Search Committee
OTC Smithsonian World (SI World) (2 folders)
Visitor Information & Associates Reception Center (VIARC)
VIARC (A-Z)
VIARC Internship
VIARC Smithsonian Institution Visitors (SI visitors)
VIARC Conducted tours
VIARC Surveys and reports
TREASURER
Box 22
Business Management Office
Business Management - Museum shops - General
Business Management - Restaurant concessions
FY 1987 (2 folders)
FY 1986 (3 folders)
FY 1985 (2 folders)
Funds - General
Funds - Pooled income
Funds - Pope, John A. memorial
Funds - Research Opportunities Fund
Funds - Special Exhibition Fund
Funds - Taylor, Joshua C. Research Fellowship
Funds - Webb, James E.
Investment Policy Committee (2 folders)
Box 23
Investment Policy Committee (12 folders)
Investment Policy Committee - South Africa Research Consortium
Scudder, Stevens & Clark
Trust funds - General
Trust funds - Collection Acquisition Program
Trust funds - Educational Outreach Program
Trust funds - Hirshhorn Acquisition Fund
Trust funds - Scholarly Studies Program
Box 24
General Counsel (OGC) (2 folders)
OGC Agreements
OGC Smithsonian gifts (SI gifts) (4 folders)
OGC Wills - General
Office of Membership and Development (OMD) (4 folders)
OMD Special Assistant to the Secretary (Howland)
OMD National Associates Board (5 folders)
Box 25
OMD Smithson, James Society (2 folders)
OMD Smithsonian National Associates Program
OMD Smithsonian Resident Associates Program (3 folders)
Bureau Directors Meeting
Council of Information and Education Directors
Management Committee - General
Management Committee - Minutes
Science Bureau Directors Meeting
Executive Resources Board
SMITHSONIAN SECRETARIES
Secretary, Robert McCormack Adams (RMA)
Adams - Anthropology - SI Series in Archaeological Inquiry
Adams - Appointments
Adams - Book
Adams - Book review
Adams - Clippings
Adams - Clubs and associations (A-Z)
Adams - Congratulatory letters
Adams - Gifts
Adams - Honorary appointments and degrees
Adams - Interviews
Adams - Invitations
Box 26
Adams - Invitations (4 folders)
Adams - Meetings
Adams - Personal
Adams - Christmas cards
Adams - Photos
Adams - Speech (2 folders)
Adams - Trips
Adams - Written articles (2 folders)
Office of the Secretary Emeritus (S. Dillon Ripley)
Ripley - Birds
Ripley - Clubs & associations
Ripley - Honors
Ripley - Interviews
Box 27
Ripley - Invitations
Ripley - Personal
Ripley - Portrait
Ripley - Retirement
Ripley - Trips
Ripley - Trips - India
Ripley - George Washington University
National Gallery of Art - General (NGA)
NGA Board of Trustees (3 folders)
NGA Finance Committee (6 Folders)
NGA News release
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (JFKC)
Kennedy Center - Advisory Committee on the Arts
Kennedy Center - Board of Trustees (3 folders)
Kennedy Center - Executive Committee
Kennedy Center - Fine Art Accession Committee
Kennedy Center - Nominating Committee
Box 28
FEDERAL AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS, COUNCILS AND DEPARTMENTS
Agriculture, Department of
Commerce, Department of
Commission for the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution
D.C. Government
Defense, Army & Air Force, Department of
Education, Department of
Energy, Department of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Fine Arts Commission
General Accounting Office - Comptroller (GAO)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Health & Human Services, Department of (HHS)
National Institutes of Health
Interior, Department of
Interior - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (2 folders)
Interior - National Park Service
Justice, Department of
King, Martin L. Federal Holiday Commission
Labor, Department of
Librarian of Congress
Merit System Protection Board
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Archives
National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
National Endowment for the Arts (2 folders)
Box 29
National Endowment for the Humanities
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
OMB Bulletins
OMB Circulars
Office of Personnel Management
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (2 folders)
State, Department of
Transportation, Department of
United States Information Agency (USIA)
United States Postal Service
White House
White House - Council on Environmental Quality
White House - Peace Corps
White House - Presidents Advisory Council on Private Sector Initiatives
White House - President's Committee on the Arts & Humanities (PCAH) (4 folders)
White House Historical Association
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS)
Box 30
WWICS (2 folders)
WWICS Board of Trustees
Private Organizations: American Academy of Arts & Sciences
American Academy in Rome
American Anthropological Association
American Association for the Advancement of the Humanities (AAAH)
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) (3 folders)
American Association of Museums (AAM)
American Association of Zoological Nomenclature
American Council of Learned Societies
American Oriental Society
American Philological Association
American Philosophical Society
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
American Schools of Oriental Research
American Society for Information Science
Archaeological Institute of America
Arts International
Association of American Universities
Brookings Institution
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
Consortium of Social Science Associations
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
Council on Foundations
Dumbarton Oaks
Foundations (A-C)
Box 31
Foundations (C-S)
Box 32
Foundations (S-Z)
Incorporated Research Institutions of Seismology (IRIS)
Institute of Museum Services
International Research and Exchanges Board (3 folders)
Joint Center for Political Studies, Inc. (2 folders)
Middle East Institute
Middle East Studies Association
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) (3 folders)
Box 33
NAS (4 folders)
NAS National Forum on Biodiversity
NAS National Sciences Resources Center (NSRC)
National Geographic Society (NGS)
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Research Corporation
Rio Grande Institute
Santa Fe Institute
School of American Research (SAR)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (3 folders)
Society for American Archaeology
Society for Cultural Anthropology
United States Capitol Historical Society
Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists
World Resources Institute
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: General
Box 34
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Sumerian Agriculture Group
United Nations
UNESCO
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Directorate of International Activities (DIA) (4 folders)
Columbus Quincentennial
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program (SFCP) (2 Folders)
SFCP Advisory Council
Man & the Biosphere Program
Publications Exchange, Office of
Service & Protocol, Office of (OSP)
Office of International Activities (OIA)
Countries: Abidjan
Afghanistan
Africa
Algiers
Argentina
Australia
Baghdad
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Beirut
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Burma
Cameroon
Canada
Ceylon
Chile
China
Colombo
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cumbria
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Box 35
Egypt
El Salvador
England
Fiji
France
France - Treaty of Paris
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India (2 folders)
India - Aditi
India - Festival of India
India - Indo-US Sub-commission on Education & Culture
India - Foundation for the National Performing Arts
Indonesia
Iran
Iraqi
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan (3 folders)
Jordan
Kampala
Kenya
Korea
Box 36
Kuwait
Lebanon
Lusaka
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
New Guinea
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Ougadougou
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Qatar
San Salvador
Santiago
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Singapore
South Africa (2 folders)
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunis
Tunisia
Turkey
USSR
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Miscellaneous (A-N)
Box 37
Miscellaneous (O-Z)
REGENTS
Audit and Review Committee
Dinner
Emeritus
Executive Committee
Meetings - January 28, 1985
Meetings - May 6, 1985
Meetings - September 16, 1985
Meetings - January 27, 1986
Membership
Newsletter
Personnel Committee
Transitory (A-Z)
Box 38
Indexes, AAS - ETE
Box 39
Indexes, ETT - LEV
Box 40
Indexes, LEW - SAY
Box 41
Indexes, SCA - ZYG
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