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Accession 86-069,  Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs,  Subject Files, 1977-1980

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs
Title: Subject Files
Dates: 1977-1980
Quantity: 2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection: Accession 86-069
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

This accession contains records created and maintained for the Executive Assistant, William N. Richards, Jr., Office of the Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records created and maintained for the Executive Assistant (William Richards - WNR), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs.

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 86-069, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs, Subject Files

Container List

Box 1

51. General Accounting 1979 and OPB (Office of Planning and Budget) 1980

Box 1 of 3

51. General Accounting 1978

Box 1 of 3

52. Audits, Office of - Schedule for FY 1982

Box 1 of 3

52. Audits, Office of, 1978

Box 1 of 3

53A. Shops, Smithsonian, 1979

Box 1 of 3

53. Business Managers Group; Council, 1979

Box 1 of 3

53. Business Representatives, 1980 (Entire folder signed by WNR)

Box 1 of 3

54. Support Activities 1978 - Changed in 1979 to Facilities Services

Box 1 of 3

66. Personal and other correspondence, 1978-1980

Box 1 of 3

68. Archives, 1979

Box 1 of 3

69. Libraries, SI - General, 1979

Box 1 of 3

69C. Libraries, SI - Director's Office, 1979 (Maloy)

Box 1 of 3

69A. Libraries, SI - Sixth Floor National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT) Planning 1978 and Dibner

Box 1 of 3

69. Libraries, SI - General, 1980, 1981

Box 1 of 3

69. WNR - SI Libraries: Dibner, 1978

Box 1 of 3

File with 69, Libraries: Newspaper Subscriptions, A&I and SI 1979 (Newspapers acquired through SIL - Smithsonian Institution Libraries)

Box 1 of 3

69. Libraries, SI (SIL) - General, 1978

Box 1 of 3

71. South Group Buildings Manager, 1979

Box 1 of 3

71. South Group, 1978

Box 1 of 3

71. South Group Building Managers July - December 1976

Box 1 of 3

71. WNR - South Group (General and Budget Data)

Box 1 of 3

71. South Group Bldg. Manager, 1977

Box 1 of 3

71. South Group Building Managers - January-November, 1977

Box 1 of 3

72A. Building Managers' Council, 1979-1981

Box 1 of 3

72A. Building Managers' Council, 1978

Box 1 of 3

72. OPLANTS - Office of Plant Services (formerly Buildings Management) 1979 (and 1 p. 1978)

Box 1 of 3

73B. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) Educational Outreach Trust Funds 1977 (FY 1978)

Box 1 of 3

73. SITES, 1980 (General)

Box 1 of 3

73. SITES - General 1978 and Education Outreach Trust Funds

Box 1 of 3

73. SITES - General, 1979

Box 1 of 3

74A. Special Collections Inventory, FY 1979

Box 1 of 3

74A. Special Collections Management/Inventory - NMHT, 1978, 1979

Box 1 of 3

74A. Collections Management/Inventory - National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1978

Box 1 of 3

74. Registrarial Council, 1980, 1981

Box 1 of 3

74. Registrar, 1979

Box 1 of 3

74A. Collections Inventory Plans, 1979-1980

Box 1 of 3

74-A. Collections Management General, 1978, 1979

Box 1 of 3

74A. Special Funds, Collection Inventory 1979 - NMNH 1979

Box 1 of 3

File 74A, Collection Inventory - NMHT (and NMNH)

Box 1 of 3

74. WN Richards - Office of Horticulture General Correspondence, 1978

Box 1 of 3

74. Office of the Registrar, 1978 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 3

Box 2

74. Office of the Registrar 1979 (see also 1978)

Box 2 of 3

74A. Special Collections Inventory Budget FY 1980 - General for 1980 (filed November 1979)

Box 2 of 3

74A-81 Collection Inventory Status Reports, 1980-1982

Box 2 of 3

74A. Special Collections Inventory for FY 1980 - policy, correspondence, accounting sheets written in 1979 Budget

Box 2 of 3

76. Exhibits Central, Office of, 1980-1981

Box 2 of 3

76. (OEC) Exhibits Central, 1979

Box 2 of 3

76. Office of Exhibits Central, 1978

Box 2 of 3

78A. Horticulture Reports, 1979

Box 2 of 3

78. Horticulture, 1979

Box 2 of 3

78. Horticulture, 1978

Box 2 of 3

80. Conservation Analytical Laboratory, 1978, 1979

Box 2 of 3

83. OFPES (Office of Facilities, Planning and Engineering Service) Projects, 1977-1978 (Important to A&I Building)

Box 2 of 3

86A. Museum Programs - Inter-Office Correspondence, 1979

Box 2 of 3

87. OMP (Office of Museum Programs) Internships and Training, 1980

Box 2 of 3

90. Museum Programs Training Programs (Management Workshop), 1978

Box 2 of 3

91. Museum Programs: Museum Bibliography, 1976-1979

Box 2 of 3

92. Psychological Studies (Dr. Wolf), 1980, 1981 (New: Museum Evaluation)

Box 2 of 3

92. Psychological Studies (Dr. Wolf), 1979

Box 2 of 3

92. Psychological Evaluation

Box 2 of 3

95. Native American Training - Trust Funds ("Educational Outreach" trust funds), 1978

Box 2 of 3

95. Native American Training - Trust Funds ("Educational Outreach" trust funds), 1979

Box 2 of 3

101. Conservation Information Program (OMP)

Box 2 of 3

105. Museum Programs Internships and Training, 1978-1979

Box 2 of 3

106. Museum Programs Correspondence, 1978, 1979

Box 2 of 3

107. Children in Museums Symposium - General, 1979

Box 2 of 3

120. WNR - National Museum Act - Contracts Work File, 1970-1977

Box 2 of 3

121. NMA (National Museum Act) - Miscellaneous (mostly letters about grants, reports, etc.), 1980

Box 2 of 3

121. 1981 NMA Grant Applications for FY 1981 (March)

Box 2 of 3

NEA Museums Application Guidelines, FY 1981

Box 2 of 3

NEH Program Announcement, 1978-1979

Box 2 of 3

121A. NMA Budget, FY 1981

Box 2 of 3

121A. National Museum Act Budget (Grants summaries and reports; computer runs on Federal S&E, fund; transfer of funds; audit reports, etc.), 1979

Box 2 of 3

121. National Museum Act - General, 1980

Box 2 of 3

National Museum Act - General, 1979

Box 2 of 3

121. National Museum Act applicants, memo, announcement, p.d., rank, factors, score sheets, list eligible candidates with 171's, 1980

Box 2 of 3

121. NMA Legislative - Arts & Humanities Act of 1980

Box 2 of 3

121. NMA Personnel, 1980

Box 2 of 3

121A. National Museum Act Budget, FY 1980

Box 2 of 3

121. 1981 NMA Project Summaries, November 1980

Box 2 of 3

121. NMA Advisory Council, 1980

Box 2 of 3

122. National Museum Act Application Forms and other forms

Box 2 of 3

123. NMA Guidelines, 1980

Box 2 of 3

123A. NMA Fumigation Conference schedule for April 20-23, 1980

Box 2 of 3

124. NMA Cooperstown Graduate Program, January 18-20, 1979

Box 2 of 3

130. Silver Hill, 1979-1981

Box 2 of 3

131. Museum Support Center - General 1979 (see also legislative background, MSC)

Box 2 of 3

131. MSC - Decision package drafts; related costs; August 1979

Box 2 of 3

Box 3

131. WNR Museum Support Center 1979 - GSA Working Sessions Coordinating Committee

Box 3 of 3

131. MSC - Horticulture estimates, 1979

Box 3 of 3

131. Equipment - MSC, 1979

Box 3 of 3

131. MSC resources requested (collection storage, other equipment, CAL additional staffing), 1979

Box 3 of 3

131. MSC - SIL estimates of space and estimated cost of equipment, 1979

Box 3 of 3

131. Museum Support Center Budget data - 1977-1978 (see also equipment)

Box 3 of 3

131. MSC - General, 1978

Box 3 of 3

135. Professional Organizations, 1978

Box 3 of 3

136A. AAM (American Association of Museums) Accreditation, 1979

Box 3 of 3

136. AAM, 1979-1980

Box 3 of 3

136. AAM, 1978

Box 3 of 3

138. ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property), 1978

Box 3 of 3

141. National Conservation Advisory Council, 1980

Box 3 of 3

141. National Conservation Advisory Council, 1978-1979

Box 3 of 3

145. Association of Science-Technology Centers, 1978

Box 3 of 3

145. Association of Systematics Collections, 1977-1978

Box 3 of 3