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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 85-226

Smithsonian Institution. Libraries

Records, circa 1966-1983

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
Title:Records
Dates:circa 1966-1983
Quantity:4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 85-226
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of correspondence, memoranda, and reports pertaining to the Dibner Library and Smithsonian Institution exhibitions. Most of the files belonged to Jean Chandler Smith or Ellen B. Wells.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of correspondence, memoranda, and reports pertaining to the Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution exhibitions, and files of Jean Chandler Smith.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 85-226, Smithsonian Institution, Libraries, Records

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Container List

Box 1

General Files

Dall Collection (Arctic List) from Jean Chandler Smith's Office

Box 1 of 5

Smithsonian Archives and Manuscripts, 1976-1983 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

National Portrait Gallery, 1973-1979 (6 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Conservation - Dibner (from E. Wells), FY 1983

Box 1 of 5

Arts and Industries Building - Original Indexing

Box 1 of 5

Dibner in Access (from E. Wells)

Box 1 of 5

Files from Jean Chandler Smith (former Acting Director of Libraries)

Gift Correspondence, FY 1973

Box 1 of 5

Chesapeake Bay Center

Box 1 of 5

Fort Pierce Bureau

Box 1 of 5

Correspondence, Misc. (L. Frances Jones)

Box 1 of 5

Office of Museum Programs/Museum Support Facility, 1974

Box 1 of 5

Collections, 1975

Box 1 of 5

Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Box 1 of 5

National Air and Space Museum - 1971 (Plans for Historical Research Center)

Box 1 of 5

Smithsonian Institution Priorities Conference, 1973

Box 1 of 5

Linnaeus

Box 1 of 5

Anthropology

Box 1 of 5

Correspondence

Box 1 of 5

Kellogg Library

Box 1 of 5

Invertebrate Zoology

Box 1 of 5

Birds, Division of

Box 1 of 5

OCLC Evaluations, 1975

Box 1 of 5

OCLC Accounts, 1975-1981

Box 1 of 5

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute business with Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL), 1973-1974 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 5

Files from Ellen Wells

Wilkes CTEE, 1983

Box 1 of 5

Wilkes Exhibit, 1982

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

Acquisitions, FY 1984

Box 2 of 5

Collection Management, FY 1984

Box 2 of 5

Conservation Lab - Returns from SIL Conservation Lab, FY 1984

Box 2 of 5

Conservation Lab, FY 1982-FY 1984

Box 2 of 5

Acquisitions, FY 1983

Box 2 of 5

Budget and Planning, FY 1984

Box 2 of 5

Collection Management, FY 1983

Box 2 of 5

Conservation Lab, FY 1980-FY 1981

Box 2 of 5

Conservation Lab, FY 1982-FY 1984

Box 2 of 5

Correspondence, FY 1983

Box 2 of 5

Dibner Room, 1980

Box 2 of 5

Dibner Room - Calendar, 1979

Box 2 of 5

Dibner Room - Calendar, 1978

Box 2 of 5

Dibner Room - Calendar, 1977

Box 2 of 5

Dibner Room - Calendar, 1976

Box 2 of 5

Dibner Room - Calendar, 1974-1975

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

Exhibits, FY 1982-FY 1983

Box 3 of 5

Original Indexing

Box 3 of 5

Pharmacy Exhibit, September 23, 1983-October 18, 1983

Box 3 of 5

SIL Chiefs Semi-Annual Meeting, October 1982

Box 3 of 5

Research Services, FY 1983

Box 3 of 5

Research Services, FY 1982

Box 3 of 5

Publishing - Historical Society

Box 3 of 5

Science Libraries - Talk

Box 3 of 5

Reingold Seminar

Box 3 of 5

Arts and Industries Building - Conservation, FY 1982

Box 3 of 5

Arts and Industries Building - Conservation, FY 1983

Box 3 of 5

SIL Calendar, FY 1983

Box 3 of 5

Donor Exhibition, 1983-1984

Box 3 of 5

Exhibits - Gifts, 1982-1983

Box 3 of 5

Crawley, 1983

Box 3 of 5

Description of de l'Egypt

Box 3 of 5

Trust Fund, FY 1982

Box 3 of 5

Administration, February-November 1981

Box 3 of 5

Acquisitions, FY 1982

Box 3 of 5

Phipps Donation, 1980-1981

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Correspondence, A-Z, FY 1982 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Collection Management, FY 1982

Box 4 of 5

Collection Management, FY 1980-FY 1981

Box 4 of 5

SIL Questionnaires, 1977, 1979-1981 (4 folders)

Box 4 of 5

SIL Weekly Calendar, 1984

Box 4 of 5

SIL Newsletters, 1979-1982 (4 folders)

Box 4 of 5

SIL Exhibitions

Early Tool Books

Box 4 of 5

Women and Science

Box 4 of 5

Wallace

Box 4 of 5

Technology

Box 4 of 5

Renaissance Art & Science

Box 4 of 5

Powell

Box 4 of 5

Phipps (2 folders)

Box 4 of 5

Old Books - Rare Books

Box 4 of 5

Dibner Public Programs

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

Focusing on America

Box 5 of 5

Pine Printing

Box 5 of 5

William Harvey

Box 5 of 5

Heralds of Science

Box 5 of 5

History of Chemistry

Box 5 of 5

Jefferson

Box 5 of 5

Maxwell

Box 5 of 5

Natural History

Box 5 of 5