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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 84-015

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction

Project Files, 1976-1982

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
Title:Project Files
Dates:1976-1982
Quantity:8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 84-015
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of the central project files of the Office of Design and Construction. The files are identified by project number and title. Included are projects related to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the Renwick Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the National Museum of American History.

Descriptive Entry

These records consist of the Central Files of the Office of Design and Construction. The files are identified by project number and title. Included are projects related to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the Renwick Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the National Museum of American History.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 84-015, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction, Project Files

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Container List

Box 1

Cooper-Hewitt Museum

7748104, Fourth Floor Textile Area (Commercial Center), 2/25/1980

Box 1 of 8

7748432, Exterior Repairs (Rudco), 8/22/1980

Box 1 of 8

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

7750431, Seawater System

Box 1 of 8

7750431, Seawater System and Laboratory Operations Manual

Box 1 of 8

7750142, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Master Plan, 8/4/1980

Box 1 of 8

8050104, Naos Pier Repairs, 10/31/1980

Box 1 of 8

8050105, Barro Colorado Island (BCI) Waterfront Improvements, 10/31/1980

Box 1 of 8

8050106, BCI Growing House, 4/14/1981

Box 1 of 8

8050107, Ancon Building Basement Conversion, 9/1/1981

Box 1 of 8

8050108, Tivoli Building Annex Partitioning, 3/7/1981

Box 1 of 8

8050109, Electrical System Safety Improvements, 6/30/1980

Box 1 of 8

8050110, Building 332 Tank Repair, 10/31/1980

Box 1 of 8

8150107, Library Interiors, 12/9/1981

Box 1 of 8

8150108, Emergency Generator, 8/21/1981

Box 1 of 8

8150109, Geleta Island Improvements, 8/21/1981

Box 1 of 8

8150111, Replace Saltwater Systems Pump, 8/21/1981

Box 1 of 8

8150112, Emergency Electrical Systems Backup, 8/21/1981

Box 1 of 8

8150113, Awning, Material and Equipment Shed, 8/21/1981

Box 1 of 8

Box 2

National Air and Space Museum

8135109, Work Platforms (Schlick), 6/24/1982

Box 2 of 8

8135110, Waterline Surging, 9/22/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135112, Briefing Room Soundly Study, 10/1/1980

Box 2 of 8

8135113, Additional Locker Room Space, 11/21/1980

Box 2 of 8

8135114, Delamping Aeronautics, 10/28/1980

Box 2 of 8

8135115, Drapes for Education Office, 12/3/1980

Box 2 of 8

8135116, Photolab and Workshop Mods, 8/11/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135117, Emergency Exit Gallery 105, 2/18/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135118, Remoldeling P-719, 2/24/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135119, Kitchen Sprinklers, 7/8/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135120, Flammable Liquid Storage Room, 10/8/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135121, Extend Smoke Detection, 7/22/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135122, Shelves and Cabinets Room 1151C, 3/23/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135124, Washer/Dryer Room P719, 10/25/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135125, Spacearium Projector Vent, 8/11/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135126, Repainting Parking Garage (Paint Rite), 11/18/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135127, Install Metal Door and Jamb, 5/6/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135128, Remodeling Cloak Room, 9/17/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135130, Emergency Exit Doors, 7/6/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135131, Fire Alarm Control Panel, 6/25/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135132, Grates/Gallery 100 and 108, 12/10/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135133, Mait Theater Storage, 10/26/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135134, Roofing Flashing Reconstruction (SG&H), 6/23/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135136, Roll Up Door Replacement, 7/14/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135137, Venetian Blinds under Roof Doans, 7/12/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135138, Stairway #7 Cracking, 9/24/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135139, Remodel Theater Entrance Doors, 11/18/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135140, Cracking Marble, 7/27/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135141, Expansion Joint Displacement, 9/24/1981

Box 2 of 8

8135142, Theater Ceiling

Box 2 of 8

8135145, Spacearium Mods (HSU), 6/29/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235101, Handicapped Restroom Mods, 8/19/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235103, Cover Electric Boxes, 11/20/1981

Box 2 of 8

8235104, Cooling Tower Roof Repair (Beta), 12/16/1982 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 8

8235109, Handicapped Access Lobby Doors, 8/3/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235111, Paint Public Parking Garage, 4/12/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235115, Paint Spray Booth Ventilation, 12/7/1981

Box 2 of 8

8235118, Smoke Detector and Garage Storage Room Building 24 Silver Hill, 12/24/1981

Box 2 of 8

8235120, Balcony Flooring Gallery 205, 1/20/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235121, Spacearium Survey (Gage-Babcock), 9/2/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235122, Move Corridor Wall, 10/29/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235123, Remodel Room P715 and 16, 6/16/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235126, Remodel Storage Room (Barrall-Jasper / Fence Company), 7/21/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235127, Room 3364 HVAC, 8/19/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235128, Remodel 3604 Office, 9/8/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235130, Shower Doors in Stress Lab, 12/27/1982

Box 2 of 8

8235132, Security Improvements Building 24 Silver Hill, 9/13/1982

Box 2 of 8

Renwick Gallery

7836106, Renwick Gallery of Art (RGA) Handicapped Access (F.J.R. Builders), 3/14/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036103, Jorge Jenson Silversmithy Exhibit, 1/21/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036104, New Glass Exhibit, 1/11/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036105, Animal Images Exhibit, 12/5/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036106, American Porcelain Exhibit, 8/13/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036107, Berlin Porcelain Exhibit, 5/12/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036108, An Interior Decorated, 4/24/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036109, Painted Weavings, 4/24/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036110, Webfoots and Buchgrasses, 7/1/1980

Box 2 of 8

8036111, New Guards Locker Room, 9/10/1980

Box 2 of 8

8136103, Rendering from the Index of American Design, 11/14/1980

Box 2 of 8

8136104, The Grand Beehive Exhibition, 8/20/1981

Box 2 of 8

8136105, Celebration, 9/3/1981

Box 2 of 8

8136106, Museum Shops Track Lights, 4/16/1981

Box 2 of 8

8136107, Venini Glass Exhibit, 5/14/1981

Box 2 of 8

8136108, Celebration, 12/18/1981

Box 2 of 8

8136109, Good as Gold, 8/16/1981

Box 2 of 8

8236105, Celebration, 7/23/1980

Box 2 of 8

Box 3

National Air and Space Museum

7935102, Room 2051 Mods (Diversified Engineering), 4/4/1980

Box 3 of 8

7935105, Floor Drains in Restrooms (G.W. Mech. Contr.), 2/6/1981

Box 3 of 8

7935107, Museum Shops Roll Up Gates (Darwin), 4/22/1980

Box 3 of 8

7935108, Inst. Metal Grading Platform (Flaherty Iron Works), 12/27/1979

Box 3 of 8

7935112, Theater Speakers Platform, 1/21/1980

Box 3 of 8

7935116, National Air and Space Museum Roof Trusses Report for Load Investigation (Lyon Associates), 11/7/1980

Box 3 of 8

7935117, Temperature and Humidity Control Galleries 211 and 213 (Diversified Engineering), 4/23/1981

Box 3 of 8

7935118, Step Lighting Redesign, 9/19/1979

Box 3 of 8

7935119, Speakers Platform (Associated Builders), 3/9/1981

Box 3 of 8

8035101, National Air and Space Museum Convert Stairwells 5 and 6 (Olympic), 1/29/1981

Box 3 of 8

8035102, Cafeteria Trash Cooler, 12/31/1979

Box 3 of 8

8035103, Grease Traps, 3/13/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035104, Parking Office, 12/17/1979

Box 3 of 8

8035105, Kitchen Fan Replacement, 3/20/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035106, Stairwell #7, 2/5/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035107, Vanes - Delta Solar Sculpture, 1/25/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035108, Delamping Aeronautics Division, 3/24/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035109, Cafeteria Roof Repairs (Schlick), 7/19/1981

Box 3 of 8

8035110, Mural Lights - Photocells, 1/28/1981

Box 3 of 8

8035111, Water Supply Modifications, 2/23/1983

Box 3 of 8

8035112, Aeronautics Office Modifications, 2/11/1981

Box 3 of 8

8035113, Spacearium Entrance (Architectural Restorators), 6/27/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035115, Education Office Briefing (Sakow), 10/31/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035116, Install Wall Washers - Light Fixtures, 4/16/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035117, Exterior Repairs, 3/20/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035119, Douglas Northrup Legacy, 7/14/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035120, Security Office Modifications, 7/1/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035121, Photo Print Room Exhaust, 8/5/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035122, Spacearium Workshop, 7/30/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035124, Poster Bin Storage Unit, 7/9/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035125, Jet Aviation, 4/17/1981

Box 3 of 8

8035126, Spacearium Shop Modifications, 10/7/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035127, Double Eagle II, 8/27/1980

Box 3 of 8

8025128, Venetian Blinds, 8/28/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035129, Water Leaks/Steam Table, 7/31/1981

Box 3 of 8

8035131, Removal Walls, 8/28/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035132, West Gallery, 9/8/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035133, Voyager Mission to Giant Planets, 9/17/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035134, Baby Service Station, 9/30/1980

Box 3 of 8

8035135, National Air and Space Museum Restroom Vents, 10/9/1980

Box 3 of 8

Box 4

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

8045103, Thermopane Glass, 1/15/1981

Box 4 of 8

8045104, Russian Avant-Garde Exhibit, 9/9/1980

Box 4 of 8

8045105, Marionettes and Storage Designs, 4/14/1980

Box 4 of 8

8045106, Garden Ramps Phase III (Associated Builders), 9/22/1982 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 8

8045107, Snack Bar Exhaust, 7/17/1980

Box 4 of 8

8045108, Grass Protection Fence, 12/15/1980

Box 4 of 8

8045109, Directions 1981, 12/9/1980

Box 4 of 8

8145103, Electrical System Safety Improvements, 2/13/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145104, Plaza Fountain, 4/1/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145105, Snelson Sculpture, 1/29/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145106, Gallery Leaks, 4/2/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145107, Wall Extension, 3/30/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145108, Kitaj Exhibit, 4/13/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145110, Structural Problems, 2/25/1982

Box 4 of 8

8145111, Slide Unit, 7/23/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145112, Display Cases, 7/23/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145113, Tunnel Wall, 9/9/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145114, Metaphor Exhibit, 12/15/1981

Box 4 of 8

8145115, DeStijl Exhibit, 3/12/1982

Box 4 of 8

8245111, New Outside Food Service Unit, 10/26/1981

Box 4 of 8

8245112, Water Sewer and Electrical Service for Food Trailer, 2/23/1983

Box 4 of 8

8245113, Sculpture Garden Leaks, 4/5/1982

Box 4 of 8

8245114, Electrical Deficiency Correction, 5/13/1982

Box 4 of 8

8245116, Raphael Soyer, 6/29/1982

Box 4 of 8

8245117, David Smith Exhibit, 7/13/1982

Box 4 of 8

8245118, Directions 1983, 12/21/1982

Box 4 of 8

Box 5

7645406, Sculpture Garden (Libra), 11/3/1981

Box 5 of 8

7845117, Smoke Detection (T.J. O'Brien), 10/2/1980

Box 5 of 8

7945101, Facade Repair (National Restoration), 12/3/1980. Includes notebook of photographs.

Box 5 of 8

7945103, Loading Dock/Lift (Libra), 12/14/1979

Box 5 of 8

7945104, Fume Hood Installation, 11/13/1981

Box 5 of 8

7945107, X-Ray Room, 6/17/1980

Box 5 of 8

7945112, Garden Phase II (Associated Builders), 4/15/1981 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 8

8045102, Escalators, 9/11/1980

Box 5 of 8

Box 6

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

7951103, Foot Bridge, 3/19/1979

Box 6 of 8

7951104, Dining Commons Building (Sierrita Min. and Ranch), 8/10/1981

Box 6 of 8

8051101, Mount Hopkins Fire Protection (South West Fire Equipment Co.), 1/11/1982

Box 6 of 8

8051103, Road Improvement Phase I (Ruiz Engineering), 2/26/1981

Box 6 of 8

Box 7

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

7644258, Lab Furnishings (T.J.R.), 5/16/1978

Box 7 of 8

7844101, Maintenance Building (Dunton), 10/4/1980

Box 7 of 8

7844104, Lab Building Phase III, 6/18/1980

Box 7 of 8

8044101, Road Repairs, 2/14/1980

Box 7 of 8

8044102, Fire Detection (Aton Electric), 5/6/1982

Box 7 of 8

8044103, Pier Repair, 12/29/1979

Box 7 of 8

8044104, Water Distribution System (K&J), 2/5/1982

Box 7 of 8

8044105, Silo Ladder and Railing, 1/8/1980

Box 7 of 8

8044106, Cold Room, 4/29/1980

Box 7 of 8

8044107, Emergency Sewer Repair (Precision Piping), 5/13/1982

Box 7 of 8

8044108, Murray House (CMS Contractors), 10/30/1981 (2 folders)

Box 7 of 8

8044109, Calf Barn, 9/8/1980

Box 7 of 8

8044110, Yellow House (CMS Contractors), 1/7/1982 (2 folders)

Box 7 of 8

8144106, Visitor Center, 4/16/1981

Box 7 of 8

8144107, Emergency Sewer Repair Study (McCrone), 2/5/1982 (2 folders)

Box 7 of 8

Box 8

National Museum of American History

7530117, Terrace Repair Phase II (Roubin and Jeneiro), 12/9/1981

Box 8 of 8

7730111, Catwalks, 12/13/1977

Box 8 of 8

7730118, Shade Structure, 8/15/1979

Box 8 of 8

7830120, Waterproof Second Floor Terrace (Associated Builders), 10/6/1981

Box 8 of 8

7930111, Conservation Lab Improvements, 2/14/1980

Box 8 of 8

8030117, Repair Leaks - North Entrance, 12/5/1979

Box 8 of 8

8030124, Conservation Lab, 6/25/1980

Box 8 of 8

8130141, Constitution Avenue New Doors, 5/4/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130107, Conservation Lab Improvements, 10/8/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130111, Experimental Facade Repair (National Restoration), 12/2/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130112, Chilled and Condenser Water Replacement, 12/18/1980

Box 8 of 8

8130115, Ladder and Work Platform Installation, 11/9/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130119, West Steam Condensate Return Installation, 10/8/1980

Box 8 of 8

8130122, Fire Protection Phase III (GA&A), 2/24/1982

Box 8 of 8

8130123, Dust Collection Systems - Object Processing Facility, 11/19/1980

Box 8 of 8

8130128, Name Change of Facades, 3/12/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130131, Escalator Removal, North, 1/14/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130132, Security Office Relocation, 8/17/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130133, Security Space Plan - Fourth Floor, 4/6/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130135, Entrance Air Screens, 4/22/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130136, ANON - New Entrance, 10/9/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130137, Exhaust System and Conservation Analytical Lab (CAL), 11/30/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130138, Registrar's Room AB052, 4/2/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130140, Fume Hood Room CB013, 12/10/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130141, New Entrance Doors, 4/28/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130142, Replace Reheat Coils, 6/1/1981

Box 8 of 8

8130144, FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Exhibit (HSU Construction), 1/18/1982

Box 8 of 8