Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 09-007
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation
Building Files, circa 1960-2000
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Smithsonian Institution. Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation |
Title: | Building Files |
Dates: | circa 1960-2000 |
Quantity: | 24.5 cu. ft. (49 document boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 09-007 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of information files, original reports and correspondence, papers and articles, and other background material on Smithsonian buildings. Most records document the Smithsonian Institution Building ("Castle"). There are a few files on the Arts & Industries Building and other Smithsonian facilities. These records were compiled by the Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation, research associates, and volunteers. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of information files, original reports and correspondence, papers and articles, and other background material on Smithsonian buildings. Most records document the Smithsonian Institution Building ("Castle"). There are a few files on the Arts & Industries Building and other Smithsonian facilities. These records were compiled by the Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation (OAHP), research associates, and volunteers.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
- Architectural design
- Buildings -- Maintenance
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Museum buildings
- Smithsonian buildings
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-007, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation, Building Files
Container List
Box 1
Miscellaneous: Capitol Building - James Goode Article WETA Magazine, 1989
Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB) - History of Annual Reports, 1846-1966 (index made in 1975) (5 folders)
Art Room: Annual Reports
Art Room: Elgin Marbles
Art Room, Second Floor, 1894-1899
Art Room: 1899-1902
Art Room: Restoration, 1990
Art Room: Text Panel, December 1990
Article by Geoffrey Baker
Article by Andrea Dean, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Journal, 1981
Article by Ann Dentry Fry, 1987
Article by Quintin Gravatt, 1987
Article by Wolf Von Eckardt, ca. 1970
Article in Antique Monthly, August 1969
Article in Harper's Weekly, 1878
Article in Smithsonian Journal of History, "Music at SIB (Smithsonian Institution Building)," 1967
Article on Smithsonian Intellectual Influence by Wilcomb Washburn
Article in "The Observer," 1863
Article in Victorian Homes, 1987
Review of Castle Book, 1993
Box 2
Baird, Spencer F.: Statue
Baird, Spencer F.: Miscellaneous
Baird, Spencer F.: Correspondence with Adolph Cluss, 1878-1883
Baird, Spencer F.: Correspondence with George Brown Goode, 1881-1886
Baird, Spencer F.: Correspondence with William Jones Rhees, 1871-1878
Baird Statue, part 1: Drawings, Graphics
Baird Statue, part 2: Correspondence, 1977-1978
Baird Statue, part 3: Correspondence, 1985, 1989, 1991
Basement
Bibliography
Boiler Room Renovation, 1985-1987
Books: Fiction Involving the SIB as Location
Building Description: Mary Ames, 1874
Building Description: Joshua Fisher, 1864
Building Description: Horatio Greenough
Building Inspection, June 1986
Callow, James T., Kindred Spirits
Carpet: Renovation Plans, 1965
Carrousel, Wishing Well, and Pig Statue, 1976
Catlin, George: Miscellaneous
Museum Cases
Castle Books, Notes
Center for Advanced Studies, Proposed, 1965
Chatelain Gauger & Nolan: Biographical Sketch, 1964
Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan: Catalog of Architectural Drawings, 1966-1968
Chatelain, Leon III: AIA, Deed of Gift, 1986
Box 3
Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan: Correspondence, 1965-1970, Parts 1-5 (5 folders)
Box 4
Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan: Correspondence, 1965-1970, Parts 6-9 (4 folders)
Box 5
Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan: Correspondence, 1965-1970, Parts 10, 11 (2 folders)
Chatelain, Gauger & Nolan: Feasibility Studies, Parts 1, 2 (2 folders)
Chronology (2 folders)
Chronology, by William Jones Rhees, 1896
Cisterns
Clark, Edward, Architect of Capitol
Clark, Edward: Renovations, 1870-1880
Cluss, Adolph: Miscellaneous, Biography
Cluss, Adolph: Chosen for 1865 Renovation
Cluss, Adolph: Letters to Henry, 1871-1872
Box 6
Competition, 1846
Renwick/Davis SIB Early Drawings
Renwick Drawings
Robert Mills Plan
Competition: William Archer Letter, 1846
Competition: Isaiah Roger's Diary
Competition: D. Arnot, Animadversions
Competition: William P. Elliott Statement, 1847
Competition: John Notman Design Proposal, 1847
Competition: Thomas Tefft Plan, 1846
Competition: J. C. Wells, 1846
Congressional Debate on Smithsonian, Henry to Leidy, 1855
Contemporary Buildings
Cornerstone, Laying of, 1847
Cornerstone, Effort to Locate, 1976
Cost of, Construction, 1847-1902
Crypt: Annual Reports
Crypt: Smithsonian Archives Papers, 1904
Crypt: Chronology
Crypt: Display, Badge of Office, 1983
Crypt: Exhibitions, Smithson, 1973-1975
Crypt: Gates, 1975
Crypt: History
Crypt: Memorial Tablets
Crypt: Renovation, 1968
Crypt: Renovation, 1973
Crypt: Sarcophagus Cleaning, 1979
Crypt: Silver Salver Installed, 1977
Crypt: Smithson Body Exhumed, 1973
Crypt: South Tower, 1968
Crypt: Wall Sconces Installed, 1977
Box 7
Davis, A. J., Design Competition (in Metropolitan Museum)
Delafield, Richard, Biographical Sketch
Delafield, Richard, References by Joseph Henry
Dinosaurs: B. W. Hawkins Correspondence, Exhibition in Great and Main Halls
Dinosaurs: Donald Baird Correspondence
Downing, Andrew Jackson (A. J.), Biographical Information
Downing, A. J., Correspondence (Smithsonian Archives and National Archives)
Downing, A. J., Plan for Mall, 1851
Downing, A. J., Cottage Residences
Downing, A. J., Calvert Vaux, "Hints for Country House Builders," 1855
Downing, A. J., Calvert Vaux, Villas and Cottages, 1864
Downing, A. J., Article by Wilcomb Washburn
Downing Urn: American Pomological Society, 1856
Downing Urn: Article in Star, 1956
Downing Urn: Columbia Historical Society Records, 1925
Downing Urn: Condition Report, CAL (Conservation Analytical Laboratory), 1986
Downing Urn: Label for, 1983-1985
Downing Urn: Location, 1970s
Downing Urn: Rededication Ceremony, 1972
Downing Urn: Research Notes, James Goode
Downing Urn: Research Notes, George B. Tatum, 1971
Downing Urn: Research Notes, by Others
Downing Urn: Restored by Renato Lucchetti
Box 8
Drawings, Catalogued, (James Goode), 1971
Durand Architecture Book, 1823
East Entrance: New Inner Doors, 1982 (2 folders)
East Entrance, Restored, 1982-1983
East Wing: Lecture Hall
East Wing: Henry Apartments
East Wing: Plaster Repair Work Second Floor Hallway, July 1992
East Wing: Post 1950's Renovations
East Wing: Renovation by Adolph Cluss, 1882-1884
East Wing: Restrooms, 1979
East Wing: Roof Repairs, 1981
East Wing: Stairs Alteration, 1973-1977
East Wing: Window Replacement, 1974
Elevators
Box 9
Exhibitions: Charles G. Abbot Memorial, 1973
Exhibitions: Anthropology, Proposed, 1979
Exhibitions: Spencer F. Baird, 1978
Exhibitions: Bartlett Exhibitions, Costs, 1972-1974 (3 folders)
Exhibitions: Boehm Birds, 1973
Exhibitions: Churchill Paintings, 1983 (2 folders)
Box 10
Exhibitions: Churchill Paintings, 1983
Exhibitions: Commons Cases, 1972
Exhibitions: Costs, 1972-1974
Exhibitions: Edinburgh, 1984
Exhibitions: Egyptian Art, 1981
Exhibitions: Federal City Proposed, 1973
Exhibitions: Federal City, Parts 1-3 (3 folders)
Box 11
Exhibitions: Federal City, Parts 4-5 (2 folders)
Exhibitions: Federal City, Transfer of Models to Smithsonian Institution (SI), 1970
Exhibitions: German Immigration, 1983 (2 folders)
Exhibitions: Gingerbread Model of SI, 1980
Exhibitions: History of SIB, 1972
Exhibitions: Joseph Henry, 1972-1973
Exhibitions: Japanese Treasures, 1975
Exhibitions: Minerals, 1973
Exhibitions: Oman, 1984
Box 12
Exhibitions: 125th anniversary of SI, 1971, Parts 1-2 (2 folders)
Exhibitions: Paintings, 1972
Exhibitions: Patent Models, 1973
Exhibitions: Photos, SI Building
Exhibitions: Rare Books, 1975
Exhibitions: Saudi Arabia, 1984
Exhibitions: Secretaries' Busts
Exhibitions: SI Press Publications, 1978
Exhibitions: Steinberg Drawings, 1974
Exhibitions: Textile Mills, 1972
Exhibitions: Thailand, 1982
Exhibitions: Vatican, Proposed, 1981
Exit signs, 1970
Box 13
Fire of 1865: Cluss Reconstruction, 1866-1868 (3 folders)
Fire of 1865: Congressional Report on
Fire of 1865: Joseph Henry Report
Fire of 1865: Losses by Resident
Fire of 1865: Newspaper Accounts
Fire of 1865: Roof Drawings (Phoenix Iron Works), 1866
Fire of 1865: Witnesses to Secretary's Office Fire
Fire of 1865: James Goode, Research Notes
Fire of 1865: Edwards Parks Article
Fireproofing
Fireproofing: References in "The Builder" Magazine
Fireproofing: "Fear of Fire," Robert Esau, 1990
Fires: Records of
Fire Safety, 1886, 1890
Fire Safety Report, 1967
Fire Safety: Smoke Detectors, 1979-1983
Box 14
Flags of SI, 1950s to 1980s (and 1865)
Floor Plans
Floor Plans, 1968
Floor Plans, 1981
Smithsonian
SI Archives: Lists of Photographed Drawings
Floor Plans: (Room Numbers), 1988
Floor Plans: Search for, 1926
Floor Plans, 1871
Ghosts, 1900
Great Hall: in Annual Reports, 1854-1965
Great Hall: Bird Exhibit
Great Hall: Carpet, 1981
Great Hall: Clock, North Wall, 1972
Great Hall: Exhibits, Use of, 1950s-1970s
Great Hall: Renovation of Exhibitions
Great Hall
Great Hall: Index of Exhibitions, 1913-1916
Great Hall: Index of Exhibitions, 1940-1952
Great Hall: Information Center
Great Hall: Lighting
Great Hall Exhibition: Museum of American Architectural History, 1963
Great Hall: Use as Reception Center, 1971
Great Hall: Museum Shop, 1992
Great Hall: Piers
Great Hall: Plans, 1984
Great Hall: Renovation Plans, 1953, 1970 (2 folders)
Letter, Walter to Henry re: Cases
Box 15
Great Hall: Proposed Renovation, 1984-1985
Great Hall: Snakes Escaped, 1887
Great Hall: Study Group
Great Hall: Collapse of 1850
Guidebooks: Miscellaneous
Guide: Frank Leslie's Magazine, 1890
Guidebook of D.C.: Varnum, 1854
Guidebook, by William Rhees, 1857
Guides to the National Museum at Patent Office
HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey) Photographs, ca. 1970
HABS Plans, 1984
HABS Survey, 1984
Hafertepe, Kenneth, America's Castle, Review by William Pierson
Hamlin, Talbot: Writings
Box 16
Handicapped Access, 1968, 1980, 1981, 1993 (4 folders)
Handicapped Restrooms, 1979
Haviland, John
Heating
Henry, Joseph: Miscellaneous
Henry, Joseph: Correspondence, 1846-1878 (2 folders)
Henry, Joseph: Desk Diaries, 1849-1878
Henry, Joseph: Letter to Edward Clark, Capitol 1871
Henry, Joseph: Letter to Joseph Leidy, 1855
Henry, Joseph: Letters about Renwick
Henry, Joseph: Comments about SI Building, 1847
Henry, Joseph: Desk Diary, 1852
Henry, Joseph: Election of Secretary (Kathy Dorman, 1989)
Henry, Joseph: Residence
Henry, Joseph: Royal Institution Picture
Henry Statue: Article
Henry Statue: Cost
Henry Statue: Location Proposed, 1883
Henry Statue: Photographs
Box 17
Historic Landmark Plaque, 1974
Historic Landmark Status, 1965
History: 1846-1847, Regents Minutes; see also Regents
History: 1850-1854 (Cynthia R. Field)
History: 1850-1860s George Washington University Bulletins
History: 1855-1859
History: G. Brown Goode, 1896
History: James Goode (2 folders)
History: Notes by Richard Stetson
History: of Establishment, "Government and Science," M. Pickard, 1946
History: of Establishment, 1977
Horsford Letters, 1851-1852
Hough, William Jervis, First Secretary
Howland, Richard H.
Humidity Control, Renovation, 1970
Humidity Control, 1983
Ice Replica, Lake Tahoe Image, Use of SI Building, 1988
Indians: Study of at SI, Portraits
Image
Box 18
Image and Pilgrimage
Ivy: Smithson's Slip of
Ivy Damage Report, National Park Service, 1983
Ivy Removal, 1975
Ivy Removal from Facades, 1982-1983
Jewett, Charles C., Descendant
Keeper, SI Building, Space Needs, 1984
Langley, Samuel P.
Large Lecture Hall
Libraries: Nancy Gwinn Article
Light Fixtures
Lincoln Visits Building
Lumber Shipment, 1849
Maintenance and Condition Report, 1956
Mills, Robert: Letter to Henry
Mills, Robert: Letter to R. D. Owen,
Mills, Robert: Letter to Poinsett, J., 1841
Mills, Robert: Book by H. M. Gallagher, 1935
Mills, Robert: Book by A. S. Salley, 1938
Mills, Robert: Book on N. J. Jail, 1928
Mills, Robert: Pamphlet by John Bryan
Museum Shop, Proposed, 1966
Name of Building, 1984
National Archives: Location of Records
National Gallery of Art
National Institute, 1844 (2 folders)
Box 19
North Door: Renovation, 1982
North Door: Proposed, 1987
North Entrance: Foyer Paint, Yellow, 1976
North Foyer, 1967-1968
North Entrance: New Handrails, 1983-1984 (2 folders)
North and East Entrances: Railings for Steps, 1974
North Entrance: Renovation Plans, 1980
North Entrance: Plaque, 1974
North Stairs, 1970 (2 folders)
North Stairs: Proposed Railings, 1970
North Vestibule
Occupancy Limits for Major Rooms, 1976
Owen, David Dale: to A. D. Bache, 1847
Owen, David Dale: to W. J. Hough, 1846 [stone]
Owen, David Dale: Architectural Sources
Owen, David Dale: Biographical Material
Owen, Robert Dale: Article by Arnita A. Jones
Owen, Robert Dale: Bibliographic References
Owen, Robert Dale: Biographical Material
Owen, Robert Dale: Correspondence with D. Dale
Owen, Robert Dale: Hints on Public Architecture
Owen, Robert Dale: Hints Reissue, 1978-1979
Box 20
Owen, Robert Dale: Influence of Pestalozzi
Owen, Robert Dale: Mill Architecture
Owen, Robert Dale: New Harmony, Indiana
Owen, Robert Dale: New Harmony Article in Historic Preservation
Owen, Robert Dale: New Harmony, Indiana, Lecture, Cynthia Field, 1977
Owen, Robert Dale: Photo-Sculpture
Owen, Robert Dale: Plans for Building
Owen, Robert Dale
Owen, Robert Dale: Proposed Conference, 1976
Ownership of Objects, SI or U.S., 1888
Paint and Plaster
Painting, 1885
Pest and Plant Control
Photograph: By A. J. Russell, ca. 1862
Photographs: Xeroxes of Illustrations
Picture Gallery, 2nd Floor, 1858
Pierson, William, "American Round Architectural Style" (2 folders)
Pigeon Droppings
Porte-Cochere Renovation, 1980
Radiation Biological Laboratory, 1968
Regents: Table Compiled, 1991
Regents' Minutes, 1846-1847
Regents' Room: Furnishings, 1970
Regents' Room: Hornblower and Marshall Work, 1900-1901
Regents' Room: Miscellaneous
Regents' Room: Windows, 1973
Kathleen Curren Article
Box 21
Renovation, Rooms 303-304-305, 1983
Renwick Drawings at Avery Library
Renwick, James: Architect
Renwick, James: Churches
Renwick, James: Material at Columbia University
Renwick, James: Statue Presentation, 1971
Renwick, James: Thesis by Jay Cantor
Renwick, James: Trinity Church Specifications
Renwick, James: Model, 1847
Renwick, James, Sr.: Letters at Duke University
Renwick, James: Design of Stone Details, Drawings Found at Treasury
Renwick, James: Yates Castle in Syracuse, New York
Renwick, James: New York Stock Exchange
Restoration Shop: B-95
Rhees Papers (2 folders)
Ripley, S. Dillon: Biographical Material
Ripley, S. Dillon: Portrait
Roof, Repairs, 1878
Structural Survey, 1988
Box 22
Pension Building, Space Used During Renovation, 1968
Renovation Plans
Official Renovation Proposal, 1964
Change Orders, Renovation, 1969
Renovation, 1965
Renovation, 1966: Octagonal Room and Library, Third Floor
Renovation: Howland's Papers, 1965-1970
GSA, Renovation, 1969
Renovation Plans, 1966-1967
Renovation, Indexed
Commons: Renovation, 1967
Renovation: General, 1969-1970
William Pahlmann, Decorator: Renovation, 1969-1970
Feasibility Study: Improvement, 1966
Renovation Plans, 1963
Painting, ca. 1969
Renovation Proposals, 1959 (J. L. Keddy)
Leonard Carmichael's Renovation Plans, 1963
Renovation Outline, 1964
Great Hall Renovation, 1964
Box 23
Renovation Architect Selected, 1965
Portraits of Secretaries: Renovation, 1965
Renovation: Garage Proposed, 1966
Renovation Committee, 1967
Staff Relocation: Renovation, 1968
Renovation Contracts, 1968
Renovation Proposals of R. H. Howland, 1965-1966
Renovation Contract, 1968
Renovation: Rest Rooms, 1969
Renovation Changes, 1969
Renovation Review Committee, 1970
Renovation, 1988
Repairs, 1883 (including Arts & Industries)
Renovation Details, 1968-1969
Sarcophagus
Sculpture: Sandcastle, Charles Simonds, 1980
Seals: Smithsonian Institution, 1850s
Seals: Lion Symbol, 1988 Correspondence
Secretary's Office, Furnishings, 1969-1976
Secretary's Office, Renovation, 1964
Signs, Exterior, 1967
Signs, Exterior, 1970-1985
Styles: Norman/Anglo-Saxon
Box 24
Smithson, James: Biographical Material (4 folders)
Smithson, James: History by W. J. Rhees
Smithson, James: Bequest
Smithson, James: 1840 Article Regarding Bequest
Smithson, James: Bicentennial Celebration of Birth
Smithson, James: Disposition and Management of Bequest, 1839
Smithson, James: Bust Dedicated, 1976
Smithson, James: Research by Bannon McHenry
Smithson, James: Smithson Society Plaque, 1977
Box 25
Children's Room: Abbreviated Fact Sheet
Children's Room: Chronology (Linda NeCastro, 1987)
Children's Room: History by Cynthia Field
Children's Room: Education around 1900
Children's Room: Exhibition by M. McCutcheon
Children's Room: E. E. Garnsey
Children's Room: Langley Correspondence (2 folders)
Children's Room: Other Children's Museums
Children's Room: Press Coverage, 1901
Children's Room, 1901-1939: McCutcheon Report
Children's Room: Xeroxed Photographs
National Building Museum: Birds of Literature, Langley Letter, 1980
Box 26
South Tower
South Tower: Chimney Fire, 1886
South Tower: Museum 1860
Children's Room: Aquarium
Children's Room: Birds and Bird Cages
Children's Room: Cases
Children's Room: Ceiling (2 folders)
Children's Room: Entrance Gates
Children's Room: Kaleidoscope
Children's Room: Mosaic Floor
Children's Room: Sign
Children's Room: Wall Decoration: Stencil
Children's Room: Structural Changes to Room - Hornblower and Marshall
Children's Room: History of the Use of the Room
Children's Room: Information Center, 1941
Children's Room: Use as Archives, 1894
Children's Room: Exhibit, 1981
Box 27
Grace Lincoln Temple (GLT): Biographical Information
GLT: Boston Museum of Fine Arts Association
GLT: Burlington Public Library, Iowa 1897
GLT: Cleveland School of Art, 1892-1894
GLT: Clubs and Associations
GLT: Color Theory
GLT: Corcoran Gallery of Art
GLT: Cosmos Club, 1899-1911
GLT: Domestic Work
GLT: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904
GLT: Women's Building, Atlanta, 1895
GLT: Inaugural Balls
GLT: Lectures and Addresses
GLT: Smithsonian National Museum Building, 1900
GLT: Octagon House, 1906-1907
GLT: Public School Decoration League
GLT: Historic wallpaper interest
GLT: Lilia Mechlin
GLT: Other Women Interior Decorators and Architects
GLT: Victor Mindeleff
GLT: Work with Other Architects
GLT: Hornblower and Marshall
Children's Room Restoration: Paint Colors
Box 28
Enid Haupt Garden
Children's Room: Biltmore, Campbell, Smith Conservation Project
Children's Room: Articles
Children's Room: Brochure, OAHP, 1990
Children's Room Restoration: Ceiling Examination, 1987
Children's Room Restoration: Lighting
Children's Room: Opening, 1987
Children's Room: Product Development, 1990-1991
Children's Room: Restoration Estimates
Children's Room: Biltmore Campbell Smith Contracts, 1987
Children's Room History: Linda NeCastro Drafts, 1988
Children's Room History: Lecture for Women's Committee, C. Field, 1990
Box 29
South Tower: Portal Door, Woodcut in Hints on Public Architecture, 1846
South Tower Portal: Door Knobs
South Tower Portal: Exterior Steps
South Tower Portal: Hinges
South Tower Portal: Drawings, 1968
South Tower Portal: Stone Carving, 1982
South Tower Portal: Drawings, 1982-1983 (2 folders)
South Tower Portal: Final Drawings, 1983
South Tower Portal: Completed, 1986
Box 30
South Tower: Fanlight, Colored Glass, 1982
South Tower: Fanlight, 1982-1984
South Tower: Fanlight, Early Drawings
South Tower: Fanlight, Drawings Revised
South Tower: Fanlight, Mrs. Patterson, Donor
South Tower: Fanlight, C. Seferlis
South Tower: Fanlight, Soneyhurst Quarry
Space Survey, 1986
Space Utilization Plans, 1968
Special Events: Visit by Jimmy Carter, 1977
Special Events: Meeting of International Monetary Fund, 1971
Special Events: Visit of Japanese Emperor, 1975
Special Events: Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Royal Family, 1976
Special Events: Visit of Prince Charles, 1970
Box 31
Specifications for Carpenter, 1847
Specifications for Masonry and Materials, 1847
Specifications for Stone Work, 1847
Stamps Depicting SIB
Regents' Minutes, 1847
St. Dunstan Statue: Correspondence, Restoration, Drawings and Photos (4 folders)
Box 32
Stone: Potomac Red Sandstone Company
Stone: Seneca Sandstone (2 folders)
Stone: Henry Recommends Seneca Sandstone, 1869
Stone: Condition Report, 1980
Stone: Geology of North Culpepper Basin
Stone: Photographs, 1984
Stone: Repair Requested, 1985
Stone: Repair, 1985
Stone: Replacement, 1985
Stone: Replacement, Drawings, 1985 (2 folders)
Stone: Restoration, 1982-1987
Smithsonian Press
Structural Assessment of Building, 1968
Box 33
George Catlin
Upper Main Hall Gallery of Art: John Mix Stanley
Woodrow Wilson Center for Advanced Studies
Second Floor: Main Hall
Amy's Worst Nightmare: Owls
Towers
Upper Main Hall: Wilson Center
North Tower: First Floor Renovation, 1977
Towers: Falcon Project, 1980
Towers: Campanile Offices Created, 1978-1979
Towers; Use of North Tower for Archives
Towers: Clock in North Tower, 1981
Towers: North Tower, 4th Floor Study, 1985
Towers: Memories of North Tower, C. G. Abbott, 1968
Towers: Octagonal Stairwell
Towers: West Tower - Owls, 1971-1977
Towers: Masonry Work
Towers: North Tower, George Catlin
Gallery of Art, 1909
Chatelain
Interior Design
Renovation, Wilson Center, 1969-1970, 1984 (2 folders)
Wilson Center
Photo, Frederick Langenheim
Blackmore
Upper Main Hall: Lecture Hall Wagner Free Institute
Gallery of Art, Second Floor, 1907
Second Floor Apparatus Room
Second Floor Lecture Hall: Acoustic Studies
Second Floor: Anthropological Hall
Second Floor: Herbarium
Box 34
Visitor Information and Associate's Reception Center (VIARC) Opening, 1989
Towers: Flag Tower/North Tower
VIARC Renovation, 1985 Proposed Plans
VIARC Renovation: Existing Conditions, Plans, 1985
VIARC Renovation: Newspaper Comments on, 1988
Walcott's Office
Windows: East Range, Xerox of Photos
Commons: Windows
Windows: Phases 2-3, 1990
Windows
VIARC Renovation, 1983-1986
VIARC Theater Windows
Renovation, 1878: Safety Bars Windows
Fourth Floor Window Replacement
Window Restoration, 1988: C. Taylor Article
Window Replacement, 1985
Windows: Sun Control, Room 507, 1977
Windows: Renovation, 1901
Windows: Basement Guards, 1980-1981
Windows: Great Hall, 1888
Window Guards (2 folders)
Windows: Third Floor, New Sashes and Windows
Window Review, 1988
Conditions Prior to 1966, Third and Fourth Floor Chatelain, Gauges
Box 35
Weathervane
West Range: A. Zeno Shindler Paintings
West Range: Reading Room (Library)
WWR
West Range: Lounge, Furnishings, 1975
West Range: Lounge, Furnishings Plan, 1983
West Range: Lounge, Organ for, 1970
West Range: Partition Plans for VIARC, 1985
West Range: Lounge, Associates' Reception Area, 1974
West Wing: Lounge, 1860 Sculpture
West Range
Basement: West End
West Wing: Doulton Pulpit
West Wing and Range, 1887 Renovation
West Wing: Chapel and Art Gallery
West Wing and Range: Graphic Arts
West Wing and Range: Fireproofing, 1888
West Wing: Commons, Paint, 1970
West Wing: Commons, Rose Window, 1970
West Wing: Commons, 1970-1980s
West Wing: Commons, Carpet, 1982
West Wing: Commons, Paint, 1892
West Wing: Commons Roof, New Slate, 1891
West Wing: Commons, Newsletter Article, 1994
Clark, Edward: Renovations, 1892
West Wing: New Ceiling, 1891
Window Replacement, 1975
Windows: Rose
Box 36
Langley Tablet: Exhibit Plans, Labels
Langley Tablet: Photos
Langley Tablet: SI Annual Reports
Langley Tablet: Walcott Correspondence
Langley Tablet: Newspaper Articles
Langley Tablet: Langley Day
S. P. Langley: Biographical Information
S. P. Langley: Langley Controversy
S. P. Langley: South Shed
J. Flanagan: General References
J. Flanagan: United States Department of Agriculture, Quarter, Library of Congress
J. Flanagan: Newark Museum, MMA
J. Flanagan: Additional Pieces
Box 37
Tim Gordon SIB Project: Reconstruction of Original Plans, 1993 (3 folders) (includes electronic records)
Box 38
SIB: Various Articles
Henry/Bache Correspondence
Exchanges, E. W.
Harold A. Rehder's "The History of the Division of Mollusks in the SI," 1990
Statues: Joseph Henry
SIB: Introductory Chapter
RDO: Travel Journals, 1827
Cynthia Field Notes on Owen
Castle: Origin of Style
Book Intro: Cynthia Field
Images Seen on Building Visit Trip Prior to SI Castle, 1846
Castle History
Iron in Early American Roofs by Charles Peterson
Isaiah Rogers Diaries
Letter: Corps of Engineers
Wortman, Julie: New Path
Renwick Drawings
Box 39
Early, James: Romanticism and American Architecture, 1965
Loudon's Architecture Magazine, 1837
Loudon, J. C.: Architectural Magazine, 1837, 1835 (2 folders)
Loudon, J. C.: Encyclopedia of Architecture, 1853
Romanesque: Hitchcock, The Architecture of H. H. Richardson
Gothic Revival: Pevsner, Nikolaus
Gothic Revival: John Ruskin
Victorian Ideal of Architecture, Ruskin
Gothic Revival: Walt Whitman
Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey: Jane Davies, Antiques
Box 40
Silliman, Ben: American Journal, 1830
Sound Proofing Method Used in Construction, 1850s
Gothic Revival: John Notman Church, 1858
Trinity Church, Washington, D.C.: Renwick's Specifications
Natural History Museums
Other Architects in Virginia
Bill Establishing Smithsonian
William Elliott Memorial
Kings Handbook of New York City
Mental Aberration of Smithson Will
Letters to Editor re: Smithsonian, ca. 1850s
Letters to Editor re: Smithsonian Expansion, 1876-1877
Employees, 1884
Parker: Glossary, Transfer to Smithsonian
Hawkins, B. W. Correspondence
Civil War in D.C.
Smoke Stacks Specifications, 1886
Heating Contact, 1873
Gas Pipes, Basement
Heating and Venting Contract, 1873
Fireproof Doors
James Dakin
Smithsonian Mission
Charles Peterson
Henry Statue
Joseph Henry Papers
Joseph Henry
George Brown Goode
Equestrian Statues
Water System Apparatus
West Wing Reconstruction Specifications
West Wing Reconstruction
West Range Hardware
Organization Committee of the Smithsonian, 1847
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Basement Corridor Improvements
Basement Pipe Improvement
Basement Space Use
Bell
Chimney Caps, 1991
Commons Kitchen Renovation
Donor Room
Credit Union Relocation, 1990
Door: East Wing
East Door Step Repair
Energy Conservation, 1991
Fire Protection Phases 7-9 (3 folders)
Flags
Flag Tower Roof Replacement
General Commons Renovation
Handrails, Interior, North Stairs
Lamp Posts: Exterior
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Landscaping (North)
Master Plan, 1996
National Register
Smithsonian-Wide Metal Restoration
Plaster Repair, 1997
Ramp (North)
Regents Room Access
Repointing, 1990
Restrooms: Modifications
Roof (Commons), 1991
Roof Access Ladder
Roof, Window Repairs
Room 204 Redesign
Room 219
Rooms 112, etc. Modifications
Schermer Hall
Shop, Great Hall
Signage: 150th Anniversary
South Tower Access
South Tower Door Lobby
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South Tower Access
Southwest Tower Door
Stairs (New)
South Tower: 5th Floor
North Foyer Tiling (VIARC)
North Stair Access/East Stair
North Stair Removal (Interior)
North Steps: Fa ade Repair
Stone Repair
Structural Inspection
System Upgrade
VIARC Center Renovation
Window Survey: OAHP Review
Victor Building
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Mall: National Register Nomination
Federal City: Plans and Realities, 1980s
Exhibitions: Washington, D.C.
Exhibitions: Federal City, Plans to Transfer to National Building Museum, 1986-1988
Pension Building
Meigs, M.C.
Federal Triangle (2 folders)
Architecture: D.C., L'Enfant
The Mall
Mall: Map, "Future Washington," 1967
Mall: Department of Agriculture History
Mall: Bandstand
Mall: Architectural Survey of Smithsonian Buildings, in Smithsonian Experience
Mall: Emergency Lighting, 1980-1981
Mall: Empty Space Proposal
Mall: L'Enfant Plan
Mall: History by David Chase
Mall: McMillan Plan by Charles Moore, 1919
Mall: Models, 1930s
Mall: Notes for Conference, 1987
Mall: Rejected Plan
Mall: McMillan, James, Biographical Sketch
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Gothic Revival: Moller, George
Gothic Revival: Harriet Ritvo
Gothic Revival: John Gloag, 1962
Lost Chicago
Gothic Revival: Ken Clark
Hunt: Exemplars of Tudor Architecture
Gothic Revival: Sam Hannaford
Gothic Revival: Georg Germann
Gothic Revival: Batty Langley
Gothic Revival: Nicholson
Gothic Revival: Loudon, J. C., 1835
Gothic Revival: John Henry
Gothic Revival: Hersey, George
Gothic Revival: Eastlake, Charles L.
Gothic Revival: Literature on Gothic Revival and European Models
University of Chicago Building, 1856
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Vassar: Drawings
SIB: Restoration, 19th Century Belgian
SIB: Related Building, Antioch College
SIB: Related Building, Girard College
SIB: Style, Norman
National Museum Building: Style, Syrian Influence
SIB: Style, Romanesque Revival
SIB: Styles, Romantic Revival by C. Clark
National Museum Building: Related Buildings, Peabody, Harvard
National Museum Building (Arts & Industries - A&I): Related Constructions
National Museum Building (A&I): Victorian Architecture in England by Stefan Muthesius
SIB: First Presbyterian Church, New York City
National Museum Building (A&I): Related Buildings, Museum of Fine Arts
SIB: HABS Survey, 1984
Iron Frame Buildings
SIB: Educational Institutions, Architecture
SIB: Egyptian Revival, "The Tombs," New York
Vassar College (Renwick Specifications)
SIB: Related Buildings, Indian Cotton Mill
SIB: Related Buildings, St. Elizabeth's Hospital
SIB: Related Buildings, University of Chicago
SIB: Gothic Revival, West Point Dormitory
Bibliography: Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown
Bibliography: Naval and Coast Guard Architecture
Cope and Stewardson by R. A. Cram
SIB: Related Buildings, Hospital for Insane
Andrew Carnegie Mansion: Construction
Andrew Carnegie Institute Article
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Other Museums: Meyer, A. B., Studies of Museums, 1905 Report of U.S. National Museum
National Museum Building (A&I): Goode, "Museums of the Future," 1891
Other Museums: Murray, "Museums, Their History and Their Use," 1904
Other Museums: Museum of Natural History, Springfield, Massachusetts
Other Museums: National Art Galleries, Berlin, Dresden and Munich
Other Museums: Rykwert Article, "Cult of the Museum," 1988
Other Museums: Victoria and Albert
Other Museums: Winchell Article, "Museums and Their Purposes," Science, 1891
Other Museums: Witlin Book, "The Museum," 1949
National Museum Building (A&I): Periodicals on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1973
Other Museums
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Biography: Samuel P. Langley (2 folders)
Biography
Smithsonian Bibliography (2 folders)
Biography: Jim Hobbins
Biography: Robert McCormick Adams
Biography: Barton S. Alexander
Biography: Spencer F. Baird (Woods Hole)
Biography: George Brown Goode
Biographies
Photo: Titian R. Peale
Biography: Charles G. Abbot
Biography: Employees
Biography: William Jones Rhees
Biography: Alexander Dallas Bache
Biography: William Dunlap Brackenridge
Biography: James C. Bradley
Biography: Henry W. Elliot
Biography: Charles F. Girard
Biography: George Brown Goode
Biography: Robert L. Harris
Biography: William Henry Holmes
Biography: Richard Howland
Biography: Fielding B. Meek
Biography: Joseph and William Palmer
Biography: Mary Jane Rathbun
Biography: Charles Rau
Biography: William Jones Rhees
Biography: John Ridgway
Biography: Robert Ridgway
Biography: Waldo Schmitt
Photo: Thomas W. Smillie
Biography: John Mix Stanley
Biography: Frederick William True
Biography: Charles D. Walcott (2 folders)
Biography: Alexander Wetmore
Related Biographies
National Academy of Sciences
National Institute (Poinsett)
North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1852-1856
U.S. Exploring Expedition (Wilkes), 1838-1842
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Baird)
Biography: Edward Clark
Biography: Richard Rathbun
Biography: E. B. White
Biography: William H. Dall
Biography: Alexander Wetmore
Biography: Charles G. Abbot
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Building Signage
Capitol Restoration
A&I Building Planning and Arrangement, 1984
20/20 Visions
Stucco and Concrete Restoration
Preservation Briefs
Maintenance Plan for Marble Floors
Role of McKim in Museum of Natural History
South Tower Room
Judiciary Office Building
Smithsonian Projects, 1990
Constitution Avenue Design Concepts
Standards for Rehabilitation
Brochures
Fine Arts-Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Photographs
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