Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 09-161
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Services
Project Files, 1965-1984
Descriptive Entry
This accession includes the project files of Frank C. Gilmore, Facilities Program Analyst for the Office of Facilities Services (OFS). The records primarily document the Quadrangle Museum Project and other facility-related issues at the Smithsonian Institution, with earlier records dating back to when OFS was known as the Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; submittals, specifications, and amendments; site preparation information in regard to security matters, utilities relocation, building codes, equipment, landscape, waterproofing, construction schedules, and access rights; budget summaries; contracts; meeting minutes; information pertaining to repairs in the Smithsonian Institution Building; blueprints, floor plans and drawings; reports; manuals; conference information; newspaper clippings; photographs; negatives; and transparencies.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Gilmore, Frank C.
- Smithsonian Institution Building. (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services
- Smithsonian Institution. Quadrangle Museum Project
Subject
- Architectural design
- Buildings -- Maintenance
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Contracts
- Museum buildings
- Smithsonian buildings
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-161, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Services, Project Files