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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 09-161

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Services

Project Files, 1965-1984

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Services
Title:Project Files
Dates:1965-1984
Quantity:7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 09-161
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

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.

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.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-161, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Services, Project Files

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Container List

Box 1

Quadrangle Proposal and Planning

Box 1 of 8

Quadrangle Site Preparation, 1982-1983 (12 folders)

Box 1 of 8

Box 2

Quadrangle Site Preparation, 1982-1983 (11 folders)

Box 2 of 8

Lewis, Mitchell & Moore, 1983

Box 2 of 8

Photographs and Slides, 1982

Box 2 of 8

Box 3

Bid Amendment, 1983 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 8

Quadrangle Site Preparation, 1983-1984

Box 3 of 8

Quadrangle Development: Correspondence/Meeting Agendas, 1980-1982 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 8

Quadrangle Planning Blueprints, 1983 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 8

Quadrangle Development and Design Concepts, 1978-1982 (6 folders)

Box 3 of 8

Box 4

Quadrangle Development and Design Concepts, 1976-1982 (9 folders)

Box 4 of 8

Quadrangle Development: Tentative Report, 1982

Box 4 of 8

Quadrangle Development: Program of Requirements, 1980

Box 4 of 8

Quadrangle Development: Environmental Impact Statement (draft), 1980

Box 4 of 8

Quadrangle Development: Environmental Impact (general), 1979-1980

Box 4 of 8

Quadrangle Development: Photograph of Drawing

Box 4 of 8

Box 5

Quadrangle Development and Design Concepts, 1979-1982 (7 Folders)

Box 5 of 8

Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbot, 1980

Box 5 of 8

Ewell W. Finley, P. C., 1980

Box 5 of 8

Cost Estimate for Smithsonian South Quadrangle Development, 1982

Box 5 of 8

Quadrangle Development: Concept Design Submission, 1980

Box 5 of 8

Photographs of Quadrangle Models and Drawings

Model of the Quadrangle Viewed from the Southeast, circa 1979 [SIA2011-1344]
Model of the Quadrangle Viewed from the Southwest, circa 1979 [SIA2011-1345]
Model of the Quadrangle Viewed from the South, circa 1979 [SIA2011-1346]
Model of the Quadrangle Viewed from the Air, circa 1979 [SIA2011-1347]
Model of the Quadrangle Viewed from the West, circa 1979 [SIA2011-1348]
Model of the Quadrangle Viewed from the East, circa 1979 [SIA2011-1349]
Sketch of the South Yard Landscape Design, circa 1979 [SIA2011-1350]
Box 5 of 8

Campanile Tower, 1978

Box 5 of 8

Federal Agency Council on the Census, 1977-1978

Box 5 of 8

Incoming Memoranda (general), 1974-1983

Box 5 of 8

Box 6

Hillwood Estate, 1973-1976

Box 6 of 8

Research Vessel Phykos, 1972-1974

Box 6 of 8

Blake Construction Company, 1983

Box 6 of 8

British Double Decker Bus, 1973-1976

Box 6 of 8

Information Systems, 1965-1970 (2 folders)

Box 6 of 8

U.S. Pension Building: Existing Conditions Study, 1979

Box 6 of 8

Museum Support Center, 1973-1975 (2 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Smithsonian Goals and Priorities Conferences, 1973-1976 (3 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Child Care Center, 1973-1976 (2 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Conference of Administrative Officers, 1974-1978

Box 6 of 8

Campanile Tower, 1977-1978

Box 6 of 8

Box 7

Agenda Office, 1972-1977

Box 7 of 8

Energy Conservation, 1979-1982

Box 7 of 8

Parking Facilities Comparison Study, 1976-1983 (10 folders)

Box 7 of 8

Box 8

Parking Facilities Comparison Study, 1975-1979 (3 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Incoming Memoranda (general), 1969-1983

Box 8 of 8

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