Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 10-045
Smithsonian Institution. Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center
Publications, 1978-2009
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of a record set of volunteer issues of and special supplements to The Torch, the monthly employee newsletter published by the Office of Public Affairs. The Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center (VIARC) collected this subset of The Torch in order to pull together all documentation of the various volunteer programs at the Smithsonian Institution. Prior to 1985, the January issue of each year contained several articles related to volunteers and, in most years, a list of all volunteers across the Smithsonian Institution. These articles were alongside articles covering other topics. Beginning in 1985, a special volunteer supplement was placed in the January issue each year. During this later time period, only the supplement, and not the entire newsletter, was maintained by VIARC in most cases. In 2009, the supplement occurred in the April issue, the last print issue of The Torch.
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-045, Smithsonian Institution, Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center, Publications