Accession 10-240

Smithsonian Education Volunteers Advisory Board

Committee Records, 1975-1978, 1982-1998

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting the activities and meetings of the Smithsonian Education Volunteers Advisory Board (SEVAB). SEVAB was established to manage and fund the volunteer docent programs at the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of History and Technology (later the National Museum of American History), and the National Museum of Natural History. Other Smithsonian Institution museums were invited to participate later, but the three museums remained the core of the Board. Materials include meeting materials, by-laws, notes, financial reports, brochures for education programs, volunteer rosters, and related materials. Also included is "A Brief History of SEVAB," compiled in 1978, which also serves as an early history of docent programs, beginning in 1954, at the Smithsonian Institution.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Name

• National Air and Space Museum (U.S.).
• National Museum of American History (U.S.)
• National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.).
• Smithsonian Institution

Subject

• Museum docents
• Museum finance
• Museums -- Educational aspects
• Volunteer workers in museums

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Brochures
• Manuscripts

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-240, Smithsonian Education Volunteers Advisory Board, Committee Records

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