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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 13-271

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary

Administrative Records, 2008

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Title:Administrative Records
Dates:2008
Quantity:11.5 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 13-271
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of Cristián Sampier during his final months as Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (January-June 2008), and the records of G. Wayne Clough, Secretary (July-December 2008). The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums, exhibitions, research, fundraising, programs, and special events. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; budget summaries; employment information; agreements; reports; meeting agendas and minutes; policies and guidelines; information about gifts, awards, committees, symposiums, and publications; invitations; photographs; information about Board of Regents members; and articles.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of Cristián Sampier during his final months as Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (January-June 2008), and the records of G. Wayne Clough, Secretary (July-December 2008). The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums, exhibitions, research, fundraising, programs, and special events. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; budget summaries; employment information; agreements; reports; meeting agendas and minutes; policies and guidelines; information about gifts, awards, committees, symposiums, and publications; invitations; photographs; information about Board of Regents members; and articles. Listings in bold and capital letters indicate both the topic of folder contents and major subheadings from the Secretary's Office file plan.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years. until Jan-01-2024; Transferring office; 3/19/1970 memorandum, Lytle to Ripley; Contact reference staff for details.

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

Name

Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-271, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary, Administrative Records

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Container List

Box 1

AWARDS

National Design Award

Box 1 of 12

Secretary's Distinguished Lecture Award

Box 1 of 12

Secretary's Research Prize

Box 1 of 12

COMMITTEES

Advisory Groups

Box 1 of 12

Smithsonian Community Committee

Box 1 of 12

CONFERENCE

Symposium

Box 1 of 12

CONSERVATION

Endangered Species

Box 1 of 12

Galapagos Island

Box 1 of 12

Marine Mammal Commission

Box 1 of 12

DEVELOPMENT OF THE MALL

Parking (Mall)

Box 1 of 12

EXHIBITS

American on the Move

Box 1 of 12

Brown v. Brown of Education

Box 1 of 12

LECTURES

MUSEUMS

Museums, A-Z (empty: J, O, Q, U, V, X, Y, Z)

Box 1 of 12

Regional Museums

Box 1 of 12

PUBLICATIONS

Directory

Box 1 of 12

Publications, A-Z (empty: F, H, K, L, O, Q, U, V, X, Y, Z)

Box 1 of 12

Smithsonian Year

Box 1 of 12

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (CLOUGH)

Ethic Advisory Board

Box 1 of 12

Smithsonian Strategic Plan

Box 1 of 12

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL

Direct Reports

Box 1 of 12

Directors of Museums and Research Institutes (Centers)

Box 1 of 12

Smithsonian Congress of Scholars

Box 1 of 12

Smithsonian Council of Education Directors

Box 1 of 12

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

Speech Writer

Box 1 of 12

Office of Government Relations (Folders 1-2 of 4)

Box 1 of 12

Box 2

Office of Government Relations (Folders 3-4 of 4)

Box 2 of 12

Congressional Humanities Caucus

Box 2 of 12

Hearings

Box 2 of 12

Legacy Fund

Box 2 of 12

CONGRESSIONAL

Congressional Members, A-Z

Box 2 of 12

OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS (LOGO)

Blue Bulletin

Box 2 of 12

Smithsonian Photographic Services

Box 2 of 12

Torch

Box 2 of 12

VISITORS INFORMATION AND ASSOCIATES' RECEPTION CENTER

OFFICE OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT AND MINORITY AFFAIRS

Heritage Planning Committees

Box 2 of 12

Jazz Appreciation Month

Box 2 of 12

OFFICE OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (2 folders)

OFFICE OF PLANNED GIVING

Smithsonian Legacy Society

Box 2 of 12

Smithsonian National Board

Box 2 of 12

Board Annual Giving Fund

Box 2 of 12

Smithsonian Women's Committee

Box 2 of 12

Corporate Relations

Box 2 of 12

Smithsonian Corporate Membership Program

Box 2 of 12

Foundation Relations

Box 2 of 12

CONTRIBUTING MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM

Membership Program

Box 2 of 12

Leadership Gifts

Box 2 of 12

James Smithson Society

Box 2 of 12

OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT

Smithsonian Gifts (2 folders)

Box 2 of 12

Gifts, A-Z

Box 2 of 12

OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROJECTS

SMITHSONIAN ENTERPRISES

President of Smithsonian Enterprises

Box 2 of 12

Smithsonian Business Ventures

Box 2 of 12

Smithsonian Board of Directors

Box 2 of 12

Task force

Box 2 of 12

Box 3

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Smithsonian Books

Box 3 of 12

Smithsonian Museum Stores (retail)

Box 3 of 12

SI Catalogue

Box 3 of 12

Smithsonian Journeys

Box 3 of 12

Product Development and Licensing

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Smithsonian Magazine Group

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Smithsonian Magazine

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Smithsonian Magazine - Article

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Smithsonian Magazine - Membership, A-Z (empty: A, C, D, E, I, K, L,O, Q, R, T, V, X, Y, Z)

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Smithsonian Magazine - From the Castle

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Air and Space Magazine

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Smithsonian Channel

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Smithsonian Channel - Smithsonian Networks (Smithsonian on Demand)

Box 3 of 12

Media Division - Smithsonian Channel - Showtime Deal

Box 3 of 12

UNDER SECRETARY FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Accessibility Coordinator

Box 3 of 12

Admission Charge

Box 3 of 12

Allocation of Space

Box 3 of 12

Allocation of Space - Victor Building

Box 3 of 12

Announcements

Box 3 of 12

Auto

Box 3 of 12

Delegation of Authority

Box 3 of 12

Seal

Box 3 of 12

Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) (2 folders)

Box 3 of 12

OCFO - Office of the Comptroller

Box 3 of 12

OCFO - Office of Contracting

Box 3 of 12

OCFO - Travel Management Office

Box 3 of 12

Office of Planning, Management and Budget (OPMB)

Box 3 of 12

OPMB - Smithsonian Directives

Box 3 of 12

OPMB - Fiscal Year 2009

Box 3 of 12

OPMB - Fiscal Year 2008

Box 3 of 12

OPMB - Fiscal Year 2007

Box 3 of 12

OPMB - Fiscal Year 2006

Box 3 of 12

Office of the Treasurer (OT)

Box 3 of 12

OT - Funds/General

Box 3 of 12

OT - Fund for the Future (Smithsonian)

Box 3 of 12

OT - Trust Funds

Box 3 of 12

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Box 3 of 12

Office of Human Resources (OHR)

Box 3 of 12

Box 4

OHR - Combined Federal Campaign

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Office of Employee Benefits

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Health Insurance

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Leave

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Pay and Tenure

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Performance Appraisals/Assessments

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Recruiting

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Retirement (TIAA)

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Senior Level

Box 4 of 12

OHR - Training

Box 4 of 12

Office Special Events and Protocol

Box 4 of 12

Personnel, A-Z (empty: I, Q, V, X, Y, X)

Box 4 of 12

Office of Exhibits Central

Box 4 of 12

Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations (OFEO)

Box 4 of 12

OFEO - Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation

Box 4 of 12

OFEO - Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management

Box 4 of 12

OFEO - Real Estate

Box 4 of 12

Office of Facilities Management and Reliability

Box 4 of 12

Office of Protection Services (OPS)

Box 4 of 12

OPS - Smithsonian Parking Lots

Box 4 of 12

Office of Policy and Analysis (OPandA)

Box 4 of 12

OPandA - Gift, Alcoholic Beverages and Food

Box 4 of 12

National Collection Program

Box 4 of 12

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Box 4 of 12

UNDER SECRETARY FOR HISTORY, ART, AND CULTURE (USHAC) (Records date from April thru December, after reorganization)

Asian Pacific American Program

Box 4 of 12

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH)

Box 4 of 12

CFCH - Advisory Council

Box 4 of 12

CFCH - Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Box 4 of 12

CFCH - Folkways Collection

Box 4 of 12

Anacostia Community Museum

Box 4 of 12

Archives of American Art (AAA)

Box 4 of 12

AAA - Board of Trustees

Box 4 of 12

Arts and Industries Building

Box 4 of 12

Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum

Box 4 of 12

Freer Gallery of Art

Box 4 of 12

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Box 4 of 12

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Box 4 of 12

National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)

Box 4 of 12

NMAAHC - Advisory Council

Box 4 of 12

NMAAHC - Building Plans

Box 4 of 12

National Museum of African Art

Box 4 of 12

National Museum of American History (NMAH)

Box 4 of 12

NMAH - Advisory Board

Box 4 of 12

Box 5

NMAH - Behring Center

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Exhibition Services

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Lemelson, Jerome and Dorothy Center

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Home and Community Life, Division of

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Information Technology and Communications, Division of

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Medicine and Science, Division of

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Military History and Diplomacy, Division of

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Numismatics

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Politics and Reform, Division of

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Politics and Reform, Division of - Star-Spangled Banner

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Work and Industry, Division of

Box 5 of 12

NMAH - Work and Industry, Division of - Transportation

Box 5 of 12

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)

Box 5 of 12

NMAI - Publications

Box 5 of 12

National Portrait Gallery (NPG)

Box 5 of 12

NPG - Commission

Box 5 of 12

National Postal Museum

Box 5 of 12

Ripley Center, S. Dillon

Box 5 of 12

Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Commission

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Kogod Courtyard

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Lunder Conservation Center

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Renwick Gallery

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture

Box 5 of 12

Office of National Programs

Box 5 of 12

Smithsonian Affiliations Program

Box 5 of 12

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies

Box 5 of 12

Smithsonian Latino Center (SLC)

Box 5 of 12

SLC - National Board

Box 5 of 12

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services

Box 5 of 12

The Smithsonian Associates

Box 5 of 12

Resident Associate Program

Box 5 of 12

Smithsonian Photography Initiative

Box 5 of 12

Office of Special Events and Protocol (Correspondence from January 1 thru March 30)

Box 5 of 12

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ART (Correspondence from January thru March, and then reorganized under USHAC)

Archives of American Art

Box 5 of 12

National Museum of African Art (NMAfA)

Box 5 of 12

NMAfA - Board

Box 5 of 12

Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture

Box 5 of 12

Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum

Box 5 of 12

Freer Gallery of Art

Box 5 of 12

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG)

Box 5 of 12

National Portrait Gallery (NPG)

Box 5 of 12

NPG - Search Committee

Box 5 of 12

Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Commission

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Lunder Conservation Center

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Renwick Gallery

Box 5 of 12

SAAM - Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture

Box 5 of 12

UNDER SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE

Office of International Relations (OIR)

Box 5 of 12

OIR - Dazzler

Box 5 of 12

Senior Scholar Emeritus (Wilton Dillon)

Box 5 of 12

National Air and Space Museum (NASM)

Box 5 of 12

NASM - Udvar-Hazy, Steven F. Center

Box 5 of 12

Box 6

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Advisory Board

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Anthropology, Department of (SOA)

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Repatriation Office

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Entomology, Department of

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Encyclopedia of Life

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Exhibiting

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Jazz Cafe

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Mineral Sciences, Department of

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Museum Support Center

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Ocean Science Initiative

Box 6 of 12

NMNH - Zoology, Department of

Box 6 of 12

National Zoological Park (NZP)

Box 6 of 12

NZP - Advisory Board

Box 6 of 12

NZP - Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ)

Box 6 of 12

National Science Resources Center

Box 6 of 12

Office of Research Training and Services

Box 6 of 12

Secretary's Distinguished Scientific Research Fellowship

Box 6 of 12

Museum Conservation Institute

Box 6 of 12

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Box 6 of 12

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Box 6 of 12

Smithsonian Libraries (SIL)

Box 6 of 12

SIL - Board

Box 6 of 12

Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press

Box 6 of 12

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Box 6 of 12

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

Universities/General, A-Z [empty: E, I, Q, U, X, Y, Z; Note: Under letter G, "GeoTech" (2 folders)]

Box 6 of 12

Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center

Box 6 of 12

SMITHSONIAN SECRETARIES

Search Committee

Box 6 of 12

SECRETARY G. WAYNE CLOUGH

Executive Assistant to the President (Patricia Bartlett)

Box 6 of 12

Mrs. Anne Clough

Box 6 of 12

Clubs and Associations

Box 6 of 12

Condolences

Box 6 of 12

Box 7

Congratulations (3 folders)

Box 7 of 12

Gifts and Honors

Box 7 of 12

Interviews

Box 7 of 12

Invitations

Box 7 of 12

Personal (2 folders)

Box 7 of 12

Speech

Box 7 of 12

Trip

Box 7 of 12

Written Articles

Box 7 of 12

ACTING SECRETARY CRISTIÁN SAMPER

Clubs and Associations

Box 7 of 12

Condolences

Box 7 of 12

Congratulations

Box 7 of 12

Gifts and Honors

Box 7 of 12

Interviews

Box 7 of 12

Invitations

Box 7 of 12

Personal

Box 7 of 12

Speech

Box 7 of 12

Trip

Box 7 of 12

Written Articles

Box 7 of 12

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART (NGA)

NGA - Board of Trustees

Box 7 of 12

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (JFKC)

JFKC - Board of Trustees

Box 7 of 12

FEDERAL AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS, AND DEPARTMENTS

Commerce, Department of

Box 7 of 12

D. C. Government

Box 7 of 12

Defense, Army and Air Force, Department of

Box 7 of 12

Education, Department of

Box 7 of 12

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Box 7 of 12

Federal City Council

Box 7 of 12

General Accounting Office

Box 7 of 12

Homeland Security, Department of

Box 7 of 12

Interior, Department of

Box 7 of 12

National Park Service

Box 7 of 12

Librarian of Congress

Box 7 of 12

Merit System Protection Board

Box 7 of 12

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Box 7 of 12

National Endowment for the Arts

Box 7 of 12

Office of Management and Budget

Box 7 of 12

Office of Personnel Management

Box 7 of 12

Box 8

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

Box 8 of 12

State, Department of

Box 8 of 12

White House

Box 8 of 12

Committee for the Preservation of the White House

Box 8 of 12

White House Historical Association

Box 8 of 12

Woodrow Wilson International Commission for Scholars

Box 8 of 12

PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of Museums

Box 8 of 12

Carnegie Institution

Box 8 of 12

Foundations, A-Z (empty: X, Y, Z)

Box 8 of 12

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

UNESCO

Box 8 of 12

COUNTRIES (Office of International Relations)

Australia

Box 8 of 12

China

Box 8 of 12

Germany

Box 8 of 12

Mexico

Box 8 of 12

Panama

Box 8 of 12

Spain

Box 8 of 12

MISCELLANEOUS, A-Z (empty: O, Q, X, Y, Z)

REGENTS, OFFICE OF

Office of the Inspector General

Box 8 of 12

Audit and Review Committee (Folder 1 of 2)

Box 8 of 12

Box 9

Audit and Review Committee (Folder 2 of 2)

Box 9 of 12

Compensation and Human Resources

Box 9 of 12

Dinner

Box 9 of 12

Executive Committee

Box 9 of 12

Facilities Revitalization

Box 9 of 12

Finance and Investment Committee

Box 9 of 12

Governance and Nominating Committee

Box 9 of 12

Independent Review Committee

Box 9 of 12

Meetings (Agenda Papers)

Box 9 of 12

Meetings - January 2008

Box 9 of 12

Meetings - May 2008

Box 9 of 12

Membership

Box 9 of 12

Regent Naming

Box 9 of 12

Regent Member - David Acheson (3 folders)

Box 9 of 12

Regent Member - Ann Armstrong

Box 9 of 12

Regent Member - Howard Baker

Box 9 of 12

Regent Member - William Bowen (2 folders)

Box 9 of 12

Box 10

Regent Member - Eli Broad

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Warren Burger (Deceased)

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Richard Cheney

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Jeannie Clarke

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Silvio Conte

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Barber Conable, Jr.

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Anne D'Harnoncourt (Deceased)

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Christopher Dodd

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Thomas Folley

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Bill Frist

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Phillip Frost

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - E. J. "Jake" Garn (2 folders)

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Murray Gell-Mann

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Louis V. Gerstner

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Hanna Gray

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Albert Gore, Jr.

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - I. Michael Heyman (Deceased)

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - A Leon Higginbotham (Deceased)

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Carlsise Humelsine

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Manuel Ibanez

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Samuel Johnson

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Steven Latourette

Box 10 of 12

Regent Member - Bob Livingston

Box 10 of 12

Box 11

Regent Member - Walter Massey

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Doris Matsui

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Robert Matsui

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Joseph McDade

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Barnabas McHenry (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Norman Mineta (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Morgan Roberts

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Daniel Moynihan (Deceased) (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Homer Neal

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - William Natcher

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Ralph Regula

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - William H. Rehnquist (2 folders)

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - James Sasser

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Frank Shrontz

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Alan Simpson

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Alan Spoon

Box 11 of 12

Regent Member - Esteban Torres

Box 11 of 12

Box 12

Regent Member - Danforth Quayle

Box 12 of 12

Regent Member - John W. Warner

Box 12 of 12

Regent Member - Jamie Whitten

Box 12 of 12

Regent Member - James Woolsey

Box 12 of 12

Regent Member - Wesley Williams

Box 12 of 12