Subject Files, 2003-2015

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Summary

This accession consists of the email account of Pherabe Kolb and includes approximately 148,639 messages that document the work of Kolb in the various offices and positions she held while at the Smithsonian Institution, the last being as Director of Planning within the Office for the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture from August 2015 to November 2015. Previously from December 2003 to April 2007, Kolb was in the Office of Government Relations and worked on Congressional hearings and Government Accountability Office investigations; from April 2007 to October 2007, she was in the Office of the Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer and worked on the Smithsonian Business Ventures Task Force; from October 2007 to April 2011, she was in the Office of the Undersecretary for Finance and Administration working on the Smithsonian strategic plan, the Smithsonian reorganization, and refreshing the main Smithsonian website; from April 2011 to October 2014, she was in the Office of Communications and External Affairs working on the new Smithsonian brand strategy, the Seriously Amazing ad campaign and website, and the Arts and Industries Building Innovation Space project; and from November 2014 to August 2015, she was Acting Deputy Director at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Materials are in electronic format.

Subject

  • Kolb, Pherabe
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Government Relations
  • b United States Government Accountability Office
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of the Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer
  • Smithsonian Business Ventures
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of the Under Secretary for Finance and Administration
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of External Affairs and Communications
  • Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
  • Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Administration

Notes

For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 2003
  • 2003-2015

Restrictions & Rights

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2031. Records may contain personally identifiable information (PII) that is permanently restricted; Transferring office; 08/08/2016 memorandum, Toda to Kurin; Contact reference staff for details

Topic

  • Legislative hearings
  • Public relations
  • Inventors
  • Inventions
  • Branding (Marketing)
  • Strategic planning
  • Museums
  • Technological innovations
  • Web sites
  • Museums--Public relations

Place

United States

Form/Genre

  • Electronic mail
  • Collection descriptions
  • Electronic records

Local number

SIA Acc. 16-281

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