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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 17-019

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost

Subject Files, 1994-1998, 2004-2016

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost
Title:Subject Files
Dates:1994-1998, 2004-2016
Quantity:6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 17-019
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consist of records maintained by Dianne Niedner, Senior Program Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost. The Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost was created in February 2016 when the Office of the Under Secretary for Science, the Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Collections and Interdisciplinary Support, and the Grand Challenges Consortia were combined. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, clippings, and reports. Some materials are in electronic format.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consist of records maintained by Dianne Niedner, Senior Program Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost. The Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost was created in February 2016 when the Office of the Under Secretary for Science, the Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Collections and Interdisciplinary Support, and the Grand Challenges Consortia were combined. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, clippings, and reports. Some materials are in electronic format.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2032; Transferring office; 10/24/2016 memorandum, Milhoan to Niedner; Contact reference staff for details.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-019, Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost, Subject Files

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Container List

Box 1

American Folk Art Museum, 2011

Box 1 of 6

Ennis Bequest, 2012

Box 1 of 6

Consortia - General, 2009-2014

Box 1 of 6

Consortium - American Experience - Ideas Fair, 2010

Box 1 of 6

Consortium - World Culture - Ideas Fair, 2010

Box 1 of 6

Delegation of Authority, 2008-2013

Box 1 of 6

Directors' Meeting, 2009

Box 1 of 6

Directors' Meeting, 2010

Box 1 of 6

Directors' Meeting, 2011

Box 1 of 6

Directors' Meeting, 2012

Box 1 of 6

Directors' Meeting, 2013

Box 1 of 6

Directors' Meeting, 2014

Box 1 of 6

Directors' Meeting, 2015

Box 1 of 6

Facilities Capital Planning, FY 2012

Box 1 of 6

History and Culture Committee, 2007-2008

Box 1 of 6

Briefing Memorandum, 2015

Box 1 of 6

General, 2013

Box 1 of 6

Cultural Heritage Preservation, 2010-2012

Box 1 of 6

Latino Museum - History, 2006

Box 1 of 6

National Programs - History, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 6

National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) - General, FY 2012

Box 1 of 6

NMAfA - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 1 of 6

National Museum of American History (NMAH) - Confederate Currency Issue, July 2010

Box 1 of 6

NMAH - General, FY 2012

Box 1 of 6

NMAH - General, FY 2013

Box 1 of 6

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 1 of 6

NMAI - Reorganization, 2009-2010

Box 1 of 6

National Portrait Gallery (NPG) - Hide/Seek Exhibition, 2010

Box 1 of 6

NPG - General, FY 2012

Box 1 of 6

NPG - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 1 of 6

NPG - Reorganization, 2010-2013

Box 1 of 6

National Postal Museum (NPM) - General, FY 2012

Box 1 of 6

NPM - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 1 of 6

Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 1 of 6

Smithsonian Latino Center (SLC) - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 1 of 6

SLC - Reorganization, 2009

Box 1 of 6

History, Art, and Culture Exhibition Guidelines, December 2010

Box 1 of 6

Box 2

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (CHNDM) - Oversight Meetings, 2008-2009 (3 folders)

Box 2 of 6

CHNDM - Oversight Meetings, 2010

Box 2 of 6

CHNDM - Oversight Meetings, 2011-2012

Box 2 of 6

CHNDM - Oversight Meetings, 2013-2014

Box 2 of 6

Personnel System Reform - Final Report, 1997-1998, 2003

Box 2 of 6

Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) and Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL), 2005

Box 2 of 6

"Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds," Discussion Meeting, 2011

Box 2 of 6

SAAM and NPG, 2009, 2014

Box 2 of 6

Report of the Latino Task Force, 1994-1998

Box 2 of 6

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) Seasonal Inflatable Structure - Project Assessment, April 2013

Box 2 of 6

HMSG - Board of Trustees Handbook, February 2014

Box 2 of 6

HMSG - Oversight Meetings, 2011-2012

Box 2 of 6

NPM - Oversight Meetings, May 2010-December 2010

Box 2 of 6

NPM - Oversight Meetings, 2011

Box 2 of 6

Box 3

NPM - Oversight Meetings, 2012

Box 3 of 6

NMAH - Oversight Meetings, FY 2007-2008 (3 folders)

Box 3 of 6

NMAH - Oversight Meetings, FY 2011-2012

Box 3 of 6

National Museum for African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) - Oversight Meetings, FY 2005-2006

Box 3 of 6

NMAAHC - Oversight Meetings, FY 2007-2008

Box 3 of 6

NMAAHC - Oversight Meetings, FY 2009-2010

Box 3 of 6

NMAAHC - Oversight Meetings, FY 2011

Box 3 of 6

NMAAHC - Oversight Meetings, FY 2012

Box 3 of 6

Quad Council, FY 2010 (includes electronic records)

Box 3 of 6

Quad Council, FY 2011

Box 3 of 6

Quad Council, FY 2012

Box 3 of 6

Quad Council, FY 2013

Box 3 of 6

Quad Council, FY 2014

Box 3 of 6

Quad Council, FY 2015

Box 3 of 6

Quad Council, FY 2016

Box 3 of 6

Renwick Gallery - Oversight Meetings, FY 2013

Box 3 of 6

Exhibition Review Committee (ERC) - Background Information, 2005-2008

Box 3 of 6

Guidelines for Exhibition Proposals, undated

Box 3 of 6

ERC - Meeting Notes, 2008

Box 3 of 6

ERC - Meeting Notes, 2009

Box 3 of 6

ERC - Meeting Notes, 2010

Box 3 of 6

Box 4

ERC - Meeting Notes, 2011

Box 4 of 6

ERC - Meeting Notes, 2012

Box 4 of 6

International Gallery Transition, FY 2013 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

International Gallery Treaty, FY 2011-2012

Box 4 of 6

Quad Loading Dock Project, 2012

Box 4 of 6

Quad Auditorium Renovation, FY 2012-2013

Box 4 of 6

Math Alive, 2012

Box 4 of 6

Smithsonian Emergency Management Advisory Committee (SEMAC), 2014 (4 folders)

Box 4 of 6

SEMAC, 2016

Box 4 of 6

Operational Review, FY 2008

Box 4 of 6

Operational Review, FY 2009

Box 4 of 6

Operational Review, FY 2010

Box 4 of 6

Archives of American Art (AAA) - General, FY 2012

Box 4 of 6

AAA - General, FY 2013

Box 4 of 6

Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) - General, FY 2012

Box 4 of 6

ACM - General, FY 2013

Box 4 of 6

Asian Pacific American Center (APAC) - Transition, FY 2010

Box 4 of 6

APAC - General, FY 2012

Box 4 of 6

APAC - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 4 of 6

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) - General, FY 2012

Box 4 of 6

CFCH - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 4 of 6

CFCH - Inspector General Audit, FY 2011-2012

Box 4 of 6

CFCH - Smithsonian Directive 603 Review, FY 2015

Box 4 of 6

CHNDM - General, FY 2012

Box 4 of 6

CHNDM - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 4 of 6

Freer-Sackler Galleries (FSG) - General, FY 2012

Box 4 of 6

FSG - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 4 of 6

Box 5

FSG - Closure, 2014

Box 5 of 6

FSG - Reorganization, FY 2011

Box 5 of 6

FSG - Roads of Arabia, FY 2012-2013

Box 5 of 6

HMSG - General, FY 2012

Box 5 of 6

HMSG - Clark, Erica, 2012-2013

Box 5 of 6

NMAAHC - General, FY 2012

Box 5 of 6

NMAAHC - General, FY 2013-2015

Box 5 of 6

Research Equipment Pool (REP), FY 2009

Box 5 of 6

REP - Summary, FY 2010

Box 5 of 6

REP, FY 2010

Box 5 of 6

REP, 2011

Box 5 of 6

REP, 2012 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

REP, 2013-2014

Box 5 of 6

Research Opportunities Fund (ROF), FY 2008

Box 5 of 6

ROF - Report, FY 2009

Box 5 of 6

ROF - Awards, FY 2010

Box 5 of 6

ROF - Call for Request, FY 2010-2011

Box 5 of 6

ROF - Awards, FY 2011 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

ROF - Awards, FY 2012

Box 5 of 6

ROF - Awards, FY 2013

Box 5 of 6

ROF - Awards, FY 2015-2016

Box 5 of 6

Scholarly Studies, 2008-2009

Box 5 of 6

Scholarly Studies, 2009-2010

Box 5 of 6

Scholarly Studies, 2011-2013

Box 5 of 6

Under Secretaries Reorganization, 2009 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Box 6

Advisory Boards - General, 1995, 2008-2014

Box 6 of 6

Advisory Boards - Nominations Process, 2009

Box 6 of 6

Advisory Boards - Member Orientation, 2007-2013

Box 6 of 6

Advisory Boards - Task Force, 2007-2009

Box 6 of 6

Advisory Boards - Unit Recommendations, 2002, 2013

Box 6 of 6

Buyout - FY 2010

Box 6 of 6

Exhibition Study - FY 2003

Box 6 of 6

Exhibition Study - Background, FY 2004-2005

Box 6 of 6

Exhibitions - General, 2003-2006

Box 6 of 6

Exhibitions - Maintenance, 2008, 2013

Box 6 of 6

Exhibitions - Smithsonian Directive 603 Review, NMAH, 2011

Box 6 of 6

Redesign - Exhibition Services, 2011

Box 6 of 6

International Museum Education Programs, 2009

Box 6 of 6

Office of the Regents - First Quarter Reports, FY 2010

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Office of the Regents - Second Quarter Reports, FY 2010

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Office of the Regents - Third Quarter Reports, FY 2010

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Office of the Regents - Fourth Quarter Reports, FY 2010

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Office of the Regents - First Quarter Reports, FY 2011

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Office of the Regents - Second Quarter Reports, FY 2011

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Office of the Regents - Third Quarter Reports, FY 2011

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Office of the Regents - Fourth Quarter Reports, FY 2011

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Office of the Regents - First Quarter Reports, FY 2013

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Office of the Regents - Second Quarter Reports, FY 2013

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Office of the Regents - Third Quarter Reports, FY 2013

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Office of the Regents - Research/Collections Highlights, FY 2013-2014

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Office of the Regents - Reports, 2005-2006, 2009

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Shutdown Guidance, 2011-2014

Box 6 of 6

Site Survey, 2006

Box 6 of 6

Strategic Plan, 2001-2008

Box 6 of 6

Succession Planning, 2003-2004

Box 6 of 6

Transition - Secretary Clough, 2008

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Transition - Secretary Resignation, 2008

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