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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession T90021

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Registrar

Collection Access Survey Records, 1970-1975

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Registrar
Title:Collection Access Survey Records
Dates:1970-1975
Quantity:1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession T90021
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession contains material pertaining to a collections access survey conducted by the Office of the Registrar, primarily by Richard H. Lytle and Dagobert Soergel, and headed by Paul N. Perrot, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs. It consists of completed survey forms and information relating to accession information and collection management projects conducted by Smithsonian Institution registrars and collection managers, correspondence regarding the survey project, and computer printouts. Some of this data may be summarized in reports found in Record Unit 568.

Descriptive Entry

This collection consists of materials pertaining to a collections access survey conducted by the Office of the Registrar, primarily by Richard H. Lytle and Dagobert Soergel, and headed by Paul N. Perrot, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs. It consists of completed survey forms and information relating to accession information and collection management projects conducted by Smithsonian registrars and collection managers, correspondence regarding the survey project, and computer printouts. Some of this data may be summarized in reports found in Record Unit 568.

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

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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession T90021, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Registrar, Collection Access Survey Records

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Container List

Box 1

Data Elements

Box 1 of 2

Smithsonian Institution (SI) Fellows

Box 1 of 2

Collection Access Survey

Box 1 of 2

Notes for Reports

Box 1 of 2

Computer Printouts of Files

Box 1 of 2

Data Collecting Projects Inventory

Box 1 of 2

Interviews

Box 1 of 2

Coding Forms

Box 1 of 2

Questionnaires on Intellectual Access to Smithsonian Collections, by code number (122 folders)

Box 1 of 2

Various Comments on Questionnaires

Box 1 of 2

Science Information Exchange

Box 1 of 2

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Office of Systematics

Box 1 of 2

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

National Gallery of Art

Box 2 of 2

Non-Conventional File Structure Data-Collecting Projects in the Smithsonian Institution: A Survey

Box 2 of 2

Computer Services Study

Box 2 of 2

Catalog of Information Needs

Box 2 of 2

Trade Literature Survey

Box 2 of 2

336 Files

Box 2 of 2

17 Office of the Registrar Files

Box 2 of 2

28 Office of Printing and Photographic Services Files

Box 2 of 2

3231 Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center Files

Box 2 of 2

33 National Museum of Natural History Files

Box 2 of 2

335 Mineral Sciences Files

Box 2 of 2

Art Museum Files

Box 2 of 2

59 Joseph Henry Papers File

Box 2 of 2

6D Library Files

Box 2 of 2

Identification Codes and Abbreviations

Box 2 of 2

SELGEM

Box 2 of 2

Collecting Information on Use of Files

Box 2 of 2

Registration

Box 2 of 2

Libraries

Box 2 of 2

Documentary Services

Box 2 of 2

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