Description: Office of Executive Assistant to the Secretary in the east wing of the Smithsonian Institution, or Castle, April 10, 1912, with John U. Perkins, Harry Woodward Dorsey (chief clerk), and James G. Traylor (appointment clerk), SIA RU000095, SIA_000095_B37_F02_008.
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_6847,size=300,left]The records of the Office of the Secretary are arguably the most important group of records in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, with the highest research value in the Archives. Researchers can conduct focused searches on records from the Office of the Secretary in the Archives' Collection Search. From the beginning of the
Description: Ann S. Campbell was one of the first women managers at the Smithsonian. Between 1968 and 1980, she directed the Management Analysis Office, responsible for surveying the Institution’s offices on their objectives, staffing, and function and developing any necessary operational changes. Under Campbell, the office was also tasked with issuing Smithsonian directives, including