Correspondence

Summary

Collection ID:: Record Unit 344
Creators:: National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
Dates:: circa 1981-1989
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

These records consist primarily of the correspondence files of the department for fiscal years 1987-1989, divided into separate series for museums, people, organizations, and international correspondence. Also included is a chronological file of staff memoranda and some miscellaneous correspondence of curator Robert C. Mikesh, circa 1981-1986.

Historical Note

Edmund T. Wooldridge, Jr., served as Chairman of the Department of Aeronautics, 1983-1986. Von D. Hardesty became Acting Chairman in 1986 and then Chairman until July, 1987, when Donald S. Lopez became Acting Chairman, serving 1987-1988. In 1989 Dominick A. Pisano was appointed Acting Chairman.

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Prefered Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 344, National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics, Correspondence

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Hardesty, Von, 1939-	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Lopez, Donald S., 1923-2008	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Mikesh, Robert C.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Pisano, Dominick A., 1943-	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Wooldridge, E. T.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Museum curators	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautical museums	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Manuscripts	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

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Smithsonian Institution Archives

Washington, D.C.

Correspondence, circa 1981-1989