Smithsonian Institution Archives

Records, circa 1975-1986

Summary

Collection ID:
SIA.FARU0557
Creators:
Smithsonian National Associate Regional Events Program
Dates:
circa 1975-1986
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
11.5 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

Descriptive Entry
This record unit consists of SNAP administrative records that document program activities. The records include correspondence and memoranda with Smithsonian Institution offices and bureaus, corporations, members, and grant foundations; annual appeals, promotional material, bequests, accounting summaries, and special events files of the Contributing Membership Program; course curricula and publicity information of the Lecture and Seminar Program; operations manual and reports of the Regional Events Program; and brochures of the Selected Studies Program.

Historical Note

Historical Note
The Smithsonian National Associates Program (SNAP) was established in 1970 in conjunction with Smithsonian magazine. Through Smithsonian magazine, and in cooperation with other Smithsonian Institution bureaus, SNAP provides educational and cultural activities for contributing members throughout the nation and around the world, in order to "increase their awareness of the Institution and encourage support for its work."
In 1975, Robert H. Angle was appointed general manager of SNAP. The following year SNAP was composed of three units: the Regional Associates Program, the Contributing Membership Program, and the Associates Travel Program, each offering benefits directed toward increasing membership interaction with the Smithsonian. Regional Associates was renamed the Regional Events Program in 1978. Also that year a Selected Studies Program was established, and Angle's title was changed to director. Angle served in this capacity until Jacqueline Austin, a program director of the Associates Travel Program, replaced him in 1982. The Regional Events Program eventually merged with Selected Studies, in 1985, to form the Lecture and Seminar Program.
Staff of SNAP has included Robert H. Angle, general manager, 1975-1977, and director, 1978-1981; Jacqueline Austin, program manager of Associates Travel, 1977-1981, and director, 1982- ; Joseph Carper, assistant director, 1985- ; Charlene James-Duguid, program coordinator of Regional Associates, 1976-1977, program manager of Regional Events, 1978-1983, and program manager of Lectures and Seminars, 1984- ; Jessie A. Brinkley, program assistant, 1976-1977, program coordinator, 1978, and program manager of Contributing Membership, 1979-1981; Fern Segerlind, program manager of Contributing Membership, 1986- ; Janet Fesler, program manager of Contributing Membership, 1982-1985; Nancy Starr, program manager of Selected Studies, 1978-1983, program assistant for Lectures and Seminars, 1984; Abby Whitenack, administrative coordinator, 1981, and program analyst, 1982-1983; and Prudence Clendenning, program coordinator of Associates Travel, 1976-1977, deputy program manager, 1978-1981, and program manager, 1982- .

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 557, Smithsonian National Associate Regional Events Program, Records

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Angle, Robert H. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Austin, Jacqueline Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Carper, Joseph Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
James-Duguid, Charlene, 1942- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Brinkley, Jessie A. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Segerlind, Fern Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fesler, Janet Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Starr, Nancy Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Whitenack, Abby Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian Institution -- Administration Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian National Associates Program Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian National Associate Regional Events Program. Contributing Membership Office Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian National Associates Program. Lecture and Seminar Program Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian National Associates Program. Selected Studies Program Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian Magazine Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Museums -- Membership Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Museums -- Educational aspects Topic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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