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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
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1963-1968
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 530
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document subcontracts issued by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and funded with private funds of the Smithsonian Institution. Materials include proposals, contracts, correspondence, memoranda, and reports concerning agreements with contractors to develop instruments and provide equipment for SAO projects and ...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
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1969-1984
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17 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 523
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the administration of contracts and grants received by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United States Air Force, and the United States Navy. They include correspondence and memoranda with contracting agencies, Smithsonian Institution o...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
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1965-1978
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20 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 525
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document quotations, proposals, and bids from contractors, equipment makers, and other vendors to provide facilities and instruments for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and its programs. Of special interest are voluminous files concerning the development and planning for the Multiple-Mirror Telescope (MMT) fa...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
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1956-1984
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36.5 cu. ft. (36 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 522
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the administration of contracts and grants supporting the Satellite Tracking Program, Project Celescope, the Meteor Research Program, and the Gravitational Redshift Space Probe Experiment. Also included are files documenting other contracts and grants, mostly with the National Aeronautics and Space Administrati...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs.
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circa 1978, 1980-1984
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-028
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the correspondence and subject files of former Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs, Paul N. Perrot. Also included are some correspondence and memoranda of William N. Richards, former Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs. The records document collections management in Smithsonian ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Institutional Advancement
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1992-1996
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-014
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the files of Alice Green Burnette, Assistant Secretary for Institutional Advancement and chairperson of the Marketing Committee of the Smithsonian's 150th Anniversary Program. The records document the planning and implementation of the sesquicentennial celebration of the Smithsonian Institution. Materials include cor...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs
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circa 1974-1987
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27 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-027
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of the files of W. Donald Duckworth and Catherine J. Kerby as Special Assistants to the Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs to coordinate the development and construction of the Museum Support Center (MSC). The records include correspondence, memoranda, plans, blueprints, bids, fiscal records, shop dr...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1965-1985
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58 cu. ft. (58 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 477
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document an important change in the scope of the Smithsonian's concerns. Four of the bureaus and offices represented in these records existed in some form prior to 1964: the National Museum of American History, the Freer Gallery of Art, the National Museum of American Art, and the National Portrait Gallery. All the others we...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1966-1980, with related records from 1961
- Size:
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48 cu. ft. (48 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 281
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the tenure of Charles Blitzer as assistant secretary for History and Art from 1973 to 1979. There are also records pertaining to the Office of Education and Training, 1965-1968, which Blitzer had directed. The celebration of the bicentennial of the American Revolution was a major Smithsonian project from 1972 to 197...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
- Dates:
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1960-1976
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90004
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of alphabetic topical files pertaining to the Hillwood Museum as part of the Smithsonian Institution (SI), including records concerning gifts, donors, grounds and gardens, loans, vendors, docents, and curatorial correspondence and memoranda to and from Curator Marvin C. Ross. Also included are budget records, maintenanc...