Repair Projects
This accession consists of specifications, blueprints, shop drawings, calculations, and photographs for repair projects within the buildings of the Smithsonian Institution. Buildings include the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of Natural History, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Arts & Industries Building, the …
Records
This accession consists of fiscal year reports from various bureaus, departments, and museums within the Smithsonian Institution.
John J. Wurdack Papers
This accession consists mainly of the professional correspondence of John J. Wurdack, botanist, during his tenure in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, 1960-1991; and before that, at the New York Botanical Garden. Also included are drafts of manuscripts, expedition reports, and miscellaneous files.
Roy S. Clarke Papers
Roy S. Clarke, Jr., Curator Emeritus, Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), is an authority on meteorites. This accession consists of materials created and collected by Clarke documenting research on the Port Orford Meteorite. Materials include correspondence, drafts, manuscripts, and notes of Clarke; correspondence, drafts, notes …
Special Events Records
This accession consists of records documenting special events at the National Museum of Natural History during the tenure of Frank Talbot. Materials include correspondence and memoranda concerning event logistics; guest lists; catering information; itineraries; requests for building management support; and brochures about the events. On occasion there are photographs of …
Departmental Records
These records document "Airlift" tours arranged for contributing members of the Archives of American Art (AAA), who travel abroad to visit art museums and other related attractions in support of AAA. Materials include itineraries, correspondence pertaining to foreign museum visits, lists of "Airlift" participants, tour brochures, and notes.
Clarence Raymond Carpenter Field Notes
Clarence Raymond Carpenter (1905-1975) was a psychologist and primatologist. This accession consists of typed copies of Carpenter's field notes and observations on howler monkeys on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, circa 1930s. Carpenter conducted the first study of howler monkey behavior on the Island.
Margaret J. Geller Videohistory Interviews
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical research when …
Website Records
The Department of Anthropology website, crawled October 6, 2015, includes information about collections, staff, staff publications, and training programs and hosts the official websites of several departmental research programs such as the Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology, the Repatriation Office, the Paleo-Indian Program, and the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology. The …
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Subject Files
This record unit documents the work of the Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs, Paul N. Perrot, over a substantial period of his tenure and the tenure of his successor, William N. Richards. Records concern issues of general Smithsonian Institution administration and policy, as well as more specific topics dealing with …
