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Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies. Office of the Director
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1965-1983
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16.5 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 419
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Office of the Director
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1965-1986, with related records from circa 1903
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19.85 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (9 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 412
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the research programs and administration of the Radiation Biology Laboratory (RBL), 1965-1983, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), 1983-1986, under Director William H. Klein. Also included are smaller amounts of material created by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and the ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research
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circa 1963-1986
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114 cu. ft. (228 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 329
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the administration, under David Challinor, of the science bureaus of the Smithsonian Institution, c. 1975-1985. Also included are a few records from 1971-1974 and 1986. Series 1 consists of records of the offices reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Science, including the Center for the Study of Man and the National...
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Walter Shropshire Oral History Interviews
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Shropshire, Walter, interviewee
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1998-2000
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18 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9597
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Environmental Sciences
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1965-1973
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11.5 cu. ft. (23 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 271
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of files documenting the operation of the Smithsonian Office of Ecology (SOE), 1965-1970, and its successor, the Ecology Program of the Office of Environmental Sciences (OES), 1970-1973. The records were created primarily by administrators Buechner, 1965-1968; Wallen, 1969; and Jenkins, 1970-1973. They include organiz...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
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1963-1973
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26 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 108
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records are arranged in four alphabetic subject files, overlapping in dates and subject matter. The files were probably segments of one general file which was weeded and separated as records became noncurrent.
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Shropshire, Walter
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1951-2003
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-119
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession documents Walter Shropshire's career as Assistant Director of the Radiation Biology Laboratory (RBL) and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (when RBL merged with the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies), and his research as a biophysicist. Materials include correspondence, photographs and clippings.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
- Dates:
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1963-1978
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76.5 cu. ft. (153 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 254
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of a correspondence register; files on bureaus administered by the office, including reorganization proposals for SSIE, 1972-1973, photographs of the STRI facility at Barro Colorado Island, the Johnson-Sea-Link Accident, 1973, SAC's Multiple Mirror Telescope project, 1975-1976, and the Foreign Currency Program country ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
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1976-1985
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 86-111
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes project files documenting renovation and restoration work in museums and offices at the Smithsonian Institution. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; contracts; reports; specifications; floor plans; and blueprints. Buildings and museums documented in this accession include the National Museum of Ameri...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1964-1971
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297.65 cu. ft. (568 document boxes) (91 3x5 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 99
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records reflect the growing scope and complexity of the Smithsonian during Ripley's tenure. They document the Smithsonian's changing administrative structure; growing relationships with universities, foundations, and other external groups; efforts to attract more government support for the Smithsonian; pursuit of new initiatives and...
