Records
This accession consists of monthly and annual reports, miscellaneous files of the Director, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, files on the National Museum of History and Technology's Association of Curators, and library responses to Secretarial correspondence.
Committee Records
This accession consists of meeting minutes from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' Executive Committee and Director's Council. Records were maintained by Barbara J. Smith, Director, 1989-1997, and Nancy E. Gwinn, Director, 1998- .
Records
This accession consists of records that document the activities of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Records include American Library Association materials, correspondence, a vertical file, and acquisitions and exchanges from the early 20th Century.
Records
This accession consists of topical files concerning the Smithsonian Institution Libraries' relations with outside organizations and Smithsonian projects and committees. Materials include correspondence and information pertaining to organizations, conferences, and meetings.
Records
This accesssion consists of budget materials, in loose leaf binders and annoted (includes many copies), 1972-1980. Also included are miscellaneous files of memoranda, reports, and other items on various aspects of library policies, 1937-1975.
Capital Campaign Files
This accession documents the development and execution of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries capital campaign. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, case statements, reports, presentations, publicity working files, and related materials.
Advisory Board Records
This accession consists of records documenting the meetings of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) Advisory Board. Materials include agendas, minutes, notes, member lists, reports, by-laws, informational materials, brochures, photographs, and related materials. In addition, this accession includes records documenting the meetings of the Board's Campaign Steering Committee and SIL's Capital …
Records
These records contain material concerning both the Smithsonian and United States National Museum (USNM) libraries and consist mostly of incoming and outgoing correspondence. Most of the correspondence is routine and deals with requests for publications, acknowledgments of publications received, the exchange of publications, employment inquiries, staff matters, and administrative policy …
Chronological Files and Correspondence
This accession consists of chronological correspondence from Russell Shank, Director of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, and other miscellaneous correspondence and publications.
Records
This accession consists of records that document Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) collections management, both formulating policy and the details of execution. Most of the records document the work of Nancy E. Gwinn as Assistant Director for Collections Management (1984 and after), though some predate that time.
