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National Museum of Natural History. Environmental Awareness Program
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1989-1995
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-173
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Ocean Planet exhibition opened in April 1995 at the National Museum of Natural History, and is scheduled to travel in twelve cities through 1999. These records consist primarily of script drafts and reviews by Smithsonian employees, government officials, and national experts on environmental issues. The Rockefeller files contain broch...
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Website Records
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Smithsonian Institution
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1995-2015
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-248
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of "Ocean Planet," one of the Smithsonian Institution's first websites, as it existed on April 23, 2015. A preview of the website was first made available on April 20, 1995, as part of the press preview of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) website of the same name, but did not officially launch until Ma...
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National Museum of Natural History. Environmental Awareness Program
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1988-1995
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-011
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of records that document the concept, design, and installation of the Environmental Awareness Program's (EAP) traveling exhibition Ocean Planet, which opened at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) on April 22, 1995. The exhibit, which is meant to heighten the public's awareness of conservation i...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
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circa 1994-1995, 2006-2009
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-147
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Deborah Rothberg, Education Specialist, 1974-2009, documenting the planning of educational activities for the Sant Ocean Hall which opened in 2008. A small amount of material documents activities related to the earlier traveling exhibition, Ocean Planet, organized by the Smithso...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central. Exhibits Editor's Office
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1975-1995
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-088
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the work of the Exhibits Editors' Office in the Office of Exhibits Central dealing with permanent exhibit halls and special exhibits. Some of the museums and offices that are represented in this collection are: the Anacostia Museum, Horticulture, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), N...
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1979-1998
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22 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-204
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the organization, design, and promotion of exhibits. Major exhibitions represented include Ocean Planet, Seeds of Change, and Tropical Rainforests: A Disappearing Treasure. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, planning documents, exhibit proposals, research notes and materials, lett...
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1984-2015
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-218
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) regarding the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions "Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight", "Magic, Myths, and Minerals: Chinese Jades from the Sackler Gallery", "Small ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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1981-2002
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-068
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development, design, and execution of special exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Some records also document installations of these NMNH exhibitions at other museums or traveling exhibitions from other museums that were installed at NMNH. Exhibitions documented i...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education
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circa 1978-2001
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-094
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting special programs and other educational activities and products created by the National Museum of Natural History, Office of Education, usually in conjunction with special exhibitions. Special exhibitions documented in this accession include African Voices; Ban Chiang: Discovery of a Lost Bron...
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National Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Mineral Sciences
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1956-2004
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-003
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the professional correspondence of Tom Simkin, Curator of Petrology and Volcanology, 1972-2003, and Senior Geologist and Volcanologist, 2003-2009. Simkin also served as Geologist, Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center, 1967-1972. Major topics covered in this accession include the creation and revision of "This Dyn...