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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1976
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-024
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes production stills from "The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary." The film, completed in 1977, provides an overview of the Smithsonian Institution with Secretary S. Dillon Ripley narrating. Materials include negatives, contact sheets, and prints.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1977-1978
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-197
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of film and audio elements for "The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary." The film, completed in 1977, provides an overview of the Smithsonian Institution with Secretary S. Dillon Ripley narrating.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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circa 1977 and undated
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 593
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of photographs of Cherkezian, circa 1977; Grayson, circa 1977; and Cornell, writer of the OTC film "Mirrors on the Universe: The MMT Story."Also included are photographs of the Emmy award received by OTC for the television show "The Smithsonian Institution with S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary," and images from the OTC ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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circa 1963-1988
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 586
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the activities of OTC under Director Nazaret Cherkezian. A small amount of records were created by Paul B. Johnson. There are also a few records created by OTC's predecessor offices. The records include correspondence, memoranda, proposals, contracts, budgets, reports, newspaper clippings, press releases, ...
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Ripley, Sidney Dillon, 1913-2001 interviewee
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1977-1993
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48 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9591
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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 the Secretary
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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...
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Rosenberg, Dorothy
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1963-1984
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9 cu. ft. (18 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7447
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Dorothy Rosenberg Papers include materials collected by Rosenberg both as a consultant researching the history of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, 1826-1984, from 1980 to 1984; and also naturally during her tenure as Executive Assistant to Secretary S. Dillon Ripley from 1973 to 1980. The first portion of the papers consi...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1950, 1964-1984
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 84-219
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of photocopies of S. Dillon Ripley's speeches, and includes three audiotapes; subject personal/confidential files including correspondence, reports and memoranda; draft copies of the Secretary's Statement; journal articles for various publications by Ripley; and Administrative Assistant to the Secretary Mary L...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Special Assistant to the Secretary (Richard Hubbard Howland)
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1957-1985
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 618
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records deal in some degree with Howland's work as Head Curator but mostly describe his assignment as a Special Assistant. Records include wide correspondence with furniture dealers, professional organizations, learned societies, historical preservation groups, and prospective donors. There is also some material documenting Howland's ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Administration
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1972-1982
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26 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 394
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the creation and work of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, the Secretary's chief deputy and operations officer of the Institution. Some records from the Office's administrative predecessor, the Office of the Under Secretary, are included as well. Researchers should note that the Assistant Sec...