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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
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circa 1974-1983
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-030
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the correspondence and subject files of David Challinor, former Assistant Secretary for Science. The records document Challinor's association with the Front Royal Science Conference, Charles Darwin Foundation, and the Institute of Ecology. Also includes information pertaining to Smithsonian Science Bureau planning ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
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1971
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-077
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of two Environmental Sciences Program (ESP) reports from 1971. These records complement other environmental monitoring and baseline data reports and ESP files in Record Unit 329.
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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
- Repository:
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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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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
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1965-1971
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8.5 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 150
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These files include the record copy of proposals for research awards for the fiscal years 1967 and 1968. Included are both new proposals and those proposals from previous fiscal years for which continued support was sought. The FY 1967 proposals and progress reports were generally made to Harry Hyman, Smithsonian Research Award Administrator ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
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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. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research
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circa 1979-1990
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 527
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the files of Ross B. Simons through 1989 and document his responsibilities in the science bureaus of the Smithsonian Institution, particularly its environmental programs. The records include correspondence and memoranda, reports, fellowship information, minutes of meetings, and budget files. Researchers should also co...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
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FY 1992-FY 1993
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-127
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of budget submissions to the Assistant Secretary for Research, Robert S. Hoffmann, and justifications for those Offices and bureaus that contain a research component, for FY 1992 and FY 1993. Some files also refer to the budget planning process overall, e.g. "Senate Questions and Answers," and "Office of Management ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
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1985-1993
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-128
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the Research Opportunity Fund (ROF) for fiscal years 1986 through 1992. The fund was administered by the Assistant Secretary for Research (David Challinor and Robert S. Hoffmann) and awards were made competitively to support short-term opportunities for research, usually involving travel to...
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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1966-1977
- Size:
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-059
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of research and reference materials related to the study of the biological impact of a proposed sea level canal through the Isthmus of Panama. In particular, many of the records focus on the sea snake. A large portion of these records were originally compiled by Ernst Mayr, Chairman of the National Research Council, ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
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1989-1994
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-083
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activity of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Sciences, the predecessor office to the Assistant Provost for the Sciences, under the direction of Robert Hoffmann. The records chiefly concern the years 1992 and 1993, but records run from 1989 to 1994. Subject fi...