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Smithsonian Institution. Contracts Office
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1961-1966
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8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 168
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of correspondence, memoranda, contracts, bids and invitations, proposals, reports and related materials maintained by the Contracts Office concerning Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) projects, especially Project Celescope. Of special interest are materials documenting contracts with Electro-Mechanical ...
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National Air and Space Museum
- Dates:
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1977, 1979, 1982-1992
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2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-121
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting events, mostly for corporations and professional associations, held at the National Air and Space Museum, including introductions to special viewings of films, speeches, seminars, symposia, and meetings. Materials include audiocassettes.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Grants and Risk Management
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1953-1980
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85 cu. ft. (85 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 484
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the fiscal administration of grants received by the Smithsonian Institution. They consist of correspondence, memoranda, budgets, and reports. Many of these records were kept by Phillip H. Babcock, who became an accountant in the Fiscal Division in 1964, chief of the Contracts and Grants Section in 1966, chief of the...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Programs and Procurement Department
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1988-2008
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-222
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting outside funding for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) research, projects, and activities. These materials document grants administered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and other miscellaneous institutions. Materials include proposals, quotations, and bids from contractors, equipment make...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
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1993, 1996, 1999-2014, undated
- Size:
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-240
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual recordings regarding the Smithsonian Institution, including interviews with media outlets, footage of events, exhibits, webcasts, and public service announcements. Materials include audiotapes, videotapes, CDs, DVDs, and other audiovisual media. Some materials are in electronic format.
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National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Department
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circa 1965-2015
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31.20 cu. ft. (64 blueprint storage boxes) (3 16x20 boxes) (15 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-013
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the design and update of galleries and exhibitions for the National Air and Space Museum as well as the design or redesign on the building itself and its office spaces. A small number of drawings document design projects at the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian Institution Building ...
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Oral history interviews with David Challinor
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Challinor, David, 1920-2008, interviewee
- Dates:
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1999
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27 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9599
- Repository:
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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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1986-1987
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8 videotapes (Reference copies). 22 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9539
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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Bellcomm, Inc.
- Dates:
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1959-1972
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81.71 Cubic feet (222 letter document boxes, 1 slim letter document box, 4 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0093
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains the non-book portion of Bellcomm's Technical Library. The material in the collection consists of technical reports prepared by NASA subcontractors and/or NASA facilities during the first decade of space exploration (1960-1970). The collections also includes some reports issued by the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) at Pasadena, CA, including Space Program and Research Summaries, as well as technical and engineering documents.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Sponsored Projects and Procurement Department
- Dates:
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2003-2006
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-292
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting outside funding for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) research, projects, and activities. Materials include proposals, quotations, and bids from contractors, equipment makers, and other vendors to provide services, equipment, and instruments for SAO.