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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1986-1987
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38 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 90-074
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the administrative records of the Office of the Secretary, Robert McCormick Adams, for fiscal year 1987.
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Blitzer, Charles, interviewee
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1985-1986
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10 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9604
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Oral History Program is part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The purpose of the program is to conduct interviews with current and retired members of the Smithsonian staff who have made significant contributions, administrative and scholarly, to the Institution. The project's goal is to supplement the published record and manuscrip...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research.
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1976-1986
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34.5 cu. ft. (34 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 88-140
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records pertaining to offices reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Research as well as includes materials regarding projects funded by the Scholarly Studies Program.
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Smithsonian Institution
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2010
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-017
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting Twitter accounts maintained throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Twitter is a third-party site used for public micro-blogging by SI staff. In addition to general SI-wide accounts, many of which are managed by the Office of Public Affairs, the accession documents the accounts of the Sm...
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Oceanography and Limnology Program (Smithsonian Institution)
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1962-1974, with related records to 1977
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26.58 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 273
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists primarily of records documenting the scientific activities of OLP, 1970-1974, and its predecessors - the Assistant Director for Oceanography, NMNH, 1962-1966, and the Office of Oceanography and Limnology, 1966-1970. The records were mostly created by Wallen, Aron, and Higgins, with smaller amounts of material document...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1997
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18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-022
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities in the Office of the Secretary during the tenure Ira Michael Heyman, Secretary, 1994-1999. These records document the expansion and development of the Institution, its museums, programs, projects, research activities, and significant events. Materials include corres...
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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
- 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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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
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1860-1908
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76.58 cu. ft. (151 document boxes) (3 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 189
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Most of the correspondence is directed to Goode, with lesser amounts to True, Walcott, and Rathbun. Also, a small amount of correspondence is addressed to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, (Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel P. Langley, 1887-1906) but is generally referred to the Assistant Secretary for response. Much of the material is...
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Manly, Charles Matthews, 1876-1927
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1895-1925
bulk 1903-1915
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0.9 Cubic feet (2 legal document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1999.0004
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to Manly's aeronautical career, specifically his work with Samuel Langley's Aerodrome. The material consists of programs, publications, newspaper clippings, work notebooks, waste books, (mostly letterpress) and correspondence between Manly and the aviation and Smithsonian communities, circa 1885-1925. Correspondents include the following personalities: Glenn Curtiss, Carl Myers, Charles Walcott, Frank Lahm, Cyrus Adler, Augustus Post, and Samuel Langley.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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2000
- Size:
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-009
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of Lawrence M. Small during his first year as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums, exhibitions, research, fundraising, programs, and special events. Materials include correspondence, memorand...