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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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circa 1985-1991
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18.58 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 594
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the planning for University of the Air (after 1988 Smithsonian Project Discovery) and The Buried Mirror. Many of the records were created by Elizabeth S. Brownstein, media project development specialist, Office of Telecommunications (OTC). Also included are files of Adrian Malone, production chairman, and Edwar...
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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
- Repository:
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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. Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs
- Dates:
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1990-1995
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-051
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the Educational Outreach Fund (EOF) activities of Manjula Kumar, Program Manager for EOF under the offices of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service, 1989-1992, Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service, 1992-1994, and Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, 1994-...
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Western Union Telegraph Company Records
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United Telegraph Workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company
- Dates:
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circa 1820-1995
- Size:
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452 Cubic feet (871 boxes and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0205
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents in photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, correspondence, stock ledgers, annual reports, and financial records, the evolution of the telegraph, the development of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the beginning of the communications revolution. The collection materials describe both the history of the company and of the telegraph industry in general, particularly its importance to the development of the technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection is useful for researchers interested in the development of technology, economic history, and the impact of technology on American social and cultural life.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Administration
- Dates:
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1980-1985
- Size:
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 88-066
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the administrative files of offices and bureaus which reports to the Assistant Secretary for Administration during the tenure of John F. Jameson, as well as budget and fiscal reports.
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Smithsonian Productions
- Dates:
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1980-2002
- Size:
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-137
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes records documenting the film, video, and radio production activities of Paul B. Johnson, Director. Material consists of correspondence and memoranda; production proposals; information on the Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)-Smithsonian Institution collaborative television project; budget summaries; information on the Smithsonia...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary
- Dates:
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FY 1988
- Size:
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-054
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of administrative records of the Office of the Under Secretary for fiscal year 1988.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Symposia and Seminars
- Dates:
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1969-1980
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-192
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Wilton Dillon, Director, documenting the planning and execution of symposia and seminars sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. Symposia and seminars documented in this accession include "D. C. Research Seminar on Popular Culture," "Kin and Communities: The Peopling of America," ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Administration
- Dates:
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1983-1986
- Size:
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 89-057
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the administrative records of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration during the tenure of John F. Jameson.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Human Resources
- Dates:
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2000, 2002
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-092
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of statistical reports documenting results of employee perspective surveys conducted in 2000 (administered by Hewitt), and 2002 (administered by Questar).