Exhibition Records
This accession consists of records documenting the planning, development and production of the exhibition Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which, prior to 2000, was known as the National Museum of American Art. The exhibition featured daguerreotypes from public and …
Records
These records document the Under Secretary's involvement in all aspects of the Institution's operations from the perspective of a senior policy-maker, as well as contacts with governmental, corporate, and private bodies with which the Smithsonian interacted as it conducted its affairs. A few records deal with Brooks's work as Deputy …
Website Records
This accession consists of the website "Butterflies and Plants: Partners in Evolution" as it existed on September 24, 2013. The website, maintained by the Office of Education and Outreach, is dedicated to two permanent exhibitions, "Partners in Evolution" and the Butterfly Pavilion. It includes information about the exhibitions, a butterfly identification guide …
Project Files
This accession consists of project files, including correspondence with sponsors and media, memoranda, press releases, newspaper clippings, project proposals, legislative information, photographs, event files, advertisements, publicity reports and planning files. Particularly well documented is the transfer of the Museum of the American Indian to the Smithsonian and the opening of …
Public Inquiry Mail Surveys
This accession consists of records that were generated by four surveys conducted by the Public Inquiry Mail Service of the Visitor Information and Associates Reception Center in July 1982, October 1983, October 1985, and November 1986. Survey forms were sent to offices across the Institution in an attempt to gather information on how public …
Subject Files
This accession consists of a petition submitted to the Office of the Under Secretary for Science during the tenure of Eva J. Pell, 2010- . This petition was submitted by Alley Cat Allies in response to an article published in Nature Communications entitled "The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of …
Records
These records focus most on dealings with the International Council on Museums (ICOM), conservation issues, the Association of American Museums, the Anacostia Museum Training Program, and the Kellogg Project, funded by the Kellogg Foundation to expand the educational influence of museums.
Correspondence
These records consist of correspondence between Slocum and various persons and organizations he dealt with in carrying out his duties. They also document some of his personal interests, notably numismatics and the work of the English Speaking Union.
Departmental Records
This accession consists of the records of Carolyn Rapkievian, Assistant Director for Interpretation, and document her work coordinating educational programs and outreach at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Rapkievian first began her tenure at NMAI shortly after the Museum of the American Indian in New York City …
Website Records
This accession consists of three websites maintained by the Office of Protection Services (OPS) as they existed in June 2011. The main OPS website, crawled on June 20, 2011, includes security information and visitor policies. The Smithsonian Alerts website, crawled June 20, 2011, provides information about preparing for and responding to a wide variety of …
