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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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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1985-1988
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42.24 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 89-079
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, photographs, memoranda, and other material documenting the activities of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Robert McCormick Adams, primarily for FY 1986. Listings in bold and capital letters indicate both the topic of folder contents and major subheadings from the Secretary's Office file ...
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Western Union Telegraph Company Records
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United Telegraph Workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company
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circa 1820-1995
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452 Cubic feet (871 boxes and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0205
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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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American Ornithologists' Union
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circa 1984-1991
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-039
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of an addition to the records of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). It includes the records created by Stephen M. Russell in his capacity as Secretary of the AOU, 1984-1991. Materials include administrative subject files and annual meeting files.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Biological Conservation
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1974-1980
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 81-089
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials on the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) and Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS); Endangered Flora Project; and Department of Interior contracts.
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National Air and Space Museum. Executive Officer
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circa 1974-1978
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 345
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the administrative subject files of John Whitelaw as Executive Officer, circa 1974-1978. Much of the material consists of copies of memos, budgets, and reports, mostly routine.
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of Administration
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1964-1980
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15 cu. ft. (30 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 447
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include administrative subject files, personnel records, financial and budgetary materials, and exhibition files. The administrative subject files contain letters, memoranda, reports, inventories, and other records which chronicle the day-to-day operations of NCFA. Among these are correspondence with NCFA curators and Smithsonian...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
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1982-1984
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-177
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of budget information for Smithsonian bureaus. Included are memoranda, summaries of budget needs, and budget projections.
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Glassell, Alfred C., Jr. interviewee.
- Dates:
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2002
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3 mini-audiotapes (originals).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9601
- 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. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1964-1984
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 84-224
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence; drafts of Secretary S. Dillon Ripley's articles for the Smithsonian magazine, 1970-1984; drafts of speeches; Executive Assistant to the Secretary Dorothy Rosenberg's confidential files, arranged by subject; and travel records for trips made between 1980 and 1981.