Event Files
This accession consists of records which document planning of special events at the Smithsonian Institution, such as conferences, meetings, lectures, exhibition openings, receptions, and award presentations. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; budget summaries; event schedules; agreements; meeting agendas and minutes; program information; policies and procedures; lecture papers; press …
Records
These records chiefly document the administration of Janet Thorpe, Assistant Curator, 1967-1969, and Associate Curator, 1969-1973, and Catherine Lynn Frangiamore, Assistant Curator, 1969-1974. Also, included are materials concerning Thomas E. Lennox, Assistant Curator, 1964-1967; J. Stewart Johnson, Curator, 1974-1976; and David R. McFadden, Curator, 1978- . Records include correspondence with donors concerning gifts to the museum and …
Website Records
This accession consists of 32 official Twitter accounts maintained by units 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, this accession includes accounts maintained by individual museums, research centers, and administrative and programmatic units across the …
NASM Files
This accession consists of the records of Martin Harwit, Director, 1987-1995, and pertain to topics internal to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes documenting collection policies, exhibition planning, personnel, departmental issues, special events, NASM renovation projects, fundraising, research programs, and professional activities. The records …
Tape Recordings
This accession consists of tape recordings documenting Smithsonian Institution programs, lectures, presentations, ceremonies, exhibition openings and various other events.
Tom D. Crouch Papers
This accession consists of the personal papers of Tom D. Crouch, a senior curator of aeronautics at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Crouch joined the curatorial staff at NASM in 1974 to assist with preparing exhibitions for the opening of the museum in 1976. In 1985, he transferred to the National …
Records
This accession consists of records that date back to when the Office of Special Events and Conference Services was known as the Office of Special Events. Meredith Johnson, Special Events Officer, and Jeannette Gladstone, Acting Special Events Officer created the bulk of the files. The records document the administrative activities …
Correspondence
This collection deals chiefly with Durant's tenure as Assistant Director for Astronautics at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Perhaps the single topic of greatest interest is the effort to obtain a building for NASM, which was accomplished on July 1, 1976, when the new museum opened. A parallel theme concerns …
Records
This accession consists of general correspondence and memoranda with advertising agencies, corporations, Smithsonian staff, and television and radio stations concerning announcements and public service notices of museum events and activities; memoranda with staff concerning museum contributions to Smithsonian publications; press releases; and product development files.
Production Records
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 Edward W. Bastian …
