Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Collection
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Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-
- Dates:
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1928-1990
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75.03 Cubic feet (168 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0023
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 72 linear feet of the papers of Benjamin O. Davis. Included are the following types of material: programs, invitations, certificates, correspondence, published material, and photographs.
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Smithsonian Institution. International and Environmental Programs
- Dates:
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1962-1975
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22.5 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 218
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the general administrative activities of the Office of International and Environmental Programs, and in particular, the Office's environmental research programs. They include general administrative correspondence, contract files, agency reports, program files, case files, and project reports concerning the organiz...
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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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National Museum Act Program
- Dates:
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1966-1986
- Size:
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53 cu. ft. (53 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 574
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The National Museum Act (NMA) of 1966 affirmed the Smithsonian Institution's traditional role of assisting other museums and authorized the Institution to strengthen its activities of service to them. Funds appropriated to the Smithsonian for the implementation of the National Museum Act were made available primarily by grants and contracts ...
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1958-1997
- Size:
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28.5 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-152
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the administrative activities of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Office of the Director, concerning NMAH departments, divisions, exhibitions, and special events, primarily during fiscal years 1993-1994, although some records date back to when the museum was named the National Museum of History and Technol...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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1974-1992, with related records from 1967
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18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 568
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the activities of the Office of the Registrar under the direction of Richard H. Lytle, 1974-1976; Philip Leslie, 1976-1985; and Mary E. Case, 1986-1993. They include reports, minutes, and other records of the Council of Registrars and the Collection Policy and Management Committee; a subject file containing ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Coordinator of Public Information
- Dates:
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1977-1984
- Size:
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 373
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of administrative files of Lawrence E. Taylor as Coordinator of Public Information, 1977-1984. Also included are copies of the minutes of the Board of Regents, 1977-1983.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Provost
- Dates:
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1975-1996
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23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-069
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created by Jane R. Glaser during her tenure as Director of the Office of Museum Programs (OMP), 1976-1989, and as Special Assistant in the offices of the Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities, 1989-1994, the Assistant Provost for the Arts and Humanities, 1994-1996, and the Provost, 1996. Glaser ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Quincentenary Programs
- Dates:
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1984-1993
- Size:
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37 cu. ft. (37 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-149
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities which the Office of Quincentenary Programs coordinated or organized to mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The Quincentenary programs began in 1985 under the coordination of Smithsonian's Directorate of Inte...
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- Creators:
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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
- Dates:
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1975-2009, undated
bulk 1993-2008
- Size:
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7.5 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1282
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains records and research material produced and collected by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a lobbying and legal assistance organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender servicepersons. They were instrumental in overturning the United States Department of Defense's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.