Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution
- Dates:
-
1867-1940
- Size:
-
60.45 cu. ft. (91 document boxes) (7 half document boxes) (15 12x17 boxes) (3 16x20 boxes) (2 cu. ft. large oversize box) (67 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 70
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The exposition records of this collection provide an account of the Smithsonian's involvement in twenty-two domestic and foreign expositions between 1876 and 1908. The depth of coverage in the records is uneven, but they still convey a wealth of information about Smithsonian participation in expositions, chiefly during the last quarter of...
Found In
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
-
June 24-July 5, 2010
- Size:
-
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2010
- Repository:
-
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
-
1953-2009
- Size:
-
10.43 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-126
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of Sidney Dillon Ripley, Robert McCormick Adams, Ira Michael Heyman, Lawrence M. Small, and G. Wayne Clough as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Cristián Samper as Acting Secretary. The records document issues with regard to museums and buildings; s...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
-
1964-1971
- Size:
-
297.65 cu. ft. (568 document boxes) (91 3x5 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 99
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records reflect the growing scope and complexity of the Smithsonian during Ripley's tenure. They document the Smithsonian's changing administrative structure; growing relationships with universities, foundations, and other external groups; efforts to attract more government support for the Smithsonian; pursuit of new initiatives and...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Contracts Office
- Dates:
-
1953-1990
- Size:
-
59.43 cu. ft. (59 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 470
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records contain proposals and drafts of contracts and grants, correspondence concerning their acceptance and implementation, budget information, reports about grant-sponsored activities, and information concerning the administration of the Office and the authority of the Contracting Officer. Entries include the following information if ava...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary
- Dates:
-
1971-1984
- Size:
-
23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 392
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 Under Secr...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
-
1950, 1964-1984
- Size:
-
14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 84-219
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of photocopies of S. Dillon Ripley's speeches, and includes three audiotapes; subject personal/confidential files including correspondence, reports and memoranda; draft copies of the Secretary's Statement; journal articles for various publications by Ripley; and Administrative Assistant to the Secretary Mary L...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Walcott, Charles D, (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
- Dates:
-
1851-1940 and undated
- Size:
-
11.7 linear meters and oversize.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7004
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Charles D. Walcott Collection Papers (Record Unit 7004) were given to the Smithsonian by his wife, Mary Vaux Walcott, with certain more recent additions. The Archives would like to thank Dr. Ellis L. Yochelson, United States Geological Survey, and Frederick J. Collier, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, for th...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Planning and Budget
- Dates:
-
1966-1988
- Size:
-
9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-156
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of budget proposals from various museums and bureaus; recommendations for funds allocations and allotments; fiscal plans from various bureaus; planning and development of the Quadrangle building; acquisitions; Congressional hearings, actions and resolutions pertaining to the Smithsonian Institution fiscal budget requ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
- Dates:
-
1959-1977
- Size:
-
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 82-014
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of budget proposals, appropriations, and estimates of different Smithsonian Institution offices; and chronological files for 1973. The majority of files document the FY 1976 budget.