DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
These records document the administrative activities of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research. The office title changed on 25 March 1992
and is presently known as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science.
Records include correspondence and memoranda pertaining to administration of
offices and bureaus throughout the Institution primarily focusing on budget
appropriations, personnel matters, or the overall maintenance of museum
facilities; congressional issues; exhibitions and collections management;
construction contracts; fellowships; accounting services; workshops;
affirmative action reports; and Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)
library search. Additional correspondence refers to the American Association
of Museums (AAM), Carrying Capacity Conference, Buried Mirror Project,
International Environmental Sciences Program (IESP), Smithsonian Board of
Regents meetings, Sloan Videohistory Project, Chesapeake Research Consortium,
1990 World Food Prize, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
This accession is restricted for 15 years.
Restrictions will be lifted on January 1, 2007.
Contact the SIA Reference Staff for further information (call 202-633-5870, or email OSIAREF@si.edu).
Box 1 of 12
A
- AAM - 1989 (American Association of Museums)
- AAM - 1991
- AAM Board of Directors Meeting, Denver, CO - May 18, 1991
- AAM Board of Directors Meeting, Washington, DC - Nov. 16, 1991
- AAM/ICOM - 1991
- Affirmative Action - 1989
- Affirmative Action - 1990
- Affirmative Action Reports - 1989
- Affirmative Action Reports - 1990
- American Museum of Natural History (External Review) - 1985
- American Studies - 1989
- American Studies - 1990
- Anacostia Museum - 1989
- Anacostia Museum - 1990
- Archives - 1989
- Archives - 1990
- Archives - 1991
Box 2 of 12
- Arctic - 1988-1989
- Arctic - 1990-1991
- ARC - 1986-1990 (Association of Systematics Collections)
- ASM - 1985-1991 (American Society of Mammalogists)
- ASZ - 1988-1989 (American Society of Zoologists)
- Assistant Secretary for Research
- Audit Information - 1989-1990
- Awards - 1989-1990
B
- Biodiversity - 1989
- Biodiversity - 1990
- Burch Fellowship
- Buried Mirror Project
C
- CAORC - 1989
- Carrying Capacity Conference
- Chesapeake Research Consortium (Folders 1 and 2 of 3)
Box 3 of 12
- Chesapeake Research Consortium (Folder 3 of 3)
- Child Care Center
- China (Joint Venture)
- China - 1989-1990
- CIED
- CITES
- COBD
- Committee for a Wider Audience
- Conservation Analytical Laboratory - 1989-1990
- Conservation and Research Center - 1987-1990
- Cooper-Hewitt
- Council on Earth Scientists - 1989-1990
- Crossroads
D
- Debt Swap
- Dillon, Wilton - 1989
- Dillon, Wilton - 1990
- Dinamation
E
- EarthWatch
- Environmental Awareness (Office of)
Box 4 of 12
- Environmental Management and Safety - 1987-1991
- Equal Opportunity (Office of)
- Executive Resources Board - 1989-1990
- Exxon - 1987-1990
F
- Facilities Service (Office of)
- Federal Employees
- Fellowships and Grants (Office of) - 1989
- Fellowships and Grants (Office of) - 1990
- Focus Groups Meetings - 1990
- Folklife Program (Office of)
- Fort Pierce
G
- General Counsel (office of)
- General Post Office Building
- Global Change
- Global Change Forum (May 1989)
- Global Change Forum Dinner (May 1989)
- Hearst Proposal
Box 5 of 12
I
- ICOM - 1989
- ICOM - 1990
- ICOM - 1991 (2 folders)
- IESP (Budget for 1990)
- IESP (Heyer) - 1989
- IESP (Heyer) - 1990
- IESP (Kenesley) - 1989
- IESP (Kleiman) - 1990
- IESP (Rudran) - 1989
- IESP (Rudran) - 1990
- IESP (Wemmer) - 1989
- IESP (Wigham) - 1989
- IESP (Wigham) - 1990
- Information Resource Management (Office of)
- Inspector General (Office of)
- International Activities Council - 1988-1989
- International Activities Council - 1990
- International Activities Council - 1991
- International Center - 1988-1990
- International council for Bird Preservation
- Inventory - 1985-1986
- Inventory - 1987
Box 6 of 12
- Inventory - 1988
- Inventory - 1989
- IUCN
J
- Japan - 1988-1990
- Joseph Henry Papers - 1986-1989
- Joseph Henry Papers - 1990
K
L
- Laboratory of Molecular Systematics
- Legislation
- Library of Congress - 1988-1990
M
- MAB (SI) - 1988-1989
- MAB (SI) - 1990
- MAB (US) - 1990
- MacArthur Foundation - 1988-1990
- Madagascar - 1987-1989
- Management Council - 1990
- Manpower - 1988-1989
- Marine Mammal Commission - 1990-1991
- Membership and Development (Office of)
Box 7 of 12
- Migratory Birds - 1990
- Mpala Ranch - 1990 (2 folders)
- Mpala Ranch - 1991 (2 folders)
N
- National Center for Biological Diversity - 1990
- National Center for Biological Diversity - 1991 (2 folders)
- National Museum of American Art - 1988-1990
- National Museum of American Art - 1991
Box 8 of 12
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American Indian
- National Museum of Natural History - 1990
- National Museum of Natural History - 1991
- National Museum of Natural History - National Board
- National Portrait Gallery - 1987-1991
- National Science Foundation - 1987-1990
- National Zoological Park - 1990
- Nature Conservancy
O
- Oplants Workhours - 1987
- Oplants Workhours - 1988
- Oplants Workhours - 1989
- Optical Publishing
- Organization for Tropical Studies
P
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Princeton (University of)
- Promotion - 1991
Q
- Quincentennary - 1990
- Quincentennary - 1991
- Quincentennary Responses from Bureaus
R
Box 9 of 12
- Regents Fellowships - 1988-1989
- Regents Meeting - May 6, 1991
- Regents Meeting - February 3, 1992
- Regents Meeting - May 11, 1992
- Regents Meeting - September 21, 1992
- Regents Publication Program - 1989
- Regents Publication Program - 1990
- Research Policy Committee - 1989
- Research Policy Committee - 1990
- Research Policy Committee - 1991
S
- SAO - 1990
- SAO - 1991
- SAO Personnel
- SERC - 1990
- SERC - 1991
- SERC Land Purchases - 1988-1989
- SIL - 1990
- SIL - 1992
Box 10 of 12
- SITES - 1987-1989
- STRI - 1990
- STRI - 1991
- STRI Living Allowance - 1988-1991
- Sackler Gallery of Art
- Sackler/Freer Director Search
- Scholarly Studies - 1990
- Scholarly Studies - 1991
- Seeds of Change - 1980-1992
- Sequestration
- Seychelles Foundation - 1987-1990
- Sloan Videohistory
- Smithson Award - 1989-1991
Box 11 of 12
- Smithsonian Council - 1988
- Smithsonian Council - 1989
- Smithsonian Council - 1990
- Smithsonian Council - October 1990 meeting information
- Smithsonian Council - 1991 (2 folders)
- Southwest Louisiana (University of) Biodiversity Center Proposal
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Smithsonian World - 1989
- Smithsonian World - 1990
T
- Transition Material - 1991
U
V
Box 12 of 12
W
- Wilson Center - 1987-1990
- Wise Award - 1987
- Women in Museums Conference - 1990
- Women's Committee - 1989-1991
- Workshops
- World Wildlife Fund - 1987-1990
- World Food Prize - 1990
- SIL Library Search - 1988-1989 (6 folders)
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