DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
These records document the administrative activities of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science. They 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; exhibitions and collections management; fellowships and grants; congressional issues; proposals for, or reports concerning, scholarly research projects overseas; accounting services; Step-up 90 Program; affirmative action; and endowments. Additional correspondence refers to the African-American Program, Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES), International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Quality Education for Minorities (QEM), International Science Foundation (ISF), Sesquicentennial Celebration, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO).This accession is restricted for 15 years. Restrictions will be lifted on January 1, 2009. Contact the SIA Reference Staff for further information (call 202-633-5970, or email OSIAREF@si.edu).
Box 1 of 8
- Academia Computing, General Information, 1991-1992
- Accounting Information, 1989-1990
- Administrative Services, 1990
- Advancement Council, 1989
- Affirmative Action, 1991-1992
- Affirmative Action Reports, Research Offices, Semi-Annual, 1991
- African-American Museum Initiative, 1990-1993
- African-American Program, 1988-1991
- American Studies (Office of), 1991
- Archeobiology, 1989-1990
- Archives of American Art (Search for Director), 1988-1989
- Audit Information, 1991-1992
- Awards, 1991-1993
- Biodiversity, 1991-1992
- Brazil Correspondence, 1986-1989
- Budget Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1989-1982
- Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), 1989-1992
- Center for Astrophysics (CFA), 1987-1991
- China, 1991-1992
- Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES), 1991-1992
- Conference Services (Office of), 1988-1991
- Conservation Analytical Laboratory (CAL), 1991-1992
Box 2 of 8
- Conservation and Research Center (CRC) Front Royal, 1991-1992
- Cultural Diversity, 1990-1993
- Development (Office of), 1992
- Development (Office of Membership and), 1991
- Development (Office of Membership and), 1990
- Development (Office of Membership and), 1989
- Diving (SI Program), 1990-1991
- Education (Campus on the Mall), 1991-1992
- Education (General), 1993
- Education (General), 1992
- Education (General), 1990-1991
- Education (National Science Resource Center), 1992-1993
- Education (Outreach Fund), 1990-1991
- Education (Science), 1992-1993
- Education (Union Institute), 1991
- Endowment (General Information), 1991
- Endowment (National Museum of Natural History), 1991 (Vol. 1)
- Endowment (National Museum of Natural History), 1991 (Vol. 2)
- Endowment (National Museum of Natural History), 1991 (Vol. 3)
- Endowment (National Museum of Natural History), 1991 (Vol. 4)
- Endowment (National Zoological Park), 1991
- Endowment (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center), 1991
- Endowment (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), 1991
- Endowment (Smithsonian Tropical Research Center), 1991
Box 3 of 8
- Fellowships and Grants, 1991
- Hearing on Construction (House), 1991
- Hearing (Senate), 1991
- Hearst Film Project, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
- Human Resources (Office of), 1991
- Institute of the Americas, 1989-1992
- Interdisciplinary Studies (Office of), 1990-1992
- International Affairs (Office of), 1990-1993
- International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), 1987-1989
- International Science Foundation (ISF) Panel Information - Personal, 1993
- International Science Foundation (ISF), 1993
- International Science Foundation (ISF) Panel, 1994 (2 folders)
- International Science Foundation (ISF) Awards, 1994
- International Science Foundation (ISF), 1994
Box 4 of 8
- International Science Foundation (ISF) Proposal Reviews, 1994 (4 folders)
- International Science Foundation (ISF), 1993
- Joseph Henry Papers (Project), 1991
- Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, 1990-1993
- Lake Superior Center
- Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB/SI), 1991
- Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB/US), 1991
- Material Culture, 1992-1993
- Material Culture - Maryland Center for Systematic Entomology (MCSE), 1984-1990
- Material Culture - University of Arizona, History/Learning from Things Symposia, 1988-1993
- Material Culture - SI/University of Arizona, includes fellowship material, 1990-1992 (3 folders)
- Material Culture - SI/University of Arizona relationship, 1987-1989
- Material Culture - SI/Yale Seminar, Early Planning and Discussion Material, through 1987
- Material Culture - SI/Yale Seminar, "19th Century American Silver," April 7-8, 1988, First Annual
- Material Culture - SI/Yale Seminar, "Crossroads...," March 2-4, 1989
- Material Culture - SI/Yale Seminar, "Impact of New Netherlands...," May 3-5, 1990
- Material Culture - SI/Yale Seminar, "The Gift as...," April 28-30, 1991
Box 5 of 8
- Material Culture - SI/Yale Seminar, "Weapons in American Culture," April 30-May 2, 1992
- Material Culture - SI/Yale Seminar, Maps/Cooper-Hewitt, March 3-5, 1993, New York City
- Material Culture - SI/Yale Seminar, "Wood: Timber, Transformation and Design," April 28-30, 1994
- Material Culture Forum (General), through 1989
- Material Culture Forum (General), 1990
- Material Culture Forum (General), 1991
- Material Culture Forum (General), 1992
- Material Culture Forum (General), 1993
- Media Oversight Committee, 1991
- Metrication, 1991-1993
- Migratory Bird, 1991 (2 folders)
- Mongolia, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
- Monthly Management Reports, 1991-1993
- Mpala Ranch, 1992
- National Center for Biological Diversity, 1992
- National Museum of Natural History, 1992 (4 folders)
Box 6 of 8
- National Zoological Park (NZP), 1992
- National Zoological Park (NZP), 1991
- OPlants Work Hours, 1991
- Promotions, 1992
- Prospectus, 1991
- Public Affairs (Office of), 1991
- Quality Education for Minorities (QEM), 1990-93 (2 folders)
- Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Intern Program, 1991-1992
- Regents Fellows, 1989-1991
- Regents, SI Board of (General), 1991-1993
- Regents Publication Program (RPC), 1986-1992 (3 folders)
- Regents Publication Program (RPC), 1992
- Regents Publication Program (RPC), 1991
- Regents Publication Program (RPC), 1990
- Registrar, Office of, 1992-1993
- Research Policy Committee (General), 1991
- Research Policy Committee (General), 1990
- Research Policy Committee (General), through 1989
- Research Policy Committee, Researcher Communications, 1991-1992
- Research Policy Committee, Compensation, 1990
- Research Policy Committee, Compensation, through 1989
- Research Policy Committee, Funds for Research, includes Research Opportunities Fund, Office of Sponsored Projects, etc., 1991
- Research Policy Committee, Patents/Royalties, 1989
Box 7 of 8
- Research Policy Committee, Survey of Researchers, 1991
- Research Policy Committee, Survey of Researchers, 1990
- Research Policy Committee, Survey of Researchers, 1989
- Research Policy Committee, Survey of Researchers, undated
- Research Reports, 1991-1993
- Research Reports, through 1989-1990
- Retreat, Hoffmann's Role in Institutional Planning, 1988-1990
- Russia, General Information, 1992 (2 folders)
- Saudi Arabia Proposal (2 folders)
- Scholarly Studies, 1990-1993 (4 folders)
- Scholars Residence, 1990-1991
- Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1993
- Smithson Society, 1989-1992
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), 1992
Box 8 of 8
- Smithsonian Institution Library (SIL), 1992
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), 1992
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Housing Problems
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Minority Interns), New Mexico Highlands University, 1991-1993
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), 1992
- Smithsonian Institution Council, 1991-1992
- Special Exhibits Fund, 1989-1993
- Sponsored Projects (Office of), 1989-1992 (2 folders)
- Step-up 90, 1989-1993 (2 folders)
- Times Mirror, 1993 (3 folders)
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