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Record Unit 104
Assistant Secretary for History and Art,
Records,
1965-1972


Historical Note

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. BUREAU FILES

  Series 2. ALPHABETICAL SUBJECT FILES, 1964-1970

  Series 3. BUREAU FILES

  Series 4. ALPHABETICAL FILE

  Series 5. CHRONOLOGICAL FILE



HISTORICAL NOTE

The position of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art was planned by Secretary S. Dillon Ripley in 1964, but it was not filled until late 1967 when Charles Blitzer was named Acting Assistant Secretary for History and Art. Blitzer, who had been Director of the Office of Education and Training from 1965, became Assistant Secretary and served 1968- .

The Assistant Secretary for History and Art served as the administrative link between the Secretary and the following Smithsonian bureaus: the Museum of History and Technology, the National Collection of Fine Arts, the National Portrait Gallery, the Freer Gallery of Art, the National Air and Space Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, the Smithsonian Archives, the Joseph Henry Papers, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Office of Academic Studies, the Office of American Studies, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Archives of American Art.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These records contain correspondence, memoranda, and related material concerning the administration of bureaus listed above, as well as material concerning relationships with other Smithsonian offices. Also included are some files from Blitzer's previous position as Director of the Office of Education and Training.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
BUREAU FILES

Box 1 of 28

National Collection of Fine Arts

Cooper-Hewitt

Box 2 of 28

Acquisition of Cooper-Hewitt

Exhibitions

National Air and Space Museum

NASM - Budget

Personnel

NASM Directorship Candidates

Box 3 of 28

NASM Exhibitions

Museum of History & Technology (MHT)

Box 4 of 28

National Portrait Gallery (NPG)

NPG - Directorship Candidates

National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board

Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC)

Box 5 of 28

Woodrow Wilson Center Legislation

Office of the Under Secretary

Office of Personnel and Management Resources

Box 6 of 28

Joseph Henry Papers

American Studies

Smithsonian Archives

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service

Box 7 of 28

Box 8 of 28

Office of the Assistant Secretary For Science

Box 9 of 28

Fiscal Year 1971

Box 10 of 28

Fiscal Year 1969

Fiscal Year 1968

Box 11 of 28

SERIES 2.
ALPHABETICAL SUBJECT FILES, 1964-1970

Box 11 of 28

Box 12 of 28

Museum Programs

Box 13 of 28

NEH - Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities

Box 14 of 28

SERIES 3.
BUREAU FILES

Box 15 of 28

National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA)

Box 16 of 28

Renwick Gallery

Cooper Hewitt Museum

Museum of History and Technology (MHT)

Box 17 of 28

National Portrait Gallery (NPG)

Hirshhorn Museum

Box 18 of 28

National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board (NAFMAB)

Box 19 of 28

Freer Gallery of Art

American Revolution Bicentennial

Box 20 of 28

Archives of American Art (AAA)

Board of Regents

Box 21 of 28

Joseph Henry Papers

American Studies

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Office of the Assistant Secretary

Office of the Assistant Secretary (Science)

Box 22 of 28

Office of Assistant Secretary for Public Service

Treasurer

Box 23 of 28

Miscellaneous

SERIES 4.
ALPHABETICAL FILE

Box 23 of 28

Box 24 of 28

Box 25 of 28

Box 26 of 28

Box 27 of 28

Box 28 of 28

SERIES 5.
CHRONOLOGICAL FILE

Box 28 of 28


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