DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
Projects represented in these records include the National Collection of
Fine Arts, the National Portrait Gallery, and the acquisition of the Patent
Office Building; Smithsonian Associates; National Armed Forces Museum Advisory
Board; National Council on the Arts; extensive liaison with the Astrophysical
Observatory and its stations around the world; and the Science Information
Exchange.
The records consist of memoranda, correspondence, reports,
contracts and agreements, drawings and blueprints, budgets, and other fiscal
records.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Box 1 of 44
- American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1966
- Arlie Foundation, April 1966, Ed. for Int. Understanding
- Assistant Secretary - Science, 1963-1965
- ADP - Central Unit, 1965-1966
- Barney Matters - Background, Memo, 1964, 22 pp.
- Biological Abstracts, Meeting, 1965
- Center for Advanced Study, 1965
- Conferences
- Conservation, 1965
- Development Office, 1965-1966
Box 2 of 44
- Education - Inter. - Univ. Council
- Ed. & Publs. Div. Report, 1965
- Ed. & Publs. - General, 1965-1966
- Esthetics, 1966
- Executive Seminar Center, 1965
- Film and Development Projects, 1965-1966
- FA & PG, 1964-1968
- General Management Literature, 1959-1963
- Charles Guggenheim and Films, 1965
- Lloyd Hand Correspondence
- Independence Avenue Commuter Services, 1966
- International Cooperation Yr. - 1965
- Java Farm, 1965
- JFK Center - Mimeo Minutes, 1964
- Joint Publications, 1964-1966
- Mailing Lists
Box 3 of 44
- Library Research Project, 1965-1966
- Memos for the Record, 1965-1966
- NAM - Budget Files, 1964
- NAM, Bk I, 1959-1963
- NAM, Bk II, 1964
- NAM, Bk III, 1965
Box 4 of 44
- NAFM - Park, Preliminary Development Plan, 1966
- Nat. Armed Forces Museum Adv. Bd., Bk I, 1959-1962
- NAFM Adv. Bd., Bk II, 1962
- NAFM Adv. Bd., Bk III, 1957-1963
- NAFM Adv. Bd., Bk III, 1964-1966
- NAFM Adv. Bd., Budget Info Copies
- NAFM Adv. Bd., Meeting, 1963
- National Center for Cartoon and Graphic Art, 1966
Box 5 of 44
- NCFA, CSC - Budget File, 1962-1965
- NCFA - Brochure for CSC Bldg.
- NCFA, CSC Bldg. - Correspondence with Nagel
- NCFA, CSC Correspondence - Construction, 1962, 1963, 1964
- NCFA, CSC Bldg. - Photos
Box 6 of 44
- NCFA, CSC - Patent Office Bldg., Extra Copies of Program, 1960
- NCFA, CSC Bldg. - Draft Program for Renovation - Patent Office Bldg. [Photos to photo file.]
- NCFA - Mr. Kingman' s Travel, 1960- 1962
- National Council on the Arts & Humanities, 1965-1966 (Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities)
- National Council on the Arts & Humanities, 1965
Box 7 of 44
- Arts Council of America, Inc. (National Council on the Arts), 1966
- National Council on the Arts, 1966
- National Council on the Arts and National Arts Foundation, 1964-1965
- National Council on the Arts, 1964-1965
- National (Federal) Council on the Arts, 1966
- National Gallery of Art, 1966
Box 8 of 44
- National Humanities Foundation Bill, 1964
- National Humanities Foundation Bill, January-February 1965
- National Humanities Foundation Bill, March-December, 1965
- National Humanities Foundation Bill, 1965
- National Humanities Foundation Bill, 1965
Box 9 of 44
- National Humanities Foundation Bill, 1965
- National Museum Act, 1965
- National Photographic Gallery (Proposed), 1966
- Nature of Smithsonian, 1958-1964
- Non-Museum Program, 1966
- Office of Education (HEW), 1965
- Open Education (Zacharias), 1965
Box 10 of 44
- Overall Public Affairs Matters, 1965-1966
- Marion Palfi, 1966
- Peace Corps Planning, Seminar, 1965
- Pre-Employment Forms, 1961
- Signing of Congressional Correspondence, 1964
- SI General Correspondence, 1962-1964
- SI-AAM-Mus. Training Program, 1965
- SI Art Commission File, Bk I, 1960-1963
Box 11 of 44
- SI Art Commission, Minutes of Meetings, 1960-1964
- SI Art Commission, 1961-1964
- SI Assistance of White House, 1965
- SI Associates, 1966
- SI Associates - Comments on Purpose, 1965
Box 12 of 44
- SI Associates, General, October-November 1965
- SI Office of Anthropology
- SI Orientation Film, 1965-1966
- SI - Outside Publications
- Study of SI Information Activities, 1966
- SI Training Advisory Committee, 1964
- Space - MNH
- Special Events Budgets
- Tarbell Centennial Exhibition, 30 July 1962, NHB
- TIAA Group Health, 1964-1965
- TIAA Group Life
- TIAA Retirement, 1964-1965
- Tuition Refund Plan, 1964
- U. S. Advisory Comm. on Int. Education and Cultural Affairs, 1964
- UNESCO, 1965
- Zoo - Population Statistics, 1958
Box 13 of 44
- SAO - General--Bk I, 1958-1962
- SAO - General--Bk II, 1963
- SAO - General--Bk III, 1964
- SAO - General--Bk IV, 1965
Box 14 of 44
- SAO Administrative Conf., 1962
- SAO Annual Leave Policy, 1964-1965
- SAO - Budget File - Satellite Tracking, 1960-1964
- SAO - Budget File
- SAO - Celescope, Bk I, 1960-1963
- SIE - Information Assembled on SIE
- SIE - NSF, Request for Additional Funds, 1966, Copy
- SIE/NSF Relationship Policy Materials, T. W. Taylor copy
- SIE - Policy on Science for SI, 1965
- SIE - Progress Report, Several CYs
Box 15 of 44
- SAO - Celescope, Bk II, 1964-1965
- SAO - Celescope - Budget File, Obligations/Allotments, FY 1963
- SAO - Celescope, Form 533s
- SAO - Celescope, Monthly Reports, 1962-1965
- SAO - Teletypes - Celescope, 1964
- SAO - Celescope - Teletypes, 1965
Box 16 of 44
- SAO - Classification, Survey Report, 1962
- SAO - Extension of Appts., Salary Increases on Grants and Contracts, 1960-1962
- SAO - Computer Services, 1959-1963
- SAO - Harvard Computer Contract, 1961-1964
- SAO - Computer, 1964
Box 17 of 44
- SAO - Handouts for Conference, 1963
- SAO - Delegation of Authority
- SAO - Field Allowances Study, 1963
- SAO - Geodetic Camera Stations, 1962-1965
- SAO - HOSO Bk I, 1957-1959
- SAO - HOSO Bk II, 1959-1960
- SAO - HOSO Bk III, 1960
Box 18 of 44
- SAO - HOSO Bk IV, 1961-1962
- SAO - HOSO Bk V, 1962
- SAO - HOSO Bk V, 1963
- SAO - Revisions to HOSO Handbook, May 1962
- SAO - New HOSO Books, Distr. May 1962
- SAO - Old HOSO Book, Distr. in 1960
- SAO - Instructions for Station Administration and Record Keeping, 1958
- SAO - Interim Optical Tracking Program, AMS, 1957-1959
- SAO - Log Sheets, Mail Received from SAO, 1963-1964
Box 19 of 44
- SAO - Mailing Addresses for SAO Distributions
- SAO - Photo and Record of Meteors
- SAO - Misc. Correspondence re: Research Grants, Contracts, and Proposals, 1960-1962
- SAO - Misc. Correspondence re: Research Grants, Contracts, and Proposals, 1963
- SAO - Misc. Correspondence re: Research Grants, Contracts, and Proposals, 1964
Box 20 of 44
- SAO - Misc. Correspondence re: Research Grants, Contracts, and Proposals, 1965
- SAO - Moonwatch, 1956-1964
- SAO - Moonwatch Conventions, 1959-1960
- SAO - Moonwatch, Leo Deming File, 1963-1964
- SAO - Moonwatch Teams and Leaders, 1957-1965
- SAO - Moonwatch Telescope, 1957-1961
Box 21 of 44
- NASA Grant, FY 1961
- SAO - NSF-IGY, Bk I, 1956
- SAO News
- SAO News
- SAO - Observers' Handbook, No. 25, 1 May 1962
- SAO - Personnel Bk I, 1961-1963
- SAO - Personnel Bk II, 1964-1966
Box 22 of 44
- SAO - Optical Tracking Reports, 1960-1963
- SAO Yearly Adm. Reports, 1962
- SAO - Satellite Situation Report, 1964
- SAO - Semi-Annual Progress Reports, Optical and Radar Investigations, 1964-1965
- STP Monthly Report, 1961-1965
Box 23 of 44
- SAO - Misc. Reports
- SAO - Reprints and Page Changes, 1964
- SAO - STP Correspondence, Bk I, 1960-1961
- SAO - STP Correspondence Bk II, 1962-1963
- SAO - STP Correspondence Bk III, 1964-1965
- SAO - Observers' Handbook, STP, #39 and #40
- SAO - Optical Tracking Network - draft analysis
- SAO - STP Property Received, 1956-1957
Box 24 of 44
- SAO - STP Program, Mimeo Proposals, 1963
- SAO - Proposed Continuation SW, 1963, Mimeo
- SAO - STP - SAO Specs, 1957, Correspondence, 1959-1965
- SAO - STP Motor Vehicles, 1960-1962
- SAO - STP - Operation of Stations, 1957-1962
- SAO - STP Clocks, Precision Timing System, 1961-1965
- SAO - Special Audit of Satellite Tracking Stations
- SAO - STP Tickler File, Leases and Agreements, 1962-1963
- SAO - Estab. of Satellite Tracking Station, ca. 1959-1960
Box 25 of 44
- SAO- Station Chief's Conference, Oct. 1960
STATIONS
- SAO - List of Station Personnel Bk I, 1960-1962
- SAO - List of Station Personnel Bk II, 1963-1965
- SAO - Africa, Bk I, 1957-1959
- SAO - Africa, Bk II, July 1959-1962
- SAO - Africa, Bk III, 1963-1966
Box 26 of 44
- SAO - Argentina, Bk I, 1956-1958
- SAO - Argentina, Bk II, 1959-1960
- SAO - Argentina, Bk III, 1961-1962
- SAO - Argentina, Bk IV, 1963
- SAO - Australia, Bk I, 1959-1960
Box 27 of 44
- SAO - Australia, Bk II, 1960-1961
- SAO - Australia, Bk III, 1962-1963
- SAO - Curacao, Bk I, 1956-1958
- SAO - Curacao, Bk II, 1959-1961
- SAO - Curacao, Bk III, 1962-1966
Box 28 of 44
- SAO - Egypt, 1957, 1966
- SAO - Ethiopia, Bk I, 1963-1966
- SAO - Florida, Bk I, 1957-1959
- SAO - Florida, Bk II, 1960-1964
- SAO - Florida, Bk III, 1965
- SAO - Greece, Bk I, 1962, 1965
- SAO - Hawaii Observatory, Lang Controversy, 1959-1960
Box 29 of 44
- SAO - Hawaii, Bk I, 1956-1958
- SAO - Hawaii, Bk II, 1959-1960
- SAO - Hawaii, Bk III, 1961-1965
- SAO - India, Bk II, 1963-1964
- SAO - Indonesia, Bk I, 1963-1965
- SAO - Iran, Bk I, 1957-1958
Box 30 of 44
- SAO - Iran, Bk II, 1959
- SAO - Iran, Bk III, 1960
- SAO - Iran, Bk IV, 1961-1962
- SAO - Iran, Bk V, 1963-1964
- SAO - Iran, Bk VI, 1965-1967
Box 31 of 44
- SAO - Japan, 1957-1964
- SAO - Lincoln, Nebraska, 1965
- SAO - New Mexico, Bk I, 1956-1957
- SAO - New Mexico, Bk II, 1958-1960
- SAO - New Mexico, Bk III, 1961
- SAO - Oslo, Norway, 1964
- SAO - Pasadena, 1958
- SAO - Peru, Bk I, 1957-1958
Box 32 of 44
- SAO - Peru, Bk II, 1959
- SAO - Peru, Bk III, Jan.-June 1960
- SAO - Peru, Bk IV, 1960
- SAO - Peru, Bk V, 1961-1962
Box 33 of 44
- SAO - Peru, Bk VI, 1963
- SAO - Shiraz, Iran, Photos, 1959
- SAO - Spain, Bk I, 1957-1958
- SAO - Spain, Bk II, 1959-1962
- SAO - Spain, Bk III, 1963-1965
- SAO - T. W. Taylor, Handwritten notes on Celescope
- SAO - T. W. Taylor, Handwtitten notes on Trip to Iran and India, 1963
- SAO - T. W. Taylor, Memos and Outgoing Correspondence, June 1966
Box 34 of 44
- SAO - U. S. Int. Geophysical Year Program, 1957
- SAO - IQSY, 1962-1964
- SAO - Wallop's Island Meteor Simulation, 1963-1965
Some Smithsonian Information Exchange files were placed in box 14 (above).
Box 34 of 44
- SIE, Bk I, 1961-1963
- SIE, Bk II, 1964
Box 35 of 44
- SIE, Bk III, 1964 (Continued)
- SIE, Bk IV, 1964 (Continued)
- SIE, Bk V, Jan.-March 1965
Box 36 of 44
- SIE, Bk VI, April-June 1965
- SIE, Bk VII, July-Sept. 1965
- SIE, Bk VIII, 1965 (Continued)
- SIE, Bk IX, Jan.-March 1966
Box 37 of 44
- SIE, Unbound papers made for SIE Advisory Board, 1966
- SIE - "Analysis of Selected Consumer Comments," CA 1965
- SIE Budget File, 1963-1965
Box 38 of 44
- SIE, Battelle Report and SDR letter, copies
- SIE - Battelle, Phase I, 1965
- SIE - Battelle, Phase I, Bk 2, 1965-1966
- SIE - Letter to NSF, 1966, re: Battelle Report
- SIE - Battelle, Phase II, 1965-1966
- SIE - Catalog Contract Review, 1965
Box 39 of 44
- SIE - Clearinghouse Brochure, 1965
- SIE - Info - Congressional Record
- SIE Contracts and Fiscal, 1965-1966
- SIE - Daddario Subcommittee, Data from questions from 1965
- SIE - Management Improvement Project, 1964, GSA Report, SIE Comments
- SIE - Management Improvement Survey, GSA, SIE Comments
- SIE - NSF - SI Relationships, 1960-1965
- SIE - NSF Papers - copies - 1965
Box 40 of 44
- SIE - Printout Reports 1963 - Viral Tumorigenesis
- SIE - Printout Reports 1963 - Oceanography
- SIE - FY 1964 Report
- Select Committee on Government Research
- SIE - Related Study of Bio-Sciences Info. Exchange, 1954
- SIE - Systems Survey, 1961, Booz-Allen
- SIE - T. W. Taylor's Comments on Management Improvement Project, 1964 [Missing]
- SIE - T. W. Taylor's Handwritten Notes
Box 41 of 44
- T. W. Taylor, Reading File, Sept.1964-Oct. 1965
Box 42 of 44
- T. W. Taylor, Reading File, Nov. 1965-May 1966
Box 43 of 44
- Efficiency Rating File
- NCFA - Bk I, 1958-1960
- NCFA - Bk II, 1961
- NCFA - Bk III, 1962
- NCFA - Bk IV, 1963
- NCFA - Bk V, 1964
Box 44 of 44
- NCFA - Bk VI, January-June 1965
- NCFA - Bk VII, July-December 1965
- NCFA - Bk VIII, January 1966
- NCFA - General
- Research Proposal to HEW
- NCFA - Budget File
- Biennale
- David Scott
- NCFA - USIA
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