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Record Unit 175
Assistant Secretary,
Records, 1932-1964

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry


HISTORICAL NOTE

John Enos Graf was Associate Director of the United States National Museum, 1931-1945, and, subsequently, an Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian until 1957. John L. Keddy was appointed an assistant to the Secretary in 1946 and became an Assistant Secretary in 1947. Keddy's main duties were of an administrative nature.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These records of Graf and Keddy deal chiefly with Secretary Carmichael's efforts to reorganize and redirect the Smithsonian's research effort in 1953 and 1954. Smaller amounts of material deal with Graf's work in the National Museum and the work of the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government in 1946.

Box 1 of 2
Folder1   Keddy Files
Folders2-4   Memos, Correspondence on Indispensible Records
Folder5   Reorganization of Federal Government
Folder6   Graf/Keddy Files
Folder7   Management Improvement Suggestion
Folder8   1943 Budget Info

Box 2 of 2
Folders1-2   Evacuation - Microfilm File
Folder3   Research, New Work Programs
Folder4   Office Memoranda
Folder5   Microfilm Study by Veteran's Administration
Folder6   Program Subcommittee
Folders7-8   Research
Folder9   Research Policy
Folder10   Questionnaire Answers
Folder11   Graf Statement Regarding FY 1950 Budget


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