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Record Unit 342
Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs,
Records,
1972-1986, with related records from 1879-1899 and 1965-1976


Introduction

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry


INTRODUCTION

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.


HISTORICAL NOTE

In 1972 Paul N. Perrot became assistant secretary for Museum Programs, assuming the duties formerly discharged by the director general of Museums. For an administrative history of the earlier office, see record unit 190. In 1983 Perrot was succeeded by William N. Richards, Jr., acting assistant secretary for Museum Programs. In 1986 the office was merged into a new office, the assistant secretary for Museums, held by Thomas L. Freudenheim.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

This record unit documents the work of the assistant secretary for Museum Programs. The office directed the operations of the Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Office of Exhibits Central, Office of the Registrar, the Smithsonian Institution Archives, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, and the Institution's functions under the National Museum Act of 1966 until its repeal in 1983. In addition, the office served as liaison with various regional, national, and international museum organizations.

Records document planning and equipping the Museum Support Center, the major facility constructed in suburban Maryland to care for the national collections, and occupied in 1983; administration of the Arts and Industries Building; exhibitions at the Evans Gallery of the National Museum of Natural History; Institute of Museum Services; and work with the American Association of Museums, International Council of Museums (ICOM), the International Centre for Conservation in Rome, the International Center Committee of the Advisory Committee for Historic Preservation, and the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The records of William N. Richards, Jr., as special assistant to the assistant secretary for Museum Programs, 1972-1983, and as acting assistant secretary for Museum Programs, 1983-1985, are included, as are some records dealing with Paul Perrot's work in the museum field prior to his tenure at the Smithsonian.

This collection also includes vintage photographs of the Arts and Industries Building, circa1879-1899, when galleries were built.

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ICCROM

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SI Administration/SI Museums

SI Administration

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Country Files

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National and International Museum Agencies (ICOM, ICCROM, UNESCO, AAM, AAM/ICOM, ACHP/ICC)

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SI Administration

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National and International Professional Organizations

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Other General Organizations

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Miscellaneous prints of the A&I Building (Historic)

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SI Administration

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Note: Prior to the 1980 designation of the area behind the Castle as the South Quadrangle (SQ), it was known as the "South Yard."

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National and International Professional Organizations

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Special Exhibits Files

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Special Exhibitions:

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Other Governmental and Nongovernmental Organizations

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Arts & Industries Building, R&R

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Chronological File

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Collections Management Policy (CMP): These are developmental documents which led to the formulation of the permanent policies for each of the museums/collections.

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Secretary Ripley

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Note: The following listing for boxes 134-151 are abbreviated entries taken from an automated system used by the creating office.

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Museum Support Center (MSC)

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MSC, con't.

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MSC, con't.

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W. N. Richards Files

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William N. Richards Records, circa 1977-1982

Folder1   15- B Conservation Training 1981
Folder2   15 Conservation Council, Smithsonian, 1979, 1980, 1981, and other conservation subjects
Folder3   13-A Museums, non-Smithsonian. International, 1977-1981
Folder4   13 Museums, non-Smithsonian. U.S., 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Folder5   12-A Service Center, Smithsonian (SITES/OEC Project 1981)
Folder6   12 Supply Services, 1978, 1979
Folder7   15 Conservation Council, Smithsonian. 1978
Folder8   12 Office of Supply Services: Building Managers Council Minutes, 1978
Folder9   9-A Protection Services, Office of, 1978, 1979
Folder10   9 Communications & Transportation Services Division, 1979, 1980, 1981
Folder11   8-A Computer Services, Office of, 1979
Folder12   8 Management Analysis Office, 1979
Folder13   7 Fellowships and Grants Office, 1978, 1979
Folder14   7-B Grants and Risks Management, Office of, 1979
Folder15   6-B Assistant Secretary for Administration: Program and Activities Inventory, Smithsonian (for Congress), 1978
Folder16   6-A Assistant Secretary for Administration: Smithsonian Council of Administrative Officers, 1978, 1979
Folder17   6 Monthly Program (Highlights) Reports, October-November 1981
Folder18   Monthly Highlights, September 1981
Folder19   6 Monthly Highlights, May-August 1981
Folder20   6 Program Reports, February-April 1981
Folder21   Program Highlights, September-December 1980
Folder22   89 Museum Programs - Monthly Reports, May-October 1980
Folder23   6 Monthly Highlights Reports, April-May 1980
Folder24   6 Museum Program (Highlights) Reports to Agenda Office, 1980 (file 2) (folder empty)
Folder25   6 Monthly Program Reports to Agenda Office, 1980 (file 1)
Folder26   6 Monthly Program Reports to Agenda Office (Undersecretary for Administration), 1979
Folder27   6 Monthly Program Reports to Agenda Office (Undersecretary for Administration), 1978

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