This record unit documents the work of the Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs, Paul N. Perrot, over a substantial period of his tenure and the tenure of his successor, William N. Richards. Records concern issues of general Smithsonian administration and policy, as well as more specific topics dealing with specific museums and Smithsonian programs.

Among the subjects documented are planning for the Quadrangle Museum project, the work of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, and the National Museum Act of 1966.

Box 1 of 15

• Miscellaneous Subjects - Deaccession in Smithsonian
• National Museum of African Art, 1981-1986
• Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, 1981-1986
• National Air and Space Museum, 1981-1986
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1981-1986
• Freer Gallery of Art, 1981-1986
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1981-1986
• Kennedy Center
• National Museum of American History, 1984-1986
• National Museum of Natural History, 1982-1983 (2 folders)
• NMNH - Evans Hall, 1980-1982
• National Gallery of Art, 1981-1986
• National Museum of American Art, 1981-1986
• National Portrait Gallery, 1981-1986
• National Zoological Park, 1981-1986
• Renwick Gallery, 1981-1986 (2 folders)
• Archaeometry, 1983-1984

Box 2 of 15

• Smithsonian Archives, 1983-1986 (6 folders)
• Associates - Smithsonian Regional and National, 1982
• Assistant Secretary for Administration - Announcements, 1983-1985 (3 folders)
• Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs, 1985-1986
• Assistant Secretary for Public Service, 1982-1985
• Candidates for Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs
• Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs, 1975-1985
• Assistant Secretary for Science, 1982-1986
• Assistant Secretary for History and Art, 1981-1986
• Audits, 1981-1986

Box 3 of 15

• Smithsonian Budget, 1983-1987 (8 folders)
• Building Manager, 1981-1986 (3 folders)
• Collections Management, 1981-1986 (4 folders)
• Revised OM 808, 1984-1986
• Collection Inventory, 1981-1986

Box 4 of 15

• Collection Inventory, 1981-1986 (3 folders)
• Collection Management, 1981
• Collections - Smithsonian Development Policy
• Conservation Analytical Laboratory, 1983-1986 (5 folders)
• Smithsonian Council, 1983-1985 (2 folders)
• Energy Conservation, 1981-1982
• Management Committee, 1985-1986

Box 5 of 15

• Executive Committee, 1983-1984 (2 folders)
• Executive Resources Board, 1984-1986 (2 folders)
• Office of Design and Construction, 1981-1986
• Equal Employment Opportunity, 1984-1986
• Office of Exhibits Central, 1982-1986
• Office of Facilities Services, 1985
• Office of Fellowships and Grants, 1981-1986

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• Office of General Counsel, 1978-1986 (2 folders)
• Smithsonian Handicap Program, 1983-1984
• Office of Horticulture, 1981-1984 (6 folders)
• Office of Horticulture - East Garden (Sensory) (2 folders)
• Office of Information Resource Management, 1982-1985

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• Office of International Activities, 1983-1986 (2 folders)
• Mall Lighting, 1975-1985
• Mall - General, 1981-1985
• Management Analysis Office, 1982-1986
• Membership and Development, 1981-1985 (3 folders)
• Metrication, 1982-1986
• Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1983-1985 (5 folders)

Box 8 of 15

• Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1983-1985 (3 folders)
• Museum Support Center, 1981-1985 (5 folders)

Box 9 of 15

• Museum Support Center, 1981-1985 (9 folders)
• National Museum Act, 1983-1985 (3 folders)
• Mecklenburg Report
• Native American Program, 1984-1985
• Office of Personnel Administration, 1981-1986
• Office of Plant Services, 1981-1986

Box 10 of 15

• Smithsonian Press, 1981-1985
• Product Development
• Office of Protection Services, 1981-1986 (2 folders)
• Office of Public Affairs, 1981-1986
• Smithsonian Publishing Council, 1983-1984 (2 folders)
• Smithsonian Regents, 1983-1985 (3 folders)
• Office of the Registrar, 1983-1986 (3 folders)
• Office of the Registrar - Mission Statement
• Seminars and Symposia, 1981-1984 (2 folders)
• Secretary Adams, 1984-1986 (2 folders)

Box 11 of 15

• Secretary Adams, 1984-1986 (2 folders)
• Secretary Adams - Columbus Quincentenary
• Secretary Ripley - Statue of Liberty Centennial
• Secretary Ripley - Gibran Exhibit (S. Amman), 1984-1985
• Secretary Ripley, 1984 (2 folders)
• Secretary Ripley - "Treasures"
• Secretary Ripley - Sims Endowment
• Secretary Ripley, 1983. Includes Paul N. Perrot Letter of resignation)
• Secretary Ripley - Heritage Trust
• Secretary Ripley - Vatican Project
• Secretary Ripley - Thailand Exhibit, 1983
• Secretary Ripley - Waldburg-Wolfegg/Waldesmuller Map, 1983
• Secretary Ripley - Smithson Will Centennial
• Secretary Ripley - Japan Exhibit
• Secretary Ripley - Treaty of Paris, 1983
• Secretary Ripley - Coretta Scott King corr

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• Secretary Ripley, 1983 (2 folders)
• Secretary Ripley - OM 827 and 688 (Standards), 1983
• Secretary Ripley - Maryland Exhibit
• Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1983-1985 (4 folders)
• SITES Saudi Arabia Exhibit
• SITES Quarterly Reports, 1984
• SITES - "Myth v. Reality" (Hollywood)
• "Vaults of Memory"
• SITES - Topham
• SITES - Personnel
• SITES - Education Department
• SITES - Office of Exhibits Central Space Needs
• SITES - General (2 folders)
• SITES - Schweitzer Photographs
• SITES - Bhutan Exhibit
• SITES - Bulgaria Exhibit
• South Quadrangle Space (SDR/PH)

Box 13 of 15

• South Quadrangle: Saudi Arabia - Smithsonian Agreement, 1984
• South Quadrangle: United Arab Emirates, 1982-1983
• South Quadrangle: Bahrain, 1983
• South Quadrangle: Letters written on first Middle East Trip, 1981
• South Quadrangle: Southeast Asia Fund Raising Travel (Ripley), 1982-1984
• South Quadrangle: Trip to Middle East with Secretary Ripley, 1983
• South Quadrangle: Letters before and after Egypt Trip, 1982
• South Quadrangle: Qatar, 1982-1983
• South Quadrangle: Kuwait, 1982-1983
• South Quadrangle: Oman, 1983
• South Quadrangle: Letters to Middle Eastern Countries and U.S. Personnel re: Brochure, 1982
• South Quadrangle: Employment Candidates
• South Quadrangle: Senegal
• South Quadrangle: General, 1982 (2 folders)
• South Quadrangle: Walkways, 1982-1983
• South Quadrangle: Fund Raising, 1982
• Smithsonian World, 1981-1985 (2 folders)
• Space Needs - History and Art

Box 14 of 15

• Special Exhibits Fund, 1985
• Discovery Statue
• Smithsonian Treasurer, 1981-1986
• Under Secretary Anderson
• Under Secretary Hughes, 1982-1985
• White House Museum
• Women's Committee
• Woodrow Wilson Center, 1981-1983
• Arts & Industries Building, 1980-1985 (6 folders)

Box 15 of 15

• Arts & Industries Building, 1980-1985 (3 folders)