Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution

Accession 00-134
Office of the Secretary, Executive Assistant to the Secretary,
Correspondence, 1978-1997

This accession is restricted for 15 years from the latest date of records (1997). Restrictions will be lifted at the beginning of calendar year 2013. Access to restricted collections requires explicit permission from the transferring office or donor. Contact the SIA Reference Staff for further information (call 202-633-5870, or email OSIAREF@osia.si.edu).

Records include correspondence and memoranda between members of the Board of Regents, Smithsonian Secretaries (S. Dillon Ripley, Robert McCormick Adams, and Ira Michael Heyman), and Smithsonian staff pertaining to Smithsonian business and business before the Board of Regents.

The records were created and maintained by James M. Hobbins, Executive Assistant to the Secretary. Hobbins joined the staff of S. Dillon Ripley, eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian in 1976 as a Special Assistant. He later succeeded Dorothy Rosenberg upon her retirement in 1979, assuming her role as Executive Assistant to the Secretary. The Executive Assistant to the Secretary manages the operation of the Office of the Secretary and acts as the primary liaison between the Secretary, the Institution and the Board of Regents.

Box 1 of 5

• SDR (S. Dillon Ripley) & JMH (James M. Hobbins) Memos, 1978-1981

• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence May - September 1991
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence October-December 1991
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence January-March 92
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence April-May 1992
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence June-August 1992
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence September-October 1992
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence November-December 1992
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence January-February 1993
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence March-April 1993
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence May-June 1993

Box 2 of 5

• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence July-August 1993
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence September-October 1993
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence November-December 1993
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence January-February 1994
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence March-April 1994
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence May-June 1994
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence July-August 1994
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence September-October 1994
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence November-December 1994

Box 3 of 5

• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence January-February 1995
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence March-April 1995
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence May-June 1995
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence July 1995
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence August 1995
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence September 1995
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence October 1995
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence November 1995
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence December 1995

Box 4 of 5

• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence January 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence February 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence March 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence April 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence May 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence June 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence July 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence August 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence September 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence October 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence November 1996
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence December 1996

Box 5 of 5

• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence January 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence February 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence March 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence April 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence May 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence June 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence July 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence August 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence September 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence October 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence November 1997
• Hobbins Chron-Correspondence December 1997

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Revised: August 1, 2002