This accession is restricted for 15 years from the latest date of records (1995). Restrictions will be lifted at the beginning of the calendar year 2011. 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).

These records document the educational outreach activities of the Office of the Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, with earlier records dating back when it was known as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service. Materials include the correspondence and memoranda of James C. Early, Executive Assistant, 1986-1987, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 1988-1989, Acting Assistant Secretary, 1990, and Assistant Secretary, 1991, for Public Programs; Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service, 1992-1994, and Education and Cultural Programs, 1994; and Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, 1994-1995. Records also include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Manjula Kumar, former Program Specialist for Public Service, 1989-1992; and Program Manager for Education and Public Service, 1992-1994, and Educational and Cultural Programs, 1994- .

In addition are Educational Outreach Fund proposals for various projects; grant and financial reports; information on planned lectures and other social events for the Smithsonian's annual Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday celebration; cassette tape recordings of the "Black Family Reunion" annual lecture series, Cultural Education Committee meetings, and special events at the Smithsonian; and videotapes of the "Slices of the Universe" program.

Box 1 of 4

• Educational Outreach Funding:
  • (125EE9-13) International Year of the Child, 1987-1989
  • (1234E9-04) Spanish Southtrack on a Film, 1988-1989
  • (126CE9-02) Publication of Radio Featurettes, 1987-1988
  • (126EE9-19) Deaf Way Around the World, 1989
  • (1261E9-47) Los Pleneros de la 21, 1989
  • (1269E8-04) Public Service Announcement for Anacostia Museum Exhibition, 1987-1989
  • (1255E8-15) National Museum of American History: Afro-American Index Project, 1987-1989
  • (1257E8-35) National Museum of African Art: Film Festival, 1988
  • (1255E8-21) National Museum of American History: American Indian Program, 1988-1989
  • (1268E8-23) Office of Telecommunications, Hispanic Television Research, 1988-1990
  • (121EE8-25) Cooperative Ad Campaign, 1987-1989
  • (1292E8-28) Resident Associates Program, Jabob Lawrence, 1988-1989
  • (1254E8-39) Sackler Gallery, Survey on Asian-American Groups, 1988-1989
  • (1254E8-44) Neilsen, Sackler Gallery, & NDL
  • (121EE8-47) Latino Working Committee, 1988
  • (1255E7-02) Afro-American Index Project, 1986-1989
  • (126EE7-06) Docent Training Videotape: "Part of Your General Public is Diabled," 1986-1988
  • (1255E7-10) Quilting, 1987-1989
  • (1261E7-11) Black History Month, 1987-1989
  • (1255E7-12) Film Images of Native Americans, 1987-1989
  • (125BE7-17) Theatre of American History/Armory
  • (1253E7-19) Lost and Found Traditions, 1987-1989
  • (1252E7-20) Cultures in Motion: Perspectives in American Diversity, 1987-1990
  • (1238E7-21) Educational Videotape Tour, 1987-1990
  • (1255E7-22) National Museum of American History: Indians, The Constitution and Treaties, 1987-1989
  • (1261E6-27) Guide to Resources, 1986-1988
  • (1253E6-28) Hispanic-American Art: 20th Century Selections
  • (1268E6?18) Biodiversity Conference, 1986-1987
  • (1253E6-21) National Survey on Special Programs for the Handicapped, 1986-1988
  • (1255E6-23) National Museum of American History: Performance Programs for "Everyday Life in America," 1986-1990
  • (121EE6-24) Hispanic Outreach Project and SI News Service, 1986-1990
  • (1292E6-13) [?]
  • (1252E6-05) "Hughie" Program for the Deaf in Museums
  • (1255E6-07) Conference on a Common Agenda for History
  • (1255E6-08) National Museum of American Art, Black-American Popular Song/Rhythm & Blues, 1985-1988
  • (1238E6-12) Planetarium Workbook and Planetarium Teacher Workshop, 1985-1990
  • Educational Outreach Proposals for 1991
  • Educational Outreach Proposals for 1986
  • Correspondence and Memoranda, 1990-1993
  • Final Report: "A Woman Called Truth," 1990
  • Teacher's Resource Guide on North American Indians
  • "The West as America": A Guide for Teachers [includes slides], 1991-1992
  • Memoranda, 1990
  • Educational Outreach Fund: National Postal History & Philatelic Museum, 1993

Box 2 of 4

• Final Report on Educational Grants for 126EE9-03 and 1238E9-04
• Memoranda, 1986-1990
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1992
• "Field to Factory" Collaborative Workshops: Final Report, 1990
• National Air and Space Museum, 1992
• National Postal History and Philatelic Museum: "My Town, Your Town--Across Town Pen Friends," 1993
• National Museum of American Art: "Art and Life of William H. Johnson" educational materials
• National Museum of American History: "Japanese Americans and Executive Order 9066," 1992
• Native American Women's Music, 1994
• Anacostia Museum: "Sixteen African American Collectors"
• "Bringing Science and Scientists into the Elementary School Classroom," 1994
• Anacostia Museum: "The Moten Black Collectors Hall of Fame," 1994
• "Space for Women: Perspectives on Careers in Science"
• National Postal History and Philatelic Museum: "High School History Hosts," 1993
• Washington Regional Workshop
• Proposal Cover Sheets:
  • Formal Environmental Education Program in the Province of Bocas del Toro, 1992
  • USIE Wider Audience Pilot Program, 1992
  • The Community Bridge
  • Accessible Editions of Three Smithsonian Brochures
  • Muharran - Related Observations in Iran, India, and Trinidad
  • National Conference on the History and Scholarship of African Gospel Music
  • Cultures in Motion: Portraits in American Diversity
  • A Multidisciplinary Approach to Arms and Armor
  • American Encounters Public Programs
  • Exhibition Workshop for "Strength and Diverisity: Japanese American Women, 1885-1990"
  • Multicultural Conference
  • Smithsonian Research Expedition Scholarships
  • Save Outdoor Sculpture
  • Saynday Was Coming Along - Silverhorn's Drawings by the Kiowa Trickster [includes slides]
  • Word of Mouth: Using Stories to Teach History
  • Museum Internship Cooperative
  • Knowledge and Power: Land in Native American Culture
  • Filipino Heritage
  • Targeted Publications for D.C. Area Educators
  • Washington D.C. Regional Workshop
  • Experimental Gallery
• Bay, Ann
• Memoranda: General Outreach, 1986-1987 [includes slides]
• Invitation Lists to Special Events, 1989-1990
• Report on the Benjamin Banneker Project, 1992
• Symposium Transcript: "Word of Mouth - Learning and Teaching Through Stories," 1991

Box 3 of 4

• Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Celebration Records, 1987-1995

Box 4 of 4

• Cassette Tape Recordings of Lectures, Events, and Meetings:
  • Black Family Reunion at the National Museum of American History, 1990
  • Education Outreach Proposals, 1989
  • Cultural Education Committee - General Meeting of September 12, 1989
  • Black Family Reunion at the Baird Auditorium, 1993
  • Educational Outreach Panel, 1990
  • Cultural Education Committee - General Meeting of December 5, 1989; and Executive Meeting at the National
  • Portrait Gallery on December 5, 1989
  • Award Education, 1994
  • Lecture on Education and Technology at the Baird Auditorium on December 11, 1990
  • Cultural Education Committee - General Meeting of April 11, 1990
  • "Neria" Film at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, 1993
  • Educational Outreach Panel - Meeting of July 7, 1989
  • Cultural Education Committee - General Meeting of October 2, 1990
  • Educational Outreach Panel - Meeting of May 21, 1990
  • Cultural Education Committee Papel [Tapes 1 & 2]
  • RR-OIS Memorandum of July 31, 1989
  • "Bon Chere Camarade," no date
  • African Festival Reception of May 28, 1988
  • Press Briefing, 1989
  • Cultural Education Committee - General Meeting at the Regents Room on June 12 [?]
  • Cultural Education Committee - General Meeting of May 4, 1989
  • "The District of Columbia," (Joe Burden), 1982
  • Regents Dinner at the Arts and Industries Building on May 8, 1988
  • Educational Outreach Panel - Meeting, no date
  • Program on "Malcolm X" at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden on January 23, 1994
  • Environmental Science Fair at the Smithsonian Building on July 13, 1994
  • Black Family Reunion at the Baird Auditorium on September 9, 1988
  • MIT Search Committee, 1986
  • Media Conference at the Carmichael Auditorium on October 18, 1990
  • "America the Beautiful," no date
  • Cultural Education Committee/Executive Committee - Meeting of September 7, 1989
  • Chicago Alumni at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden on April 16, 1994
  • Black Family Reunion at the National Museum of American History on September 20, 1991
  • Cultural Education Committee - General Meeting of September 11, 1991
  • Lecture on Education and Technology in the Quadrangle on December 11, 1990
  • "Soldiers of the Cross - Richard ALlen and the Founding of the African Methodist Espiscopal Church," 1989
  • "Afro-Americans and the Evolution of a Living Constitution"
  • Cultural Education Committee/Executive Committee - Meeting of June 1, 1989
• Videotape:
  • "Slices of the Universe" (1990)