TABLE OF CONTENTS Director's View Staff and Associates National Collections Program Institutional History Division Technical Services Division Archives Division Holdings Use Outreach and Public Programs Professional Activities Appendixes A. SIA Organizational Chart for FY 1999 B. Volume of Holdings Summary C. Chart of Volume Growth D. Sources of Holdings E. Records Center Services F. Reference Service Statistics G. "Research in Progress" Lecture Series H. Exhibition Loans (Outgoing) I. Publications of SIA Staff and Associates J. Publications Using SIA Holdings List of Abbreviations

Archives 1999 Total Added 2000 Discarded 2000 2000 TOTAL Smithsonian Records 17,234.78 616.92 218.00 17,633.70 Oral/Videohistory 34.00 0.98 0.00 34.98 Professional Society Records(2) 1,858.78 49.00 0.00 1,907.78 Donated Personal Papers(3) 3,079.69 7.44 0.50 3,086.63 Total Archives 22,207.43 674.34 218.50 22,663.27 Records Center 1999 Total Added 2000 Discarded 2000 2000 TOTAL Courtesy Storage(4) 35.00 0.00 0.00 35.00 For Appraisal(5) 67.00 0.00 0.00 67.00 For Disposal(6) 1,589.25 730.50 606.00 1,907.78 Total Records Center 1,691.25 730.50 606.00 1,815.75 TOTAL HOLDINGS 23,898.68 1,404.84 824.50 24,479.02 1For approximate linear shelf meters, divide cubic feet by 2.44. 2Official records of scholarly and professional societies that have designated the Smithsonian Archives as their official repository. 3 Personal papers of principal Smithsonian staff and research associates. 4 Materials held in temporary custody as a courtesy to other Smithsonian units. 5 Materials awaiting determination of potential archival value. 6 Inactive Smithsonian records that are not of permanent value, but that must be retained for a time to satisfy statutory and other regulatory requirements. Next || Previous Smithsonian Institution Archives || Archives Division Institutional History Division || Joseph Henry Papers Project National Collection Program