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

Use by Smithsonian Archives Staff and Associates Use by Smithsonian Staff Use by Outside Researchers Other Collections Use For information regarding the total number of researchers, see Appendix F: Reference Service Statistics. The following is a summary of highlights from SIA's many reference and research activities during the fiscal year. Use by Smithsonian archives Staff and Associates Six IHD Predoctoral Fellows conducted research during FY 2000. Juliet Burba, University of Minnesota, studied theories advanced to explain the peopling of the Americas, by scholars in the period 1880-1930; Briann G. Greenfield, Brown University, researched the influence of Smithsonian Curator C. Malcolm Watkins on creating exhibitions portraying New England; Juan Ilerbaig, University of Illinois, conducted research for a dissertation on the history of field zoology in the United States, 1850-1920; Denise Meringolo, George Washington University, began a study of how public history study began in the federal government, especially the collaboration of the National Park Service and the Smithsonian. Michael F. Robinson, University of Wisconsin, completed a research project on popular portrayals of Arctic exploration in the later 19th century. James Todd Uhlmann, Rutgers University, studied the transition from Victorianism to Modernism, using the Smithsonian as a window into popular views of the exotic. Pedro M. Pruna-Goodgall, Cuban Academy of Sciences and an SIA Research Collaborator, conducted research on the Cuban malacologist, Carlos de la Torre. Use by Smithsonian Staff Smithsonian offices at every level used the Archives to answer questions relating to institutional history, policy, administration, and collection management. Areas of inquiry included Freedom of Information Act and discovery requests from the General Counsel; history of the delegation of authority at the Smithsonian; use history of the Patent Office Building; history of the Smithsonian's policy on smoking; I. Michael Heyman's tenure as Secretary; Smithsonian private fund deposits in the United States Treasury; history of pesticide use in NMNH mammal collections; the designation of the Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery Building as a historic landmark; the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory station at Mt. Harquehala, Arizona; budgetary history of the Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education; and the idea of a center for the study of American art and culture at the Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery Building. Smithsonian staff conducting scholarly research pursued interests no less diverse. Among these researchers were: National Museum of the American Indian: Douglas Evelyn-the history of exhibition buildings in 19th-century Washington National Museum of American History Judy Chelnick-study of 19th-century anatomical models Bernard Unti-dissertation research on American animal protection organizations Michele Gates Moresi-dissertation research on representations of African American history and culture at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery James Barber-study of the Smithsonian during the Civil War National Museum of American Art Sara Butler-the Smithsonian Gallery of Art competition National Museum of Natural History Chris Duncan-Matthew Sterling Expedition to New Guinea, 1926-1927 Carla Dove-T.C. Henry, 19th-century ornithologist and collector Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Stanley Heckadon-history of early naturalists in Panama National Air and Space Museum Peter Jakab-exhibition of aircraft in the Arts & Industries Building Dominick Pisano-study of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Use by Outside Researchers Research conducted by academic users of the Archives in FY 2000 reflected the wide range of subjects represented in the holdings. Examples of the range of topics researched follow: Michele Aldrich, Cornell University-research on the Paricutin Volcano Robert Bieder, Indiana University-history of zoological parks, including the National Zoological Park Kurk Dorsey, University of New Hampshire-A. Remington Kellogg and the diplomatic history of the International Whaling Commission Debra Everett-Lane, Columbia University-Charles D. Walcott and the International Congresses of Geology, Zoology and Criminal Anthropology Atsushi Fukui, Imperial Household Agency, Tokyo, Japan-Emperor Hirohito's visit to the Smithsonian in 1975 James Green, Goddard Space Flight Center-ballooning in the Civil War Diana Hadley, Arizona State Museum-an environmental history of the United States-Mexico borderlands Russell Hopcroft and David Borkman, University of Massachusetts-a study of the changing temperatures of the world's oceans Christine Keiner, Johns Hopkins University-examination of research programs on the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay Portia Davis King, Black Aviators videohistories Michael Krenn, University of Miami-a book on the U. S. international art program during the Cold War era Alan Leviton, California Academy of Sciences-history of the Academy and its long-term relationship with the Smithsonian Roy MacLeod, University of Sydney-Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Isabel Medina, Institute of Anthropology, University of London-19th century Mesoamerican exhibitions at the Smithsonian and at international expositions Philip Pauley, Rutgers University-correspondence between Spencer F. Baird and George Perkins Marsh Suzanne Rodriguez, University of California, Berkeley-biographical study of Natalie Barney John Scott, University of Florida-William Henry Holmes and the archaeology of Colombia Kenneth Silverman, Columbia University-biography of Samuel F. B. Morse; P. S. Whitesell, University of Michigan-1874 Transit of Venus Expedition Other Collections Use Reference staff also assisted researchers with the development of exhibitions, websites, television programs, magazine articles and other publications, and other special projects. James Blair, Christian Science Monitor, investigated amateurs in science. Inci Bowman, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, made extensive use of the Archives while developing a website on the history of ichthyology at the Smithsonian (http://www.mnh.si.edu/vert/fishes/baird). Manchester Museum, U.K., used SIA photographs of Charles D. Walcott in its permanent geology hall. The National Museum of American Art used SIA materials in preparing a website on Natalie Clifford Barney (http://www.natalie-barney.com/ncb/site/home.html). The National Wildlife Research Center, Ft. Collins, Colorado, used SIA holdings on its website (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/nwrc). Nick Rapold, Harper's, researched Smithsonian accessions in 1850. Paul Ruther, National Museum of American Art Curatorial Department, continued research into SIA holdings for the forthcoming George Catlin exhibition at NMAA. Weschler's Auction House, Washington, D.C. used photographs from the Alice Pike Barney Collection in a catalog for the auction of the contents of the Barney Studio House. Next || Previous Smithsonian Institution Archives || Archives Division Institutional History Division || Joseph Henry Papers Project National Collection Program