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view Minutes digital asset: Finding aid

Minutes

Extent:
8.70 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (7 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1846-1995
Descriptive Entry:
These records are the official minutes of the Board. They are compiled at the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian, who is also secretary to the Board, after approval by the Regents' Executive Committee and by the Regents themselves. The minutes are edited, not a verbatim account of proceedings. For reasons unknown, there are no manuscript minutes for the period from 1857 through 1890; and researchers must rely on printed minutes published in the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution instead. Minutes are transferred regularly from the Secretary's Office to the Archives. Minutes less than 15 years old are closed to researchers. Indexes exist for the period from 1907 to 1946 and can be useful.
Historical Note:
The Smithsonian Institution was created by authority of an Act of Congress approved August 10, 1846. The Act entrusted direction of the Smithsonian to a body called the Establishment, composed of the President; the Vice President; the Chief Justice of the United States; the secretaries of State, War, Navy, Interior, and Agriculture; the Attorney General; and the Postmaster General. In fact, however, the Establishment last met in 1877, and control of the Smithsonian has always been exercised by its Board of Regents. The membership of the Regents consists of the Vice President and the Chief Justice of the United States; three members each of the Senate and House of Representatives; two citizens of the District of Columbia; and seven citizens of the several states, no two from the same state. (Prior to 1970 the category of Citizen Regents not residents of Washington consisted of four members). By custom the Chief Justice is Chancellor. The office was at first held by the Vice President. However, when Millard Fillmore succeeded to the presidency on the death of Zachary Taylor in 1851, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney was chosen in his stead. The office has always been filled by the Chief Justice since that time.

The Regents of the Smithsonian have included distinguished Americans from many walks of life. Ex officio members (Vice President) have been: Spiro T. Agnew, Chester A. Arthur, Allen W. Barkley, John C. Breckenridge, George Bush, Schuyler Colfax, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Curtis, George M. Dallas, Charles G. Dawes, Charles W. Fairbanks, Millard Fillmore, Gerald R. Ford, John N. Garner, Hannibal Hamlin, Thomas A. Hendricks, Garret A. Hobart, Hubert H. Humphrey, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, William R. King, Thomas R. Marshall, Walter F. Mondale, Levi P. Morton, Richard M. Nixon, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, James S. Sherman, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry S. Truman, Henry A. Wallace, William A. Wheeler, Henry Wilson.

Ex officio members (Chief Justice) have been: Roger B. Taney, Salmon P. Chase, Nathan Clifford, Morrison R. Waite, Samuel F. Miller, Melville W. Fuller, Edward D. White, William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan F. Stone, Fred M. Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren E. Burger.

Regents on the part of the Senate have been: Clinton P. Anderson, Newton Booth, Sidney Breese, Lewis Cass, Robert Milledge Charlton, Bennet Champ Clark, Francis M. Cockrell, Shelby Moore Cullom, Garrett Davis, Jefferson Davis, George Franklin Edmunds, George Evans, Edwin J. Garn, Walter F. George, Barry Goldwater, George Gray, Hannibal Hamlin, Nathaniel Peter Hill, George Frisbie Hoar, Henry French Hollis, Henry M. Jackson, William Lindsay, Henry Cabot Lodge, Medill McCormick, James Murray Mason, Samuel Bell Maxey, Robert B. Morgan, Frank E. Moss, Claiborne Pell, George Wharton Pepper, David A. Reed, Leverett Saltonstall, Hugh Scott, Alexander H. Smith, Robert A. Taft, Lyman Trumbull, Wallace H. White, Jr., Robert Enoch Withers.

Regents on the part of the House of Representatives have included: Edward P. Boland, Frank T. Bow, William Campbell Breckenridge, Overton Brooks, Benjamin Butterworth, Clarence Cannon, Lucius Cartrell, Hiester Clymer, William Colcock, William P. Cole, Jr., Maurice Connolly, Silvio O. Conte, Edward E. Cox, Edward H. Crump, John Dalzell, Nathaniel Deering, Hugh A. Dinsmore, William English, John Farnsworth, Scott Ferris, Graham Fitch, James Garfield, Charles L. Gifford, T. Alan Goldsborough, Frank L. Greene, Gerry Hazleton, Benjamin Hill, Henry Hilliard, Ebenezer Hoar, William Hough, William M. Howard, Albert Johnson, Leroy Johnson, Joseph Johnston, Michael Kirwan, James T. Lloyd, Robert Luce, Robert McClelland, Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., George H. Mahon, George McCrary, Edward McPherson, James R. Mann, George Perkins Marsh, Norman Y. Mineta, A. J. Monteague, R. Walton Moore, Walter H. Newton, Robert Dale Owen, James Patterson, William Phelps, Luke Poland, John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, B. Carroll Reece, Ernest W. Roberts, Otho Robards Singleton, Frank Thompson, Jr., John M. Vorys, Hiram Warner, Joseph Wheeler.

Citizen Regents have been: David C. Acheson, Louis Agassiz, James B. Angell, Anne L. Armstrong, William Backhouse Astor, J. Paul Austin, Alexander Dallas Bache, George Edmund Badger, George Bancroft, Alexander Graham Bell, James Gabriel Berrett, John McPherson Berrien, Robert W. Bingham, Sayles Jenks Bowen, William G. Bowen, Robert S. Brookings, John Nicholas Brown, William A. M. Burden, Vannevar Bush, Charles F. Choate, Jr., Rufus Choate, Arthur H. Compton, Henry David Cooke, Henry Coppee, Samuel Sullivan Cox, Edward H. Crump, James Dwight Dana, Harvey N. Davis, William Lewis Dayton, Everette Lee Degolyer, Richard Delafield, Frederic A. Delano, Charles Devens, Matthew Gault Emery, Cornelius Conway Felton, Robert V. Fleming, Murray Gell-Mann, Robert F. Goheen, Asa Gray, George Gray, Crawford Hallock Greenwalt, Nancy Hanks, Caryl Parker Haskins, Gideon Hawley, John B. Henderson, John B. Henderson, Jr., A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Gardner Greene Hubbard, Charles Evans Hughes, Carlisle H. Humelsine, Jerome C. Hunsaker, William Preston Johnston, Irwin B. Laughlin, Walter Lenox, Augustus P. Loring, John Maclean, William Beans Magruder, John Walker Maury, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, John C. Merriam, R. Walton Moore, Roland S. Morris, Dwight W. Morrow, Richard Olney, Peter Parker, Noah Porter, William Campbell Preston, Owen Josephus Roberts, Richard Rush, William Winston Seaton, Alexander Roby Shepherd, William Tecumseh Sherman, Otho Robards Singleton, Joseph Gilbert Totten, John Thomas Towers, Frederic C. Walcott, Richard Wallach, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., James E. Webb, James Clarke Welling, Andrew Dickson White, Henry White, Theodore Dwight Woolsey.
Topic:
Museums -- Administration  Search this
Museum trustees  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 1, Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes
Identifier:
Record Unit 1
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Minutes
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0001
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view Portraits of Unidentified Men; New Data Bank for Science Information Exchange digital asset number 1

Portraits of Unidentified Men; New Data Bank for Science Information Exchange

Creator:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Freeman, Monroe E. 1906-1972  Search this
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs  Search this
Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
June 7, 1968
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1357]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_372368
view Presentation by the Science Information Exchange digital asset number 1

Presentation by the Science Information Exchange

Creator:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Taylor, Frank A (Frank Augustus) 1903-2007  Search this
Suszynski, Nicholas J. Jr  Search this
Squires, Donald Fleming  Search this
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Powers, Peter G  Search this
Galler, Sidney Roland 1920-  Search this
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs  Search this
Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
December 3, 1968
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1402]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_372410
view Farewell Luncheon for Monroe E. Freeman digital asset number 1

Farewell Luncheon for Monroe E. Freeman

Creator:
Hofmeister, Richard K  Search this
Subject:
Freeman, Monroe E. 1906-1972  Search this
Challinor, David  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology  Search this
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange  Search this
Physical description:
120mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1971
December 30, 1971
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [72-9]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_386969
view Awards Presentation to SSIE Staff digital asset number 1

Awards Presentation to SSIE Staff

Creator:
Hofmeister, Richard K  Search this
Subject:
Challinor, David  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division  Search this
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange  Search this
Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1973
February 13, 1973
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [73-1267]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_394842
view Group Portrait of Learning Lab Shorthand Class Participants digital asset number 1

Group Portrait of Learning Lab Shorthand Class Participants

Creator:
Hofmeister, Richard K  Search this
Subject:
Howell, Brenda E  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs  Search this
Physical description:
Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;
Type:
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1973
November 9, 1973
Topic:
Portraits, Group  Search this
Continuing education  Search this
Local number:
SIA RU000371 [73-11210-06]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_396090
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Smithsonian Science Information Exchange [Folder]

Additional name:
S.S.I.E.  Search this
SSIE  Search this
Smithsonian Institution. Science Information Exchange  Search this
Bio-sciences Information Exchange  Search this
Contents:
Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs.
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Topic:
Art Organizations  Search this
Location:
Art & Artist files at the Smithsonian American Art Museum/ National Portrait Gallery Library
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILAF_105778
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LT10 geomorphology of arrid areas

Author:
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange  Search this
Physical description:
[64] leaves ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1977
Topic:
Geomorphology--Research  Search this
Call number:
GB409 .S66
GB409.S66
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91315
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LT09 Sand dunes

Author:
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange  Search this
Physical description:
[23] leaves ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1977
Topic:
Sand dunes  Search this
Call number:
GB633 .S66
GB633.S66
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91117
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SSIE science newsletter

Title:
Science newsletter
Author:
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange  Search this
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange Science newsletter  Search this
Physical description:
ill. 28 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Date:
1971
1980
Topic:
Science  Search this
Call number:
Q1 .S107
Q1.S107
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_73944
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Environmental protection research catalog, prepared by the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Monitoring, Research Information Division

Author:
Smithsonian Science Information Exchange  Search this
United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Monitoring Research Information Division  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1972
Topic:
Environmental protection--Research--Catalogs  Search this
Environmental protection--Research--Indexes  Search this
Call number:
TD171 .S63 1972
TD171.S63 1972
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_45975
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Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE)

Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. International Center  Search this
Container:
Box 4 of 6
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 86-157, Smithsonian Institution, International Center, Records
See more items in:
Records
Records / Box 4
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa86-157-refidd1e2403
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4732 Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE) Information

Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Plant Services. Division of Transportation and Communications Services  Search this
Container:
Box 2 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 84-145, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Plant Services, Division of Transportation and Communications Services, Records
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Records
Records / Box 2
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa84-145-refidd1e570
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Controversy, 1976-1977-1980-1982 [Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE)]

Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs  Search this
Container:
Box 5 of 41
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 372, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Public Affairs, Clippings
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Clippings
Clippings / Box 5
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0372-refidd1e1375
view Records digital asset: Finding aid

Records

Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science  Search this
Extent:
76.5 cu. ft. (153 document boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Black-and-white photographs
Serials (publications)
Books
Manuscripts
Date:
1963-1978
Descriptive Entry:
These records consist of a correspondence register; files on bureaus administered by the office, including reorganization proposals for SSIE, 1972-1973, photographs of the STRI facility at Barro Colorado Island, the Johnson-Sea-Link Accident, 1973, SAC's Multiple Mirror Telescope project, 1975-1976, and the Foreign Currency Program country files, 1972-1978, including the Nepal Tiger Study Project, 1972-1977; general office files, including photographs of recipients of the Edward W. Browning Achievement Award, and participants of the 1972 Galapagos Science Conference, Challinor's appointment books, and organizations concerned with endangered species, flora, and ecology; OIA materials including information on the Sea Level Canal Study, 1970, the Mekong Basin Project, 1972, congressional bills pertaining to endangered species and flora, proposals for rules and regulations by international conservation organizations, scientific research agreements between the United States and foreign countries, and the Foreign Currency Program country files, 1965-1974; Research Awards Program award and program files, and proposals, 1966-1977; newspaper clippings and journal articles; and printed materials.
Historical Note:
These records pertain to the administration of the Assistant Secretary for Science, David Challinor, 1971- .

Bureaus whose actions are documented in these records are the Center for the Study of Man, Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies, Fort Pierce Bureau, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of Natural History, National Zoological Park, Office of International Programs, Radiation Biological Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE), and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). These records also document offices that underwent administrative changes during the period 1971-1976, including the Center for Natural Areas, Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, Office of Environmental Programs, Office of Environmental Sciences, Office of International and Environmental Programs, and the Office of Oceanography and Limnology. In addition, there is material concerning the office's involvement with federal and international agencies and private organizations regarding the preservation of endangered species and flora, conservation of the environment, and ecological researches; and the Research Award Program that the office administered.

The pre-1971 material in these records includes that transferred by Challinor and one of his assistants, Michael R. Huxley, from their previous assignment at the Office of International Activities (OIA), where Challinor served as director, 1968-1971, and Huxley served as assistant director, 1970-1971. The remainder of the pre-1971 material was inherited by Challinor from his predecessor, Sidney Rolland Galler.
Topic:
Science museums  Search this
Research  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Serials (publications)
Books
Manuscripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 254, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Science, Records
Identifier:
Record Unit 254
See more items in:
Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0254
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Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SIE), 1972

Container:
Box 44 of 53
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 197, National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director, Records
See more items in:
Records
Records / Series 5: Records of the Director's Office, NMNH, 1972 / Box 44
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0197-refidd1e6808
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Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, 1976

Container:
Box 16 of 33
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-005, Melbourne R. Carriker Papers
See more items in:
Melbourne R. Carriker Papers
Melbourne R. Carriker Papers / Box 16
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa08-005-refidd1e16382
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SI - Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, 1976-1977

Container:
Box 7 of 7
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 399, Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies. Associate Director for Education Programs, Records
See more items in:
Records
Records / Box 7
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0399-refidd1e1425
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Folder 15 National Museum of History and Technology, Administration Procedures, 1970-1973. Pertains to the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, revision of service fees; summary of Institution Priorities Conference; establishment of Registrar's Of...

Collection Creator::
National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics  Search this
Container:
Box 4 of 24
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 332, National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Curatorial Records
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Curatorial Records
Curatorial Records / Series 1: DIVISION OF MATHEMATICS, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY, 1962-1988, AND UNDATED. / Box 4
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0332-refidd1e1132
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Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, 1964 (2 folders)

Container:
Box 14 of 108
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 334, National Museum of American History. Office of the Director, Subject Files
See more items in:
Subject Files
Subject Files / Box 14
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0334-refidd1e4277

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