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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1968
June 21, 1968
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1263]
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
Investigation of Perognathus as an experimental organism for research in space biology (Contract NASw-812), 1 July through 30 September 1966 / R. G. Lindberg
These papers consists primarily of Schopf's personal correspondence with professional colleagues and friends, and his extensive research, laboratory, and field notes.
Also included in these papers are documents regarding grant proposals, classes at Lehigh and Chicago, Schopf's involvement in professional societies, and administrative records
and class notes from his years as a fellow and instructor at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Of special interest are drafts of manuscripts written
and edited by Schopf including a copy of Models in Paleobiology and a number of manuscripts written in collaboration with Jim L. Gooch. Three 16mm motion picture films of
bryozoa are also worthy of note.
Historical Note:
Thomas J. M. Schopf (1939-1984) was born in Urbana, Illinois. He received his A.B. from Oberlin College in 1960 and his Ph.D. in paleontology from Ohio State University
in 1964. While at Ohio State, Schopf served as an assistant at the Orton Museum. From 1964 to 1967, Schopf was a Fellow in the systematics-ecology program at the Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. In 1967 and 1969 respectively, he became Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of paleontology and oceanography at Lehigh University.
From 1978 to 1984 Schopf held the position of Professor of paleobiology at the University of Chicago.
During these years Schopf held many concurrent positions including, Faculty Associate and Research Associate, Center for Graduate Studies, Field Museum of Natural History;
Fellow and Instructor, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts; Visiting Resident Associate, Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology; Visiting
Professor, University of Hamburg; and Guggenheim fellow. He also founded the journal, Paleobiology, and edited the first volumes.
29.58 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Architectural drawings
Black-and-white photographs
Manuscripts
Sketches
Date:
1881-1973
Descriptive Entry:
These records include records of the Buildings Management Department and its predecessors, including subject files, photographs, plans, reports, sketches, drawings,
blueprints, memoranda, and correspondence concerning maintenance, financial matters, labor and supply costs, visitors, receptions, exhibitions, guard forces, and buildings
maintained by the Department.
Annual reports from the Superintendent of Buildings and Labor (1902-1946) contain maintenance reports of the Division; financial statements broken down by maintenance,
labor, and supply costs; salary of staff positions; visitor reports of the United States National Museum and Smithsonian Institution Building; special visitors, receptions
and exhibitions in the USNM; and watch force reports. Buildings maintained by the Division included the Smithsonian Institution Building, Arts and Industries Building, Museum
of Natural History Building, Ninth Street Annex, Emery Building, and South Shed. There is a table of contents for each report beginning with the annual report of 1907. Reports
are arranged in chronological order.
Buildings and museums represented in this collection include: Anacostia Museum, Barney Studio House, Belmont Conference Center, National Museum of History and Technology,
National Museum of Natural History, National Collection of Fine Arts, National Portrait Gallery, National Air and Space Museum (formerly the National Air Museum), Arts and
Industries Building, Freer Gallery of Art, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Radiation Biology
Laboratory, Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution Building, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Oceanographic
Sorting Center, and Silver Hill Facility.
Historical Note:
The Buildings Management Department (BMD) and its predecessors operated, maintained, and protected the Smithsonian's offices, museums, and research facilities in the
Washington, D.C., area. They provided security for museum collections, and information, direction, and assistance to Smithsonian visitors. In performing these duties, the
Department supplied engineering, design, fabrication, repair, communication, transportation, special mechanical, and safety services.
Henry Horan was the first Superintendent of Buildings, holding that position from 1880 to 1896. In 1896, J. Elfreth Watkins became Chief of the newly created Division of
Buildings and Superintendence. Another reorganization in 1902 gave Watkins the title of Superintendent and James S. Goldsmith that of Supervisor of Construction. In 1904,
the Division of Construction and Labor was created. The title was changed to Buildings and Labor in 1915, Buildings and Grounds in 1954, and Buildings Management Department
in 1958. Goldsmith was Superintendent from 1904 to 1935; Royal H. Trembly held the position from 1935 to 1943; and Lawrence L. Oliver held it from 1943 to 1957. Oliver became
Buildings Manager in 1958 and was succeeded by Andrew F. Michaels in 1959. In 1965 the title was changed to Director of Buildings Management Department and Michaels held the
position until 1973. In 1973, the Buildings Management Department was reorganized into a number of newly created offices.
Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research Search this
Extent:
14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
circa 1973-1990
Descriptive Entry:
These records consist primarily of administrative files of the Assistant Secretary for Research, 1987-1990, documenting his responsibility for the National Air and
Space Museum, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Zoological Park, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
the Smithsonian Institution Archives, the Office of Fellowships and Grants, the Office of International Activities, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Smithsonian
Institution Libraries, and related environmental groups and projects. Only the Panama Canal Alternatives Study, 1973-1983, predates 1984. Of special interest are records documenting
the closing of the Radiation Biology Laboratory in Rockville, Maryland.
Historical Note:
Robert S. Hoffmann succeeded David Challinor as Assistant Secretary for Research and served 1988- .
Topic:
Panama Canal Alternatives Study, 1973-1983 Search this
