Focuses on the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO); development of the Multiple-Mirror Telescope with the University of Arizona with disks from the U.S. Air Force; innovative design elements; National Science Foundation limits on funding; dynam...
Covers Shropshire's youth and early career interests, friendships, and accomplishments, including: childhood, early education, interest in science as a young boy, and his early mentors; religious experience at Vacation Bible School; visiting the Smiths...
Myron "Mike" Lecar was interviewed by David Bosserman on June 29, 1996. He is an astrophysicist and has worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for 30 years. This interview discusses how he came to work at the S...
Working at the Smithsonian Fieldwork: Interview with Don Lopez (senior advisor emeritus, NASM); Interview with Jeff Goldstein (astrophysicist, NASM) by James Deutsch
Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (compact audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Date:
1995 October 18-1995 November 2
Collection Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
The Smithsonian is a cherished symbol of knowledge, a repository for treasures and national memories, a shrine of human accomplishment and natural wonders. The Smithsonian was founded for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge" and took root in an American, democratic society as an organization dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in the public eye, and for the public good. The Smithsonian celebrated its 150th year with America's Smithsonian - a major exhibition that traveled to twelve cities across the nation - and with television specials and minutes, a birthday celebration on the Mall in August, and a host of other exhibits, World Wide Web programs, and scholarly conferences.
On the occasion of the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary, the 1996 Festival celebrated the culture of the Smithsonian workplace. The Festival had celebrated the folklife of many different occupational groups in the past, from cowboys to trial lawyers. In this program, the focus was not on one occupation, but on the diverse jobs that make up the Institution: from astrophysicists to animal keepers, security officers to exhibit preparators, registrars to administrators. All were involved, one way or another, with carrying out the Smithsonian's mission: the increase and diffusion of knowledge. At the Festival, Smithsonian personnel demonstrated just how they carry out this mission, by turning the Institution "inside out," as scientists, curators, conservators, exhibit makers, security officers, accountants, and administrators showed the public how the Smithsonian works. Their work also testified to the importance of knowledge as a basis for understanding the world, the significance of an educated citizenry, and the civic value of long-lived, high-quality public institutions. Festival visitors, in turn, could contribute their own "Smithsonian Memories" in a special tent.
While each job at the Smithsonian embodies its own skills and culture, it is also necessarily entwined with other complementary jobs. Each worker has his or her "way of knowing" at the Smithsonian, but also must know whom else to rely on to get things done in a proper and timely fashion. And each way of knowing illuminates a different dimension or sector of the Institution as a whole. The mission of the Institution is specific yet broad enough to engage a wide variety of occupational perspectives, imaginations, and aspirations. Indeed, the Smithsonian is part government, part museum, university, and business, and reflects the organizational culture of each. However, whether Festival audiences were listening to workers in jobs such as security officer, transport driver, metalworker, plasterer, curator, or administrator, the same themes emerged: working at the Smithsonian means doing a variety of tasks, or serving a variety of needs, in ways that clearly contribute to the functioning of the whole.
Betty J. Belanus, Emily Botein and Marjorie Hunt were Curators of the program; Peter Seitel was Buildings and Grounds Curator, and Olivia Cadaval and Pam Henson were Smithsonian Memories Curators; Lynn Wojcik was Smithsonian Memories Coordinator.
Working at the Smithsonian was made possible by the Smithsonian Institution 150th Anniversary Committee and with funds from the Smithsonian National Board.
Fieldworkers and photographic support:
Fieldworkers
Susan Arshack, Betty Belanus, Carla Borden, Emily Botein, James Deutsch, John Franklin, Marjorie Hunt, Rich Kennedy, Richard Kurin, Rebecca Maksel, Carmina Mortillaro, Michael Murray, Diana Baird N'Diaye, Diana Parker, Erin Roth, Bob Sayers, Peter Seitel, Beverly Simons, Barbara A. Strickland, Egle Zygas
Photographic support
Lori Aceto, Bill Baxter, Joan Boudreau, Joanna Britto, Mark Bryan-Brown, David Burgevin, Tim Cannon, Chip Clark, Jessie Cohen, Jim Cornell, Elsie Cunningham, Courtney DeAngelis, Pam Dewey, John Dillaber, Harold Dorwin, Doc Dougherty, John Eisenberg, Mike Fetters, Paula Fleming, Cathy Flynn, Howard Gillette, Mark Haddon, Ed Keating, Martha Knouss, Chrisley McCarson, Scott Miller, Douglass Mudd, Laura Nash, Evi Oehler, Julie Piraino, Melissa Reiser, Mary Rice, David Romanowski, Frances Rowsell, Lynn Sahaydak, Stephanie Smith, Ann Stetser, Carolyn Thome, John Tsantes, Rick Vargas, Anne Wagner, Helena Wright, Barbara Wolanin, Amanda Young
Presenters:
Andrew Connors, James Deutsch, Erin Roth, Tom Vennum
Participants:
Anacostia Museum
Harold Dorwin
Robert Hall
Portia James
Steve Newsome
Sharon Reinckens
Wade Stuart
Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies
Karin Hayes
Richard Kurin, 1950-
Jeff Place
Reynald Searles
Anthony Seeger
Kenn Shrader
Conservation Analytical Laboratory
Mary Baker
Harriet Beaubien
Ron Bishop
David Erhardt
Martha Goodway
Carol Grissom
Marion Mecklenburg
Charles Tumosa
Noreen Tuross
Dianne Van Der Reyden
Pam Vandiver
Lambertus van Zelst
Melvin Wachowiak
Don Williams
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Konstanze Bachmann
Joanne Kosuda-Warner, 1956-
Barbara Livenstein
Cordelia Rose
Alfred Simon
Stephen H. Van Dyk, 1950-
Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Jeffrey Baxter
John Bradley
Thomas Chase
Scott Coleman
Louise Allison Cort, 1944-
Vidya Dehejia
Cornell Evans
Richard Franklin
Colleen Hennessey
James Horrocks
Craig Korr
Thomas Lentz
Lucia Pierce
Patrick Sears
Richard Skinner
Francis Smith
James Smith
Martha Smith
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
William Adams
Leland Aks
Sidney Lawrence, 1948-
Christopher Wilson
Museum Support Center
Vince Wilcox
National Air and Space Museum
Mark Balmer
Bruce Allan Campbell, 1964-
Geoffrey Chester
Ian Cooke
Robert Craddock
Thomas Crouch
Michael Fetters
Louis Fleming
Frank Florentine
Jeff Goldstein
Mary Henderson
Gary Houston
Patricia Jacobberger-Jellison
William Jacobs
Peter Jakab
Andrew Johnston
Melissa Keiser
Cathleen S. Lewis, 1958-
Kim Martin
Ted Maxwell
Helen McMahon
Valerie Neal
David Paper
Dominick Pisano, 1943-
David Romanowski
Rosemary Steinat
Priscilla Strain
Suvinee Vanichkachorn
Amanda Young
James Zimbelman
National Air and Space Museum, Garber Facility, Silver Hill
Gail Everson
Steve Hemlin
Stacey Kluck
Tamura Moore
James Oakley
Richard Siday
Martin White
National Museum of African Art
Leasa Farrar-Frazer
Christraud Geary
Alan Knezevich
Edward Lifschitz, 1945-
Steve Mellor
Dana Moffett
Peter Pipim
Roslyn Walker
National Museum of American Art
Fern Bleckner
Andrew Connors
Ann Creager
Merry Foresta
Jerry Hovanec
Martin Kotler
Kate Maynor
John Reuter
John Zelenik
National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery
Jeremy Elwell Adamson, 1943-
Allen Bassing, 1932-
National Museum of American History
Peter Albritton
Richard Barden
Howard Bass
Jeanne Benas
Dwight Bowers
Harold Closter
Camilla Clough
Terry Conable
Spencer R. Crew, 1949-
Pete Daniel
Smita Dutta
Bernard S. Finn, 1932-
Jane Gamble
Marion Gill
Hank Grasso
John Edward Hasse, 1948-
Ellen Hughes
Reuben Jackson
Stephen Jones
Claudia Kidwell
Carolyn Long
Edith Mayo
Charlie McGovern
Susan Myers
Stan Nelson
Scott Odell, 1935-
Donald Phillips
Beth Richwine
Ann Rossilli
Rodris Roth
Ed Ryan
Anne Serio
Tony Skowron
Barbara Clark Smith
Lonn Taylor, 1940-
Tom Tearman
Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss
David Todd
Jim Weaver
Polly Willman
Bill Withuhn
Omar Wynn
National Museum of the American Indian
Kathleen Ash-Milby
Eulalie Bonar
Douglas E. Evelyn, 1941-
Andrea Hanley
Charlotte Heth
George Horsecapture
Marty Kreipe De Montaño
Mary Jane Lenz
Scott Merritt
Tim Ramsey
Alyce Sadongei, 1959-
Tanya Thrasher
Jim Volkert
Rick West
Sonya Wolf
National Museum of Natural History
Marjorie Akins
Joallyn Archambault, 1942-
Mary Jo Arnoldi
Carole Baldwin
Maria Ballantyne
Deborah Bell
Mike Braun
Matthew Cane
Jonathan Coddington
Margaret Collins
Elisabeth Craft
Don Davis
Elizabeth Dietrich
Carla Dove
Chisato Dubreuil
David Dubreuil
Nate Erwin
Natalie Firnhaber
Richard Fiske
William W. Fitzhugh, 1943-
Vicki A. Funk, 1947-
James Glenn
Frank Greenwell
Charles Overton Handley, 1924-
Greta Hanson
Don Harvey
Betty Hays
Gary Hevel
Lee Hitchcock
Elaine R.S. Hodges, 1937-2006
Jake Homiak, 1947-
Deborah Hull-Walski
Adrienne Kaeppler
Bebe Katims
Thomas Killion
Victor Kranz
Conrad Labandeira, 1950-
Roxie Laybourne
Stephen Loring, 1950-
Sally Love
Vichai Malikul
Carolyn Margolis
Roy McDiarmid
Laura McKie
Rosemary Monagan
Keiko Moore
Dan Henry Nicolson, 1933-
Beth Norden
Doug Owsley
Lynne Parenti
David Leo Pawson, 1938-
Glenn Rankin
Clyde F.E. Roper, 1937-
Tim Rose
Molly Ryan
Mary Sangrey
Janna Scherer
Margaret Schweitzer
Lorena Selim
Rita Sharon
Bryan Sieling
Theresa Singleton
Bruce Smith
Dennis Stanford
William Sturtevant
Alice Tangerini
Paul Taylor
Thomas Thill
Richard Thorington
Gus Willard Van Beek, 1922-
George Venable
Michael Wise
Priscilla Williams
Stanley Yankowski
Ellis Leon Yochelson, 1928-2006
Melinda Zeder
Liz Zimmer
National Portrait Gallery
Amy Henderson
Ellen Gross Miles, 1941-
National Postal Museum
Wendy Aibel-Weiss
Jim Bruns
Linda Edquist
Nancy Pope
Daisy Ridgway
National Zoological Park
Jonathan Ballou
Benjamin Beck
Judith Block
Melanie Bond
Daryl Boness
Johnny Brown
Wayne Callender
Richard Cambre
Larry Collins
Robert Davis
Lynn Dolnick
Chuck Fillah
Jim Fitzpatrick
Robert Fleischer
Marie Galloway
Edwin Gould, 1933-
Roscoe Harper
Eugene Hicks
Rick Hider
Robert Hoage
Carl Jackson
David Jenkins
Peggy Johns-Shiflett
David Kessler
Devra Kleiman
John Lehnhardt
Kathy Lehnhardt
Jim Machuga
Dale Marcellini
Bruce Miller
Harry Miller
Richard Montali
Linda Moore
Mike O'Brien
Olav Oftedal
Alan Peters
Charles Pickett
Earl Pinkney
Scott Posey
Miles Roberts
Mike Schwartz
Prince Seabron
John Seidensticker
Miles Simmons
Lisa Stevens
Ben Turner
Billy Turner
Robin Vasa
Louis "Trooper" Walsh
Stuart Wells
Christen Wemmer
Carl Wheatley
Chuck Woolf
Bill Xanten
Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation
Amy Ballard
Cynthia Field
Michael Hendron
Peter Muldoon
Richard Stamm
Office of the Comptroller
Blanchard White
Justin Estoque
Office of Environmental Management and Safety
Walter Bailey
Office of Exhibits Central
Harry Adams
Susan Arshack
Nina Awkard-Capers
Hugh Bennett
Mary Bird
Harold Campbell
James Carr
Diana Cohen
Daniel Fielding
Seth Frankel
Mike Headley
Veronica Jenkins
George Johnson
Paula Kaufman
Mike Kelton
Richard Kilday
Tina Lynch-Safreed
Eve MacIntyre
Reed Martin
Rolando Mayen
Lora Moran-Collins
Carol Anne Otto
Rick Pelasara
Robert Perantoni
George Quist
Rosemary Regan
Chris Reinecke
Carol Reuter
James Reuter
Paul Rhymer
John Siske
Liz Smalls
Tim Smith
Susan Smith-Pinelo
Carolyn Thome
Anthony Valentine
William Walton
Eric Washington
Mary Wiedeman
Dwight Wilson
Debbie Yang
Rachel Young
Jon Zastrow
Office of the General Council
Lauryn Grant
Office of Government Relations
Palita Abeyta
Manuel Melendez
Office of Health Services
Avelina Rose
Anne Shepard
Sharon Striker
Juanita Tutt
Office of Human Resources
Monte Cones
Office of International Relations
Francine Berkowitz
Leonard Hirsch
Office of Physical Plant
Nancy Bechtol
Tom Blair
Joseph Brice
Thomas Brown
Robert Burgess
Thomas Cacciatore
Gregory Carpenter
James Clark
Ron Coombs
Francis Cooper
Judie Cooper
Jesse Cox
Greg Culler
Bob Davis
Victoria Di Bella
John Dickerson
Kurt Donaldson
Randy Dudley
Ray Dudley
Jerry Estep
Barbara Faust
Deborah Ferris
Don Grambling
Dennis Greive
Barry Gullixon
Mark Hardin
Shelly Harlan
Stanley Hilton
Thomas Hollister
Young Ok Hong
Walter Howell
Meredith Hubel
Donald Johnson
Sean Jones
Sung Kim
Patrick Larkin
Meyer Laskin
Joel Lemp
Paul Lindell
Derrell Lyles
Vincenzo Marinucci
Robert Marshall
Paula McCloskey
Christopher McGill, Sr.
Patrick Miller
Lauranne Nash
Debra Nauta-Rodriquez
Robert Nicholson
Donnie Pierce
Pat Ponton
Rod Prady
Richard Price
Rosa Proctor
Michael Riordan
Ardell Robinson
Jeff Schneider
Anthony Smith
Karen Swanson
Ted Tieff
Sally Tomlinson
Teddy Villapando
Howard Wink
Tom Winston
Holly Wright
Office of Planning and Budget
Margaret Gaynor
Office of Printing and Photographic Services
Carl Hansen
Eric Long
Hugh Talman
Rick Vargas
Office of Protection Service
William Adams
Paul Blair
Carvester Booth
Martha Cavanaugh
Emanuel Chase
Lawrence Chatman
Ronald Colaprete
Myron Curtis
William Gaghan
Elease Hall
Harold Hancock
Preston Herald
Charles Johnson
William Johnson
James Kelly
William Lassiter
Dave Liston
Jerome Luczak
Peter Mac Kessy
Henry McFadden
Frank Navarro
Antonio Quintos
Eric Scott
Ray Sebulsky
Adolph Smith
Kenneth Thomas
Deborah Watkins
Ricardo Williams
James Wooten
Office of the Provost
Wilton Dillon
Mary Lynne McElroy
Michael Lang
Mary Tanner
Office of Public Affairs
Mary Combs
Hamlet Paoletti
Linda St. Thomas
Office of Special Events and Conference Service
Ted Anderson
Office of Wider Audience Development
Marshall Wong
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Nathaniel Carleton
James Cornell, 1938-
Alexander Dalgarno
Linda French
Robert P. Kirshner, 1949-
Myron Lecar
Ursula Marvin
Jonathan Williams
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
David Correll
Bert Garrison Drake, 1935-
Candy Feller
Mark Haddon
Anson Hines
Thomas Jordan
James Lynch
Patrick Neale
Geoffrey Parker
Greg Ruiz
Richard Smucker
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Martin Kalfatovic
Sherry Kelley
Nancy Matthews
Rhoda Ratner
Barbara Smith
Valerie Wheat
Marca Woodhams
Smithsonian Institution Press
Frances Roswell
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Vivien Ta-Ying Chen
Anna R. Cohn, 1950-
Matou Goodwin
Liz Hill
Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Russ Greenberg
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Stanley Rand
Raineldo Urriola
Travel Services Office
Carol Ailes
Judy Petroski
Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center
Richard Anderson
Greta Brown
Roberta Buchanan
Sheila Harris
Judy Peterman
Mary Grace Potter
Katherine Ridgely
Louise Steele
Gilmer Vanpoole
Former and Retired Smithsonian Workers
Renee Altman
Bruce Beehler
A.C. Clarke
Jackie Dulaney
Maria Christina Garcia
Elaine Heumann Gurian, 1937-
Donald S. Lopez, 1923-
Jeffrey LaRichie
David McFadden
Louis Purnell
Margaret Santiago
Steptoe Wren
Agnes Yore
Collection Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Where a listening copy or viewing copy has been created, this is indicated in the respective inventory; additional materials may be accessible with sufficient advance notice and, in some cases, payment of a processing fee. Older papers are housed at a remote location and may require a minimum of three weeks' advance notice and payment of a retrieval fee. Certain formats such as multi-track audio recordings and EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) may not be accessible. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 or rinzlerarchives@si.edu for additional information.
Collection Rights:
Copyright and other restrictions may apply. Generally, materials created during a Festival are covered by a release signed by each participant permitting their use for personal and educational purposes; materials created as part of the fieldwork leading to a Festival may be more restricted. We permit and encourage such personal and educational use of those materials provided digitally here, without special permissions. Use of any materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires a license from the Archives. Licensing fees may apply in addition to any processing fees.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Folders 15-22 Langley, Samuel P., 1891-1901. Langley, the Institution's third Secretary, was an astrophysicist and a pioneer student of aeronautics. Unfortunately, most of Langley's personal papers were destroyed in a fire shortly after his death. Thus...
Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary Search this
Container:
Box 40 of 192
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 31, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary, Correspondence
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Project Celescope Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series consists of copies of outgoing correspondence documenting the operation of Project Celescope, 1958-1967. Correspondents include Smithsonian Institution
and National Aeronautics and Space Administration officers, electronics corporations, research firms, astrophysicists and astronomers, and colleges and universities. The correspondence
concerns the technical development of Celescope; contracts for the production of instruments for the project; staff recruitment; and meetings and conferences. Also included
are copies of monthly progress reports.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 260, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Project Celescope, Records
