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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

Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Names:

National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Human Studies Film Archives  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Institute for Ethnic and Immigration Studies  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. National Research Film Center  Search this

Tax, Sol, 1907-1995  Search this

Extent:

80.72 Linear feet (191 boxes and 32 audio reels)

Culture:

American Indians -- Economic development  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1966-1982 (a few earlier)

Summary:

The Center for the Study of Man (CSM) was a bureau level division of the Smithsonian Institution. These records were maintained by the Program Coordinator, Samuel L. Stanley, and include correspondence, scholarly papers, transcripts, administrative materials, photgraphs, and audio recordings. The materials relate to conferences and programs in which CSM took part.

Scope and Contents:

The records are mainly those of Program Coordinator Samuel L. Stanley, the CSM administrative officer, and the Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies. Especially well documented are several international CSM-sponsored conferences, including a planning meeting in Cairo in 1972, several pre-session conferences (on cannabis, alcohol, population, and the transmission of culture) at the Ninth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences at Chicago in 1973, and a 1974 meeting at Bucharest on the cultural implications of population change. Other records relating to cross-cultural studies include those concerning an abortive attempt to issue a series of monographs and the organization of special task forces concerned with questions of human fertility and the environment. The records also include material about the action anthropology projects with Native Americans with which Stanley was directly concerned. These focused on economic development and include material relating to the coordination of studies of specific tribes carried out with funds from the Economic Development Administration and on Stanley's economic development consulting for the American Indian Policy Review Commission. In addition, there are a few files that Stanley created for general information and material relating to his earlier teaching career.

Although some materials concerning these programs are housekeeping records, many letters, notes, and statements concern policy and procedure. For some conferences, there are scholarly papers and transcripts. Many files, especially those of an informational nature, include considerable amounts of printed and processed material. The collection also contains the papers of Wesley White.

With some CSM programs, Stanley's relationship was apparently formal instead of directly active. There is, for example, little documentation among his records that relates to the CSM's film center and less about the immigration and ethnic studies among his materials. Most material pertinent to these units are among the administrative officer's records.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 39 series: (1) Ninth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences; (2) Cannabis Project, 1973; (3) Cannabis Conference; (4) International Congress on Cultural Transmission; (5) Alcohol Conference, 1973; (6) Population Project; (7) Cross Cultural Monograph Project; (8) American Indians General; (9) Cairo Conference; (10) Folklife; (11) General Correspondence; (12) American Indian Policy Review Commission; (13) Meetings; (14) Census Materials; (15) EDA Grant; (16) Panajachel Conference; (17) Wes White Papers; (18) National Study of American Indian Education; (19) CA Teaching Cooperative; (20) Washington Conference, April 10-12, 1966 (urgent anthropology); (21) Electronic Data Processing Files; (22) Indian Voices; (23) Current Anthropology; (24) General Anthropology; (25) Action Anthropology / Film Archives; (26) Foxfire; (27) Monographs; (28) Cairo Conference - Anthropology Public Policy/Indians Tourism; (29) Smithsonian Office of Anthropology; (30) Correspondence/Job Applications/Resumes; (31) Indian Draft Reports; (32) Population Conference; (33) 1970 Census 20% Sample of Indian Population by County; (34) Index Cards; (35) Sam Stanley Papers; (36) Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies; (37) Administrative Officer Records; (38) Miscellaneous Correspondence, Reports, Publications; (39) Sound Recordings

Administrative History:

The Center for the Study of Man (CSM) was established on July 1, 1968, as a bureau-level organization of the Smithsonian Institution. Its beginning was preluded by the appointment in 1965 of the Chicago-based anthropologist Sol Tax as special advisor in anthropology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian. Tax was to assist with the reorientation of anthropology at the Smithsonian and cooperation between him and the staff of the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (now the Department of Anthropology) created several special programs, some of which were transferred to the center upon its inception.

Tax was CSM's first director. Samuel Leonard Stanley, formerly project coordinator for the Office of Anthropology, became the program coordinator for the center and was in charge of day-to-day operations. Priscilla Reining was appointed coordinator for urgent anthropology. In addition to such staff, CSM consisted of an advisory board (sometimes referred to as "members") drawn from the international community of anthropologists.

Essentially, CSM's concern was the application of anthropological knowledge to phenomena conceived as problems that confront mankind as a whole. It aimed to promote and coordinate study of these, mainly through the organization of special programs for meetings of established anthropological groups and by bringing together into special task forces researchers interested in the problems.

CSM also included several special programs. Although each of these had considerable independence, all can be seen as subsumed under its broad and ultimate purposes. Thus, the compilation of a computer-based directory of anthropologists and the compilation of bibliographies of anthropological literature were facilitative efforts.

An Urgent Anthropology Program, originally initiated in the Office of Anthropology following an international conference in Washington, D. C., in 1966, served to gather data essential to the more practical main purposes of the program as well as to produce studies of general anthropological interest. The support given such studies was in the form of small grants to allow field work in cultures that were rapidly changing under the pressure of modernization. Similarly, data were gathered and special studies carried out by the Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies (RIIES), added to the center in 1974 under the direction of Roy S. Bryce LaPorte, and the National Anthropological Film Center (NAFC), which was opened in 1975 and was incorporated in the center in 1977. An American Indian Program consisted of two parts: first, the compilation of a new multivolume Handbook of North American Indians under the general editorship of William C. Sturtevant was taken over from the Office of Anthropology and second, action anthropology projects were undertaken with various Native American groups.

Another goal of CSM was the establishment of a Museum of Man, which would host exhibits devoted to anthropology and ecology. However, due to internal disagreements over the aims of this museum, the project was never approved and fizzled out entirely in 1980.

CSM was one of several efforts of the Smithsonian to create research units to deal with broad problems of contemporary interest. Their success depended on two contingencies: first, funding would become available once the units were launched and, second, the traditional individualistic research of the Smithsonian staff could be continued or redirected--but somehow incorporated under the broad goals of the new units. When both assumptions proved difficult to realize, the new programs were terminated or limited. Thus, beginning in 1976, the center was slowly phased out.

In that year, Stanley was transferred from the center to the staff of the director of the National Museum of Natural History. In 1978, the Handbook of North American Indians was published, and the Handbook and Urgent Anthropology Programs were transferred to the museum's Department of Anthropology. CSM thus became composed only of RIIES and NAFC. In 1981, NAFC was divided: research, designated the Third World Film Center (or Research Film Center) was placed under one director and remained within CSM, and the archives, designated the Human Studies Film Archives (HSFA), was placed under another and was transferred to the Department of Anthropology. In 1982, HSFA was incorporated as a sibling of the National Anthropological Archives. The Third World Film Center was phased out in 1983.

Sources Consulted

Link, Adrianna Halina. "Salvaging a Record for Humankind: Urgent Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution, 1964-1984." PhD diss., Johns Hopkins University, 2016.

Chronology

1965 -- Sol Tax is appointed special advisor in anthropology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian

1966 -- The Urgent Anthropology Program is initiated by the Office of Anthropology

1968 -- The Center for the Study of Man (CSM) is established on July 1 The Urgent Anthropology Program is transferred to CSM The Handbook of North American Indians project is transferred to CSM CSM begins plans to build a Museum of Man

1973 -- The Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies (RIIES) is established within CSM

1975 -- The Smithsonian Institution receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create a film center for human behavior The National Anthropological Film Center (NAFC) opens on May 1 under the CSM umbrella

1976 -- The position of program coordinator of CSM is removed in January and Samuel Stanley is transferred to the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) CSM is placed under the authority of NMNH CSM devotes the bulk of its resources to completing the Handbook of North American Indians

1977 -- NAFC is incorporated in CSM

1978 -- The Handbook of North American Indians is published and the program is transferred back to the Department of Anthropology at NMNH Urgent Anthropology Program is transferred to the Department of Anthropology at NMNH

1980 -- The final attempt to create a Museum of Man fails

1981 -- NAFC is divided into the Human Studies Film Archive (HSFA) and the Third World Film Center (or Research Film Center) on October 1 The HSFA is joined with the National Anthropological Archives (NAA) The Third World Film Center remains within CSM

1982 -- RIIES is transferred to the Department of Anthropology at NMNH

1983 -- The Third World Film Center is phased out

Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Population change -- and culture  Search this

Fertility, Human  Search this

Ecology  Search this

Transmission of culture  Search this

population  Search this

Action anthropology  Search this

Alcoholism  Search this

Cannabis  Search this

Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1980-10

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Center for the Study of Man records

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3dd9c3bb6-9c27-4907-925b-470da3796173

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1980-10

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Extent:

1.17 Linear feet

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1980-10, Series 36

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Center for the Study of Man records

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d7b87cf1-32fe-4d79-8fb6-b44af63e681f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2064

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 144

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3407c9a25-2509-43f6-ae6e-fdb927a5fd99

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2065

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 144

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3418819d4-5218-485b-b3e6-641404c3d965

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2066

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 144

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3cbd75e5c-7c8c-495b-990b-f496f3792e8d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2067

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 144

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw387e64f78-b439-459c-89a9-b374820246f2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2068

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 144

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw313d54ab3-92e2-480f-a5f5-c18c93191f90

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2069

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 145

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3336885dc-4f31-4882-8708-c5ae95e65c4a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2070

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 145

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3be80379d-d72d-46e9-b7b9-9418b4318568

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2071

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 145

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3362f2f6e-c7b3-4828-bd9b-32e0a8cb10c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2072

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 145

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f485bfab-48b9-4370-b9b1-7c4a2184bb18

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2073

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Container:

Box 145

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3fd4aaeee-9aff-4c2d-afeb-b4737656588a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2074

Collection Creator:

Center for the Study of Man (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this

Stanley, Samuel Leonard  Search this

White, Wes  Search this

Extent:

7 Folders

Container:

Box 145

Box 146

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The Center for the Study of Man records are open for research.

Access to the Center for the Study of Man records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Center for the Study of Man records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Center for the Study of Man records

Center for the Study of Man records / Series 36: Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30881e903-640d-42da-b62c-9da3aa32dca5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-1980-10-ref2075

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary  Search this

Container:

Box 20 of 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 392, Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Under Secretary, Records

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Records

Records / Series 6: OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY, RECORDS, 1980-1984. / Box 20

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0392-refidd1e7835

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science  Search this

Container:

Box 24 of 26

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 108, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Science, Records

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Records

Records / Series 5: RECORDS, 1966-1973 / Box 24

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0108-refidd1e3852

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research  Search this

Container:

Box 7 of 228

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 329, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Research, Records

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Records

Records / Series 1: OFFICES REPORTING TO THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE, c. 1963-1986. / Box 7

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0329-refidd1e494

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research  Search this

Container:

Box 144 of 228

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 329, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Research, Records

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Records

Records / Series 2: ADMINISTRATIVE SUBJECT FILES, 1975-1985. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. / Box 144

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research  Search this

Container:

Box 140 of 228

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 329, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Research, Records

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Records / Series 2: ADMINISTRATIVE SUBJECT FILES, 1975-1985. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. / Box 140

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Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research  Search this

Extent:

114 cu. ft. (228 document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Black-and-white photographs

Maps

Manuscripts

Place:

India

Egypt

Brazil

Aldabra Islands (Seychelles)

Date:

circa 1963-1986

Descriptive Entry:

These records document the administration, under David Challinor, of the science bureaus of the Smithsonian Institution, c. 1975-1985. Also included are a few records from 1971-1974 and 1986.

Series 1 consists of records of the offices reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Science, including the Center for the Study of Man and the National Anthropological Film Center, the Chesapeake Bay Center for Biological Studies, the Office of Biological Conservation, the Office of Fellowships and Grants, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Zoological Park, the Radiation Biology Laboratory, the Fort Pierce Bureau, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Changes which occurred during the period include the termination of the Office of Biological Conservation and the Research Institute for Immigration and Ethnic Studies, the assignment of the Office of Fellowships and Grants to the Assistant Secretary for Science, the combination of the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies and the Radiation Biology Laboratory into the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the renaming of the Ft. Pierce Bureau as the Marine Station at Link Port. Records pertaining to environmental and other activities in foreign countries have been brought together in this series under the International Environmental Sciences Program and the Environmental Science Program; however, scientists from most of the other bureaus participated in these programs.

Series 2 consists of administrative subject files. Budget and personnel records of the bureaus, particularly 1976, the "Transition Quarter, " and 1977 are particularly well represented, as are collections management and collection inventories. Also found in this series are records dealing with the Endangered Species Scientific Authority, the International Convention Advisory Commission, the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, and the Charles Darwin Research Station.

Due to the volume and the nature of the records, the goal of processing was to bring together many accessions for easier access rather than to perfect the arrangement. Dates and folder titles were used as found and may contain inconsistencies. Certain documents, such as budget, personnel, and records relating to the environmental activities of Smithsonian offices, are like to appear in both series.

Further material on the bureaus, programs, and projects covered in these records can be found in the records of the individual offices and museums which reported to the Assistant Secretary for Science (now Research).

Historical Note:

David Challinor served as Assistant Secretary for Science from 1971 until 1988. In 1985 the name of the position was changed to Assistant Secretary for Research. Ross B. Simons served as Program Manager, 1976-. The period documented in these records was one of expansion of facilities and extensive participation by the Smithsonian in local, national, and international environmental activities. Smithsonian scientists played an active part in the environmental movement through such projects as the study of the Rhode River ecosystem in Maryland, the coral reefs of Albadra in the Indian Ocean, and the soils of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. At the same time, many of the science bureaus embarked on or completed ambitious projects in the museums.

The National Zoo completed the modernization of many of its animal quarters during this time, including the Great Ape House, the Lion-Tiger House, and the Monkey House. Important expansion included the acquisition of land at Front Royal, Virginia, in 1975, which culminated in the completion of the Conservation Research Center in 1983, where the Zoo can conserve and propagate exotic wildlife.

The National Museum of Natural History began the period with the establishment of a twenty-year plan for exhibitions. Projects completed included the Naturalist Center in 1976, the exhibition of a living coral reef in 1980, the Evans Gallery in 1981, and Magnificent Voyagers, concerning the Wilkes Expedition of 1838, in 1985. An on-line inventory of sixty million items in collections was completed in 1983 in connection with the opening of the Museum Support Center in Maryland. Other events included the initiation of the Handbook of North American Indians in 1975, the establishment of the National Anthropological Film Center in 1976, and the 75th anniversary of the museum in 1985.

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory participated in such joint ventures as the building of the infra-red telescope, and the study of the 6,000 pound Old Woman Meteorite. The Multiple Mirror Telescope was built at Mt. Hopkins, Arizona.

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) enjoyed a period of modernization of facilities and intense use by scientists under the Environmental Sciences Program to measure climatic and biological changes on Barro Colorado Island and obtain baseline data for future studies. The signing of the Panama Canal Treaties in 1977 solidified the position of the Institute.

The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) opened in 1976 and quickly became the most visited museum in the world. By 1984, the 75th millionth visitor had arrived. Projects undertaken by NASM's scientists and historians included the Quetzalcoatlus Project, the Space Telescope History Project, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, and a series on the history of aviation. The annual Frisbee Festival began in 1977 and millions of visitors viewed the popular IMAX movies in the museum.

Other environmental activities included the Nepal Tiger Ecology Project, the Smithsonian Institution Peace Corps Environmental Program, the Coral Reef Symposium, and the Brazil and Amazon Ecosystems Project.

Topic:

Museums -- Administration  Search this

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Museums -- Employees  Search this

Genre/Form:

Black-and-white photographs

Maps

Manuscripts

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 329, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Research, Records

Identifier:

Record Unit 329

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Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

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