SI Records
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 89-030, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction, Records
This accession consists of project submittal requests, requisitions for supplies or services, blueprints, government/private cost estimates and contract number forms, contractor exhibit installation objectives, construction logs and reports (worksheet forms), project assignment/action memos, summaries of special conditions for work contracts, order acknowledgments, reimbursement/interfund transfer forms, correspondence, photographs, and applications for payment. See Accession 89-106 for related materials.
Researchers must consult the records to determine the details of each project. Buildings and museums documented in this accession include: Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle), Arts and Industries Building, National Museum of American Art, National Portrait Gallery, National Air and Space Museum, Renwick Gallery, Freer Gallery of Art, Silver Hill Facility, Museum Support Center, Barney Studio House, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Quadrangle Building, National Museum of American History, Anacostia Museum, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the National Mall, Smithsonian Institution Service Center, and L'Enfant Plaza offices.
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.