Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
SI Records
Records
circa 1957-1974
6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Accession 95-109
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-109, National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director, Records
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of the Director, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), mostly from the tenures of Richard S. Cowan and Porter M. Kier. Materials
include reading files, 1970-1974; files relating to the NMNH budget, circa 1957-1974; and miscellaneous records.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Cowan, Richard S., 1921-1997
Kier, Porter M.
Subject
Natural history museums
Natural history museum directors
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Box 1
Box 1 of 6
Reading Files, 1970 - April 1972
Box 2
Box 2 of 6
Reading Files, May 1972-1974
Box 2 of 6
101 Organization & Functions, Anthropology Center for the Study of Man, Museum of Man 1968-1970 (3 folders)
Box 2 of 6
104 Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, 1970
Box 2 of 6
106 Mediterranean Marine Sorting Center, 1969
Box 3
Box 3 of 6
1003 Smithsonian Year 1970
Box 3 of 6
Bengal Tiger Presentation, October 15, 1969
Box 3 of 6
Ambassador of Ghana, MNH African Hall, April 28, 1970
Box 3 of 6
1101 Public Relations & Information Service Planning, 1971. Hubbard Scientific Co. proposal to Produce Educational Materials
Box 3 of 6
1101 Public Relations & Information Service Planning, 1971. Planning Files: Miscellaneous
Box 3 of 6
1003 Smithsonian Year, 1971 (3 folders)
Box 3 of 6
1106 Correspondence Survey, 1968
Box 3 of 6
1109 Public Exhibit Planning Files, 1970. American Bicentennial, 1966-1971.
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Pell Fund, 1957-1958
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Rathbun Fund, 1965
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Rocca Fund, 1963
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Fund for Planktonic Foraminiferal Studies, 1957
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Francis Lea Chamberlain Mollusk Fund 1966
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Fluid Research Fund, 1964-1966
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Hanson Fund, 1957
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Numismatics Fund, 1958
Box 3 of 6
307 Budget & Program Reference Papers, FY 1966
Box 3 of 6
404 Fund Operating Records, FY 1965
Box 3 of 6
304 Budget Estimation & Justification, FY 1963-1967 (7 folders)
Box 3 of 6
FM 2-2-1 BOB Agency Guidelines - FY 1965 & earlier
Box 3 of 6
403 Federal Fund Allotment Files, 1963-1964
Box 3 of 6
FM 2-2 Formulation - Execution, FY 1966
Box 3 of 6
501 Foreign Currency Program, 1965 (102 Fund Planning & Instruction Files 1965)
Box 3 of 6
502 Non-Federal Fund Admin, 1965-1967 (3 folders)
Box 3 of 6
503 Private Fund Operating Records, FY 1958-1966 (4 folders)
Box 3 of 6
501 Fund Planning & Instruction Files, FY 1964
Box 3 of 6
501 Fund Planning & Instruction Files, Smithsonian Research Fund (SRF), FY 1964
Box 3 of 6
FM 2-2-1 BOB & Agency Budget Office Guidelines, FY 1966
Box 3 of 6
301 Program Development Files, 1966-1967 (2 folders)
Box 3 of 6
FM 2-2-2 FY 1968 MNH Budget statements: work papers, draft
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Special Events, FY 1965-1967 (3 folders)
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Aton Forest Trust Funds, 1966
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Special Events Fund Policy, 1967
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Dawson Memorial Fund for Galapagos, 1967
Box 3 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Link Foundation, 1967
Box 4
Box 4 of 6
FM 2-2 Budget Formulation - Execution - General, FY 1968 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 6
FM 2-2-2 Ecology Submissions, FY 1968
Box 4 of 6
FM 2-2-2 MNH Submissions, FY 1968
Box 4 of 6
115 Vertebrate Zoology, 1962-1969
Box 4 of 6
301 Program Development Files, 1968-1971
Box 4 of 6
303 Program & Budget Guide Files, FY 1968-1970 (3 folders)
Box 4 of 6
304 Budget Estimate & Justification Files, FY 1968 (3 folders)
Box 4 of 6
304 Budget Estimate & Justification Files, FY 1969 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 6
304 Budget Estimate & Justification Files, FY 1970
Box 4 of 6
306 Programming & Budgeting Administration, FY 1969-1970 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 6
307 Program & Budget Reference Papers, FY 1968-1969 (3 folders)
Box 4 of 6
402 Federal Fund Allocation Files, FY 1969
Box 4 of 6
404 Fund Operating Records, FY 1968-1970 (3 folders)
Box 4 of 6
404.1 Requests to Purchase Collections, FY 1969
Box 4 of 6
405 Report Files, FY 1969
Box 4 of 6
501 Fund Planning & Instruction Files, 1968-1969 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 6
502 Non-Federal Fund Administration, 1969
Box 4 of 6
503 Private Fund Operating Records, FY 1968-1969 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 6
504 Reports, FY 1969
Box 4 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files - Special Event Files, FY 1968-1969 (2 folders)
Box 5
Box 5 of 6
505 Himba Wedding Files, 1969
Box 5 of 6
505 Gordon Gaver's Curators' Fund, 1968
Box 5 of 6
505 Cooper Fund and Special Paleontological Fund, 1968
Box 5 of 6
505 Director's Discretionary Fund, 1968
Box 5 of 6
505 National Science Foundation (NSF), 1962-1968
Box 5 of 6
303 Program and Budget Guidance, FY 1971
Box 5 of 6
304 Budget Estimate & Justification, FY 1971 (3 folders)
Box 5 of 6
306 Programming and Budget Administration Files, FY 1971
Box 5 of 6
307 Programming and Budget, Reference Paper Files, FY 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Box 5 of 6
401 Fund Management, 1971
Box 5 of 6
402 Federal Fund Allocation Files, FY 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Box 5 of 6
403 Federal Fund Indirect Allocation & Operating Records Files: Environmental Science Funds, FY 1971
Box 5 of 6
404 Federal Fund Operating Records, FY 1971
Box 5 of 6
404.1 Requests to Purchase Collections, FY 1970-1971
Box 5 of 6
405 Reports, FY 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Box 5 of 6
406 Federal Fund Administration Files, FY 1970
Box 5 of 6
407 Federal Fund Reference Papers, FY 1970
Box 5 of 6
501 Fund Planning & Instruction Files, 1970-1971 (3 folders)
Box 5 of 6
502 Non-Federal Fund Administration, 1970
Box 5 of 6
502 Mekong River Project, 1970
Box 5 of 6
503 Private Fund Operating Records, FY 1971
Box 5 of 6
503 Primate Biology Program Support, FY 1969-1970
Box 5 of 6
503 SOS Fund, FY 1970
Box 5 of 6
504 Requests to Purchase Collections, FY 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Technical Reference Files. Special Events Files, FY 1970-1972 (3 folders)
Box 5 of 6
505 Paleobotany Fund, 1970
Box 5 of 6
505 Primate Biology Fund - Thorington, 1970 (2 folders)
Box 5 of 6
505 Curator's Fund, Division of Mammals, 1970
Box 5 of 6
505 Desautels Fund
Box 5 of 6
505 Hillyer Fund, 1970
Box 5 of 6
505 Hitchcock-Chase Fund, 1970
Box 5 of 6
505 Tropical Fish Hobbyist Fund, 1963-1970
Box 5 of 6
505 Noyes Fund, 1970
Box 5 of 6
505 Pacific Program Funds, 1970
Box 5 of 6
505 Bacon Scholarship Fund, 1968-1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Springer Fund, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Remington Kellogg Memorial Fund
Box 5 of 6
505 Museum Jar Revolving Fund, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Roland Brown Fund, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Beal Foundation, Malacology Scholarship, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Casey Fund, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Drake Estate Funds, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Gibson Fund, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 E. H. Harriman Fund, 1969-1971
Box 5 of 6
505 HEW Funds, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Rehder Fund, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Wenner-Gren Fund, 1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Walcott Fund, 1970-1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Maxwell Fund, 1970-1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Long Fund, 1970-1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Improvement of Insect Collection Fund, 1970-1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Bruce Hughes Fund, 1961-1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Hrdlicka Fund, 1968-1971
Box 5 of 6
505 Junior Natural Science Library Fund, 1971
Box 5 of 6
Department of Botany - Ad-Hoc Review, 1967
Box 5 of 6
101 Research Planning Files. Organization & Function- Anthropology, 1964-1968
Box 5 of 6
Department of Vertebrate Zoology Advisory Committee, 1967
Box 5 of 6
Department of Invertebrate Zoology Advisory Committee, 1967
Box 6
Box 6 of 6
Ad-Hoc Panel Review on Dept of Entomology Space & Plans, 1967
Box 6 of 6
Department of Mineral Sciences Review Committee, 1967
Box 6 of 6
Department of Paleobiology Review Committee, 1967
Box 6 of 6
Marriott Corporation. West Court Proposal, 1974
Box 6 of 6
Hall 10, World of Living Things, 1970
Box 6 of 6
SEM Lab Report, August 1971
Box 6 of 6
The Enormous Egg, 1967
Box 6 of 6
"Major Accomplishments of the Smithsonian Institution," 1963-1973
Box 6 of 6
Material for Mall Site Reservation Hearings, 1974
Box 6 of 6
Selected Activities, NMNH, FY 1972
Box 6 of 6
Educational Consideration/Public Activities, NMNH, 1971
Box 6 of 6
Study on feasibility of using museum specimens
Box 6 of 6
FY 1974 B. E. Support Book (also FY 1970, FY 1975)
Box 6 of 6
NMNH Records Manual Index, 2-12-1969