SI Records
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 306, National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director, NASM Files
These records consist of the official files of Michael Collins as director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1971-1978. To a large extent, the files concern the planning and funding of the new NASM building, its construction, the preparation of exhibits, and the opening of the Museum on July 1, 1976. On day-to-day administrative matters, documentation is uneven and in some areas, lacking. Correspondents include Smithsonian and NASM staff, Congressmen and other government officials, members of the aerospace and other industries, museum directors, astronauts, and the public.
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Booklet with the 1964 Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum designs for the National Air and Space Museum. [Image nos. SIA2017-019061 to SIA2017-019068]
These miscellaneous photographs primarily document SI and NASM occasions. Other photographs are scattered throughout the records