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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary.
Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary records of S. Dillon Ripley, 1972-1984.
These records concern the operation of the Office of the Secretary from 1972 to the end of S. Dillon Ripley's tenure as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
The records document the Smithsonian's on-going operations -- internal, with other government offices and departments, and with foundations, universities, and other outside organizations. Among the events that are documented are the formation of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; renovations at the National Zoological Park; the opening of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; creation of the Scientific Event Alert Network; opening of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in New York City; opening of the National Air and Space Museum; opening of a restored Arts and Industries Building; addition of the National Museum of African Art to the Smithsonian; first use of the Multiple-Mirror Telescope, Mount Hopkins, Arizona; donation of the Arthur M. Sackler Collection of Oriental Art to the Smithsonian; opening of the Museum Support Center; and the beginning of construction of the Center for African, Near Eastern, and Asian Cultures.
For an administrative history of the Office of the Secretary during the tenure of S. Dillon Ripley, see record unit 99.
Smithsonian Institution -- Administration.
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary.
Ripley, S. Dillon.
Center for African, Near Eastern and Asian Cultures.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory
Museum Support Center.
National Air and Space Museum.
National Museum of African Art.
National Zoological Park.
Sackler, Arthur M., Collection of Oriental Art.
Scientific Event Alert Network.
AIP-ICOS
Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024-2520, USA
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