Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 84-055
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
Project Files, 1980-1982
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction |
Title: | Project Files |
Dates: | 1980-1982 |
Quantity: | 7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 84-055 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of project files, including memoranda, blueprints, specifications, and correspondence. Museums and facilities documented include the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle), the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery, the Silver Hill Facility (Museum Support Center), the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of project files, including memoranda, blueprints, specifications, and correspondence. Museums and facilities documented include the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle), the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery, the Silver Hill Facility, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Cooper-Hewitt Museum
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Silver Hill Facility
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution. Museum Support Center
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Subject
- Architectural design
- Buildings -- Maintenance
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Museum buildings
- Smithsonian buildings
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 84-055, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction, Project Files
Container List
Box 1
National Museum of Natural History
7931121, Dinosaur Hall (Hall 2) (Olympic Corporation), 7/14/1981 (4 folders)
8031103, Cabinet Shop Sawdust Collection Replacement, 5/5/1980
8131105, Electrical Renovations, Attic and Tunnels
8131118, Ladder and Walk Platform Installation (J&E Builders), 2/18/1982
8131119, Electric Panel Box Replacement, 5/7/1981
8131120, Motor Control Center Switchgear Replacement, 9/24/1980
8131121, Insulation Replacement
8131122, Main Cooling Tower Repair
8131124, Fire Protection, Phase VII, 9/24/1980
8131125, Asbestos Abatement-Cabinet Shop (Spinazzolo Systems), 4/20/1982
8131127, Renaissance of Islam: Art of Mamluks, 1/8/1981
8131128, 31 Foot Long Wall, 1/21/1981
8131129, Associates Court and Staff Dinning Facilities, 3/16/1981
8131131, Korean Exhibit, 6/23/1981
8131132, Fume Hood Insulation, 4/22/1981
8131133, Exhaust Vent for NuArc Plate Maker, 4/12/1982
8131135, Deep - Sea Dives, 7/28/1981
8131138, Upgrade Baird Auditorium and Adjacent Areas, 9/24/1981
8131139, Hopi, 10/30/1981
8131140, China's Inner Asian Frontier, 9/23/1981
8231104, Bronze Stairwells (A.F. Jorss), 4/28/1982
8231109, Deep Ocean Photography, 12/3/1981
8231110, "Vanishing Race and Other Illusions,"
8231112, Film Center Relocation, 12/18/1981
8231113, Library Furnishing Interior, 2/22/1982
8231114, Rooms 10E and 11E Modifications, 2/4/1982
8231116, Baird Auditorium Dressing/Mechanical Lift, 3/18/1982
8231118, North Portal Vestibule Modifications, 6/29/1982
8231120, Archives Graphic Panels, 7/1/1982
8331104, Comprehensive Rotunda Lighting, 11/24/1982
Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle)
7932105, Woodrow Wilson Center (Surburban Contractors), 1/14/1981
Box 2
National Museum of American History
8030125, Clock Work Universe (American Museum) (7 folders), 9/22/1980
8130145, Carrells Installation, 10/16/1981
8130146, Library Modifications, 8/13/1981
8130148, Bond Chronometer Shop HVAC and Lighting, 10/8/1981
8130149, ANON Ceiling Leaks, 10/21/1981
8130150, Hart House Relocation, 2/11/1982
8230107, Office of Printing and Photographic Services (OPPS) Modifications, 6/19/1981
8230115. Fire Alarm Bells, 1/21/1982
8230116, Time Machine, 2/2/1982
8230120, Relocate Museum Shop, 4/15/1982
8230122, Flag Hall Oleograph, 5/20/1982
8230123, Gifts and Glass, 7/9/1982
8230128, Atomic Clocks, 9/8/1982
8230129, Italians in America, 8/3/1982
National Museum of Natural History
7631320, Portal Access (Grunley-Walsh), 5/29/1981
7631387, Portal Access (Grunley-Walsh), 5/29/1981
Box 3
National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery
7834110, Milton Resnick Painting, 1981
7934126, American Renaissance Exhibit, 1/18/1980
8034108, American Portrait Drawings, 2/6/1980
8034109, Code Duello Exhibit, 8/21/1980
8034110, Room Divider for Mail/Xerox Area, 1/28/1980
8034111, Zelda & Scott Fitzgerald Exhibit, 1/30/1980
8034112, Benjamin West & His American Students Exhibit, 8/13/1980
8034113, Jane Addams Exhibit, 2/7/1980
8034114, GSA Marquettes Exhibit, 5/12/1980
8034115, Costumes from the Arab World, 3/11/1980
8034116, John Garback: 70 Years an Artist Exhibit, 3/14/1980
8034117, Redesign of Paper Lab & Administrative Offices, 3/13/1980
8034118, Cleaning Granite Columns (Pagliaro Bro.), 2/25/1980
8034119, Education Department Modifications, 8/12/1980
8034120, David Gilmore Blythe Exhibit, 6/25/1980
8034121, Jan Matulka Exhibit, 4/28/1980
8034123, Alfred Eisenstadt's Germany Exhibit, 5/9/1980
8034124, Max Weber Exhibit, 5/9/1980
8034125, Washington Print Club Members Exhibit, 5/27/1980
8034127, Athenaeum Portraits Installation, 6/13/1980
8034128, Art for All: American Print Publishing Between the Wars Exhibit, 7/23/1980
8034129, CAP Mezzanine, 8/21/1980
8034130, Prints/Photo Suite, 8/21/1980
8034131, Sheila Isham: The Poetry of Calligraphy Exhibit, 8/18/1980
8034132, Glass Inserts in Door - Room 175, 10/27/1980
8034133, A Feast of Color: Corpus Christie Costumes from Ecuador, 9/16/1980
8034134, Education Department Renovation - Final Phase, 8/21/1980
8034135, Aspects of 20th Century Art Exhibit, 9/24/1980
8134101, Hot/Cold Water Riser Replacement
8134102, 3rd Floor - Floor Repair
8134103, Transformer Replacement, 9/23/1980
8134104, Garage Conversion
8134105, HVAC System Renovation
8134108, Ventilation - Room B-42, 2/23/1981
8134109, Silkscreen Reclamation Room Drain, 6/18/1981
8134110, George Catlin Exhibit, 3/31/1981
8134111, Champions of America Sport Exhibit, 4/20/1981
8134112, Staff Entrance Alterations, 8/11/1981
8134114, High School Graphics VIII Exhibit, 3/25/1981
8134115, Bronze Techniques of Frederick Remington Exhibit, 3/25/1981
8134116, Education Room 173 Improvement, 5/4/1981
8134117, Art of Appalachia Exhibit, 5/4/1981
8134118, Lincoln Gallery Painting Storage, 7/10/1981
8134119, Alma Thomas Exhibit, 7/28/1981
8134120, Appalachia Sculpture, 8/4/1981
8134121, Recent Trends Exhibit, 8/6/1981
8134122, Lincoln Gallery Alterations, 8/16/1981
8134123, Joseph Cornell: Roots & Resolution, 8/9/1982
8134124, Elizabeth Nourse Exhibit, 10/29/1982
8134125, "Harry Seddons Mowbray" exhibition, 1982
8134126, Carpet installation, National Museum of American Art (NMAA), 1981
8134127, Canceled exhibitions, NMAA, 1981
8134128, Canceled exhibitions, NMAA, 1981
8134129, Canceled exhibitions, NMAA, 1981
8134130, "Portraits by George Bellows," National Portrait Gallery (NPG), 1981
8134131, Asbestos removal, NMAA/NPG, 1981
8234101, NPG floor tile replacement, 1982
8234105, Repairs, NMAA, 1981
8234106, Canceled exhibitions, NPG 1981
8234107, NPG exhibitions, 1981
8234108, NPG exhibitions, 1981
8234109, Painting/drywall for NPG exhibition "American Portraits in the Grand Manner"
8234110, NMAA exhibitions, 1982
8234111, NMAA exhibitions, 1982
8234112, Relamping Archives of American Art
8234114, NMAA remodeling, 1981
8234115, NPG safety, 1981
8234116, NPG specifications for painting/drywall for NPG exhibition "Charles Willson Peale and his World," 1982
8234117, Canceled project in George Washington Room, NPG
8234118, NPG photograph collection exhibition, 1982
8234119, Canceled project
8234121, Print Department kitchenette, 1982
8234122, Abbott and Goldyce projects screened out
8234123, Abbott and Goldyce projects screened out
8234124, "William H. Johnson: The Scandinavian Exhibit," 1982
8234126, New elevator at NMAA
8234127, "Alice Barney: Bringing Culture to a Provincial Capital", NMAA 1982
8234128, Scandinavian Modern exhibition, Renwick Gallery, 1982
8234129, Dedicated electric line in Peale Papers Project office, 1982
8234132, Washington Print club exhibition, 1982
8234133, "Speaking a new Classicism: American Architecture Now," 1982
Box 4
Silver Hill Facility
7538206, Storm Sewer (Heinsohn & Grassman), 2/9/1981
7838107, Fire Protection Building #7 (Prince Construction), 9/3/1980
7938101, Asbestos Building #15 thru #19, 1/12/1980
7938103, Alcohol Storage, 3/19/1980
7938104, Catwalk Building #10 (Associated Buildings), 12/21/1979
7938105, Building #18, Phase I (American Museum Construction Co.), 2/3/1981
7938106, Suitland Administration, 1/29/1980
7938107, Building #24 Sprinklers (Associated Buildings), 3/6/1981
7938109, Radioactive Material Storage, 9/8/1980
8038101, Fire Protection Buildings #13,14,21 (Way Construction), 12/31/1981
3038102, Roof Repair Study, 9/25/1979
8038103, Restrooms Building #18 (B & F Mechanical Contruction), 8/11/1980
8038104, Buildings #3 & 4 Tract Utilities, 2/15/1980
Box 5
National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery
7834125, Air Compressor Installation, 6/9/1978
7934109, Graphics Workshop Exhaust System, 4/15/1980
7934118, Conversion of Attic Space to Storage Area & Toilet, 5/21/1982
8034101, Chiller Unit Installation (Hsu Construction), 8/6/1982
8034103, Facade Repair (National Restoration), 11/28/1980
8034104, Handicapped Elevator (GAA) (A-E), 6/18/1982
8034105, Security Systems Repair, 5/9/1980
8034107, Facade Repair, North and West, 8/13/1981
Box 6
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
7750431, Seawater System at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) (Giro Construction Co.), 11/12/1980
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
8051104, Fire Protection, 9/23/1980
8051105, Emergency Notification System, 3/21/1980
8051106, Base Camp, 5/15/1981
8051107, Base Camp - Program Cost Estimate, 3/5/1980
8051108, Dorm Balcony Modifications, 4/23/1982
8151101, Base Site Facilities and Access Road
8151102, Base Camp and Ridge Tramway, 11/13/1980
8151103, Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) - Support Building, 8/21/1980
8151105, Generator and Substation, 11/13/1980
8151106, Public Restrooms, 9/3/1981
8151107, Day Sleeper Dorm & Wikiup, 11/13/1980
8151108, Ridge Residence, 11/13/1980
8151109, Master Plan Update, 4/6/1982
8251101, Road Work, Phase II, 8/20/1982
8251102, Road Repairs, Phase III (Quality Paving), 11/23/1982
Box 7
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
7848107, Terrace Walkway, 12/16/1977
7948112, Guard Office (BTFI), 1/14/1981
7948115, Automated Parking Lot Gate, 7/9/1980
7948116, Conservatory Renovation, 12/20/1979
7948123, Case Modifications, 12/28/1979
8048101, Smoke Detection (Sarakinis), 9/5/1980
8048102, Window Restoration (El Greco - Bontsikakis), 7/24/1981
8048103, Furniture Exhibit, 12/5/1979
8048104, Ocean Liners, 1/7/1980
8048105, Tiles, 10/15/1979
8048106, Column Collection of Silver Mustard Pots, 7/8/1980
8048107, Century of Ceramics, 1/29/1980
8048108, Spectacular Spaces, 10/22/1979
8048109, Close Observation Exhibit, 4/8/1980
8048110, Reports Catskills, 5/20/1980
8048111, Hair, 5/5/1980
8048115, 4th Floor Air Handling Irregularities, 3/11/1980
8048116, Paper Conservation Lab, 11/23/1979
8048120, Driveway/Sidewalk Intersection Repair, 5/5/1980
8048123, Sawdust Collection (Professional Sheet Metal Work), 1/28/1981
8048125, Facade Cleaning (Coasr Lines), 9/4/1980
8048130, Conservatory Roof Repair, 11/17/1980
8048131, Repaving Esplanade Walkway (Primirano), 11/17/1980
8048132, Handrail for Staff Entrance Stair-North Side, 8/27/1980
8048133, Climate Control-Conservatory-Carnegie Mansion, 8/27/1980
8048134, Add Esplanade to Repointing, 8/27/1980
8048135, Steam Traps Installation, 8/27/1980
8048136, Fire Door Replacement, 8/27/1980
8048137, Handicapped Water Cooler, 8/27/1980
8048138, Repaving Parking Lot, 8/27/1980
8048139, Museum Dormers, 8/27/1980
8048140, Elevator Controls/Miller House, 8/27/1980
8148101, Walkway Repairs (Primiano), 6/19/1981
8148103, Information Desk, 10/15/1980
8148104, Recent Posters, 10/1/1980
8148105, Match Safes, 10/1/1980
8148106, Lace, 10/1/1980
8148107, Reading/Writing/Arithmetic Exhibit, 8/14/1981
8148108, Puppets/Art & Entertainment, 11/24/1981
8148109, Robert Adam, 12/31/1981
8148110, Hawaii, 2/8/1982
8148111, Crafts/Carnegie Mansion, 10/15/1980
8148112, Registrar's Office Modifications, 3/26/1981
8148113, Innovative Furniture in America, 1/29/1981
8148114, John Henry Belter & The Rococo Revival, 2/2/1981
8148115, Gardens of Delite, 5/7/1981
8148116, Slant/Front Exhibit Case, 5/11/1981
8148117, New Museum Shop Office, 6/23/1981
8148118, Coat Room Mezzanine, 6/23/1981
8148119, Reception Office, 11/13/1981
8148120, Puppets from Cooper-Hewitt Collection, 11/5/1981
8148121, American in Glass Exhibit, 7/22/1981
8148122, Magazine Covers, 7/22/1981
8148123, Suburbs Exhibit, 7/17/1981
8148124, Registrar's Storage Area, 8/6/1981
8148125, Boiler Replacement (Burner MGT Systems), 7/30/1982
8248102, Magazine Space, 10/15/1981
8248103, Boiler Replacement, 11/5/1981
8248105, Scandinavian Modern Exhibit, 6/29/1982
8143106, Contemporary Baskets, 5/3/1982
8248107, Lace, 7/26/1982
8248108, Golden Age of Maples, 12/16/1981
8248109, Contemporary Japanese Pottery, 12/17/1981
8248110, Crafts Fair Exhibit, 3/29/1982
8248111, Architectural Fantasy, 1/15/1982
8248112, Carnegie Mansion, 1/15/1982
8248113, Word Processor Room, 1/12/1982
8248114, Buttons Exhibit, 3/9/1982
8248115, Second Annual Craft Sales Fair, 2/10/1982
8248116, Jacquard Loom, 5/4/1982
8248117, Columns, 5/14/1982
8248118, American Landscape Drawings, 5/14/1982
8248119, Temporary Garden Lighting, 5/27/1982
8248120, Fashion Prints, 7/7/1982
8243122, Water Meter Valves (Parisi), 8/30/1982
8248125, Classroom Modifications Room B05, 8/17/1982
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