Subject Files, circa 1990-1993

Object Details

Notes: Folder List in accession file.; For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization: Alphabetic by subject
Summary: A greater part of these records document the administrative activities of Ross B. Simons as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, but also includes some material from when he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research (1988-1992). Materials include correspondence and memoranda pertaining to science programs at the Smithsonian Institution and abroad. The records make reference to the Smithsonian-led "Debt for Nature" negotiations; United States-Asia Environmental Partnership case study; budget appropriations; Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC); Board of Regents reports; conferences and seminars; Conservation Training Council minutes of meetings; grants and fellowships; Collections Information System planning; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory "Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility" (AXAF); research at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO); and personnel matters.
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Creator: Smithsonian Institution Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
Subject: Simons, Ross B; Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (U.S.); Council of American Overseas Research Centers; Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; United States Asia Environmental Partnership; Smithsonian Institution Debt-for-Nature Program; Smithsonian Institution Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science Collections Information System; Smithsonian Institution Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science Conservation Training Council

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