Chairman's Office Reading Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology
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content: Department of Anthropology records
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content: Department of Anthropology records / Series 1: Correspondence
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0311, Subseries 1.17
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged chronologically.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This sub-series is mainly comprised of memoranda (1975-1980) and correspondence (1976-1979) of Chairmen William Fitzhugh and Douglas H. Ubelaker and acting Chairman Herman J. Viola. There are also copies of correspondence of staff members that were routed through the chairman or sent for his information. Matters of concern cover a broad range of subjects and include information on the daily operations of the department; acquisitions and loans of specimens; staff publications; personnel; arrangements for visiting researchers; research plans and proposals; security issues concerning the collections; and requests for information, assistance, and support from anthropologists and the general public.

The memoranda files for 1980 are incomplete; there is one folder for March/April/May and nothing else.