Miscellaneous Administrative Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
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content: Records of the Bureau of American Ethnology
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.67 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0155, Series 4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Records are arranged alphabetically.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series reflects the administrative activities of the BAE from 1949 to 1965. Records found among the series include correspondence, notes, lists, office memoranda, official notices, research statements, research proposals, grant applications, and travel forms. These records relate to routine BAE business, including the organization of its research projects, production of its publications, management of its library and archive, and maintenance of its office space. The series also includes numerous summaries of BAE accomplishments and letters in support of its work, highlighting Smithsonian Institution plans to incorporate the Bureau into another department or unit.