Archivist
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Smithsonian Institution
Capital Gallery, Room 3229, MRC 507
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Email: baina at si.edu
Research Interests
Long-term interests are history and development of museum archives and archives of science and technology.
Current Research Projects
Missing full-sets of skeletons, collected between 1927 and 1943, housed at the medical school, Keijo Imperial University (Seoul); Korean independence movies, 1946-1952; anthropology archives at the Smithsonian Institution.
Recent Publications
Alan L. Bain, "Smithsonian Institution: Museum and Institutional Archive Programs," Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, volume 3, number 2, spring 2007, pp 155-162.
Alan L. Bain, "Anthropological and Ethnological Collections at the Smithsonian Institution," (abstract), Proceedings of the American Assocition for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division, 79th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado (April 2004).
Alan L. Bain, "Museum Archives: Anthropology Records at the Smithsonian Institution," (abstract), Proceedings of AAAS, Pacific Division, San Francisco, California, vol. 22, part I, June 15, 2003.
Alan L. Bain, "Eugene I. Knez Papers, 1920s-2002, With Information Dating Back to 1481," 150+ pp., (six parts) December 2002, http://nmnhwww.si.edu/naa/fa/knez1.htm
Alan Bain, "Federal Policy and Scientific Records in Museum Archives," (abstract), Proceedings of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division, AAAS, vol.40, no. 2, Omaha, Nebraska, 12-14 November 2000. Alan L. Bain, “Smithsonian Institution Archives: Its History and Activities on Digital Imaging,” Proceedings of the Second Documenting Japan International Executive Seminar, January 21, 1998, Tokyo, Japan.
Alan L. Bain, “Museum Archives,” Proceedings of the World Museum Day Conference, May 16, 1997, Seoul, Korea.
Alan L. Bain, Project Director, Guide to the Smithsonian Archives, 1996 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press), 1996.
Alan L. Bain, “Appraisal of Museum Records,” S. A. Archives Journal, South African Society of Archivists, vol. 37, pp. 53-62, 1995.
Alan L. Bain, “Documenting
Museums as Institutions and as Purveyors of Culture,” Museum Archivist,
vol. 6, no.2, September 1992, pp. 14-21.
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