News/Information Office records
Scope and Content Note
The records of the News Office / Public Information Office / Media Relations Office contain administrative and project records related to various activities of the three offices. The majority of the records were maintained by Shelley Lauzon, Victoria Kaharl and Vicky Cullen, and consist of administrative records, publications, photographs, correspondence, news clippings, obituaries, memoranda, agenda, minutes and press releases.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-2006
Language of Materials
The records are in
English.
Access
Open/Restricted: most materials in the collection are available for research; some materials may only be viewed by the Office of Origin or with permission of the Archivist.
Use
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
Historical Information
The News/Information Office has gone through several name changes since early 1960, although its primary public affairs responsibilities remained largely the same until its segmentation in 1994. The Information Office and Exhibit Center, Media Relations, Communications, and Graphic Services are now individually responsible for different aspects of the original office’s variety of duties.
Extent
36 boxes plus photographs and electronic records (35.25 linear feet)
Overview
The News/Information Office records consists of correspondence, press releases, publicity material, subject files and administrative records relating to the activities of the WHOI News Office, Public Information Office and Media Office.
Arrangement
Arranged in eleven series:
Custodial History
See the accessions log for more information on the custodial history.
Acquisitions Information
Received in several accessions, including acc. 1998-20, 2006-38, 2007-01 and 2010-26.
Processing Information
First-level processing completed in 2004 by Marisa Hudspeth. Processing of accessions 2006-38, 2007-01 and 2010-26 completed in January 2014 by David Sherman.
- Title
- A Guide to the News/Information Office records, 1947-2006
- Author
- Marisa Hudspeth
- Date
- January 16, 2004, updated June 12, 2007 and January 10, 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written inEnglish
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository