Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document exhibition planning and production, and curatorial publishing activities during the tenures of Deputy Directors Charles J. Robertson (1986-2001) and Rachel M. Allen (2002- ). Some materials date to when the museum was known as the National Museum of American Art. Materials include budgets, proposals, financial and funding records, checklists, agreements, publicity material, correspondence, memoranda, notes, loan forms, slides, and contracts. Exhibitions represented include African American Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Calico and Chintz: Antique Quilts from the Collection of Patricia S. Smith, Ebendorf: The Jewelry of Robert Ebendorf, George Catlin and His Indian Gallery, Graphic Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Star-Spangled Presidents: Portraits by Liza Lou, Masters of Their Craft: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Right at Home: American Studio Furniture, Scenes of American Life: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Wood Turning in North America Since 1930, Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of Frank Lloyd Wright, and Young America: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
