Smithsonian Institution Archives

Records, 1864-1980

Summary

Collection ID:: SIA.FA94-100
Creators:: Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Dates:: 1864-1980
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 4.57 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 16x20 boxes)
Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of various materials transferred from subject files in the Cooper-Hewitt Museum library. In the first series are files assembled by researcher Brooks Adams during the development of the exhibition Hair, which was on view at the museum from June 10 through August 17, 1980. Also included are exhibition files for The Logic and Magic of Color, which was on view at the Cooper Union Museum from April 19 through August 1960. The second series contains six scrapbooks of press clippings describing the Museum's early exhibitions and activities under the Smithsonian. Some materials date from when the museum was known as the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-100, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Records

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Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Hair (Exhibition) (1980: New York, N.Y.)	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Logic and Magic of Color (Exhibition)	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Art museums	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Museum exhibits	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Museums -- Public relations	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Books	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
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Black-and-white photographs	Genre/Form	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
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