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National Museum of American Art. Department of Design and Production
- Dates:
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1964-1991
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 451
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence, memoranda, photographs, floor plans, illustrations, and architectural drawings which document the installation of exhibitions at the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) and the Renwick Gallery. Also included are exhibition scripts, catalogues, work orders, and administrative records of the Department...
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National Museum of American Art. Department of Graphic Arts
- Dates:
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1966-1989
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 476
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of files documenting exhibitions organized by the Department of Prints and Drawings and the Department of Graphic Arts, 1968-1987, under the leadership of Moser. Also included is a small amount of material left behind by curators Jacob Kainen and Janet A. Flint. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, label text, obj...
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National Museum of American Art. Office of Administrative Services
- Dates:
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1968-1985
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 475
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of the files of Charles J. Robertson and H. Eugene Kelson as Associate Administrator and Administrator, respectively, including Robertson's files as Treasurer of the American Association of Museums, 1982-1984. A few files date back to the late 1960s and the 1970s. Also included is an occasional memorandum of Rob...
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National Museum of American Art. Department of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Painting and Sculpture
- Dates:
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1965-1983
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12.5 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 459
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document exhibitions organized by the Department. Also included are administrative files and general correspondence files of the office.
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National Museum of American Art. Department of Painting and Sculpture
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circa 1969-1986
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 460
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of administrative files of the Department and documents the activities of its curators, Rand, Mecklenburg, Truettner, and Breeskin. The files contain information about Department relations with other National Museum of American Art (NMAA) offices concerning loans, shipments, requests for information, conservation, ...
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National Museum of American Art. Exhibitions Coordinator
- Dates:
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1982-1991
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 449
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of exhibition files maintained by the Exhibitions Coordinator. Included in the files are correspondence, staff memoranda, checklists, vouchers, and exhibition photographs. Exhibitions represented include Zoo to Art: Animal Subject by American Sculptors, 1985, and Still Lifes by Henry Lee McFee by Henry Lee McFee, 198...
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National Museum of American Art. Department of Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
- Dates:
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circa 1961-1980
- Size:
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 458
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the work of the Department and its curators in the late 1960s and in the 1970s, with some material dated as early as 1961. The files include correspondence concerning proposed and rejected works of art, some administrative actions, and the Department's relationship with other museums. The majority of the records con...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mineralogy
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1960-1989
- Size:
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 421
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda documenting the operation of the Division of Mineralogy primarily from 1971 to 1989. The correspondence concerns the acquisition of collections, identification of specimens, research and professional activities of the staff, requests for information, and divisional...
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Barney, Alice Pike, 1857-1931
- Dates:
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1861-1965
- Size:
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12.27 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (3 12x17 boxes) (3 16x20 boxes) (0.91 non-standard size box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-153
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the personal papers of Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931). The papers include a large collection of photographs of Alice and her children, Laura Dreyfus-Barney and Natalie Barney; correspondence to and from the Barney family; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and memorabilia; and original patents received by Alice Ba...
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Columbian Institute
- Dates:
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1816-1841, with related papers, 1791-1800
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2.61 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (1 half document box) (2 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7051
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of records, mostly dated 1816-1830, concerning the founding and operation of the Columbian Institute by Edward Cutbush, Thomas Law, and others. Records document efforts to raise money for a building, publishing projects, and a botanical garden; and to collect natural history specimens. Also included are minutes of ...