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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Exhibitions
Dates:
1980-2006
Size:
10.56 cu. ft. (24 blueprint storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 10-061
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of drawings documenting the design of exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Huguenot Legacy: English Silver, 1680-1760;" "Avant-Garde Letterhead;" "Lace;" "What Could Have Been: Unbuilt Architecture of the 80s;" "Solos: Smartwrap;" "Faberge: Jeweler ...

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Digitized Content Henri Vever Papers
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Creators:
Vever, Henri, 1854-1942
Dates:
1867-1932
Size:
2.5 Linear feet (circa 35 items)
Collection ID:
FSA.A1988.04
Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

The papers of Parisian jeweler and art collector Henri Vever (1854-1942) include six diaries; a ledger of his art acquisitions; original oil paintings by Vever; and photographs. The materials document Vever's circle of friends, patrons, and other art collectors in turn-of-the-century Paris.

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Digitized Content Walter Pach papers
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Creators:
Pach, Walter, 1883-1958
Dates:
1857-1980
Size:
20.7 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.pachwalt2
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of New York artist, critic, historian, writer, art consultant and curator Walter Pach, measure 20.7 linear feet and date from 1857-1980. The collection documents Pach's promotion of modernism through his role in the landmark 1913 Armory Show, his relationships with artists and art-world figures and his extensive writings on art. Records include biographical material, correspondence with family, friends and colleagues including noted artists, handwritten and edited versions of manuscripts by Pach, diaries and journals, business records, printed material, scrapbooks, sketchbooks and artwork by Pach and others, and photographs of Pach and his family, friends, and colleagues. The collection also includes 12 linear feet of selections from Walter Pach's library.

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Records
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Creators:
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Decorative Arts
Dates:
1941-1992
Size:
39 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 506
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of the administrative, correspondence, and exhibition files of the Department of Decorative Arts. Curator David R. McFadden and his predecessors created most of the records, but some were compiled by assistants in the department, guest curators, and exhibition organizers. Some files were created before the department ...

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Loan Files (Incoming Loans)
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Creators:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Office of the Registrar
Dates:
1984-1999
Size:
18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 06-123
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting incoming loans for Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum exhibitions. Materials include condition reports, correspondence, loan agreements, color object photographs, object lists, shipping information, photocopies of images, catalogs, and contracts. A small portion of the records also document ...

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Dates:
1976-2000
Size:
12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 04-117
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the installation, development, and publicity of exhibitions and visitor response to those exhibitions. Materials include installation photographs, object lists, label copy, scripts, press releases, memoranda, correspondence, and visitor comment books. An exhibitions list is found at the front ...

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Dates:
circa 1979-1995
Size:
40 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 95-161
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of files of Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) exhibitions. Varying amounts of material are included, such as itineraries, slides, news clippings, scripts, news releases, shipping documents, correspondence, photographs, lists, brochures, videotapes, audiotapes, etc. Some materials are in electr...

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Subject Files
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Creators:
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Director
Dates:
1969-1992, with related records from 1948
Size:
39.88 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 film box) (12 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 492
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records contain the Director's correspondence files from 1975 to 1991, as well as smaller files created by Rohlfing, Pfister, and Scherer. In addition, the records include administrative and subject files from 1970 to 1988. These files document museum functions such as acquisitions, collections management, and budgeting, as well as large...

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Department of Design
Dates:
1975-1995
Size:
18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 99-015
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of exhibition files (arranged mostly in alphabetical order), including proposals, designs, planning and development files, exhibition scripts, photographs and slides of objects and installations, meeting minutes, catalogs, and floor plans. Records also include rejected and accepted exhibition proposals, exhibition ...

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Dates:
1983-1989
Size:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 01-133
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. The bulk of the collection covers the year 1985. The records were created and maintained by Peggy A. Loar, Director (1981-circa 1991). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, press kits, catalo...

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