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Exhibition Records
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Dates:
2005-2007
Size:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 08-088
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the planning and production of Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery exhibitions during the tenure of Director Julian Raby. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries;" "In the Beginning: Bibles Befor...

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Exhibition Records
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Dates:
circa 2003-2011
Size:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 14-178
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the planning and production of Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery exhibitions during the tenure of Director Julian Raby. Materials include correspondence, meeting notes, promotional materials, checklists, object lists, draft agreements, fundraising materials, proposals, floor plans...

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Joseph Cornell Study Center Collection
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Creators:
Cornell, Joseph
Dates:
1750-1980, bulk 1930-1972
Size:
196.8 Linear feet
186 Nitrate negatives
Collection ID:
SAAM.JCSC.1
Repository:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center

The Joseph Cornell Study Center collection measures 196.8 linear feet and dates from 1750 to 1980, with the bulk of the material dating from 1930 to 1972. Documenting the artistic career and personal life of assemblage artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), the collection is primarily made up of two- and three-dimensional source material, the contents of the artists' studio, his record album collection, and his book collection and personal library. The collection also includes diaries and notes, financial and estate papers, exhibition materials, collected artifacts and ephemera, photographs, correspondence, and the papers of Robert Cornell (1910-1965) and Helen Storms Cornell (1882-1966), the artist's brother and mother.

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Clippings
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Dates:
circa 1983-2008
Size:
6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 15-087
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the publicity of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and their exhibitions, events, and activities in the media. Materials primarily include clippings. Materials also include press releases, brochures, audio recordings, fact sheets, media reports, and related materials. Som...

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Curatorial Records
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Dates:
1983-1984, 1990-2008
Size:
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 15-346
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the curatorial activities of Ann Clyburn Gunter, Assistant Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1987-1994; Associate Curator, 1994-2004; and Curator, 2004-2008. Curatorial activities documented in this accession include research, exhibition development, publishing, and collection management. ...

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Exhibition Records
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Dates:
1990-1992, 1997-1998, 2000, 2003-2010
Size:
3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 15-344
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of condition reports for objects and artwork, primarily incoming loans for exhibitions. Materials also include correspondence, treatment reports, agreements, object lists, object images, packing lists, floor plans, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.

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Digitized Content Rockwell Kent papers
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Creators:
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
Dates:
circa 1840-1993
bulk 1935-1961
Size:
88 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.kentrock
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The Rockwell Kent papers measure 88.0 linear feet and date from circa 1840 to 1993 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1935 to 1961. The collection provides comprehensive coverage of Kent's career as a painter, illustrator, designer, writer, lecturer, traveler, political activist, and dairy farmer.

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Digitized Content Duke Ellington Collection
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Creators:
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Dates:
1903 - 1989
Size:
400 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0301
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.

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Digitized Content Ralph Rinzler papers and audio recordings
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Creators:
Rinzler, Ralph
Dates:
1890-2011
bulk 1950-1994
Size:
106.32 Cubic feet (87.5 cubic feet of papers, 18.82 cubic feet of audio)
Collection ID:
CFCH.RINZ
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

This collection, with bulk dates from 1950-1994, documents the life of Ralph Rinzler and his professional activities as Director of Field Programs for the Newport Folk Festival, Director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (formerly the Festival of American Folklife) and the Office of Folklife Programs (now the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage), and the Smithsonian Institution's Assistant Secretary for Public Service. Includes personal papers, business records, correspondence, notes, photographs, audiotapes and field recordings.

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Digitized Content Mergenthaler Linotype Company Records
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Creators:
Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
Dates:
1886-1997
Size:
108 Cubic feet (257 boxes, 1 map-folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0666
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company supplied most of the typesetting machines used in the printing industry, both in America and worldwide. As changing technology ended the usefulness of the linotype machine the company pioneered new computer-driven, photo typesetting machines.

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