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Exhibition Records
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Dates:
1984-1999
Size:
8.69 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Accession 01-180
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of materials created and maintained by Milo Cleveland Beach, Director, 1987-2001, documenting exhibition planning and production, including "Chinese Scholar's Studio: Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period," "Rise to Power: Art of Ancient Japan," "Timur and the Princely Vision," "Yani: The Brush of Innocence," "Crushed ...

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Exhibition Records
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Dates:
1986-1994
Size:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 01-172
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document the design, development, and installation of exhibitions, rotations, and exhibit halls. Materials include floor plans, blueprints, label copy, production schedules, object lists, correspondence, memoranda, drawings, sketches, production specifications, and related material.

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Project Files
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Dates:
1985-1995
Size:
20 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes) (30 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
Accession 96-028
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of project files for various renovation and construction projects within Smithsonian Institution buildings. Box 20 contains microfilms and microfiches of documents, and of 1165 blueprints and architectural drawings. Buildings and museums documented in this collection include: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian I...

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Design and Production
Dates:
1986-1995, 2001-2011
Size:
9.82 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (2 16x20 boxes) (58 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
Accession 18-078
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting the design process for exhibitions. The majority of the accession consists of exhibition drawings and floor plans for the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery with a smaller amount of material documenting exhibition updates and reinstallations at the Freer Gallery of Art. In addition to drawings, materials ...

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Clippings
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Dates:
1915-1998
Size:
7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 01-220
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document the publicity generated by, for, and about the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, their collections, exhibitions, and events. Please note that clippings and notices carried in a variety of media are recorded in these records. "Press Reports" are a compilation of clippings from various sources bound ...

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Digitized Content Records
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Dates:
1890-1929
Size:
57.93 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (104 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (oversize materials)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 45
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit documents the growth and management of the Smithsonian from 1890 to 1929. Of special interest is the Institution's entry into the field of the fine arts through the creation of the National Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian continued to pursue a wide variety of other interests as well. Thus, the...

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Press Kits
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Dates:
1987-1996
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 01-223
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of materials that were prepared for distribution to the press regarding various exhibitions and activities held at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Special kits include the opening of the Quadrangle complex in 1987 and inaugural exhibitions at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Materials include ...

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Digitized Content Ellen Hulda Johnson papers
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Creators:
Johnson, Ellen H.
Dates:
1872-2018
bulk 1921-1992
Size:
61.5 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.johnelle
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of art historian, art critic, author, librarian and educator Ellen Hulda Johnson measure 61.5 linear feet and date from 1872-2018, with the bulk of the material dating from 1921-1992. The papers include biographical materials; personal and family files; personal, professional, and business correspondence; extensive research and writing files; teaching files; subject files; professional and curatorial files; and artists' files. Johnson's papers reflect the full range of her career, interests, and close relationships with many artists. There is a 0.2 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2021 that includes letters to Ellen Johnson from others, letters from Johnson to Carl Gerber, and a sketch by Johnson. Materials date from circa 1956-1991.

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Digitized Content Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Dates:
1949-1964
Size:
167.20 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (324 document boxes) (10 microfilm reels)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 50
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document part of the secretarial administration of Alexander Wetmore and the whole of Leonard Carmichael's tenure. During this period the Smithsonian Institution's capacity to carry out research in its traditional scientific disciplines was substantially strengthened. At the same time the Institution was able to invest much ...

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Digitized Content George Brown Goode Collection
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Creators:
Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
Dates:
circa 1814-1897 and undated, with related materials to 1925
Size:
15.43 cu. ft. (30 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7050
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The bulk of the George Brown Goode Collection (Record Unit 7050) predates the establishment of the present-day Smithsonian Institution Archives. A small addition of autograph letters was received from the Division of Political History, National Museum of American History in 1983 under accession number 83-081.

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