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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
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circa 1992-2004
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-177
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the projects and activities of the Product Design and Decorative Arts Department during the tenure of David Revere McFadden, Curator, 1978-1993; Deborah Shinn, Curator-in-Charge, 1995-1996, and Assistant Curator, 1997-2002; and Sarah Coffin, Curator, 2004- . Projects and activities include profess...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum
- Dates:
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1881, 1895-1976
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56 cu. ft. (56 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 267
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs
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1972-1986, with related records from 1879-1899 and 1965-1976
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67.7 linear meters and oversize.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 342
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Department of Applied Arts and Industrial Design
- Dates:
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1978-1994
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20.08 cu. ft. (19 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-170
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of files created by the Department of Applied Arts and Industrial Design for exhibitions held at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum from 1982 through 1991, particularly "Design in the Service of Tea," and "L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France, 1789-1989." Exhibition records include ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1966-1980, with related records from 1961
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19.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 281
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration. Department of Exhibitions
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1930-1969
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18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 280
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document, for the most part, the Department under the administration of Calvin S. Hathaway, Curator, 1946-1951, and Director, 1951-1963. Included is correspondence of Hathaway with members of the exhibition staff and with collectors and institutions concerning the exhibits in the museum; exhibit files, arranged alphabetically by ...
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Society for the History of Technology
Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995
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1956-2017
- Size:
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353 Cubic feet (378 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0400
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Society for the History of Technology Records (SHOT) consists of documents relating to SHOT from its inception in 1958- [0ngoing]. The collection is divided into two subgroups: Subgroup I, General Records, 1956-2009 which consist of papers generated and received by Melvin Kranzberg in his various roles as an officer of SHOT, as well as papers of other SHOT officers. Subgroup II,Technology and Culture Records, 1958-2009, consists of documents relating to the Society's journal, Technology and Culture. T & C is a quarterly publication containing articles of interest to and written by historians and students of technology. The records consist of material generated by Melvin Kranzberg in his role as editor-in-chief, 1959-1981 and by succeeding T&C editors.
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Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art
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1883-1962
bulk 1885-1962
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265.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.carninst
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art measure 265.8 linear feet and date from 1883-1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1885-1940. The collection includes extensive correspondence between the museum's founding director, John Beatty, and his successor, Homer Saint-Gaudens, with artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, museum directors, representatives abroad, shipping and insurance agents, and museum trustees. The collection also includes Department of Fine Arts interoffice memoranda and reports; loan exhibition files; Carnegie International planning, jury, shipping, and sale records; Department of Fine Arts letterpress copy books, and a copy of the original card catalog index to these records.
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Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987
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1884-1987
bulk 1927-1987
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35.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.goodlloy
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian, writer, and museum administrator Lloyd Goodrich measure 35.7 linear feet and date from 1884 to 1987 with the bulk of the material dating from 1927 to 1987. Materials include biographical material, extensive correspondence, writings and research files, organization and committee files, exhibition files, printed material, a scrapbook, and photographic material. The collection is particularly rich in research files on Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and Reginald Marsh, as well as correspondence with additional notable artists and art figures.
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1924-1989
bulk 1955-1983
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12.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chrihans
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of designer, silversmith, and educator Hans Christensen measure 12.3 linear feet and date from 1924 to 1989 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1955 to 1983. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, personal business records, teaching files for the Rochester Institute of Technology, printed and broadcast materials, artwork, photographic materials, and sound and video recordings.