Director's Records
This accession consists of records created and maintained by John Haworth, Director, George Gustav Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian. Haworth was appointed Director in 1994 and retired from the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 2017. Located in New York City, the George Gustav Heye (GGHC) was …
Board of Trustees Files
This accession consists of records pertaining to the National Museum of the American (NMAI) Board of Trustees and the George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) Board of Directors. Materials include board policies, lists of members and committees, meeting logistics, transcripts, original minutes, mission statements, organizational charts, by-laws, proposals, memoranda and correspondence …
Departmental Files
This accession consists of the administrative records of the Deputy Director of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Douglas E. Evelyn. Materials include chronological files, 1990-1991; incoming correspondence, memoranda, and brochures, 1992-1994; outgoing correspondence, 1992-1994; travel reports, 1992-1994; budgetary files; information pertaining to the George Gustave Heye Center (GGHC), NMAI museum design …
William A. Newcombe and George Gustav Heye photographs from British Columbia
Newcombe, William A.
Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957
1912-1913
1929
20 Copy negatives
Photographs shot by William A. Newcombe during three collecting trips to British Columbia with George Gustav Heye, director of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Between 1934 and 1938 Newcombe and Heye collected and photographed among the collecting ethnographic materials from the Saanich, Esquimalt, Cowichan, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo), and Nuxalk (Bellacoola) communities.
Board of Trustees Files
This accession consists of records pertaining to the National Museum of the American (NMAI) Board of Trustees and the George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) Board of Directors. Materials include correspondence and memoranda, board policies, lists of members and committees, meeting logistics, transcripts, original minutes, mission statements, organizational charts, by-laws, proposals …
Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation records
Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957
These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.
Visitor Comments
This accession consists of visitor survey records which document feedback by visitors to the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center. The surveys were conducted by the Education Department and cover comments regarding exhibitions, the Expressive Culture Series programs, and other aspects of the visitors' experience. Also …
Publicity Records
This accession consists of records that publicize exhibitions, acquisitions, events, lectures, and other related public programs of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC). Topics covered include the museum design, construction, American Indian tribe news, media coverage, events, exhibitions, and NMAI news. Materials include …
Young Productions videotape collection
This collection contains 7 Betacam videocassettes depicting the Museum of the American Indian (MAI) in New York City. The tapes were produced by JoAnn Young of Young Productions in New Jersey, circa 1984-1985, for a television series called, Only One New York on WNYC-TV.
Field photographs from Seneca Nation Reservations in Pennsylvania and New York
Stiles, William F., 1912-1980
Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956
Sinclair, David
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Photography taken by George Heye, Joseph Keppler, David Sinclair and William Stiles during a trip to the Cornplanter Reservation in Pennsylvania and Onondaga, Allegheny, Cattaraugus, Tuscarora, and Tonawanda Reservations in New York October 1939.
