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National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Exhibitions and Public Spaces
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1987-2007
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22 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-030
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials related to the development, research, and production of exhibitions at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), both at the Mall museum site and at the George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) in New York, New York. Exhibitions covered include The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna o...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1985 Festival of American Folklife
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 26-July 7, 1985
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1985
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Renwick Gallery
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1957, 1961-1989, 1997-2003
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-128
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Renwick Gallery during the tenures of Lloyd E. Herman, Director, 1971-1986; Michael W. Monroe, Curator-in-Charge, 1986-1995; and Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, 1995-2003. Topics covered include art organizations; craft fairs and craft schools; correspondence with m...
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Inverarity, Robert Bruce, 1909-1999
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circa 1840s-1997
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13.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.inverobe
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist, photographer, museum director, anthropologist, and writer Robert Bruce Inverarity are dated circa 1840s-1997 and measure 12.7 linear feet. Biographical information, correspondence, writings and notes, subject files, art work, scrapbooks, sound recordings, printed material and photographs are found within the papers. They document Inverarity's work as Director of the Federal Art Project in Seattle and Director of the Art and Craft Project for the State of Washington, as well as his other professional work. Nineteenth century material consists of a Japanese print, printed material, and photographs.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
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1980-1985
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 90-025
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists mostly of exhibit scripts for Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service projects. Materials include memoranda, correspondence, manuscripts, photocopies of articles from journals, sketches and drawings, architectural blueprints, brochures, cost accounting summaries, photographs and slides, and maps depicting f...
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National Museum of American Art. Exhibitions Coordinator
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1982-1991
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 449
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of exhibition files maintained by the Exhibitions Coordinator. Included in the files are correspondence, staff memoranda, checklists, vouchers, and exhibition photographs. Exhibitions represented include Zoo to Art: Animal Subject by American Sculptors, 1985, and Still Lifes by Henry Lee McFee by Henry Lee McFee, 198...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture
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1968-1993, with related records from 1956
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66 cu. ft. (66 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 481
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the planning, development, and installation of exhibitions by the Department of Painting and Sculpture, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). Included are biographical and bibliographical research files on artists; correspondence with museums, galleries, and artists concerning loan of artwork; loan reports; ...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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circa 1968-1976
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14.5 cu. ft. (29 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 361
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records in this record unit document the exhibition research and activities of the National Portrait Gallery and its Office of Exhibitions. Particularly well represented are exhibitions mounted between 1974 and 1976, with materials documenting research and publications on numerous artists, paintings, prints, broadsides, books, documents and ...
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Dale, Chester, b. 1883
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circa 1883-2003
bulk 1920-1970
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8.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.daleches
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York art collector Chester Dale measure 8.4 linear feet and date from circa 1883-2003. Dale amassed one of the world's most complete collections of nineteenth and twentieth century French art, was a collector of eighteenth century American portraitists, and a patron and collector of twentieth American artists including George Bellows and Mary Cassatt. The bulk of the collection dates from 1920 to 1970 and documents Dale's activities through biographical material, correspondence, memoirs and other writings, purchase, sales and estate records, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs.
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National Museum of American Art. Office of Program Support
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1947-1981
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146.04 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (280 document boxes) (1 5x8 box) (1 film box) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 321
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records of the Office of Program Support, National Museum of American Art, 1965-1981, with related records from 1947, were received in the Archives from 1981 through 1994.