Exhibition Records
This accession consists of the records of the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) curatorial office for the exhibitions The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920 (March 15-July 7, 1991) and Thomas Cole: Landscape into History (March 18-August 7, 1994, at NMAA venue). William Truettner, Senior Curator at NMAA (1990- ) served as curator-in-charge …
Subject Files
This accession consists of materials that document the administrative activities of Elizabeth Broun, Director. Records of special interest include the controversy surrounding the exhibition The West as America: Reinterpreting Image of the Frontier, 1820-1920 (March 15, 1991-July 28, 1991); and the proposed renovation and restoration of the Post Office building for use by the …
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of exhibition files. Materials include checklists; condition reports; budget, shipping, and insurance records; lender files; and general correspondence. Exhibitions include: Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and their New York, 1896-1917, Thomas Cole: Landscape into History, and The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920. Records also include …
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of records which document the research, development, fundraising, publicity, production, and execution of exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and the Renwick Gallery. Staff represented include Harry Rand, Curator, Department of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture, SAAM; Louise Reeves, Exhibitions Coordinator, SAAM; Jacquelyn Days Serwer, Chief …
Records
This accession consists of records which document planning for exhibitions at the National Museum of American Art (NMAA). Also included are records pertaining to departmental issues in the museum. Materials consist of general correspondence, memoranda, and notes; correspondence of David B. Keeler, Chief of Design and Production, 1973-1985; exhibition design concepts …
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of records which document the research, development, fundraising, publicity, production, and execution of exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery. Staff represented include Virginia M. Mecklenburg, Senior Curator, Painting and Sculpture, SAAM; Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, Renwick Gallery; Louise Reeves, Exhibitions Coordinator, SAAM …
Jan Faul "Potomac : East and West" (portfolio of photoprints)
The collection is a set of twenty-four black-and-white silver gelatin prints entitled "Potomac: East and West," by Jan Faul, 1991. They include agricultural landscapes, cemeteries, industrial buildings commercial buildings in rural areas, etc., in the Potomac River region of Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each image contains a small area hand-colored by the photographer, providing a subtly mysterious, often whimsical or humorous effect.
Dexter Cirillo Papers
Dexter Cirillo received her B.A. and M.A. in English from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her early career focused on teaching and researching the literature and culture of minority groups in the United States. In …
Exhibition Records
This accession consists of the files created by the Office of the Registrar in the course of their work on fifteen exhibitions shown between 1982 and 1991, including Peace and Friendship: Indian Peace Medals in the United States, on view from January through July 1985; Charles Willson Peale and His World, November 1982 through …
Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie Glass Plate Negatives
Smillie, T. W. (Thomas William), 1843-1917
Talman, Hugh (photographer)
Twenty glass plate negatives and reference copy prints of the images taken between the late 1880s and the early 1900s by Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie. The images depict the skyline of Washington D.C., views from the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, blueprints for the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, and an unidentified orchestra.
