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National Museum of American Art. Office of Educational Programs
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1984-1993
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-016
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of administrative records of the National Museum of American Art (NMAA), Office of Educational Programs. Materials document exhibitions, 1989-1993; the docent program; special events; and the "West as America" symposium, 1992.
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circa 1971-1981
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-099
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of original footage and masters created during the recording and production of training films for docents, museum guards, and conservators. Materials include videotapes.
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education
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circa 1989-2017
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-272
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting docent activities of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (FSG), Department of Education. Topics covered include evaluations, tours, recruitment, training, events, docent feedback, meetings, mentorship, and schedules. Materials include correspondence, news clippings, notes, infor...
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Smithsonian Institution. Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center
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circa 1967-2005
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-219
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting resources and tools for training docents at the Smithsonian Institution (SI) Building, commonly known as the Castle. Topics cover the institution's history including founder James Smithson, the Enid A. Haupt Garden, tours, and the architecture, and design of the facility. Materials include co...
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National Museum of African Art. Department of Education
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1987-1999
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-034
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of cassette audiotapes and U-matic videotape recordings of lectures presented by staff members of the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), as well as guest lecturers, at docent training classes. The lectures provide information on the Museum's permanent and temporary collections, and the history of African art a...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education
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1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2007-2015
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-111
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of recordings of docent training providing information about the museum, exhibitions, objects, and artists. Topics also include symposiums, award presentations, collections, and conservation. Materials include audio recordings. Some materials date to when the department was known as Education and Public Programs, 2...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Education
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1969-1982
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 555
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the activities of the Department of Education and its staff. The bulk of the records contain information about specific programs of the Department, including the Education Aide Program, the Docent Program and the Volunteer Program. Other records document NPG's current and future exhibitions, educational activities, p...
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Mato, Dan
- Dates:
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1940-1943
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.matodan
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Exhibition catalog of La Tour's collection at the Steele Gallery in Bloomington, Indiana, October-November, 1940; handwritten descriptions of each painting in the show; and a photocopy of a review of the show.
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Manske, Nathan
- Dates:
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2009-2019, undated
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1503
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Oral histories (transcripts) taken from LGBTQ identifying persons over a fifty state I'm From Driftwood story tour. Records include oral histories, photographs, tour records, correspondence, and ephemera from the tour crew and tour inteviewees.
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Brown, Naomi Huber
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1960-1963.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0429
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document the preparation and management of Duke Ellington's 1963 tour of Asia.
