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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
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1993-2005
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-176
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting research, collection development, departmental programs, external relations, and professional activities during the tenures of David Revere McFadden, Curator, 1978-1993; Deborah Shinn, Curator in Charge, 1995-1996, and Assistant Curator, 1997-2002; and Emily Miller, Assistant Curator, 2003-2005. ...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Decorative Arts
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1967-1978
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 282
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly document the administration of Janet Thorpe, Assistant Curator, 1967-1969, and Associate Curator, 1969-1973, and Catherine Lynn Frangiamore, Assistant Curator, 1969-1974. Also, included are materials concerning Thomas E. Lennox, Assistant Curator, 1964-1967; J. Stewart Johnson, Curator, 1974-1976; and David R. McFadden, ...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Publications Department
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1994-2012
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-170
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the production of museum publications, exhibition didactics, brochures, catalogs, invitations, event programs, web pages, signage, advertisements, and other published or printed items. Records also document the administration of the department and awards won by various publications. Materials ...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Curatorial Department
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circa 2010-2011
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-078
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development, planning, and execution of the exhibition National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?. The exhibition, on view from May 4, 2010 through January 9, 2011, was curated by Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid, and Cynthia E. Smith. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, ...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Curatorial Department
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circa 2006-2009
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-176
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting exhibitions curated in-house or travel managed by Cynthia E. Smith, Curator of Socially Responsible Design, 2005- . Exhibitions documented in this accession include Gluckman and Mayner Select: Works from the Permanent Collection (proposed exhibition); Campana Brothers Select: Works from the P...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
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2002-2009
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-074
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the research, planning, design, execution, and installation of exhibitions. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection;" "Looking Forward/Looking Back: Recent Acquisitions in 20th- and 21st-Century Design;" "Multiple Choice: ...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Office of the Registrar
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circa 1981-1983, 1994-2008
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-186
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting incoming loans for exhibitions. A small amount of material also documents the storage and organization of objects for an exhibition and the shipment of objects for traveling exhibitions. Materials include agreements, condition reports, object images, shipping documentation, correspondence, la...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Education Department
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1991-1994
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-050
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records mostly document programs of the Education Department for the Fall 1992, Spring 1993, and Summer 1993 semesters. Program files were created for each lecture, seminar, symposium, course, workshop, tour, or package trip offered by the Department, and include articles, promotional materials, and other background planning information ...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Director
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1969-1992, with related records from 1948
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39.88 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 film box) (12 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 492
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain the Director's correspondence files from 1975 to 1991, as well as smaller files created by Rohlfing, Pfister, and Scherer. In addition, the records include administrative and subject files from 1970 to 1988. These files document museum functions such as acquisitions, collections management, and budgeting, as well as large...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Exhibitions
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circa 1998-2006
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0.21 cu. ft. (5 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-206
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of drawings documenting the design of exhibitions. Exhibitions documented in this accession include Opulent Eye of Alexander Girard; Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum: Furnishing the Modern Era; Unlimited by Design; Rooms with a View: Landscape and Wallpaper; Aluminum By Design: From Jewelry to Jets; New Ho...