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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
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1973-2017
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25.5 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-102
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management in the preparation and development of exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), as well as the design and publicity involved with exhibitions and the loan of art objects both to and from the museum. Staff represented...
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Smithsonian Institution. Contracts Office
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1953-1990
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59.43 cu. ft. (59 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 470
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records contain proposals and drafts of contracts and grants, correspondence concerning their acceptance and implementation, budget information, reports about grant-sponsored activities, and information concerning the administration of the Office and the authority of the Contracting Officer. Entries include the following information if ava...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 25-July 6, 1997
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1997
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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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1957-2007
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18 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.archiv57
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Archives of American Art
Recordings of meetings, lectures, symposia, and other events sponsored by or documenting organizational activities of the Archives of American ArtAAA) events .
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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circa 1977-2002
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22 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-129
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, press kits, catalog text, itineraries, fact sheets, checklists, meeting agendas, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes, videotapes, photographs,...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1965-1972
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28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 104
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain correspondence, memoranda, and related material concerning the administration of bureaus listed above, as well as material concerning relationships with other Smithsonian offices. Also included are some files from Blitzer's previous position as Director of the Office of Education and Training.
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Anacostia Community Museum
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2007 - 2008
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2.75 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-052
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Anacostia Community Museum, formerly known as the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, organized by the museum and held there September 15, 2007 through November 9, 2008. The exhibit explored the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, beginning with the original inhabitation by Native Americans up to the present.
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1994-1995, 2000-2015
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-094
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Lonnie G. Bunch, Director, and document his work in the development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). His work touched upon every aspect of the museum including the collection of objects for the museum, the design and construction of the museum building, exhi...
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1945-1982
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270 Film reels (color black-and-white sound, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1994.21
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Human Studies Film Archives
Titles are educational films of ethnographic interest dating back to late 40s but primarily from 60s and 70s. Some film titles came with teacher instructional information found in film cans. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an hist...
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1969-1992
- Size:
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 531
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the conceptualization, development, design, and execution of several exhibitions held by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum from 1973 through 1992, and of exhibitions rejected or cancelled by the museum. Exhibition files include proposals; research files; correspondence with object lenders, scholars, and exhibition designers; ...
