Exhibition Records
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National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Division
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1991-1999
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-072
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the design and logistics of the exhibition, Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, and the subsequent traveling exhibition of the same name sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Materials include scripts, agreements, contracts, proposals, correspondence, memoranda, ins...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Programs Department
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2000-2004
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-320
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the research and development of the exhibition "Visual Music: 1905-2005." The bulk of the materials were created by Judith Zilczer, Curator of Paintings, 1992-2003, with a smaller amount of material created by Kerry Brougher, Curator and Chief Curator, 2000-2014. Zilczer continued to work on the ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Executive Officer
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circa 1974-1978
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 345
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the administrative subject files of John Whitelaw as Executive Officer, circa 1974-1978. Much of the material consists of copies of memos, budgets, and reports, mostly routine.
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Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
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1858-1984
bulk 1858-1955
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3.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.millfran
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Archives of American Art
The Francis Davis Millet and Millet family papers measure 3.3 linear feet and are dated 1858-1984, with a few scattered early eighteenth-century items, such as legal documents and printed matter. The bulk of the materials dates from 1858 to 1955. Found are biographical materials, diaries/journals, family letters, notes and writings, art work, printed matter, miscellaneous records, and photographs documenting Millet's wide-ranging artistic and writing career and personal life, including his death aboard the Titanic. Also of interest are approximately twenty ink caricatures attributed to John Singer Sargent.
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Tworkov, Jack
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1926-1993
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9.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tworjack2
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Archives of American Art
The Jack Tworkov papers measure 9.7 linear feet and are dated 1926-1993. Tworkov's work as a painter and influential teacher, as well as his personal life, are documented by extensive journals and substantive correspondence that record his ideas about art and teaching, and illuminate his relationships with friends, colleagues, and students. Many sketchbooks, writings, interviews, photographs, and moving images are also included.
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Valvo, Ninfa, 1900-1993
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1930-1973
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2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.valvninf
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Archives of American Art
The papers of curator Ninfa Valvo regarding the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum measure 2 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1973. The papers mostly consist of material related to the de Young Museum in the form of administration records, photographs of exhibition installations and artwork, and museum programs and calendars.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Dates:
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1983
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-002
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This show featured 36 portraits--27 oil paintings and 9 color photo reproductions--selected from the Harmon Foundation collection, from the National Portrait Gallery, as well as biographical information and memorabilia. Likenesses of blacks who made significant contributions in the fields of civil rights, law, education, medicine, the military, and the arts are on display. Included are Marian Anderson, Joe Lewis, W.E.B. duBois, Thurgood Marshall, George Washington Carver, Charles Drew, William Ayres Campbell, and Richard Barthe. It was exhibited at the Anacostia Neigborhood Museum from April 17, 1983 to August 21, 1983.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
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FY 1995-FY 2002
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-158
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting design, printing, repair, and construction projects performed by the Office of Exhibits Central for museums and units, including the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service; the Office of the Secretary; the National Museum of Natural History; the National Museum of American History; ...
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National Museum of African Art
- Dates:
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1963-1980
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-076
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Jean M. Salan, volunteer and eventual staff member of the Museum of African Art (MAA), 1964-1976; and Assistant Director for Administration of MAA, 1979-1980, when the Museum became part of the Smithsonian Institution on August 13, 1979. The records mostly consist of correspondence pertaining to MAA f...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
- Dates:
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1989-1997
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-122
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records, including press releases, newspaper clippings, object lists, project proposals, exhibition scripts and outlines, photographs of objects and installations, floor plans, and memoranda and correspondence pertaining to exhibition design and production. Materials document several special exhibitions, ...