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The Historical Records of the Barnett-Aden Gallery
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Creators:
Barnett-Aden Gallery
Dates:
1954-1989
bulk 1961-1977
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
NMAAHC.A2014.63.32
Repository:
National Museum of African American History and Culture

The Historical Records of the Barnett-Aden Gallery showcases one of the first galleries owned and operated by African Americans. The work of the Gallery was invaluable as they opened the exhibition space to established and unknown artists regardless of race or gender.

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History of Smithsonian Folklife Oral History Interview
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Dates:
2005-2006
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (2 half document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9619
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. P...

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The Alternative Museum records
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Creators:
Alternative Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Dates:
[circa 1975-2001]
Size:
5 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.altemuse
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Board of Director's files, printed material, writings, correspondence, newsletters, photographs and slides, and miscellany regarding the foundation and history of The Alternative Museum in New York. Printed material includes exhibition announcements, press releases, reviews, catalogs, calendars of events, photocopies of exhibition press clippings a...

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Ivan Karp papers
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Creators:
Karp, Ivan
Dates:
circa 1945-2012
bulk 1969-2012
Size:
16.24 Linear feet (43 boxes and 2 sets of rolled maps)
0.21 Gigabytes
19 Sound recordings
Collection ID:
NAA.2013-30
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Ivan Karp (1943-2011) was a curator of African Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) from 1984 to 1993. He was also a professor at Emory University from 1993 to 2011. He conducted fieldwork among the Iteso (Teso) of Kenya and made significant contributions to the areas of African systems of thought, social theory, museum studies, and public scholarship. His collection contains his research on the Iteso of Kenya; his work at Emory University and the Smithsonian Institution; his reviews of manuscripts and books; recommendations that he wrote for his colleagues and students; his published articles and papers presented at conferences; and his project files on various topics including museum studies, African philosophy, public scholarship, agency and personhood, and the history of social anthropology.

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Digitized Content Louise Daniel Hutchinson Oral History Interviews
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Creators:
Hutchinson, Louise Daniel, interviewee
Dates:
1987
Size:
4 audiotapes (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9558
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...

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"Nigerian Art - Kindred Spirits" video recordings
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Dates:
1996
Size:
9 video recordings (color)
Collection ID:
EEPA.1993-008
Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Film to tape transfer of 16mm color positive work print.

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Photographs of William Henry Holmes at Piney Branch Quarry
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Dates:
circa 1889-1894
Size:
3 Copy prints
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.86-12
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Images of William Henry Holmes and others, probably archeologists, at the paleoindian Piney Branch Quarry site in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC.

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian American Art Museum. Curatorial Office
Dates:
1988-2006
Size:
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 08-056
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

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, Renwi...

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Exhibition Records (Declined)
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Creators:
Smithsonian American Art Museum. Curatorial Office
Dates:
1996-2001
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 08-057
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of exhibition proposals declined by the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and the Renwick Gallery. Also includes records from when SAAM was known as the National Museum of American Art (NMAA). Materials include correspondence, notes, memoranda, proposals, brochures, press kits, and color slides.

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
Dates:
1920-1976, 1991, 1996, 2000-2001
Size:
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 20-004
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists primarily of audiovisual materials used in exhibitions at the National Museum of American History. Exhibitions documented include 300 Years of American Papermaking, Rube Goldberg: Comic Art and Invention, and Digilab. Also documented are the Henry R. Luce Hall of News Reporting and the Hall of Printing and Graphic ...

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