Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the World's Fair
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
- Dates:
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1835-2000, undated
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes material relating to other fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and The Walt Disney Company.
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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1958, 1975-1987
- Size:
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35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 541
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records pertain to the exhibitions of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, beginning with the first held under the auspices of the Smithsonian, Immovable Objects/Lower Manhattan from Battery Park to the Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in June 1975, and ending with Louis Sullivan: The Function of Ornament, which closed in September 1987. In addit...
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Dates:
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circa 1986-2001
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-186
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the organization, design, and promotion of exhibits. Major traveling exhibitions represented include Fred E. Miller: Photographer of the Crows, Kids Bridge, Millennium Messages, An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam, and VanDerZee Photographer (1886-...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Painting and Sculpture
- Dates:
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1963-1991
- Size:
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35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 469
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of professional correspondence and administrative and research files of a number of curators from the Department of Painting and Sculpture. Included are correspondence and memoranda with HMSG staff, artists, galleries, and other museums; loan agreements, checklists, scripts, and installation plans for HMSG exhibitions; ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
- Dates:
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1970-2006
- Size:
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2.76 cu. ft. (4 16x20 boxes) (103 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-080
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of drawings documenting the planning and design of exhibitions and other projects by the Office of Exhibits Central (OEC). OEC designs exhibitions for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service as well as for Smithsonian Institution museums and units without internal exhibition design offices or which need...
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Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery
- Dates:
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1948-1981
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51 Microfilm reels
- Collection ID:
- AAA.archmhunt
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The microfilmed Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery exhibition files contain 621 exhibition files (1948-1981) including biographical data on artists, correspondence, photographs, exhibition checklists, price and sales lists, loan agreements, condition reports, shipping orders and receipts, exhibition announcements, catalogs and invitations, press rele...
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National Museum of American Art. Exhibitions Coordinator
- Dates:
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1982-1991
- Size:
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 449
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of exhibition files maintained by the Exhibitions Coordinator. Included in the files are correspondence, staff memoranda, checklists, vouchers, and exhibition photographs. Exhibitions represented include Zoo to Art: Animal Subject by American Sculptors, 1985, and Still Lifes by Henry Lee McFee by Henry Lee McFee, 198...
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- Dates:
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1813-1953
bulk 1915-1925
- Size:
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4.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.archamea
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Primarily exhibition catalogs for modernist art exhibitions held in New York City during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Also included are catalogs for Boston exhibitions, mainly pre-1900, and a few other locales; exhibition announcements; gallery publications; and other printed material.
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Chief Curator
- Dates:
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1990-2001
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-150
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting exhibition planning and production. Materials include proposals, scripts, budgets, correspondence, checklists, images of objects, and floor plans.
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National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Department
- Dates:
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1994-1996
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-014
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition proposals declined by the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) and the Renwick Gallery. Materials include correspondence, notes, memoranda, proposals, brochures, and color slides.
