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Creators:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Curatorial Department
Dates:
circa 1978-1994
Size:
7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 99-072
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records, which are from the office of Valerie J. Fletcher, Curator of Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), primarily document Fletcher's involvement in the planning, research, and installation of the exhibition Dreams and Nightmares: Utopian Visions in Modern Art at HMSG in 1983-1984. During the years Fletc...

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Digitized Content Agnes Rindge Claflin papers concerning Alexander Calder
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Creators:
Claflin, Agnes Rindge, 1900-1977
Dates:
1936-circa 1970s
Size:
0.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.clafagne
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of arts administrator, collector, and educator Agnes Rindge Claflin concerning Alexander Calder measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1936-circa 1970s. Included are five letters, two of which are illustrated, and one postcard from Alexander Calder to Claflin; two handwritten manuscripts by Calder, one untitled and "A Propos of Measuring a Mobile," 1943; an invitation to a Calder exhibition at Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1952; and 14 photographs of Calder, of Calder and Claflin in Calder's studio, of Calder's art work, and of a Calder exhibition installation at Vassar Art Gallery, 1942. Transcriptions of three of the letters and both manuscripts are also included.

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Digitized Content Book of Cheyenne drawings by Yellow Nose and anonymous artists
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Creators:
Yellow Nose, 1848-1910
Voth, H. R. (Henry R.), 1855-1931
Dates:
ca. 1889
Size:
1 Item (disbound volume of 85 drawings (53 leaves, graphite, colored pencil, and ink, 19 x 31 cm.)
Collection ID:
NAA.MS166032
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Ledger book, now disbound, containing drawings of warfare, courtship, hunting and ceremony. The pages are numbered 1-113, with the following numbers missing: 5-6, 27-28, 31-32, 69-70, 93-96. Endpaper inscribed "Cheyenne Agency, Darlington Ind[ian] Terr[itory]". Additional laminated sheet contains original collector's tag, associated note, and early...

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Digitized Content Publicity Records
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Creators:
National Museum of American Art. Office of Public Affairs
Dates:
1967-1975, 1982, 1986
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 454
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of a miscellaneous collection of items, some of which predate the official existence of the Office of Public Affairs. Included are announcements, press releases, newspaper clippings, and catalogues on the Sao Paulo Bienale for 1967, 1969, and 1973; the sixth Biennial of Paris of 1969, and the Venice Biennial of 1968, ...

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Digitized Content Ella B. Howard Pearis papers
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Creators:
Pearis, Ella B. Howard
Dates:
1923-1998
bulk 1970-1981
Size:
2.32 Linear feet (3 boxes)
Collection ID:
ACMA.06-012
Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives

The collection, which dates from 1923 to 1998 and measures 2.32 linear feet, documents the career of community activist, Ella B. Howard Pearis The papers are comprised of correspondence with and documents from community organizations, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and photographs.

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Records
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Creators:
National Museum of History and Technology. Department of Cultural History
Dates:
1957, 1964-1975
Size:
4 cu. ft. (8 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 251
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records of the Department of Cultural History and its predecessor, the Department of Civil History, consist of administrative files including memoranda and correspondence concerning exhibits, general museum and departmental policies, the acquisition of objects, and the search for a curator; general correspondence with donors, researchers...

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William Nelson Copley papers
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Creators:
Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996
Dates:
1948-1967
Size:
0.2 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.coplwill
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Papers and gallery records including photographs, writings, announcements and catalogs.

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Peter Hunt papers
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Creators:
Hunt, Peter, 1896?-1967
Dates:
1788-1968
Size:
1.1 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.huntpete
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Letters (1921-1961), writings, art work, photographs, a scrapbook (1925-1933), and printed material (1788-1968) document the life and career of Peter Hunt.

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Deputy Director
Dates:
1992-2000
Size:
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 01-189
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Thomas W. Lentz, Deputy Director, documenting exhibition planning and production. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence; memoranda; exhibition proposals; exhibition review summary sheets; agreements; research materials; consultant reports; brochures for exhibitions ...

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Keystone-Underwood Stereographs
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Creators:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Keystone View Company
Underwood & Underwood
Dates:
1882-1930
Size:
240 Stereographs (black and white, 9 x 22 cm.)
Collection ID:
EEPA.1986-022
Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

The photographs document African businesses, cities, industry, landscapes, peoples and resources. The collection documents various locations within Kenya, Tanzania, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa. Peoples represented include Kikuyu, Maasai, Bangi, Chagga, Ndombe, Poto, Bangala, Zulu, and Kongo peoples. There are many images of agriculture, hunting, making pottery, mining diamonds and gold, church services at a Catholic mission, a gathering of chiefs at a court, a lion-killing ceremony, and war dances. Businesses and industries shown include coffee plantations; the DeBeers Diamond Mine; a diamond mine compound and crushing mill; fishing boats; a hemp plantation; ivory trade; a market; and the stock market.

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