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Anacostia Museum. Exhibits Department
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1967-1984, 1987
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 378
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration of the Exhibits Design and Production Laboratory for approximately first ten years of operation, and describes the mission, philosophy, planning, and construction of the facility. The records contain planning materials for many of the museum's early exhibitions, which reflect the involvement of ...
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Mayeri, Beverly, 1944-
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1973-2004
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0.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mayebeve
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Archives of American Art
Exhibition invitations, catalogs, brochures, magazine, newspaper articles and color slides of Mayeri's work.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum. Curatorial Office
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1988-2006
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-056
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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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Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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1929-1989
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87 Boxes
The subseries consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.06
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Subseries 4.6 consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001
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1909-2003
bulk 1935-1985
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21.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kepegyor
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Hungarian-born artist, art theorist, and educator, Gyorgy Kepes, measure 21.2 linear feet and date from 1909-2003, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1935-1985. The papers document Kepes's career as an artist and educator, and as founder of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), through biographical material, correspondence, writings by Kepes and others, project files, exhibition files, printed material, sketchbooks, artwork, sound recordings and motion picture films, and photographic material.
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Wessels, Glenn A. (Glenn Anthony), 1895-
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[ca. 1932-1982]
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.wessglen
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material, 1953-1981; 15 letters from Hans and Maria Hofmann, and two from Wessels to Hofmann, 1952-1964; correspondence with Ila Limerick and Peace and Pauline Alvarez regarding mostly their planned but uncompleted biography of Wessels, ca. 1959-1968; miscellaneous correspondence; typescripts of lectures by Wessels; photographs of Wess...
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Richter, Mischa, 1910-2001
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1915-1994
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0.4 Linear feet
0.3 Linear feet (Addition)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.richmisc
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Archives of American Art
Biographical data; certificates and awards; letters, including one notifying Richter of his appointment to the Executive Council of the National Cartoonists Society; an original greeting card from Irving Marantz; photographs of Richter and his work; notes on cartooning; exhibition material; and clippings and other printed material.
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Willis, Bailey, 1857-1949
McGee, W J, 1853-1912
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circa 1903-1904
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6 Prints (duplicates not counted, silver gelatin)
1 Color lithograph
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.121
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs and a lithograph probably collected by W J McGee during the first decade of the 20th century. The photographs were probably made by Bailey Willis during his 1903 expedition to China and were collected by W. J. McGee for his US Department of Agriculture bulletin on Soil Erosion (1911). Photos document terraced rice fields in China. The l...
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Tovish, Harold, 1921-2008
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[ca. 1942-1995]
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1.2 Linear feet
27 Items (Reel 5281)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.toviharo
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material; correspondence, including letters from artists, galleries, museum officials, universities and others, and copies of letters from Tovish to his family, editors, students, and others; manuscripts for lectures; art school course assignments; project files; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1942-1993 and price lists and chec...
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National Museum of American Art. Office of Program Support
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1947-1981
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146.04 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (280 document boxes) (1 5x8 box) (1 film box) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 321
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records of the Office of Program Support, National Museum of American Art, 1965-1981, with related records from 1947, were received in the Archives from 1981 through 1994.