Central Administrative File, Records
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Collection of Fine Arts
- Dates:
-
1908-1974
- Size:
-
59 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (116 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 313
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records pertain to the administration of David W. Scott, director, 1965-1968, Robert Tyler Davis, interim director, 1969, and Joshua C. Taylor, director, 1970- . Some records, most noticeably correspondence with Smithsonian Art Commission members, have been pulled up into the files from previous administrations. Also included are Smithson...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of American Art. Department of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Painting and Sculpture
- Dates:
-
1965-1983
- Size:
-
12.5 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 459
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document exhibitions organized by the Department. Also included are administrative files and general correspondence files of the office.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
-
October 4-9, 1978
- Size:
-
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1978
- Repository:
-
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Robbins, Warren M.
- Dates:
-
circa 1927-2009
- Size:
-
83.1 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (2 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-001
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the life and work of Warren M. Robbins, covering a wide swath of his life, from his early career in the Foreign Service to his work in cross cultural communications and African art. A prolific writer, Robbins correspondence with such people as Maya Angelou, Ernie Barnes, Saul Bellow, Eliot Elisofon, Otto Fried, Buckminste...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
- Dates:
-
1879-1990
bulk 1933-1970
- Size:
-
24.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.shahben
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The papers of social realist painter, photographer, illustrator, printmaker, and teacher Ben Shahn (1898-1969) measure 24.8 linear feet and date from 1879-1990, with the bulk of the material dating from 1933-1970. The bulk of the collection consists of over 14 linear feet of incoming letters from artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Also found are biographical materials, project and source files, printed material, artwork by Shahn and others, photographs taken of and by Shahn, interview transcripts, sound recordings of interviews and a motion picture film.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director
- Dates:
-
1974-1995
- Size:
-
35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-084
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records were created between 1974 and 1995 by Stephen E. Weil during his tenure as Deputy Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). The records consist of correspondence with other international and national museums and art institutions; correspondence concerning policies and legal questions raised by the public and ot...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Dates:
-
1996-2003
- Size:
-
40 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-124.12
- Repository:
-
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art
- Dates:
-
1883-1962
bulk 1885-1962
- Size:
-
265.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.carninst
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The records of the Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art measure 265.8 linear feet and date from 1883-1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1885-1940. The collection includes extensive correspondence between the museum's founding director, John Beatty, and his successor, Homer Saint-Gaudens, with artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, museum directors, representatives abroad, shipping and insurance agents, and museum trustees. The collection also includes Department of Fine Arts interoffice memoranda and reports; loan exhibition files; Carnegie International planning, jury, shipping, and sale records; Department of Fine Arts letterpress copy books, and a copy of the original card catalog index to these records.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997
- Dates:
-
1837-1984
bulk 1935-1979
- Size:
-
4.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fleilawr
- Repository:
-
Archives of American Art
The papers of art collectors, art patrons, and philanthropists Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman measure 4.9 linear feet and date from 1837 to 1984, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1935-1979. The papers are comprised mostly of correspondence with artists, museums, and arts organizations. Also found are scattered biographical materials, artists' autograph letters purchased by the Fleischmans, exhibition files, notes and writings, printed material, and photographs.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Zilczer, Judith
- Dates:
-
1984-2005
- Size:
-
2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-162
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the professional activities and correspondence of Judith K. Zilczer, art historian and curator. Zilczer was employed by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in various capacities from 1974-2003, ultimately serving as Curator of Paintings from 1992-2003. Many of the records document ...