This accession consists of records related to the research and planning of exhibitions at the Renwick Gallery. The majority of the records document the research of
Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge for the proposed exhibition, Silver on the High Seas: United States Navy Presentation Silver Services which was to open in fall
2004. Also included are research materials created and maintained by Trapp in regards to proposed exhibitions on china painting and knives as art, as well as installation
images for Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup, Vase and Lost and Found Traditions: Native American Art 1965-1985. Lastly there are some general exhibition records which
are primarily research related. Materials include correspondence; memoranda; checklists; reports; bibliographies; notes; articles; brochures; magazines; black-and-white photographs,
negatives, and slides; color photographs, negatives, and slides; and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format.