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Creator:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Graphic Arts  Search this
Subject:
Harris, Elizabeth M  Search this
Ostroff, Eugene  Search this
Wright, Helena 1946-  Search this
Marzio, Peter C  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Graphic Arts and Photography  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Photographic History  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Department of Applied Arts  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Department of Cultural History  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Department of Cultural History  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Photographic History  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1972
1972-1994
Category:
Agency History
Notes:
This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
Guide to the Smithsonian Archives, 1996
Annals of the Smithsonian Institution, 1994
The Division of Graphic Arts was created in 1972 when the former Division of Graphic Arts and Photography was divided between Graphic Arts and a Division of Photographic History. Graphic Arts reported initially to the Department of Applied Arts and then, from 1977 until about 1994, to the Department of Cultural History. After that time Graphic Arts was no longer an administrative unit for reporting purposes.
The curators during these years included Eugene Ostroff, Curator, 1966-1971; Peter C. Marzio, Associate Curator, 1971-1975, and Curator, 1976-1978; Elizabeth M. Harris, Assistant Curator, 1965-1970, Associate Curator, 1971-1976, and Curator, 1977-1994; and Helena Wright, Assistant Curator, 1983, and Curator, 1984-1994.
For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Topic:
Graphic arts  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Historical museums  Search this
Graphic arts--History  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00088
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_219714