Smithsonian American Art Museum. Exhibitions Office Search this
Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Architectural drawings
Floor plans
Date:
2001-2006
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the program files of the Exhibitions Office of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Subjects covered include planning and funding
for the Lunder Conservation Center, the renovation of the Old Patent Office Building, strategic planning, and other related topics. Materials include correspondence and memoranda,
reports, strategic plans, lists, notes, architectural drawings, floor plans, and proposals.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2022; Transferring office; 12/22/2008 memorandum, Toda to Lee; Contact reference staff for details.
Smithsonian American Art Museum. Office of Print and Electronic Publications Search this
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Pamphlets
Ephemera
Posters
Color transparencies
Date:
1964-2000
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of publications produced for the National Collections of Fine Arts/NCFA (1937-1979), National Museum of American Art/NMAA (1980-2000), and the
Smithsonian American Art Museum/SAAM (2000- ). Publications relate to various museum activities and events such as exhibitions, collection inventories, development materials,
recruitment and promotional materials for programs, as well as general and specific guides to the collections, museums, and research facilities. Records also document the
name change from NCFA to NMAA in 1980. Materials include booklets, brochures, pamphlets, invitations, note cards, posters, and solicitations.
Topic:
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction Search this
Smithsonian American Art Museum. Office of Design and Production Search this
Extent:
4.08 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Architectural drawings
Drawings
Sketches
Floor plans
Color transparencies
Black-and-white transparencies
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1970-2000
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records that document the design, production, and installation of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
and the Renwick Gallery. There are also records related to the renovation of the Alice Pike Barney Studio House. Materials include drawings, sketches, floor plans, correspondence,
memoranda, reports, budget records, production schedules, checklists, notes, scripts, proposals, photographs, and lender files. See the end of the finding aid for a listing
of oversize materials.
Renwick Gallery. Office of the Director Search this
Extent:
15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Clippings
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1967-1988
Descriptive Entry:
This record unit primarily documents the tenure of Lloyd Herman, Director of the Renwick Gallery, but also contains the records of David W. Scott, Robert Tyler Davis,
and Joshua C. Taylor, directors of the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA). The records pertain to temporary exhibitions as well as the permanent collections of the Renwick
Gallery. Prior to 1973 the records illustrate the establishment of the collections as well as the restoration of the Renwick. Exhibitions represented include Woodenworks,
1972-1975, Shaker, 1972-1975, and American Pieced Quilts, 1973-1975. Also included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, exhibition schedules, newspaper
clippings, photographs, publications, meetings and reports files, and special events files.
Restrictions:
Boxes 10 and 11 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid. Contact reference staff for details.
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Renwick Gallery during the tenures of Lloyd E. Herman, Director, 1971-1986; Michael W. Monroe,
Curator-in-Charge, 1986-1995; and Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, 1995-2003. Topics covered include art organizations; craft fairs and craft schools; correspondence with
museums within and outside of the United States and with artists; the museum shop; exhibitions; repair and renovation of the Renwick Gallery building; special events; and
lectures.
Exhibitions documented include: The Object As Poet; Craft Multiples; Americas: The Decorative Arts in Latin America in the Era of the Revolution; Costumes
from Arab World; The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright; Design Is. . .; The Grand Renwick Souvenir Show; Ryijy Rugs from Finland: 200 Years
of a Textile Art; Irena Brynner: Jewelry Since 1950; A Feast of Color: Corpus Christi Dance Costumes from Ecuador; Grass; Arne Jacobsen: Danish
Architect and Designer; An Interior Decorated: Joyce Kozloff; The Designs of Raymond Loewy; Glass by Dale Chihuly: The Cylinder and Basket Series;
Signs of Life: Symbols in the American City; Ronald Pearson: Silver and Gold; Bo'Jou Neefee! Profiles of Canadian Indian Art; French Folk Art;
Figure and Fantasy; A Modern Consciousness: D. J. DePree and Florence Knoll; New Stained Glass; Belgian Lace; Man Made Mobile: The Western Saddle;
Contemporary Textile Art from Austria; The New Fabric Surface: Printed, Painted, and Dyed; 200 Years of Royal Copenhagen Porcelain; Boxes and Bowls:
Decorated Containers by the 19th Century Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian Indian Artists; Contemporary Nigerian Art: Craftsmen from Oshogbo; Painted Weavings by
Lia Cook and Neda Alhilali; Twills With Titles: H. Theodore Hallman, Weaver Kenneth G. Mills, Poet; Skoogfors, 20th Century Goldsmith; The Woven and Graphic
Art of Anni Albers; Material Evidence: New Color Techniques in Handmade Furniture; Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany; Bound to Vary: Billy Budd, Sailor;
The Boat Show: Fantastic Vessels, Fictional Voyages; Treasures from the Land, Twelve New Zealand Craftsmen and their Native Materials; Harvey K. Littleton
Retrospective Exhibition; Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual; Dan Dailey: Glass, 1972-1987; Material Evidence: New Color Techniques in Handmade Furniture;
Lost and Found Traditions: Native American Art 1965-1985; Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup, Vase; American Art Pottery; Stephen de Staebler: The Figure;
The Goldsmith; Chicago Furniture; The Tibetan Yak in Art and Craft; Contemporary Australian Ceramics; Edward Colonna; Scandinavian Modern
1880-1980; The Animal Image: Contemporary Objects and the Beast; William Harper: Recent Works in Enamel; Georg Jensen, Silversmithy: 77 Artists, 75 Years;
The Harmonious Craft: American Musical Instruments; Cynthia Schira: New Work; Lafayette Square, 1963-1983: Architecture, Preservation, and the Presidency;
Quilts from the Indiana Amish; Russia: The Land, The People, 1840-1910; Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Building: Creating a Corporate Cathedral;
Fanfare: Fans from the 18th Century - 20th Century, Parts I, II, III; Architecture in Silver; The Art of Turned Wood Bowls; The Flexible Medium: Art
Fabric from the Museum's Collection; Threads: Seven American Artists and Their Miniature Textile Pictures; Paint on Wood: Decorated American Furniture Since
the 17th Century; Venini Glass; American Art Deco; New Glass; American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art; Good as Gold: Alternative
Materials in American Jewelry; Newcomb Pottery; Clay for Walls; Russel Wright: American Designer; and A Century of Ceramics in the U.S., 1878-1978.
Some of these materials date from the time when the Smithsonian American Art Museum was known as the National Collection of Fine Arts and the National Museum of American
Art. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, trip reports, brochures, staff meeting notes, artists' surveys, images, exhibition catalogs, checklists, postcards, invitations,
brochures, exhibition labels, research materials, architectural drawings, floor plans, and clippings.
This accession consists of repair and renovation records related to the renovation of the Grand Salon at the Renwick Gallery in 2000. Materials include correspondence,
memoranda, object lists, meeting minutes, floor plans, building inspection reports, specifications, construction schedules, and architectural drawings.
National Zoological Park. Department of Zoological Research Search this
Extent:
6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Architectural drawings
Posters
Date:
1973-2002
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of materials created and maintained by Devra G. Kleiman documenting activities, programs, research, long-term planning, and administration of
the Department of Zoological Research (DZR); relations with and funding from the Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ); activities of the National Zoological Park's Research
Council; and the renovation of the Research Building. Kleiman was a research scientist as well as Assistant Director for Animal Programs, 1983-1984; Assistant Director for
Zoological Research and Educational Activities, 1984-1985; and Assistant Director for Research, 1985-1996 before retiring in 2000 and volunteering on an occasional basis.
Materials include correspondence and memoranda; research proposals and reviewers' notes; budgets; requests for funding from FONZ; policies and planning documents; Research
Council agendas and meeting minutes; reports; architectural drawings for the Research Building; and flyers and a poster advertising programs.
National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Deputy Director Search this
Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Clippings
Color transparencies
Color photographs
Color negatives
Date:
1986-2011
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the office under Deputy Director Carolyn Kinder Carr. Topics covered include donations of artwork,
administrative matters, collections management, development, lectures, and the renovation of the Patent Office Building. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports,
studies, meeting minutes and notes, proposals, lecture records, invitations, images, and clippings.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years until Jan-01-2027; Transferring office; 09/21/2012 memorandum, Toda to Carr; Contact reference staff for details.
National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Deputy Director Search this
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Picture postcards
Black-and-white transparencies
Date:
2003-2006
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records created and/or maintained by Carolyn Kinder Carr, Deputy Director, in regards to the Patent Office Building renovation and enhancement.
Materials include correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, committee recommendations, planning documents, surveys, notes, picture postcards, and black-and-white slides.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2022; Transferring office; 04/05/2007 memorandum, Toda to Baer; Contact reference staff for details.
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 2.5" x 3".)
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
May 23, 1975
Scope and Contents:
Building interior, empty and under construction. "Insurance Regulations prohit customers in work area" written on sign on wall. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: "Jerusalem Missionary Bapt. Church Rev. Wm. Roundtree / 1718 Good Hope Rd. S.E. 20020 B/W 5/23/75 1 EA 8 x 10 Glossies 13 Photographs". "KODAK SAFETY FILM" and "8" edge imprint. Unnumbered.
Subseries Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Subseries Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction Search this
Buildings -- Washington (D.C.) -- 1970-1980 Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1970-1980 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film.
Subseries Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
1 Item (Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, 2.5" x 3".)
Culture:
African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
May 23, 1975
Scope and Contents:
Interior of partially constructed building with people inside. No ink on negative. Ink on envelope: "Jerusalem Missionary Bapt. Church Rev. Wm. Roundtree 1718 - Good Hope Rd. S.E. 20020 B/W 5/23/75 1 EA 8 x 10 Glossies 13 Photographs". "KODAK SAFETY FILM" and " 7 6" edge imprint.
General:
Scan too dark.
Subseries Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Subseries Rights:
When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction Search this
Buildings -- Washington (D.C.) -- 1970-1980 Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs -- 1970-1980 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film.
Subseries Citation:
Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
National Portrait Gallery. Department of Design and Production Search this
Extent:
12.47 cu. ft. (28 blueprint storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Architectural drawings
Floor plans
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1984-1999
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of master, exhibition, and project drawings created by the Department of Design and Production. The master drawings consist of drawings to which
can be added those structures, details, etc. needed to generate specific exhibit or project drawings. These drawings are arranged numerically by gallery or room number and
are filed first. The exhibition drawings consist of working drawings from which copies could be made and are filed alphabetically by name (in many cases the drawings are designated
by the working title of the exhibit at the time or only by the artist's name). Lastly there are project drawings which consist of drawings for projects other than exhibits
and include drawings for such things as pedestals and tie-backs, as well as drawings of storage spaces and the administrative suite. These drawings are filed alphabetically
together with the exhibition drawings. Many of the drawings are of the Patent Office Building where the National Portrait Gallery is located.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-043, National Portrait Gallery. Department of Design and Production, Master, Exhibition, and Project Drawings
National Museum of the American Indian. Office of the Director Search this
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Floor plans
Architectural drawings
Color photographs
Date:
1990-2004
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records documenting architectural design, construction and renovation of National Museum of the American Indian facilities during the tenure
of W. Richard West, Director, 1990-2007. Materials include correspondence and memoranda; leases and agreements; reports; floor plans; architectural drawings; specifications;
images; and other supporting documentation. Facilities include the George Gustav Heye Center in New York, New York; the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland; and
the National Mall Building in Washington, D.C.
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Floor plans
Architectural drawings
Color photographs
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-229, National Museum of the American Indian. Office of the Director, Architecture and Construction Files
National Museum of the American Indian. Office of the Director Search this
Extent:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1990-2004
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records documenting architectural design, construction and renovation of National Museum of the American Indian facilities during the tenure
of W. Richard West, Director, 1990-2007. Facilities include the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland and the National Mall Building in Washington, D.C. Materials
include correspondence and memoranda, reports, specifications, and other supporting documentation.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 12-083, National Museum of the American Indian. Office of the Director, Architecture and Construction Files
