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Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Resident Associate Program. Office of Public Affairs  Search this

Container:

Box 6 of 8

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-048, Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, Office of Public Affairs, Publicity Files

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Publicity Files

Publicity Files / Box 6

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa94-048-refidd1e4557

Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service  Search this

Extent:

10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Brochures

Clippings

Compact discs

Floor plans

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Black-and-white transparencies

Color negatives

Color photographs

Color transparencies

Electronic records

Date:

1968-2010

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of records that document the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, press kits, photographs, slides, transparencies, scripts, itineraries, floor plans, checklists, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes, and other related records. Records are arranged by exhibition title (exhibition ID number) and date(s). Materials also include exhibitor contracts alphabetical by state, 1999-2005. Some materials are in electronic format.

Exhibitions include African American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Africa's Legacy in Mexico: Photographs by Tony Gleaton, America's First Ladies, American Agriculture: A Continuing Revolution, Americanos: Latino Life in the United States, And the Band Played On, Antoin Sevruguin and the Persian Image, The Artistry of African Currency, Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington, Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution, 1770-1800, Children in Bondage: Photographs of Child Laborers by Lewis W. Hine, Corridos Sin Fronteras: A New World Ballad Tradition, Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas, Do It Yourself: Home Improvement in 20th-Century America, Exploring Garden Transformations, 1900-2000, Feast Your Eyes: The Unexpected Beauty of Vegetable Gardens, First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image, Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration, 1915-1940, Generations: Birth Rituals and the Roots of Becoming, Jack Tar - American: Profiles of Merchant Seafarers, 1783-1804, Jack Tar, American Navigator, Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940, July 1942: United We Stand, Just before the War: Urban American from 1935 to 1941 as Seen by Photographers of the Farm Security Administration, Latin Jazz: La Combinacion Perfecta, Lilliput, U.S.A., American Miniature Furnishings, 1840-1940, Long Road Up the Hill: Blacks in Congress, 1870-1983, Manuscripts of the American Revolution, Oliphant: Paintings and Cartoons, Out of Time: 20th-Century Designs for the Future, Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography from the National Archives, Played with Immense Success, Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections, Ride On! The Bicycle Exhibition, Rotten Truth about Garbage, Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, Star Wars: Art of the Starfighter, Subway: An Underground Exhibition, Suiting Everyone, These Rare Lands, Twenty Bicentennial Banners, Voyage: A Journey through Our Solar System, Wade in the Water: African-American Sacred Music Traditions, What Style Is It?, and Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future.

Rights:

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2026; Transferring office; 9/27/1984 memorandum, Glenn to Loar; Contact reference staff for details.

Topic:

Traveling exhibitions  Search this

Contracts  Search this

Museums -- Public relations  Search this

Museums -- Press coverage  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Brochures

Clippings

Compact discs

Floor plans

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Black-and-white transparencies

Color negatives

Color photographs

Color transparencies

Electronic records

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-021, Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service, Exhibition Records

Identifier:

Accession 11-021

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Exhibition Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa11-021

Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central  Search this

Extent:

6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Brochures

Manuscripts

Drawings

Black-and-white transparencies

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

1990-2004

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of records documenting traveling exhibitions produced by the Office of Exhibits Central for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Exhibitions documented in this accession include American Voices: Latino Photographers in the United States; An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam; Art of Jack Delano; ARTrain: Art in Celebration!; Beauties of the Coral Reef; Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South; Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington; Brown vs. Board of Education; Constance Stuart Larrabee: World War II Photo Journal; Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in America; Dreams and Traditions: 300 Years of British and Irish Paintings from the Ulster Museum, Belfast; Exotic Illusions: Art, Romance, and the Marketplace; Flag in American Indian Art; Fragile Ecologies: Artists' Interpretations and Solutions; Fred E. Miller: Photographer of the Crows; Full Deck: Art Quilts; Going Strong: Older Americans on the Job; Graceful Envelope; Hannelore Baron; Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940; Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight; Matchsafes; Millennium Messages; On Miniature Wings: Model Aircraft from the National Air and Space Museum; Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future; Perpetual Campaign: The Making of the People's President; Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974; Pilot's Eye; Red, Hot, and Blue: A Salute to American Musicals; Seeing Jazz; Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia: Photographs by Barbara T. Beirne; Six Bridges: The Making of a Modern Metropolis; Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box: Photographs of David Levinthal; Spiders!; Stories from Life: The Photographs of Horace Bristol; Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices; The Long Road Up the Hill: Blacks in Congress, 1870-1983; The Prairie Schoolhouse: A Photo Essay by John Martin Campbell; The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation; These Rare Lands: Photographs by Stan Jorstad; This Land is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie; Try This On: A History of Clothing, Gender, and Power; Vanishing Amphibians; Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions; We Shall Overcome: Photographs from the American Civil Rights Era; Who's in Charge: Works and Managers in the United States; Women and Flight; and Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs. Materials include scripts, design drawings, label text, budgets, correspondence, memoranda, brochures, images, and related materials.

Topic:

Traveling exhibitions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Brochures

Manuscripts

Drawings

Black-and-white transparencies

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-010, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central, Exhibition Records

Identifier:

Accession 08-010

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Exhibition Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa08-010

Creator::

Smithsonian Collection of Recordings (Organization)  Search this

Extent:

9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Audiotapes

Videotapes

Date:

circa 1979-1998

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of audiovisual elements created during the production of Smithsonian Collection of Recordings products. The Smithsonian Collection of Recordings was a part of the Division of Performing Arts until 1982, when it became a division of Smithsonian Institution Press which, in 1996, was reorganized as Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions. The Smithsonian Collection of Recordings produced both single album titles and multi-volume box sets of modern and classical songs as well as recordings of performances at the Smithsonian Institution. Materials include original session recordings, outtakes, masters, safety copies, edited recordings, and final recordings on audiotape and videotape.

Restrictions:

Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply (based on contracts/copyright). Access restrictions may also apply if viewing/listening copies are not currently available. Viewing/listening copies can be made for a fee, Transferring office; Contact reference staff for details.

Topic:

Music -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Audiotapes

Videotapes

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-057, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings (Organization), Productions

Identifier:

Accession 18-057

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Productions

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa18-057

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Associates. Campus on the Mall  Search this

Container:

Box 3 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-144, Smithsonian Associates, Campus on the Mall, Program Recordings

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Program Recordings

Program Recordings / Box 3

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa96-144-refidd1e1922

Creator::

National Museum of American History. Archives Center  Search this

Extent:

3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Brochures

Clippings

Manuscripts

Black-and-white photographs

Date:

circa 1985-1993

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of the records of Fitzroy Thomas. Materials include Duke Ellington Collection budget information; Thomas' correspondence and memoranda; meeting minutes; information documenting the Duke Ellington Collection program; Oral History Project information; articles on Ellington and those associated with him; and photographs.

Historical Note:

Fitzroy Thomas is a foreign national and historian who worked on contract at the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution from 1985 to April 1993. While there, he participated in several projects including the Field to Factory (1985-1987) exhibit and the African Diaspora Conference with the Program in African American Culture. The last was the Duke Ellington Collection program, of which he was the historian and project coordinator (1987-1993).

At the time that Thomas was project coordinator, the Program was jointly administered by the Archives Center, the former Division of Musical History, and the Program in African American Culture. In his position Thomas conducted historical studies to place the Duke Ellington Collection materials in context socially and culturally in the 20th-Century, both nationally and internationally. He developed detailed research plans for the Duke Ellington Collection program including topics such as business operations, histories of specific compositions, State Department sponsored tours, and sidemen. Thomas was responsible for the acquisition of additional Duke Ellington Collection materials. He either prepared or supervised acquisitions planning, and the preparation of field surveys and inventories. His outreach responsibilities included reference assistance, dissemination of information about the program to museum staff and to the wider community, and publication of research guides and catalogs.

Thomas' duties included oversight of the Duke Ellington Collection budget and personnel, liaison between the Chief Archivist and the collection staff, and liaison between the Archives Center, the Program in African American Culture, and the (former) Musical History Division, and the processing of all Duke Ellington Collection archival materials. He facilitated the hiring of personnel, both paid and unpaid, and negotiated tasks with Duke Ellington Collection staff and the Chief Archivist. He worked with the staff to shift, rehouse, label, box, and describe materials using standard archival practices. He contracted services and equipment. He facilitated travel arrangements, and hosted the many and varied persons needed to assist in uncovering the factual history of the Ellington Organization. He also planned and coordinated meetings among participating museum personnel.

In addition to his oversight responsibilities, Thomas administered the Oral History Project that was managed by the Duke Ellington Collection program. This collection of 39 oral histories represented band members, business personnel, singers, and family surrounding the Ellington Organization. The interviewers were Marcia Greenlee (an eminent oral historian) and Patricia Willard (long-time publicist for Duke Ellington and his orchestra). The interviews occurred between August, 1989 and December, 1992. There was a set of questions that was asked of each interviewee concerning Ellington as musician (composer, arranger, performer, band leader), Ellington and the band as ambassadors and statesman, their impressions of the reception of the Ellington Organization - perceptions and influences, race relations and its impact on the Ellington and the band's psyche and performance, and Ellington and the organization as a business entity.

Topic:

Oral history  Search this

Museum archives  Search this

Genre/Form:

Brochures

Clippings

Manuscripts

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-129, National Museum of American History. Archives Center, Duke Ellington Collection Records

Identifier:

Accession 98-129

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Duke Ellington Collection Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa98-129

Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Extent:

36.54 cu. ft. (58 document boxes) (7.54 tall document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Videotapes

Date:

1982-1989

Descriptive Entry:

Here At The Smithsonian was a series of short features for television created and produced by the staff of the Smithsonian's Office of Telecommunications between the years 1982 and 1989. The series was designed for public dissemination of information about Smithsonian exhibition and research activities. Each year had a volume number [1982 (Volume I) through 1989 (Volume VIII)], within the volume were multiple editions (four to five), and multiple segments within each edition (three to six). Although some segments were repeated, they were often lengthened for a second broadcast. Features totaled 160 (including repeats).

This accession contains some of the original camera footage, all of the cut shows, and preservation masters of all of the cut shows. The initial features were written and shot by in-house staff using rented professional broadcast equipment, recorded on U-matic tape, rough cut on U-matic tape, then edited to 1-inch tape at a commercial post production house (first at FAX Productions in Bethesda, Maryland, then at Techniarts in Silver Spring, Maryland). Features were shot on Betacam beginning in 1987, and mastered to D-2 beginning in 1989. In 1987, post production work moved to Henninger Video in Arlington, Virginia.

Due to the long run of the series, different individuals were associated with the various functions including series producer, segment producer, and narrator. Those playing the largest roles in the development and refinement of Here At The Smithsonian were Ann Carroll (series producer, Volumes I - IV) and John P. Meehan (series producer Volumes V - VIII).

Restrictions:

Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply (based on contracts/copyright). Access restrictions may also apply if viewing copies are not currently available. Viewing copies can be made for a fee. Contact reference staff for details.

Topic:

Television -- Production and direction  Search this

Zoos  Search this

Orchids  Search this

Corals  Search this

Kites  Search this

Meteorites  Search this

Scientific expeditions  Search this

Astronomy  Search this

Audio-visual materials  Search this

Paleontology  Search this

Reptiles  Search this

Insects  Search this

Squid  Search this

Video recordings -- Production and direction  Search this

Documentary videos  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Videotapes

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-132, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions

Identifier:

Accession 00-132

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Productions

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa00-132

Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Extent:

10.14 cu. ft. (11 document boxes) (8 tall document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Audiotapes

Date:

1974-1983

Descriptive Entry:

This record unit consists of master audio tapes for Radio Smithsonian programs 482-533, 1979, and Smithsonian Galaxy editions 26-76, 1979-1981; and audio tapes of Smithsonian special events, concerts, lectures, interviews, symposia, and openings, 1974-1983.

Historical Note:

Radio Smithsonian began its weekly half-hour broadcasts in the summer of 1969. The program was carried by local radio stations in the metropolitan Washington, D. C., area and educational radio stations around the country and overseas. Broadcasts provided the public with information about the activities of the Smithsonian, through discussions, interviews, lectures, music, and research activity reports. Programs featured Smithsonian staff as well as guest scientists, historians, politicians, artists, authors, and musicians.

Smithsonian Galaxy, a series of 2 1/2-minute radio features about the work of the Institution's curatorial, scientific, and research staffs, began production in 1978. The program was broadcast throughout the United States and overseas.

Restrictions:

Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply (based on contracts/copyright). Access restrictions may also apply if listening copies are not currently available. Listening copies can be made for a fee. Contact reference staff for details.

Topic:

Radio -- Production and direction  Search this

Radio programs  Search this

Interviews  Search this

Music  Search this

Special events  Search this

Telecommunication  Search this

Genre/Form:

Audiotapes

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 588, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions

Identifier:

Record Unit 588

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Productions

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0588

Creator::

National Museum of American History. Office of the Director  Search this

Extent:

0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Place:

United States -- History

Date:

1993-1994

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of task force reports created as part of strategic planning at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) during the tenure of Spencer R. Crew. The strategic planning process involved the creation of task forces that were charged with examining a variety of areas at NMAH : 20th century research and collecting, community studies, education, exhibits maintenance, music programs, new media, project management, research, collection information system, staff development, collections documentation standards, collections management procedures, exhibit review and approval process, exhibits upgrades, external affairs, and the public space reinstallation plan. Materials include reports.

Topic:

Museums -- Administration  Search this

Museums -- Curatorship  Search this

Historical museums  Search this

Museums -- Collection management  Search this

Museums -- Educational aspects  Search this

Museums -- Employees  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Museums -- Public relations  Search this

Museum buildings  Search this

Strategic planning  Search this

Science museums  Search this

Museum directors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-260, National Museum of American History. Office of the Director, Subject Files

Identifier:

Accession 13-260

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Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa13-260

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Container:

Box 2 of 8

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply (based on contracts/copyright). Access restrictions may also apply if viewing/listening copies are not currently available. Viewing/listening copies can be made for a fee. Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-199, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions

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Productions

Productions / Box 2

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa02-199-refidd1e521

Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents  Search this

Extent:

8.70 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (7 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Date:

1846-1995

Descriptive Entry:

These records are the official minutes of the Board. They are compiled at the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian, who is also secretary to the Board, after approval by the Regents' Executive Committee and by the Regents themselves. The minutes are edited, not a verbatim account of proceedings. For reasons unknown, there are no manuscript minutes for the period from 1857 through 1890; and researchers must rely on printed minutes published in the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution instead. Minutes are transferred regularly from the Secretary's Office to the Archives. Minutes less than 15 years old are closed to researchers. Indexes exist for the period from 1907 to 1946 and can be useful.

Historical Note:

The Smithsonian Institution was created by authority of an Act of Congress approved August 10, 1846. The Act entrusted direction of the Smithsonian to a body called the Establishment, composed of the President; the Vice President; the Chief Justice of the United States; the secretaries of State, War, Navy, Interior, and Agriculture; the Attorney General; and the Postmaster General. In fact, however, the Establishment last met in 1877, and control of the Smithsonian has always been exercised by its Board of Regents. The membership of the Regents consists of the Vice President and the Chief Justice of the United States; three members each of the Senate and House of Representatives; two citizens of the District of Columbia; and seven citizens of the several states, no two from the same state. (Prior to 1970 the category of Citizen Regents not residents of Washington consisted of four members). By custom the Chief Justice is Chancellor. The office was at first held by the Vice President. However, when Millard Fillmore succeeded to the presidency on the death of Zachary Taylor in 1851, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney was chosen in his stead. The office has always been filled by the Chief Justice since that time.

The Regents of the Smithsonian have included distinguished Americans from many walks of life. Ex officio members (Vice President) have been: Spiro T. Agnew, Chester A. Arthur, Allen W. Barkley, John C. Breckenridge, George Bush, Schuyler Colfax, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Curtis, George M. Dallas, Charles G. Dawes, Charles W. Fairbanks, Millard Fillmore, Gerald R. Ford, John N. Garner, Hannibal Hamlin, Thomas A. Hendricks, Garret A. Hobart, Hubert H. Humphrey, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, William R. King, Thomas R. Marshall, Walter F. Mondale, Levi P. Morton, Richard M. Nixon, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, James S. Sherman, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry S. Truman, Henry A. Wallace, William A. Wheeler, Henry Wilson.

Ex officio members (Chief Justice) have been: Roger B. Taney, Salmon P. Chase, Nathan Clifford, Morrison R. Waite, Samuel F. Miller, Melville W. Fuller, Edward D. White, William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan F. Stone, Fred M. Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren E. Burger.

Regents on the part of the Senate have been: Clinton P. Anderson, Newton Booth, Sidney Breese, Lewis Cass, Robert Milledge Charlton, Bennet Champ Clark, Francis M. Cockrell, Shelby Moore Cullom, Garrett Davis, Jefferson Davis, George Franklin Edmunds, George Evans, Edwin J. Garn, Walter F. George, Barry Goldwater, George Gray, Hannibal Hamlin, Nathaniel Peter Hill, George Frisbie Hoar, Henry French Hollis, Henry M. Jackson, William Lindsay, Henry Cabot Lodge, Medill McCormick, James Murray Mason, Samuel Bell Maxey, Robert B. Morgan, Frank E. Moss, Claiborne Pell, George Wharton Pepper, David A. Reed, Leverett Saltonstall, Hugh Scott, Alexander H. Smith, Robert A. Taft, Lyman Trumbull, Wallace H. White, Jr., Robert Enoch Withers.

Regents on the part of the House of Representatives have included: Edward P. Boland, Frank T. Bow, William Campbell Breckenridge, Overton Brooks, Benjamin Butterworth, Clarence Cannon, Lucius Cartrell, Hiester Clymer, William Colcock, William P. Cole, Jr., Maurice Connolly, Silvio O. Conte, Edward E. Cox, Edward H. Crump, John Dalzell, Nathaniel Deering, Hugh A. Dinsmore, William English, John Farnsworth, Scott Ferris, Graham Fitch, James Garfield, Charles L. Gifford, T. Alan Goldsborough, Frank L. Greene, Gerry Hazleton, Benjamin Hill, Henry Hilliard, Ebenezer Hoar, William Hough, William M. Howard, Albert Johnson, Leroy Johnson, Joseph Johnston, Michael Kirwan, James T. Lloyd, Robert Luce, Robert McClelland, Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., George H. Mahon, George McCrary, Edward McPherson, James R. Mann, George Perkins Marsh, Norman Y. Mineta, A. J. Monteague, R. Walton Moore, Walter H. Newton, Robert Dale Owen, James Patterson, William Phelps, Luke Poland, John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, B. Carroll Reece, Ernest W. Roberts, Otho Robards Singleton, Frank Thompson, Jr., John M. Vorys, Hiram Warner, Joseph Wheeler.

Citizen Regents have been: David C. Acheson, Louis Agassiz, James B. Angell, Anne L. Armstrong, William Backhouse Astor, J. Paul Austin, Alexander Dallas Bache, George Edmund Badger, George Bancroft, Alexander Graham Bell, James Gabriel Berrett, John McPherson Berrien, Robert W. Bingham, Sayles Jenks Bowen, William G. Bowen, Robert S. Brookings, John Nicholas Brown, William A. M. Burden, Vannevar Bush, Charles F. Choate, Jr., Rufus Choate, Arthur H. Compton, Henry David Cooke, Henry Coppee, Samuel Sullivan Cox, Edward H. Crump, James Dwight Dana, Harvey N. Davis, William Lewis Dayton, Everette Lee Degolyer, Richard Delafield, Frederic A. Delano, Charles Devens, Matthew Gault Emery, Cornelius Conway Felton, Robert V. Fleming, Murray Gell-Mann, Robert F. Goheen, Asa Gray, George Gray, Crawford Hallock Greenwalt, Nancy Hanks, Caryl Parker Haskins, Gideon Hawley, John B. Henderson, John B. Henderson, Jr., A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Gardner Greene Hubbard, Charles Evans Hughes, Carlisle H. Humelsine, Jerome C. Hunsaker, William Preston Johnston, Irwin B. Laughlin, Walter Lenox, Augustus P. Loring, John Maclean, William Beans Magruder, John Walker Maury, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, John C. Merriam, R. Walton Moore, Roland S. Morris, Dwight W. Morrow, Richard Olney, Peter Parker, Noah Porter, William Campbell Preston, Owen Josephus Roberts, Richard Rush, William Winston Seaton, Alexander Roby Shepherd, William Tecumseh Sherman, Otho Robards Singleton, Joseph Gilbert Totten, John Thomas Towers, Frederic C. Walcott, Richard Wallach, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., James E. Webb, James Clarke Welling, Andrew Dickson White, Henry White, Theodore Dwight Woolsey.

Topic:

Museums -- Administration  Search this

Museum trustees  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 1, Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents, Minutes

Identifier:

Record Unit 1

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Minutes

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0001

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Associates  Search this

Container:

Box 3 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-206, Smithsonian Associates, Audiotapes

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Audiotapes

Audiotapes / Box 3

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa05-206-refidd1e1388

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Associates  Search this

Container:

Box 2 of 6

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-104, Smithsonian Associates, Audiotapes

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Audiotapes

Audiotapes / Box 2

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa05-104-refidd1e961

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Associates  Search this

Container:

Box 1 of 4

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-058, Smithsonian Associates, Audiotapes

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Audiotapes

Audiotapes / Box 1

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-058-refidd1e633

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Associates  Search this

Container:

Box 9 of 12

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-098, Smithsonian Associates, Audiotapes

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Audiotapes

Audiotapes / Box 9

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa00-098-refidd1e4171

Collection Creator::

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications  Search this

Container:

Box 9 of 40

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply (based on contracts/copyright). Access restrictions may also apply if listening copies are not currently available. Listening copies can be made for a fee. Contact reference staff for details.

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 296, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Production Records

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Production Records

Production Records / Box 9

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-faru0296-refidd1e867

Creator::

Renwick Gallery  Search this

Extent:

25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Clippings

Brochures

Exhibition catalogs

Architectural drawings

Floor plans

Black-and-white photographs

Color transparencies

Color photographs

Black-and-white negatives

Color negatives

Date:

1957, 1961-1989, 1997-2003

Descriptive Entry:

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.

Topic:

Museums -- Administration  Search this

Art museums  Search this

Art museum directors  Search this

Art museum curators  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Lectures and lecturing  Search this

Craft festivals  Search this

Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction  Search this

Special events  Search this

Museum stores  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Clippings

Brochures

Exhibition catalogs

Architectural drawings

Floor plans

Black-and-white photographs

Color transparencies

Color photographs

Black-and-white negatives

Color negatives

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-128, Renwick Gallery, Departmental Records

Identifier:

Accession 10-128

See more items in:

Departmental Records

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa10-128

Source:

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.  Search this

Creator:

Van Tassell, A.R.  Search this

Jackson, Paul  Search this

Former owner:

Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.  Search this

Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photograph albums

Photographs

Place:

Mexico

Hawaii

Havana (Cuba)

Hawaii -- Oahu -- Honolulu

Cuba -- Havana

Cuba

Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii.)

Honolulu (Hawaii)

Hilo (Hawaii)

Panama Canal (Panama)

Panama

Date:

1900-1956.

Summary:

Photograph album documenting the work and life of A.R. Van Tassell, an engineer who worked on structures in Hawaii as well as the Panama Canal.

Scope and Contents note:

The collection consists of two photograph albums documenting A.R. Van Tassell's engineering career and family life. The first album includes photographs that begin in 1900 and include images of buildings, structures, ships, harbors, a sugar factory, the Kilauea Volcano, mills, and the "Rainbow Bridge" near Hilo, which Van Tassell was involved in building. Other images feature Van Tassell's friends and family, as well as his wedding trip to Laredo, Texas. The album also contains photographs from Mexico City, Havana, and various travels in the United States. Van Tassell has included tickets from bull fights and musical programs in Mexico City. The photographs are captioned and dated. Three loose postcards found in this album have been placed in a folder. The second, smaller album consists of photographs taken of the Panama Canal.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in one series.

Series 1, Photograph Albums, 1900-1956

Biographical/Historical note:

In 1900, A.R. Van Tassell took his first engineering job in Honolulu, Hawaii at the age of seventeen. In 1902, he went to Mexico City to help build the Central Post Office. He also worked on the Panama Canal and was employed as an engineer during the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. He was married at least twice and had one daughter, Janet.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

W. P. Stine Panama Canal Papers (NMAH.AC.1039)

John Frances Little Panama Canal Scrapbook Photograph Albums (NMAH.AC.0708)

Katherine Kingsford Panama Canal Photograph Album (NMAH.AC.1040)

Provenance:

This collection was donated to the National Museum of American History's Division of Engineering and Industry by Paul Jackson, 1987.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research and access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Hawaii -- Hawaii -- Hilo  Search this

Engineers  Search this

Harbors -- Hawaii  Search this

Harbors -- Cuba  Search this

Bullfights -- Mexico  Search this

Canals -- Panama  Search this

Castles -- Cuba  Search this

Bridges -- Hawaii  Search this

Sugar -- Hawaii  Search this

Sugar -- Cuba  Search this

Pyramids -- Mexico  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photograph albums -- 20th century

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 20th century

Citation:

A.R. Van Tassell Photograph Album, 1900-1956, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1015

See more items in:

A.R. Van Tassell Photograph Albums

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1015

Photographer:

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this

Names:

Delibes, Leo, 1836-1891  Search this

Evanti, Lillian, Mme. (Lillian Evans Tibbs), 1890-1967  Search this

Evanti, Lillian, Mme. (Lillian Evans Tibbs), 1890-1967  Search this

Subseries Creator:

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this

Custom Craft  Search this

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this

Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this

Extent:

1 Item

Container:

Box 42

Culture:

African Americans -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Retouching

Date:

[undated]

Scope and Contents:

Job Number: 1844[?]

Subject wears jewelled headdress, apparently for operatic role of Lakme (Leo Delibes, composer). Face retouched. Negative captioned, no maker edge imprint found. Possibly a nitrate negative.

Biographical / Historical:

Degree in music from Howard University; married vocal instructor Prof. Roy W. Tibbs. Continued study in Europe, made professional operatic debut in Nice, France, 1925. Stage name formed from combination of single and married names, Washington concert debut, 1933. Helped found the Negro National Opera Company.

General:

Framed print of this image is number 35 of "Corcoran" prints.

Exhibitions Note:

"Corcoran" print exhibited in "The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise," NMAAHC Gallery, NMAH, January 30 - November 15, 2009; image reproduced in exhibit's companion book.

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.

Topic:

Opera  Search this

African American entertainers -- 20th century  Search this

African American singers  Search this

Portraits -- African American women  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1950 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Nitrate film

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Acetate film

Retouching -- Pencil

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.

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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives

Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s04-01-ref1041

Photographer:

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Creator:

Eastman Kodak Company (film manufaturer)  Search this

Subseries Creator:

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this

Custom Craft  Search this

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this

Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this

Extent:

1 Item

Container:

Box 54

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

Washington (D.C.) -- 1950-1960 -- Photographs

Date:

Dec. 6, 1954

1954

Scope and Contents:

No caption on negative.

Man seated at keyboard, two women with flute and music book, in background.

General:

From NUS carton 29.

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.

Topic:

African American musicians  Search this

Musicians -- 20th century  Search this

African American entertainers -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- 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.

See more items in:

Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives

Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives / 4.1: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin negatives

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s04-01-ref1639