Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.
Collection Citation:
Luis Cancel papers, circa 1900-1998, bulk 1970-1996. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
The Buck starts here : enterprise and the arts : a conference for nonprofit organizations on the legal aspects of making money / edited by Robert Karl Manoff
Beauty and the beasts: on Museums, art, the law, and the market (Monograph)
Cabinet of curiosities: inquiries into museums and their prospects (Monograph)
Rethinking the museum and other meditations (Monograph)
Creator::
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director Search this
Extent:
35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Date:
1974-1995
Descriptive Entry:
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
other concerned public officials; research notes, including drafts to some of the articles Weil wrote for publication; handwritten and typed drafts of Weil's speeches; research,
notes, manuscript, and outlines to Weil's monographs entitled, A Cabinet of Curiosities: Inquiries into Museums and their Prospects, Rethinking the Museum and Other
Meditations, and Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market; reviews of his monographs; his reviews of other books; minutes of the Museum's
staff meetings; and memoranda to and from the Director and other heads of departments in the Museum and other bureaus of the Smithsonian Institution.
Other records concern Weil's work as Planning Committee and Faculty Member, American Law Institute-American Bar Association; Co-Director, Senior Museum Associate, Advisory
Committee and Faculty Member at the Museum Management Institute, a program administered by The American Federation of Arts; and Founding Chairman and Member of the Executive
Board, International Committee on Management (INTERCOM) and International Council of Museums (ICOM). Included is a large volume of records pertaining to the functions and
activities of the American Association of Museums (AAM). The AAM records concern Weil's work as the Association's Councilor-at-Large, Chairman of the Committee on Professional
Practices, Vice President, Treasurer and Member of the Executive Board. A small volume of records relate to Weil's work as Board of Trustees Member, both at Brown University
and The American Federation of Arts; Advisory Board Member of several art institutions, including Research Center for Arts and Culture, Columbia University, and Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts, New York, New York; presidential appointee as member of Cultural Property Advisory Committee, United States Information Agency; and Chairman, Advisory
Committee, Museum Loan Network.
The records are interspersed with travel authorizations; notes and lectures for the legal courses Weil taught at several institutions; newspaper and magazine articles related
to public policies and legal issues affecting museums and art institutions; computer printouts; pamphlets; brochures; and postcards.
Restrictions:
Box 17 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid. Transferring office; Contact reference staff for details.
Creators, collectors, and cultural institutions / sponsored by Washington Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and the Continuing Legal Education Committee, Washington State Bar Association
Author:
Washington Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Search this
Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 600 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1978
Topic:
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations Search this
