Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 97-015
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Education Department
Records, 1979-1995
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Education Department |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | 1979-1995 |
| Quantity: | 7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 97-015 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession primarily consists of program records which document lecture series and seminars; family and school programs; workshops; museum and gallery tours; and special events. Materials include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Dorothy Dunn, Program Coordinator for Schools; planning information on program content and logistics; evaluations by program participants; agreements; contact sheets; and itineraries. The records also consist of audience development records created by Susan Yelavich, Program Coordinator, and Dierdre A. Scott, Program Coordinator for Audience Development, which document the Museum's efforts to accommodate visitors with disabilities and increase awareness of the Museum in minority communities. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; grant funding information; press releases; reports; information about "Access: The First Residential Universal Design Conference" (October 1994) and the Diversity Dialogue meeting (March 1993); and proposals. A small amount of budget records for the Department is included in this accession as well. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession primarily consists of program records which document lecture series and seminars; family and school programs; workshops; museum and gallery tours; and special events. Materials include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Dorothy Dunn, Program Coordinator for Schools; planning information on program content and logistics; evaluations by program participants; agreements; contact sheets; and itineraries.
The records also consist of audience development records created by Susan Yelavich, Program Coordinator, and Dierdre A. Scott, Program Coordinator for Audience Development, which document the Museum's efforts to accommodate visitors with disabilities and increase awareness of the Museum in minority communities. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; grant funding information; press releases; reports; information about "Access: The First Residential Universal Design Conference" (October 1994) and the Diversity Dialogue meeting (March 1993); and proposals.
A small amount of budget records for the Department is included in this accession as well.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Dunn, Dorothy
- Scott, Deirdre A.
- Yelavich, Susan
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Education Department. Diversity Dialogue
- Access:The First Residential Universal Design Conference. (1994: New York, N.Y.)
Subject
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Art museums
- Museums and people with disabilities
- Museums and community
- Museums and minorities
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-015, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Education Department, Records
Container List
Box 1
Program Records
General Program Information, Fall 1993
Brochure Copy, Fall 1993
Politics of Design: Planning File, Fall 1993
Politics of Design: Consultant, Fall 1993
Paul Revere Williams, Fall 1993
Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office, Fall 1993
Mechanical Brides: Perspectives on Women and Deign, Fall 1993
Preserving Angkor, Fall 1993
Angiolo Mazzoni: Futurist Architect and Naturalist Culture, Fall 1993
Scenes from a Renaissance Wedding: Iconography, Fall 1993
Hariri's, Fall 1993
Arts from the Aslus, Fall 1993
Don Wallance: Designer as Industrial Craftsman, Fall 1993
Poetry Reading: Working It, 1993-1994
Morse Lecture: Jane Austin, Fall 1993
Paul Rudolph, Fall 1993
Day Without Art: The Power of Information, Fall 1993
Arta Isozaki, 1993
Josephine Baker, 1993
Edith Wharton Symposium, Fall 1993
Art and Architecture in the Age of Ecology, Fall 1993
Art and Architecture in the Baltic Region, Fall 1993
Polymer Clay Vessel Workshop, Fall 1993
Ukrainian Embroidery Workshop, Fall 1993
Art of Papermaking: Dieu Donne Papermill, Fall 1993
East 67 Police and Fire Facility Tour, Fall 1993
Litchfield: A Center for Federalist New England, Fall 1993
Luxury Apartment Buildings: Upper West Side, Fall 1993
The Bronx Tour, Fall 1993
Edith Wharton's Victorian City, Fall 1993
Stained Glass in Greenwich Village, Fall 1993
Decorated Papers: Drue Heinz Study Room, Fall 1993
Sleepy Hollow Tour, Fall 1993
Journey's: Storytelling Performances, Fall 1993
Scottish Design and Architect, 1991
Crisis in Religion Architecture, 1990
Collections Series, Fall 1991
Master Jewelers, 1991
Richard Carlini: A Capella Books, 1992
Stephen Mallory Associates, Inc., 1992
Barbara Sandrisser, 1991
Travel Insurance, 1993
Cine Ostrow, 1993
Education Programs
Czech Cubism, 1993
The Power of Maps, 1992-1993
Read Viemeister: The Life of a Designer
Brochure Copy
Public Relations, Spring 1994
Radio City Music Hall, Winter/Spring 1994
Barneys New York, Winter/Spring 1994
Box 2
Harlem and the Bronx, Winter/Spring 1994
Winterthur, Winter/Spring 1994
Wall Street, Winter/Spring 1994
Lower East Side, Winter/Spring 1994
Evolution of Useful Things, Winter/Spring 1994
Family Day, Winter/Spring 1994
Fortune-ACD, Winter/Spring 1994
Des and Bos Symposium Proposal, Spring 1993
Scullen-Chee, 1993
Design and Bottom Line: Proposals, 1993
Development Material on Design and Bottom Line, 1992
Read Virmeister, Winter/Spring 1994
Long Island Estates, Winter/Spring 1994
Landscape and Garden Design, Winter/Spring 1994
Department Stores, Winter/Spring 1994
World's Fair, Winter/Spring 1994
Design and Business Questionnaires, Winter/Spring 1994
Texas Rangers, Winter/Spring 1994
England's Medieval Markets, Winter/Spring 1994
Design at Corning, Winter/Spring 1994
Design and Image Management, Winter/Spring 1994
Television, Winter/Spring 1994
Design and Business: Darman, Pierson, and Shurtleff, Winter/Spring 1994
Frank Pick: London Underground, Winter/Spring 1994
19th Century Design, Winter/Spring 1994
Industrial Design Pioneers, Winter/Spring 1994
Memorials and Monuments, Winter/Spring 1994
Design for the 21st Century, Winter/Spring 1994
Oriental Rugs, Winter/Spring 1994
Design and Business: Arlaine, Seely Brown, and Dumain, Winter 1994
Design and Business: The Bottom Line/Fran Smyth Dinners, 1994
New York City Theater Buildings, Winter/Spring 1994
Packaging the New, 1994
General, Winter 1994
Design and Business: Boyd, Kelley, and Nussbaum, Winter 1994
Plastics in American Life, Winter/Spring 1994
Packaging the New, Winter/Spring 1994
Walter Crane, Winter/Spring 1994
S94-Pro Copy
Nature 2000 Symposium, 1991
Ballet Folklorico Mexicano Nueve York, Summer 1992
Mexica Concerts, Summer 1992
Croton-on-Hudson, Summer 1992
African American Burial Ground, Summer 1992
Mexican Masks, Summer 1992
Ritual and Celebration, 1991
Brochure, Summer 1994
Tiffany Jewerly/Sapirstein, Summer 1994
Central Park, Summer 1994
Manhattan-by-Sea, 1994-1995
Box 3
AALL Lecture, 1993-1994
Lighting Symposium, 1992
Swarouski, 1993
Library of Congress/Design, 1994
Comite Colbert, 1994
Baseball Tour, Summer 1994
Kykuit Tour, Summer 1994
Kykuit and Boscohol Tour, Summer 1994
Modernism in Westchester Tour, Summer 1994
Garden Design Tour, Summer 1994
White Flower Farm and Hill-Stead Tour, Summer 1994
Nyack Garden Tour, Summer 1994
Book as Package Workshop, Summer 1994
Basket as Package Workshop, Summer 1994
Family Day, 1994
Crosscurrents: Program Notes, 1994
Crosscurrents: Contracts, 1994
Crosscurrents: Funding, 1994
Morgan Library, 1990
Victorian Museums and Life, 1987
Museum of the City of New York, 1988
Strong Museum, 1984
Indianapolis Children's Museum, 1992
Wadsworth Atheneum, 1986
National and Education Association, 1991
Articles and Notes (general)
SI Forum on Material Culture, 1992
National Academy of Design
Facing History/Facing Ourselves, 1992
Brooklyn Children's Museum, 1991
Children's Museum of the Arts, 1991
Children's Events, 1988
Masks, 1990
City-as-School Event, 1990
Pennsylvania State University: Externships, 1991
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1989
ISU Brunnier Gallery, 1989
Field Museum of Natural History, 1987
Museum Policy/Program Policy, 1988
Blueprints for Modern Living, 1990
Secor/Skolmick, 1990
Architecture Course for Children
Indian Jewelry, 1993
Textile Exhibition, 1990
Views from Rome
School of Architecture and Environmental Studies
Program Surveys, 1990-1991
Survey: African American Design, 1993 (4 folders)
Survey: Native American Design, 1994 (2 folders)
Box 4
Survey: Native American Design, 1994 (3 folders)
Yorkville Civic Council, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
Alternative High Schools and Programs, 1990
Program Ideas, Summer 1993
Recycling
Dreyfuss Exhibition
Bridges, 1994
Games
Darkened Waters, 1992
Bonnie Grad
Richard Kurin, 1992
Answered requests for Information, 1990-1991
HS Academy of Travel, 1993
George C. Tilyon School, 1993
Mt. Vernon Public School
IS International, Inc.
Creating Cultural Harmony, 1992
School Network, Fall 1991
Susan Marssa, 1992
School mailing List, 1992
Making Connections
Docents Program, 1990-1992
Nicholas Mann, 1992
Docent Notes
Internship Program, 1990
Bennington Museum, 1985-1987
Grandma Moses
Peter Matteson
Michael Kriegh Career Day, 1991
Roger Westerman, 1991
AIGA
Career Day: Nanotechnology, 1992
Design Career Day, 1992
Design Career Day: David Folender and Alan Wexler, 1992
Design Career Day: Universal Design
Design Career Day: Michael Shannon
Room House City, 1991
Tour Insurance, 1984-1990
Idea Lists, 1990
Collecting, 1989
Guy Walton, 1989
Fitch Richardson/Smith Design, 1990
Place Making: 18th Century English Gardens, 1989
India Festival and Crafts, 1989
Nancy Lee Nelson, 1989-1990
Cloth and Humai Book Experience, 1989
Wallpaper Lectures, 1988-1989
Susan/Progress Design Question, 1989
Children's Performances, 1990
Articles and Newspaper Ideas, c. 1988
Holiday Events and Workshops, 1989-1990
Tour Reservation Forms, 1993
Programs Department Quarterly Reports, 1985-1990
Architecture, 1991-1992
Box 5
Design Career Day: Agreements, 1994
NEA/Cooper-Hewitt Museum Poster, 1994
Arts and Culture Network Reception, 1989
Urban Neighborhood Design Project, 1991
City of Neighborhoods: Workshop, 1994
Mechanical Brides, 1993
Upper Westside, 1993
Pentagram School Materials, 1992
City of Neighborhoods: Events (general), 1993
City of Neighborhoods: Lower East Side, 1992
School Program Budget, 1992
Architecture Education Publications, 1992
Design Journal, 1992
Roof Garden, 1989
Garden Speakers and Topics, 1988
Historic Gardens, 1985
Minnesota Institute of the Arts, 1985
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991
Audience Development Records
Rob Johnson, Winter/Spring 1993
Crosscurrents: General Outreach, Winter/Spring 1993
George Smith: Graphic Designer, Winter/Spring 1993
Group Tour Records, Winter/Spring 1993
Architecture and Culture, Winter/Spring 1993
ATEPA/ACDA, 1992-1994
Cultural Space and the Built Environment, Winter/Spring 1993
Smithsonian National Associates Program/New York City Event, 1993
Cheryl Riley, 1993
Dialogue on Diversity Colloquium: D. Scott, Winter/Spring 1993
Dialogue on Diversity Colloquium: Transcripts, Winter/Spring 1993
Dialogue on Diversity Colloquium: Resumes, Winter/Spring, 1993
Dialogue on Diversity Colloquium: General, Winter/Spring 1993
Dialogue on Diversity Colloquium: Meeting Minutes, Winter/Spring 1993
Dialogue on Diversity Colloquium: Responses, Winter/Spring 1993
Dialogue on Diversity Colloquium: Financials, Winter/Spring 1993
Docent Training Schedules for Exhibitions, 1992-1993
Exhibitions, Winter/Spring 1993
Czech Cubism, 1993
Maps Biography
Caribbean Month, 1990 (2 folders)
African American Architects
Design Diaspora, 1993
Blacks in Architecture
Architecture (general)
Black Architecture, 1993-1994 (2 folders)
Box 6
Laurie Carlos
Cheryl Riley, 1992
Links Reception, 1992
Santa Fe Chambers Music, 1992
SI Women's Committee
Latino Work Committee at the Smithsonian, 1992
Office of Fellowships and Grants
National Endowment for the Arts Educational Grants, 1992
MET Life-Multicultural, 1992
Funding and Development, 1992
Office of Public Service, 1992
Luis-Adone Perez
Cheryl Byron
Michael Adams Essay
Eric Perkins, 1991
Jill Vexler, 1992
Mental Mapping, 1992
Miguellangel Cossio, 1992
Postal Interactives, 1992-1993
Harlem Hospital
Noel Mayo
Beryl Sokoloff Photograph
Mexico (general), 1992
Mexico: Final Report to Office of Protection Services, 1992
Mexico: Follow Up Events, 1993-1994
Mexico: Translations, 1993
Mexico: Program Notes
Mexico: Correspondence and Budget Information, 1992
Mexico: Press, 1992
Sony Videotron, 1992
504 Project/ICP, 1983-1984
SI/OEO Accessibility Update, 1986
Museum of Modern Art Report on Deaf Project, 1981
Policy on Disabled Persons at Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1980-1984
Design Symposium, 1980
Lexington School for the Deaf, 1980
19th Century Furniture: Belter Interpretation, 1980-1981
Accessibility Plan, 1987-1989
504 Accessibility Report, 1983
National Survey of Accessibility, 1987
Comparative Design, 1980
Ruth S. Brown, 1980
504 Project: Museum Program
Accessibility for Deaf hearing Impaired People, 1980-1982
Politics of Design Panel, Fall 1994
Access Conference: Form Letter, 1994
Access Conference: Howard University, 1994
Access Conference: Fact Sheet and Letterhead
Access Conference: Schedule and Contacts
Access Conference: Universities, 1994
Access Conference: Support Material
Access Conference: Planning
Access Conference: Exhibition, 1994
Access Conference: Exhibitors
Tour Schedules, Fall 1993
Afro-centric Architecture (general), Winter/Spring, 1994
Afro-centric Architecture: Design Studio Course Material, 1994
Box 7
Black History Month, 1994
Memoranda, 1991-1992 (3 folders)
Visual Impaired Audiences, 1990
Summer Youth Employment Project, 1982
Maps Tour, 1992
Staff Sensitization Sessions for Dealing w/the Disabled, 1980
Official Literature on 504, 1979-1980
Visually Impaired Biographies, 1981-1987
Outreach Grant Proposal, 1989
Correspondence re: Disabled Visitors, 1980-1983
Visually Impaired: General Information and Organizations, 1983-1989
Budget Records
Education Department: Budget, 1992-1993 (3 folders)
Education Department: Budget, 1993-1994
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