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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 89-136

Smithsonian Institution. Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs

Quadrangle Records, 1984-1987

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs
Title:Quadrangle Records
Dates:1984-1987
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 89-136
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records that were maintained by Jeffrey LaRiche, Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. The records pertain to the opening of the Quadrangle: the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the National Museum of African Art, the S. Dillon Ripley Center (International Gallery), and the Enid A. Haupt Garden. Most of the records are memoranda documenting the preparation for the opening of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. There are also invitations; letters inviting guests to speak; notes/slides/cassette tapes from various lectures that were given; and memos discussing the Smithsonian Press Book about the Quadrangle (mostly in terms of its underground architecture).

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records that were maintained by Jeffrey LaRiche, Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. The records pertain to the opening of the Quadrangle: the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the National Museum of African Art, the S. Dillon Ripley Center (International Gallery), and the Enid A. Haupt Garden. Most of the records are memoranda documenting the preparation for the opening of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. There are also invitations; letters inviting guests to speak; notes/slides/cassette tapes from various lectures that were given; and memoranda discussing the Smithsonian Press Book about the Quadrangle (mostly in terms of its underground architecture).

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 89-136, Smithsonian Institution, Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs, Quadrangle Records

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Container List

Box 1

Sackler/Kennedy Center

Box 1 of 2

Sackler Gallery

Box 1 of 2

Invitation - Form

Box 1 of 2

Resident Associate Program (RAP) Class Room Use

Box 1 of 2

Wash. Inc.

Box 1 of 2

Anderson Memos

Box 1 of 2

DIA Public Programs

Box 1 of 2

Closing Great Hall

Box 1 of 2

Memos to Bureaus regarding Quad Opening Monies

Box 1 of 2

Performance Program

Box 1 of 2

Quad Space and Overtime Costs

Box 1 of 2

Sackler Museum

Box 1 of 2

Invitation Schedule

Box 1 of 2

January 17 Quad / Memorandum to Secretary Adams

Box 1 of 2

Sackler Symposium

Box 1 of 2

Event Summary

Box 1 of 2

Presidential Visit

Box 1 of 2

Preliminary Schedules

Box 1 of 2

Music

Box 1 of 2

Hourly Schedule

Box 1 of 2

Ripley Center opening

Box 1 of 2

Sackler Lecture - September 13, 1987

Box 1 of 2

Sackler Symposium, 1986

Box 1 of 2

January 21st Memo

Box 1 of 2

Photographs (4 folders)

Box 1 of 2

Sackler Lecture tapes - September 13, 1987

Box 1 of 2

Ripley Center Slides

Box 1 of 2

Ripley Center - Cards/Invitations

Box 1 of 2

Fact Sheets

Box 1 of 2

Public Affairs General

Box 1 of 2

Brochures

Box 1 of 2

African Art

Box 1 of 2

Acquisitions - Quad

Box 1 of 2

Quad Schedule

Box 1 of 2

SI Press "Quad" Book

Box 1 of 2

Quad Book

Box 1 of 2

John P. Archambault, program assistant

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Quad Book

Box 2 of 2

Collection Summaries

Box 2 of 2

Quad Council

Box 2 of 2

ASCII File / retrieval

Box 2 of 2

Quad General

Box 2 of 2

Membership & Development

Box 2 of 2

Quad Parking

Box 2 of 2

Student Open House (Freudenheim & Bay Memos)

Box 2 of 2

Freudenheim

Box 2 of 2

May 11, 1987 - Quad Statement for Regents' Meeting

Box 2 of 2

Great Hall

Box 2 of 2

Quad Space for Building Manager

Box 2 of 2

Overtime

Box 2 of 2

Art Underground

Box 2 of 2

Resident Associates

Box 2 of 2

Hobbins

Box 2 of 2

Requests for Reconsidering Quad CUTS

Box 2 of 2

Quad Moving Dates

Box 2 of 2

Spraggins

Box 2 of 2

Coordinator Position

Box 2 of 2

Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center (VIARC)

Box 2 of 2

January 1986 - Quarterly Calendar of Events

Box 2 of 2

Legislation Wording

Box 2 of 2

Computerized Reservation System

Box 2 of 2

Ripley Bust

Box 2 of 2

Quad Construction

Box 2 of 2

December 11 Quad Memo

Box 2 of 2

March 12 - Meeting

Box 2 of 2

January 7 - Quad Memo

Box 2 of 2

January 8 - Quad Memo

Box 2 of 2

Quadrangle Address Memo - February 20, 1986

Box 2 of 2

National Associates Memo

Box 2 of 2

Associates Open House

Box 2 of 2

DIA/RAP - Reception/ Biodiversity Lecture

Box 2 of 2

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) & Carlhian Exhibit

Box 2 of 2

SITES

Box 2 of 2

International Center Lectures

Box 2 of 2

International Center

Box 2 of 2

Press Preview

Box 2 of 2

Associate Donor Open House, September 26, 1987 - September 27, 1987

Box 2 of 2

Sackler Concert

Box 2 of 2

Participants

Box 2 of 2

Facilities Services Reception - September 21, 1987

Box 2 of 2

Congressional Open House - September 20, 1987

Box 2 of 2

Opening, invitations

Box 2 of 2

Hotels

Box 2 of 2

DIA/Sites

Box 2 of 2

Arthur M. Sackler

Box 2 of 2

Announcement of Sackler Gallery Opening

Box 2 of 2

Associate Donors

Box 2 of 2

Facilities/Committee for a Wider Audience (OCWA)

Box 2 of 2

Ripley Center Openings

Box 2 of 2

Shepley Bulfinch

Box 2 of 2

Shuttlesworth Drawing

Box 2 of 2

Quadrangle Opening Committee

Box 2 of 2

Sackler Opening Guest List

Box 2 of 2

Drawing used for thank-you note cards

Box 2 of 2