Reference Request
Accession 14-030, National Museum of American Art, Office of Public Programs, Audiovisual Records, 1970-1994
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | National Museum of American Art, Office of Public Programs |
Title: | Audiovisual Records |
Dates: | 1970-1994 |
Quantity: | 2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 14-030 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of audiovisual materials recorded or collected by the Office of Public Programs to be used in programs at the National Museum of American Art (NMAA). Some of the materials come from when the office was known as the Department of Education and from when the museum was known as the National Collection of Fine Arts. Topics covered by the records include photography history, art history, staff meetings, historic preservation, painting, graphic arts, and lithography. Also documented are the exhibitions "Craft Multiples" and "Explorations." Materials include videotapes, audiotapes, and motion picture film. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of audiovisual materials recorded or collected by the Office of Public Programs to be used in programs at the National Museum of American Art (NMAA). Some of the materials come from when the office was known as the Department of Education and from when the museum was known as the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA). Topics covered by the records include photography history, art history, staff meetings, historic preservation, painting, graphic arts, and lithography. Also documented are the exhibitions "Craft Multiples" and "Explorations." Materials include videotapes, audiotapes, and motion picture film.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Craft Multiples (Exhibition) (1975-1976: Washington, D.C.)
- Explorations (Exhibition) (1970: Washington, D.C.)
- National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.). Dept. of Education.
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Dept. of Education.
Subject
- Art -- History
- Graphic arts
- Historic preservation
- Lithography
- Museum exhibits
- Museums -- Educational aspects.
- Painting
- Photography -- History
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 14-030, National Museum of American Art, Office of Public Programs, Audiovisual Records
Container List
Box 1
Videotape
The Life and Art of William H. Johnson - Part 1: Chronology of Life and Art, TRT: 18:15, Closed Captioned, BetacamSP, 1991 (NMAA)
Box 1 of 3
The Life and Art of William H. Johnson - Part 1: Chronology of Life and Art, TRT: 16:00, VHS, 1991 (NMAA)
Box 1 of 3
Mark Klett lecture - Washington Panorama, VHS, April 16, 1994
Box 1 of 3
Renwick plaque presentation, helical scan videotape, May 4, 1973
Box 1 of 3
Lily Martin Spence - The Joys of Sentiment, helical scan videotape, c. 1973
Box 1 of 3
Craft demonstrations offered in conjunction with the exhibition, "Craft Multiples" - Coiled baskets (Marian John) and Duck decoys (Donald Bridell), helical scan videotape, 1975
Box 1 of 3
Art Museum Day (Baltimore Museum of Art and Alan Kaplan, Antioch College), 1973 and Winter Wheat (Bob Devine, Antioch College), 1971, helical scan videotape
Box 1 of 3
"Arts in the 70s" - Fred Pitts, helical scan videotape
Box 1 of 3
"Grey Take" - Video collage made in the neighborhood around the NCFA by Media Workshop, M. Stevenson, helical scan videotape, 1973
Box 1 of 3
Sound Recordings
NCFA staff meeting concerning the docent program, 1/4 inch audiotape, c. 1969
Box 1 of 3
Side 1: "Historic Preservation Today," lecture by James Biddle, National Trust for Historic Preservation, February 14, 1970; Side 2: "The Origins of Modern Art," lecture by Adelyn D. Breeskin at NCFA, February 16, 1970; 1/4" audiotape
Box 1 of 3
1970 poetry reading by William J. Smith, Poet in Residence, Library of Congress, with introduction by Adelyn D. Breeskin, in conjunction with the NCFA's "Explorations" exhibition, 1/4 inch audiotape, April 12, 1970
Box 1 of 3
NCFA staff meeting concerning the plans for the "Explorations" exhibition, 1/4 inch audiotape, c. 1969
Box 1 of 3
Introduction to Print Collecting - Panel discussion with Sidney Mickelson, Barbara Fendrick, Franz Bader, and Clifford Chieffo as moderator, 1/4 inch audiotape, c. 1971
Box 1 of 3
"Copley, West, and the Origins of Modern Painting," lecture by Robert Rosenblum delivered at NCFA, 1/4 inch audiotape, 1971
Box 1 of 3
Eric Satie piano concert at NCFA, 1/4 inch audiotape
Box 1 of 3
Gene Davis speaking on contemporary art, August 26, 1994, 1/4 inch audiotape
Box 1 of 3
Motion Picture Film
"You're It" - Ripples Series - National Instructional Television Center, 16mm film, 1970
Box 1 of 3
"Photography and the City" - Charles Eames, 16mm film, 1969
Box 1 of 3
Discover Graphics project - Allen Kaneshiro, Artist-in-Residence, NCFA, 16mm film, 1974
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"Romare Bearden" - Print 1, 16mm film
Box 1 of 3
Box 2
"New Fine Arts Collection before opening," 16mm film
Box 2 of 3
"Discover Graphics" exhibition, black and white reversal, A roll, 16mm film, c. 1971
Box 2 of 3
"Discover Graphics" exhibition, black and white reversal, B roll, 16mm film, c. 1971
Box 2 of 3
"Five" - National Collection of Fine Arts, 30 minutes, 16mm color film with sound, c. 1971
Box 2 of 3
"Look of a Lithographer" - Tamarind Lithography Workshop - Reel 2, 16mm film, 1968
Box 2 of 3
Box 3
"Light/Reflected Light - Smooth and Fuzzy Sculpture" - Directed by Jules Engel, Esther-Robles Gallery, 16mm film, 1969
Box 3 of 3
"Albert Paley's Albany Gates" - Albert Paley and R. William Rowley, 16mm color positive release print, c. 1987
Box 3 of 3
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