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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 06-059

Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service

Exhibition Records, circa 1963-2005

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:circa 1963-2005
Quantity:17.69 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Collection:Accession 06-059
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

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, catalog text, itineraries, fact sheets, checklists, meeting agendas, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes and related records. Records are arranged by exhibition title (exhibition ID number) and date(s). Some materials are in electronic format.

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, catalog text, itineraries, fact sheets, checklists, meeting agendas, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes and related records. Records are arranged by exhibition title (exhibition ID number) and date(s). Some materials are in electronic format.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2021; Transferring office; 9/27/1984 memorandum, Glenn to Loar; Contact reference staff for details.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-059, Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

American Legacies: Collecting America's History (no #), 2002

Box 1 of 18

Archaeology of Israel (publications files), c. 1986

Box 1 of 18

Delano/Parks exhibition (no #), 1995

Box 1 of 18

(A) Different Light: L'Ecole Lyonnaise, 19th Century Paintings (816) (publications files) c. 1995

Box 1 of 18

Frank Lloyd Wright (publications files), c. 1975-1976

Box 1 of 18

Hawaii (067)

Box 1 of 18

Honky Tonk: The Country Music Photographs of Henry Horenstein (no #), 2003

Box 1 of 18

Human Rights Posters (publications files)

Box 1 of 18

In Splendor and Seclusion: Women in Art and Life (426) (publications files), c. 1988

Box 1 of 18

(The) Magic Shuttle (publications files), c. 1982

Box 1 of 18

Matchsafes (publications files), c. 2000

Box 1 of 18

Moroccan Jewelry (publications files), c. 1988

Box 1 of 18

NASCAR: Stock Car Racing Mobile Museum (no #), 2001

Box 1 of 18

Oh Baby: Celebrating Birth Rites Around the World, Photographs by Jake Jacobson (no #), 2005

Box 1 of 18

Olivia Follows Her Nose (no #), 2003

Box 1 of 18

Paul Manship (publications files), c. 1987

Box 1 of 18

Pride of Place: The collections of the National Trust of Scotland (682) (publications files), c. 1990

Box 1 of 18

Revolution, Life, and Labor: Soviet Porcelains, 1918-1985, from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (859) (publication files), c. 1994

Box 1 of 18

Santos (no #), c. 2001

Box 1 of 18

Seeing Japan (publications files), c. 1992

Box 1 of 18

Sung and Unsung: Jazz Women (publication files), c. 1997-1999

Box 1 of 18

Turkish Carpets from the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest (423) (publications files), c. 1989

Box 1 of 18

Vikings

Box 1 of 18

Voices of Hellenism: The Collection of Anthony Benaki (publications files), c. 1988

Box 1 of 18

American Glass (0035), 9/1996 - 11/2000

Box 1 of 18

American Porcelain: New Expressions in an Ancient Art (204) (publications files), 07/1983 - 07/1984

Box 1 of 18

Americanos: Latino Life in the US (I, II) (59, 105) (public relations files), 03/1999 - 08/2004 (10 folders)

Box 1 of 18

Box 2

Americanos: Latino Life in the US (I, II) (59, 105) (public relations files), 03/1999 - 08/2004 (32 folders)

Box 2 of 18

And Now a Message (publications files)

Box 2 of 18

Box 3

Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists (107) (PD, publications and public relations files), 03/2001 - 05/2003 (4 folders)

Box 3 of 18

Antoin Sevruguin and the Persian Image (135) (public relations files), 10/2003 - 11/2005 (5 folders)

Box 3 of 18

Art as Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and Eastern Europe (663) (publications files), 01/1992 - 10/1994

Box 3 of 18

(The) Artistry of African Currency (113) (PD and public relations files), 12/2001 - 08/2005 (7 folders)

Box 3 of 18

(The) Art of Jack Delano (457 and 018), 10/1997 - 09/2000 (6 folders)

Box 3 of 18

Artrain: Art in Celebration! (010), 03/1996 - 05/1999

Box 3 of 18

Audubon: Science into Art (333), 09/1985 - 04/1988

Box 3 of 18

Bee Quilting (publications files)

Box 3 of 18

Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington (710), 04/1993 - 12/1996 (8 folders)

Box 3 of 18

By the Light of the Qulliq, c. 1981?

Box 3 of 18

Ceramics of the Weimar Republic (393) (publications files), 06/1988 - 03/1991

Box 3 of 18

Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities (publications files), 04/1990 - 11/1993

Box 3 of 18

Colorful Kite Tales (publications files), c. 1983

Box 3 of 18

Community Industries of the Shakers (301) (publications files), 06/1986 - 11/1988

Box 3 of 18

Constance Stuart Larrabee: World War II Photo Journal (582), 05/1990 - 11/1971 (11 folders)

Box 3 of 18

Box 4

Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas (892), 03/1999 - 04/2002

Box 4 of 18

Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska (427) (publications files), 09/1988 - 02/1992 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 18

Cutlery (038), 2002

Box 4 of 18

Diamonds are Forever: Artists and Writers on Baseball (367), 01/1988 - 04/1990 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 18

Earth 2U: Exploring Geography (125, 126, 607, 799), 11/1995 - 8/2003 (17 folders)

Box 4 of 18

Box 5

Earth 2U: Exploring Geography (125, 126, 607, 799), 11/1995 - 8/2003 93 folders)

Box 5 of 18

Elba to Damascus: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Syria (262) (publications files), c. 1985 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 18

Exploring Garden Transformations (094) (public relations files), 09/2000 - 03/2005 (4 folders)

Box 5 of 18

Facing the Gods: Ritual masks of the Himalayas (383) (publications files), 01/1989 - 04/1991

Box 5 of 18

Family Folklore I, II, III (255, 464, 593) (publications files), 02/1990 - 12/1995

Box 5 of 18

(From) Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration 1915-1940 (362, 450) (publications files), 01/1988 - 01/1994 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 18

(The) Flag in American Indian Art (008) (PD and curatorial files), 8/1997 - 1/2000 (18 folders)

Box 5 of 18

Box 6

Fragile Ecologies: Artists' Interpretations and Solutions (595) (publications files), 09/1992 - 01/1995

Box 6 of 18

Generations: Birth Rituals and the Roots of Becoming (356) (publications files), c. 1987 (4 folders)

Box 6 of 18

Getting the Picture: the growth/History of Television in America (247) (publications files)

Box 6 of 18

(A)Gift to the Street: A Patternbook of Victorian Architecture (publications files), c. 1984

Box 6 of 18

Glamour and Allure: The Hollywood Photographs of George Hurrell (418) (publications files), 04/1988 - 07/1990

Box 6 of 18

Going Strong: Older Americans on the Job

Box 6 of 18

Good as gold: Alternative Materials in American Jewelry (publications files), c. 1981

Box 6 of 18

(The) Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly: Attitudes Toward Animals (620) (publications files), 05/1992 - 09/1995

Box 6 of 18

(The) Grand Generation: Memory, Mastery, Legacy (332) (publications files), 11/1987 - 04/1991

Box 6 of 18

Great American Comics: 100 Years of Cartoon Art (395), 10/1989 - 06/1992

Box 6 of 18

Haiti: The First Black Republic and Its Monuments to Freedom (publications files), 1986-1992

Box 6 of 18

Hannelore Baron: Works from 1969 to 1987 (071), 02/2002 - 09/2003

Box 6 of 18

Heart and Hands: Musical Instrument Makers of America (73) (public relations files), 04/2000 - 03/2003 (8 folders)

Box 6 of 18

Hollywood: Legend and Reality (258), 03/1986 - 1988 (8 folders)

Box 6 of 18

Box 7

Hollywood: Legend and Reality (258), 03/1986 - 1988 (4 folders)

Box 7 of 18

(To) Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions (publications files), 3/1999 - 4/2001 (2 folders)

Box 7 of 18

Ice Age Art (publications files), c. 1983

Box 7 of 18

Images of the Black in Western Art (127) (publications files), c. 1980

Box 7 of 18

Impressions/Expressions: Black American Graphics (publications files), c. 1982

Box 7 of 18

In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (087) (PD and public relations files), 01/2002 - 8/2004 (28 folders)

Box 7 of 18

Box 8

In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (087) (PD and public relations files), 01/2002 - 8/2004

Box 8 of 18

Innovative Furniture in America (publications files), c. 1981

Box 8 of 18

Inside Active Volcanoes: Kilauea and Mount St. Helens (406) (publications files), 07/1989 - 03/1993

Box 8 of 18

Inua: Spirit World of the Bering Sea Eskimo (publications files), c. 1983

Box 8 of 18

Invisible Light (publications files), c. 1981-1984

Box 8 of 18

Irish Decorative Arts from the Collections of the National Museum of Ireland (409) (publications files), 02/1990 - 03/1992

Box 8 of 18

Irish Silver from the 17th to the 19th Century (148) (publications files), 08/1982 - 04/1984

Box 8 of 18

Jacob Jordaens: Drawings and Prints (publications files), c. 1979-1981

Box 8 of 18

Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940 (002 and 118), 04/1997 - 06/2003 (2 folders)

Box 8 of 18

John Held's America: Flappers, the Jazz Age and Beyond (353) (publications files), 08/1986 - 11/1988

Box 8 of 18

John Singer Sargent: Drawings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art (publications files), 1983-1985

Box 8 of 18

John Sloan (publications files), c. 1963

Box 8 of 18

Jupiter and Its Moons (121) (publications files), c. 1980

Box 8 of 18

King Herod's Dream: Caesarea on the Sea (326) (publications files), 03/1988 - 01/1990

Box 8 of 18

Kings, Heroes, and Nomads (051) (publications files), c. 1983

Box 8 of 18

Korean Drawing Now (publications files), c. 1984

Box 8 of 18

Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (publications files), 06/1982 - 191985

Box 8 of 18

Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight (051), 04/2000 - 11/2002 (6 folders)

Box 8 of 18

Loose the Mighty Power: Impressions of the Steam Engine in America (publications files), 1981-1983

Box 8 of 18

Lost Cities, Forgotten Kings: Discovering the Ancient Cities of Honduras (publications files), c. 1984

Box 8 of 18

Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy (849) (publications files), 09/1994 - 12/1996 (3 folders)

Box 8 of 18

(The) Magic of Neon (239) (publications files), 1983

Box 8 of 18

Magnificent Voyagers: The US Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842 (273) (publications files), 11/1987 - 06/1989

Box 8 of 18

Mary Cassatt: Graphic Art (publications files), 05/1981 - 05/1982

Box 8 of 18

Master European Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland (publications files), 11/1983 - 06/1985

Box 8 of 18

Master Watercolors and Drawings from the Norton Gallery of Art (371) (publications files), 02/1988 - 09/1989

Box 8 of 18

(The) Master Weavers (336) (publications files), 06/1986 - 11/1988

Box 8 of 18

Material Evidence: New Color Techniques in Handmade Furniture (317) (publications files), c. 1985

Box 8 of 18

Mexico: A Landscape Revisited (797) (publications files), 09/1994 - 03/1996 (3 folders)

Box 8 of 18

Box 9

Microbes: Invisible Invaders, Amazing Allies (IG) (PD and publications files), c. 1999 (2 folders)

Box 9 of 18

Millennium Messages (075) (PD and publications files), 11/1999 - 01/2001 (3 folders)

Box 9 of 18

Moscow: Treasures and Traditions (90-0435), 06/1990 - 02/1991 (25 folders)

Box 9 of 18

Mouton Rothschild: Paintings for the Labels (286) (publications files), 1984-1989

Box 9 of 18

Mysterious Manatees (017), 06/1997 - 07/2002

Box 9 of 18

Native Harvests: Plants in American Indian Life (194) (publications files), 01/1984 - 11/1986

Box 9 of 18

Natural History of Sexuality (publications files), 09/1982 - 1984

Box 9 of 18

New Horizons: American Painting, 1840-1910 (276) (publications files), 11/1987 - 05/1988

Box 9 of 18

Newcomb Pottery: Enterprise for Southern Women (195) (publications files), 1984

Box 9 of 18

No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoonists on the Environment (718) (publications files), 10/1992 - 01/1996

Box 9 of 18

Noritake Art Deco Porcelains (publications files), 1984-1985

Box 9 of 18

(An) Ocean apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam (672) (publications files), 09/1995 - 08/1997 (2 folders)

Box 9 of 18

Box 10

Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery (116) (publications files), 1981-1983

Box 10 of 18

On Miniature Wings: Model Aircraft from the NASM (031) (publications files), 10/1999 - 07/2002 (2 folders)

Box 10 of 18

Our Beautiful Earth: The View from Air and Space (publications files), c. 1983

Box 10 of 18

Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future (065), 11/2000 - 05/2003

Box 10 of 18

(The) Photographer's Hand (125) (publications files), 1980-1983

Box 10 of 18

Piano 300, IG gallery?, c. 2001?

Box 10 of 18

Picture It! (publications files), c. 1981

Box 10 of 18

Portraits and Prospects: British and Irish Watercolors from Ulster Museum (410) (publications files), 08/1989 - 06/1992

Box 10 of 18

Power and Gold: Jewelry from Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines (305) (publications files), 09/1985 - 03/1989

Box 10 of 18

Pressed on Paper: Fish rubbings and Nature Prints (publications files), c. 1984

Box 10 of 18

(The) Prairie Schoolhouse: A Photo Essay (890), 04/1995 - 02/2001 (4 folders)

Box 10 of 18

(The) Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections, c. 1983-1984

Box 10 of 18

Produce for Victory (771, 81, 91, 92, 93) (public relations files), 06/1993 - 2004 (31 folders)

Box 10 of 18

Box 11

Produce for Victory (771, 81, 91, 92, 93) (public relations files), 06/1993 - 2004 (14 folders)

Box 11 of 18

(The) Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation (458) (publications files), 07/1991 - 07/1993

Box 11 of 18

Red, Hot, and Blue: a Salute to American Musicals (46) (PD, public relations and publications files), 01/1999 - 04/2002 (8 folders)

Box 11 of 18

Remaking America: New Uses, Old Places (publications files), 10/1986 - 12/1991

Box 11 of 18

Renaissance Master Bronzes from the Kunsthistorische Museum (294) (publications files), 07/1986 - 06/1987

Box 11 of 18

Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks (publications files), 1981-1983

Box 11 of 18

Russia, The Land, The People: Russian Painting, 1850-1910 (372) (publications files), 10/1986 - 07/1987

Box 11 of 18

(A) Russian Impressionist: Leonid Pasternak (324) (publications files), 11/1987 - 10/1989

Box 11 of 18

Savory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts (348) (publications files), 02/1987 - 07/1989

Box 11 of 18

Sculpture: Exploring 3D (271) (publications files), c. 1985

Box 11 of 18

Box 12

Seeing Jazz (012), 10/1997 - 10/1999 (56 folders, see also Box 18)

Box 12 of 18

Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia (68) (public relations files), 09/1999 - 09/2003 (5 folders)

Box 12 of 18

Sevres Porcelain (publications files), c. 1980

Box 12 of 18

Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in 19th Century America, Selections from the NMAA (National Museum of American Art) (302) (publications files), 01/1985 - 08/1988

Box 12 of 18

SITELINE (SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service- Publication), 1983-1995, 1996-2002 (15 folders)

Box 12 of 18

Box 13

Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box (70) (publication files), 9/2001 - 12/2002

Box 13 of 18

Songs of My People I, II, III (669, 691, 828) (publication files), 1/1991 - 7/1997

Box 13 of 18

Space Shuttle (publications files), c. 1981

Box 13 of 18

Spectacular Vernacular: Traditional Desert Architecture from West Africa (219/379) (publication files), 01/1986 - 05/1991

Box 13 of 18

Spirited Objects: Traditional Craft for the 21st Century (048) (PD and publication files), c. 1999 (3 folders)

Box 13 of 18

Star Wars: The Art of the Starfighter (Naboo) (108), 04/2001 - 09/2002

Box 13 of 18

Star Wars: The Magic of Myth (058), 09/1999 - 02/2003

Box 13 of 18

Stormy Weather (877), c. 1995

Box 13 of 18

Studied Beauty: Cecil Beaton (publications files), 05/1983 - 10/1985

Box 13 of 18

Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds (417) (publication files), 2/1989 - 5/1991

Box 13 of 18

Surrealist Art: Selections from the HMSG (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden) (320) (publication files), 3/1986 - 5/1987

Box 13 of 18

This Land is your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie (PD and publication files), 3/1999 - 4/2002 (2 folders)

Box 13 of 18

Threadworks: Miniature Textile Art (399) (publication files), c. 1984-1989

Box 13 of 18

Three Centuries of German Painting Cologne (315) (publications files), 08/1985 - 07/1986

Box 13 of 18

Traditional Crafts of Saudi Arabia (181) (publications files), 1982-1985

Box 13 of 18

Treasure of the Quicksilver Galleons (159) (publications files), 04/1982 - 02/1984

Box 13 of 18

Treasures from the Smithsonian (Edinburgh) (296) (publications files), 1984

Box 13 of 18

Tropical Rainforests: A Disappearing Treasure (364) (publications files), 5/1988 - 1/1994 (9 folders)

Box 13 of 18

Try This On: A History of Clothing, Gender, and Power (808) (publications files), 11/1994 - 6/1997

Box 13 of 18

Two Eagles/Dos Aguilas: A Natural History of the Mexican-American Boundary (662) (publications files), 10/1993 - 2/1997

Box 13 of 18

Box 14

UPDATE (SITES Publication), 1979-2001 (14 folders)

Box 14 of 18

Vanishing Amphibians (106) (PD, publications and public relations files), 01/2001 - 06/2004 (5 folders)

Box 14 of 18

(The) Vanishing Race and Other Illusions (129) (publications files), 03/1982 - 04/1984

Box 14 of 18

Victorian Gardens: A Horticultural Extravaganza (384) (publications files), 05/1988 - 09/1993

Box 14 of 18

Views of Rome: Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (344) (publications files), 11/1988 - 02/1991 (2 folders)

Box 14 of 18

Voice Mail Card (publications file), c. 1995

Box 14 of 18

Voices of Hellenism: Collection of Anthony Benaki, c. 1988

Box 14 of 18

Voyage: A Journey through our Solar System, 2000-2001

Box 14 of 18

Wade in the Water: African-American Sacred Music Traditions (88) (PD and publications files), 10/2000 - 02/2003 (4 folders)

Box 14 of 18

We Shall Overcome: Photographs from the American Civil Rights Era (21) (publications and public relations files), 01/1998 - 06/2004 (7 folders)

Box 14 of 18

Box 15

We'll Never Turn Back (126) (publications files), 03/1981 - 02/1983

Box 15 of 18

What Style Is It? (314/538) (publications files), 11/1987 - 12/1992

Box 15 of 18

Who's In Charge: Workers and Managers in the United States (721) (publications files), 08/1992 - 03/1996

Box 15 of 18

Women and Flight (009 and 130) (PD and public relations files), 06/1997 - 11/2003 (10 folders)

Box 15 of 18

Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs (055) (PD and publications files), 09/1999 - 08/2002 (4 folders)

Box 15 of 18

(The) Working American (90) (publications files), 10/1979 - 01/1981

Box 15 of 18

(The) Year of the Hopi: Paintings and Photographs of the American Future (232) (publications files), 09/1972 - 05/1983

Box 15 of 18

Box 16

Director of Exhibits: Management, 1999-2001

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Exhibition Proposals, 1992-1998

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Exhibition Proposals, 1999-2000

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Department Head Meetings, 1998

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Proposal Review, 1998

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: IDEA Notes, 1998

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: IDEA Notes, 1999

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Proposal Review, 1999

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Proposal rejection correspondence, 2000

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Proposal rejection correspondence, 2001

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Proposal rejection correspondence, 2002

Box 16 of 18

Director of Exhibits: Proposal rejection correspondence, 2003

Box 16 of 18

Hubble Space Telescope: New views of the Universe (22, 47, 02), 8/2000 - 8/2004 (7 folders)

Box 16 of 18

Box 17

Hubble Space Telescope: New views of the Universe (22, 47, 02), 8/2000 - 8/2004 (18 folders)

Box 17 of 18

Box 18

Seeing Jazz (012), 10/1997 - 10/1999 (see also Box 12)

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