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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 87-049

Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Public Information Office

Records, 1971-1985

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Public Information Office
Title:Records
Dates:1971-1985
Quantity:4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 87-049
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of general correspondence and memoranda with advertising agencies, corporations, Smithsonian staff, and television and radio stations concerning announcements and public service notices of museum events and activities; memoranda with staff concerning museum contributions to Smithsonian publications; press releases; and product development files.

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This accession consists of general correspondence and memoranda with advertising agencies, corporations, Smithsonian staff, and television and radio stations concerning announcements and public service notices of museum events and activities; memoranda with staff concerning museum contributions to Smithsonian publications; press releases; and product development files.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 87-049, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Public Information Office, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Publications Correspondence

A Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Abitare

Box 1 of 5

Allied Publications

Box 1 of 5

American Artist

Box 1 of 5

American Craft Magazine

Box 1 of 5

American Fabrics Magazine

Box 1 of 5

American Heritage

Box 1 of 5

Americana Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Antiquariato

Box 1 of 5

Antiques, The Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Antiques & Auction News

Box 1 of 5

Antiques and The Arts Weekly

Box 1 of 5

Antiques & Collectibles

Box 1 of 5

Antique Monthly and Horizon

Box 1 of 5

Antiques World

Box 1 of 5

Antiques USA

Box 1 of 5

Apollo Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Aquarian Weekly

Box 1 of 5

Architectural Design (AD), London; Architectural Review, London

Box 1 of 5

Architectural Record; Architectural Digest

Box 1 of 5

Architectural Digest, Italy - Anna Querci

Box 1 of 5

Art & Antiques

Box 1 of 5

Art in America

Box 1 of 5

Art Forum/Art World

Box 1 of 5

Art News/Art News Books/Art Newsletter

Box 1 of 5

Arts Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Associated Press

Box 1 of 5

Audio Visual Communications

Box 1 of 5

Avenue

Box 1 of 5

Amsterdam News

Box 1 of 5

B Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Backseat

Box 1 of 5

Baltimore Sun

Box 1 of 5

Bergen Record

Box 1 of 5

Better Homes and Gardens

Box 1 of 5

Boston Globe/Boston Herald American

Box 1 of 5

Buffalo Evening News

Box 1 of 5

C Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Camden Courier Post

Box 1 of 5

Casa Vogue, Milan

Box 1 of 5

Christian Science Monitor

Box 1 of 5

Children Today - Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth and Families

Box 1 of 5

Cincinnati Enquirer

Box 1 of 5

Colonial Homes Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Commerce Journal

Box 1 of 5

Connaissance des Arts

Box 1 of 5

Connoisseur

Box 1 of 5

Courier News

Box 1 of 5

Craft International

Box 1 of 5

Cronica, New York

Box 1 of 5

M Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Mademoiselle

Box 1 of 5

Manhattan East

Box 1 of 5

Mass Bay Antiques

Box 1 of 5

Metropolis

Box 1 of 5

Metropolitan Home

Box 1 of 5

Miami Herald

Box 1 of 5

Middletown Times Herald Record

Box 1 of 5

Milwaukee Journal

Box 1 of 5

MD Magazine

Box 1 of 5

MODO, Milan

Box 1 of 5

Muse Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Museum Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Museums New York

Box 1 of 5

N Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

National Education, California

Box 1 of 5

National Journal

Box 1 of 5

Needle Arts/The Embroiderers' Guild of America

Box 1 of 5

Needlepoint Bulletin; Needlepoint News

Box 1 of 5

New Brunswick Home News

Box 1 of 5

New Haven Register

Box 1 of 5

New York Daily News

Box 1 of 5

New York Guide; Wisdom's Child

Box 1 of 5

New York Hall of Science

Box 1 of 5

New York Magazine

Box 1 of 5

New York News for Kids

Box 1 of 5

New York-Pennsylvania Collector

Box 1 of 5

Cue Magazine (Merged with New York)

Box 1 of 5

New York Post

Box 1 of 5

Newsday

Box 1 of 5

Newsweek

Box 1 of 5

Nineteenth Century Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Northwest Orient

Box 1 of 5

O Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Oculus

Box 1 of 5

Ohio Antique Review

Box 1 of 5

Ornament Magazine

Box 1 of 5

P Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Park East

Box 1 of 5

People and Places

Box 1 of 5

Philadelphia Bulletin

Box 1 of 5

Philadelphia Inquirer

Box 1 of 5

Plaza Newsletter

Box 1 of 5

Portfolio

Box 1 of 5

Print Collector's Newsletter

Box 1 of 5

Progressive Architecture

Box 1 of 5

Promenade

Box 1 of 5

R Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Reader's Digest; Reader's Digest Books

Box 1 of 5

Realite

Box 1 of 5

Restaurant Design

Box 1 of 5

Riverdale Press

Box 1 of 5

S Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Sacramento Bee

Box 1 of 5

San Diego Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Saturday Review

Box 1 of 5

Scholastic Magazine

Box 1 of 5

Science 80

Box 1 of 5

Scripps Howard - United Media Enterprises (NEA, United Features Syndicate, World Almanac, TV Data)

Box 1 of 5

Sew Business Magazine

Box 1 of 5

R. L. Shep Textile Booklist

Box 1 of 5

Signature Magazine, US and London

Box 1 of 5

Skyline - Institute for Architecture and Urban Design

Box 1 of 5

Soho Weekly News

Box 1 of 5

Spinning Wheel

Box 1 of 5

Sports Illustrated

Box 1 of 5

Staten Island Advance

Box 1 of 5

St. Louis Post Dispatch

Box 1 of 5

Syndicate

Box 1 of 5

T Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

Time

Box 2 of 5

Travel & Leisure

Box 2 of 5

Tribune des Arts

Box 2 of 5

U Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 5

United Features Syndicate

Box 2 of 5

United Press

Box 2 of 5

USA Today

Box 2 of 5

V Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 5

Vanity Fair

Box 2 of 5

Victorian Society

Box 2 of 5

Village Voice

Box 2 of 5

Vogue, US

Box 2 of 5

Vogue, Paris

Box 2 of 5

Wall Street Journal

Box 2 of 5

Washington Post

Box 2 of 5

Washington Times

Box 2 of 5

Webb Company, St. Paul, Minnesota (TWA/Ambassador and other flight magazines)

Box 2 of 5

Women's Day

Box 2 of 5

Woodbridge News Tribune

Box 2 of 5

World Interiors, London

Box 2 of 5

World Topics

Box 2 of 5

XYZ Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 5

Yarn Craft Magazine

Box 2 of 5

Your Home

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Files

Art to Zoo

Box 2 of 5

Library of Congress

Box 2 of 5

Leven, Ann

Box 2 of 5

Personnel and Payroll Information

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Congressional Information Handbook

Box 2 of 5

SI Conservation Training and Job Marketing Analysis

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Executive Staff and Bureau and Office Directors

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Collection Inventory

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Duplicating Service

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Fellowships, Internships and Visiting Professionals

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Guide for the Disabled

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Magazine

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Quarterly Calendar

Box 2 of 5

Radio Smithsonian

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian News Service Survey of Users

Box 2 of 5

SI Press

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Office of Public Affairs (2 folders)

Box 2 of 5

Official Guide to the Smithsonian (2 folders)

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Resource Directory - 1983 Update

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Regents Annual Report, 1901

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Regents

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Institution Research Reports, 1980-1982

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Research and Study Opportunities

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Survey of Property

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian Directory Update

Box 2 of 5

Smithsonian General (Includes Ripley Articles)

Box 2 of 5

United States Information Agency

Box 2 of 5

United States Government Manual Update, 1982

Box 2 of 5

Wilson Center, Smithsonian

Box 2 of 5

General Correspondence

A Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 5

Acquisitions, 1977

Box 2 of 5

Adams & Rinehart, Inc.

Box 2 of 5

Admission Changes, June 1978

Box 2 of 5

American Association of Museums

Box 2 of 5

American Crafts Council

Box 2 of 5

American Express

Box 2 of 5

American Federation of the Arts - Officers and Trustees

Box 2 of 5

American Institute of Architects

Box 2 of 5

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Design Library

Box 2 of 5

B Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 5

Bettmann Archive

Box 2 of 5

Book-of-the-Month Club, Smithsonian Publications Project, 1976-79

Box 2 of 5

Brooklyn Museum Bus Trip, October 17, 1975

Box 2 of 5

Bonwit Teller

Box 2 of 5

Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Box 2 of 5

Business Committee for the Arts

Box 2 of 5

C Miscellaneous

Box 2 of 5

Carnegie Hall

Box 2 of 5

Carnegie Hill Neighbors

Box 2 of 5

Cantin & Elliott - Accent on Design Magazine for Gift Show, February 1984

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

Carnegie Corporation

Box 3 of 5

City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art Program

Box 3 of 5

Citizen's Committee for New York

Box 3 of 5

Corporate Funding

Box 3 of 5

Corporate Members List, 1981, 1983

Box 3 of 5

Benefits List

Box 3 of 5

Corporate Funding - Background Sheets, 1980-1984

Box 3 of 5

Corporate Funding - Possible Memberships and Giving

Box 3 of 5

Correspondence - Publicity, 1972

Box 3 of 5

Creamer-Dickson Basford - Wallcoverings, Summer 1980

Box 3 of 5

Cultural Affairs - City of New York, Cultural Assistance Center

Box 3 of 5

Cultural Bus Route, 1981

Box 3 of 5

D Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 5

Decorative Arts Council

Box 3 of 5

Decorators Show House, May 2-26, 1974

Box 3 of 5

Democratic National Committee

Box 3 of 5

Design Fair, 1980

Box 3 of 5

Development - Royalty Possibilities

Box 3 of 5

Dreyfuss - Transmittal Reports

Box 3 of 5

East Mid-Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Box 3 of 5

F Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 5

Film Sources

Box 3 of 5

Financial Statement, Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Box 3 of 5

Flatbush "Frolic" Street Fair, 1979-1983

Box 3 of 5

Friend of Textiles - Donnell Series

Box 3 of 5

Foundations General

Box 3 of 5

G Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 5

Garden Club

Box 3 of 5

Graphic Designers

Box 3 of 5

Guggenheim Accounting

Box 3 of 5

H Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 5

Hathaway General Fund Appeal, 1976

Box 3 of 5

Heinz Study Center

Box 3 of 5

Holography - Department or Program, 1975

Box 3 of 5

Hotels

Box 3 of 5

House Ceremony

Box 3 of 5

Expenses (Public Relations)

Box 3 of 5

I Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 5

International Antiquarian Book Fair, 1975

Box 3 of 5

Inter-Office Memoranda

Box 3 of 5

J Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 5

Justema Book

Box 3 of 5

K Miscellaneous

Box 3 of 5

Kubler Collection

Box 3 of 5

Television and Radio Files

General Correspondence - TV, 1978-1982

Box 3 of 5

Filming, 1979-1980

Box 3 of 5

WABC Channel 7 (Good Morning America and General)

Box 3 of 5

WCBS Channel 2 (CBS News and Other Departments)

Box 3 of 5

WNBC Channel 4 (NBC Today Show and Others)

Box 3 of 5

WNEW Channel 5 (Big Apple Minute and Others)

Box 3 of 5

WNET Channel 13

Box 3 of 5

WNYC TV and Radio

Box 3 of 5

WOR Channel 9 (News, Straight Talk)

Box 3 of 5

WQRX in the Works

Box 3 of 5

WYNY FM 97

Box 3 of 5

WNYC Channel 31 (Watson)

Box 3 of 5

Museum Shop Files

Museum Shop Items Listed in Various Publications

Box 3 of 5

Museum Shop Memoranda and Invoices, 1980

Box 3 of 5

Slide Kits, Obsolete, 1979

Box 3 of 5

Slide Kits, Textiles

Box 3 of 5

Slide Kit Correspondence

Box 3 of 5

Permission to Publish (Awaiting Completion)

Box 3 of 5

American Art Directory

Box 3 of 5

A Dictionary of Art Museums in the United States, Crown Publishing

Box 3 of 5

The Art Gallery, Ivoryton, Connecticut

Box 3 of 5

Art Now Gallery Guide

Box 3 of 5

Arts & Sports USA, Cultural Services, Inc.

Box 3 of 5

Automobile Club - Tour Guide

Box 3 of 5

The Best of New York

Box 3 of 5

The Big Apple Guide to New York

Box 3 of 5

Blue Guide to New York City, Ernest Benn Limited

Box 3 of 5

R. R. Bowker Company

Box 3 of 5

City of New York Official Directory

Box 3 of 5

Directory of World Museums

Box 3 of 5

Corning Museum of Glass

Box 3 of 5

Domus

Box 3 of 5

Entertainment New York

Box 3 of 5

General Services Administration

Box 3 of 5

Gifted Resource Specialists

Box 3 of 5

Government Research Directory, 1984

Box 3 of 5

Key Magazine

Box 3 of 5

Mobile Travel Guide - Rand McNally

Box 3 of 5

Museum Guide and Directory Listings, 1982-1984

Box 3 of 5

Museum Guide and Directory Listings, 1979-1981

Box 3 of 5

Press Releases

Calendar Releases, 1979

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

Calendar Release Preparation, 1979

Box 4 of 5

Programs, 1979

Box 4 of 5

Program Press Releases, 1978

Box 4 of 5

Calendar Releases - Exhibitions, 1978

Box 4 of 5

Calendar and Exhibition Releases, 1978

Box 4 of 5

Programs - Work Papers and Mailing Lists, 1978

Box 4 of 5

Program Releases, 1978

Box 4 of 5

Programs - Correspondence, 1978

Box 4 of 5

Cultural Council Foundation (CCF)/Ceta Artists Project, 1978-1979

Box 4 of 5

Calendar Releases, June-August 1977

Box 4 of 5

Programs - Work Papers (Includes background information sheets), 1977

Box 4 of 5

Programs - General Notes, Fall 1978

Box 4 of 5

Craft Workshops, Winter 1978

Box 4 of 5

Press Releases (Unfiled), 1977-1980

Box 4 of 5

Programs, 1977

Box 4 of 5

Calendar Releases, September 1977

Box 4 of 5

Fall Programs, October-December 1977

Box 4 of 5

Fashion, 1977: October 3, November 7, December 5; 1978: January 16, February 6

Box 4 of 5

Films, 1977: October 7, December 9

Box 4 of 5

Marquetry, October 28-29, 1977

Box 4 of 5

Poetry, November-December 1977

Box 4 of 5

Screen Printing

Box 4 of 5

Sunday Concerts, October 9-30, 1977

Box 4 of 5

Travel, 1977: October 15, December 10

Box 4 of 5

Adult and Children Programs (Work Folder), Fall 1977

Box 4 of 5

Adult and Children Programs, Summer 1977

Box 4 of 5

News Releases - Children's Programs, Winter 1977

Box 4 of 5

News Releases - Adult Programs, Winter 1977

Box 4 of 5

News Releases - Children's Programs, Spring 1977

Box 4 of 5

Museums of the Northeast, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1984

Box 4 of 5

National Arts Guide

Box 4 of 5

New York Art Review (Published in Chicago)

Box 4 of 5

Oxford Literary Guide

Box 4 of 5

Seasons in Art - Calendar Listings

Box 4 of 5

Stuart, Tabori & Chang, Inc. - Museum Guide Book Preparation, 1981; New York: Open to the Public Guide

Box 4 of 5

Winter Antiques Show

Box 4 of 5

Programs, Fall 1982

Box 4 of 5

Programs, Summer 1982

Box 4 of 5

Dance Programs, Summer 1982

Box 4 of 5

Programs, Spring 1982

Box 4 of 5

Programs, Summer Ball, 1982

Box 4 of 5

Programs, Winter 1982

Box 4 of 5

Calendar Releases, 1982

Box 4 of 5

Programs, Spring 1981

Box 4 of 5

Calendar, 1981

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

Jewelry Seminar, December 5-6, 1981

Box 5 of 5

Floor Coverings Workshops

Box 5 of 5

Architecture Film Series

Box 5 of 5

Programs, Winter 1981

Box 5 of 5

Programs, Fall 1981

Box 5 of 5

Programs, Summer 1981

Box 5 of 5

Exhibitions Concerned with Some Aspect of Industrial Design

Box 5 of 5

Press Release Masters, 1980

Box 5 of 5

Press Kits - "Door"

Box 5 of 5

Programs, Fall 1980

Box 5 of 5

Programs, Summer 1980

Box 5 of 5

Program Worksheets, Spring 1980

Box 5 of 5

Programs (Work Papers), Winter 1980

Box 5 of 5

Calendar Releases, General Information Sheets, 1980

Box 5 of 5

Program Press Releases, Fall 1980

Box 5 of 5

Children's Programs - Statement of Philosophy

Box 5 of 5

Special Correspondence, 1980

Box 5 of 5

Program Press Releases, Summer 1980

Box 5 of 5

Program Press Releases, Spring 1980

Box 5 of 5

Program Press Releases, Winter 1980

Box 5 of 5