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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 446

National Museum of American Art. Office of the Deputy Director

Records, circa 1978-1987

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American Art. Office of the Deputy Director
Title:Records
Dates:circa 1978-1987
Quantity:4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection:Record Unit 446
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of subject files created by Charles Robertson as Assistant Director, Resources, and Assistant Director, Museum Resources, mostly from 1983-1984. Also included are records of Robertson as Associate Administrator and as Assistant Director.

Historical Note

The position of Assistant Director, Resources, was created in 1983 during a reorganization of the National Museum of American Art (NMAA). Charles Robertson, who joined the staff in 1978 as Associate Administrator, served as Assistant Director, Resources, 1983-1984; Assistant Director, Museum Resources, 1985-1986; and Deputy Director, 1986- .

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Descriptive Entry

These records consist of subject files created by Charles Robertson as Assistant Director, Resources, and Assistant Director, Museum Resources, mostly 1983-1984. Also included are exhibition records of Robertson as Associate Administrator and as Assistant Director.

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

Name

Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 446, National Museum of American Art. Office of the Deputy Director, Records

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Container List

Box 1

FY 1984 Files - Museum Resources Division

Administrative Services

Box 1 of 4

Administrative Services (Building Manager)

Box 1 of 4

Administrative Services (Protection)

Box 1 of 4

Barney Studio House

Box 1 of 4

Conservation Lab

Box 1 of 4

Curatorial Division

Box 1 of 4

Design & Production

Box 1 of 4

Office of Director

Box 1 of 4

Office of Director - Special Events

Box 1 of 4

18th & 19th Century Painting & Sculpture

Box 1 of 4

Graphic Arts

Box 1 of 4

Intern Programs

Box 1 of 4

Library (Archives of NMAA)

Box 1 of 4

Library

Box 1 of 4

Museum Programs Division

Box 1 of 4

Museum Programs Division (Films)

Box 1 of 4

Museum Resources Division, 10/1983-3/1984

Box 1 of 4

Museum Resources Division, 4/1984-9/1984

Box 1 of 4

Museum Resources Division (Neighborhood Concerns)

Box 1 of 4

Museum Resources Division (Neighborhood Concerns TECHWORLD)

Box 1 of 4

Box 2

Public Affairs

Box 2 of 4

Publications

Box 2 of 4

Public Programs

Box 2 of 4

Registrar, 10/1983-3/1984

Box 2 of 4

Registrar, 4/1984-9/1984

Box 2 of 4

Registrar (Deaccessioning)

Box 2 of 4

Renwick

Box 2 of 4

Research & Support, 10/1983-3/1984

Box 2 of 4

Research & Support, 4/1984-9/1984

Box 2 of 4

Research & Fellowships

Box 2 of 4

Research Support (IAP)

Box 2 of 4

Research Support (IAS)

Box 2 of 4

Research Support (July)

Box 2 of 4

Research Support (Rights & Reproduction)

Box 2 of 4

TECHWORLD (Pre-hearing Submission to D.C. Zoning Commission on 9/27)

Box 2 of 4

20th Century Painting & Sculpture

Box 2 of 4

Box 3

Exhibition File Folders

Box 3 of 4

Anni Albers (Folders 1982, 1983, 1982-1983)

Box 3 of 4

Amish Quilts

Box 3 of 4

Art of New Mexico (Folders 1986, 1983-1985)

Box 3 of 4

Romaine Brooks

Box 3 of 4

Wendell Castle Clocks

Box 3 of 4

Container Corporation Exhibition

Box 3 of 4

Joseph Cornell

Box 3 of 4

Arthur Wesley Dow

Box 3 of 4

Werner Drewes

Box 3 of 4

Sculpture & Federal Triangle (Folders 1981, 1995-1980)

Box 3 of 4

Focusing on Art

Box 3 of 4

Hampton's "The Throne of the 3rd Heaven of the Nation's Millennium General Assembly"

Box 3 of 4

Nature's Forms/Nature's Forces, Art of Alexander Hogue

Box 3 of 4

Patrick Ireland

Box 3 of 4

Italian Muse - Painters in Italy, 1800-1855

Box 3 of 4

George Jensen (Silversmith)

Box 3 of 4

Ray Metzker

Box 3 of 4

NEA Photographs

Box 3 of 4

James Rosenquist

Box 3 of 4

Russian Painting

Box 3 of 4

Sharing Traditions - Five Black Artists in 19th Century America, 11/1983-7/1984, 8/1984

Box 3 of 4

Turned Wood Bowl

Box 3 of 4

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Building

Box 3 of 4

Exhibition Circulating, FY 1981-1985

Box 3 of 4

General Exhibition Information, FY 1977, FY 1984

Box 3 of 4

Box 4

Exhibition Budgeting, FY 1977-1979

Box 4 of 4

Exhibitions Proposed for Future, FY 1978-1987

Box 4 of 4

Exhibition Television Coverage

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions, FY 1984

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions, FY 1983

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions, FY 1982

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions, FY 1981

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions, FY 1980

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions Manierre Dawson

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions Martin Johnson Heade

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions Gift Abraham Rattner

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions Varian Estate

Box 4 of 4

Acquisitions Wilson Smith - Peale Portrait

Box 4 of 4

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