Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 531
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Exhibitions
Exhibition Records, 1969-1992
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: | Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Exhibitions |
Title: | Exhibition Records |
Dates: | 1969-1992 |
Quantity: | 25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (oversize materials) |
Collection: | Record Unit 531 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | These records document the conceptualization, development, design, and execution of several exhibitions held by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum from 1973 through 1992, and of exhibitions rejected or cancelled by the Museum. Exhibition files include proposals; research files; correspondence with object lenders, scholars, and exhibition designers; photographs, slides, and checklists of objects; installation floor plans and blueprints, including layout drawings by Robin Parkinson; scripts and label copy; publicity materials; press reviews; funding and budget records; catalog publication notes; and bibliographies. In addition, the records contain slides that were shown in some exhibitions. |
Historical Note
The Cooper-Hewitt Museum (CHM) reinstated its exhibits office in fiscal year 1973 with the appointment of Dorothy Twining Globus as Exhibits Specialist. Lucy Fellowes was retained as Exhibitions Researcher in FY 1977. Globus became Exhibition Coordinator in FY 1978 and Curator of Exhibitions in FY 1987. Robin Parkinson was Exhibition Designer from FY 1978 through FY 1985, and Michael Legnasky was Designer in FY 1988, but the position has otherwise lapsed or been vacant.
Descriptive Entry
These records document the conceptualization, development, design, and execution of several exhibitions held by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum from 1973 through 1992, and of exhibitions rejected or cancelled by the museum. Exhibition files include proposals; research files; correspondence with object lenders, scholars, and exhibition designers; photographs, slides, and checklists of objects; installation floor plans and blueprints, including layout drawings by Robin Parkinson; scripts and label copy; publicity materials; press reviews; funding and budget records; catalogue publication notes; and bibliographies. In addition, the records contain slides that were shown in some exhibitions.
Index Terms
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Name
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 531, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
Container List
Box 1
Early Files (general)
Opening: Background, 1975-1976
Hans Hollein: Correspondence, 1975-1977 (2 folders)
Exhibition Schedules in New York, 1976
Opening Show: Expenses, 1975-1976
Opening Show: Ideas
Special Projects, 1976
S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc.: Meetings, 1975-1976
Hans Hollein/George Nelson: Opening Exhibition
Opening Senario
Legal Questions, 1975
Loan Requests: Smithsonian Institution, 1975-1976
Loan Requests: Non-Smithsonian, 1975
Opening Show: Net Proposal
Party Plans, 1976
Production Contracts, 1976
The Johnson Foundation: "Nature of Design" Conference, 1975
Opening Show: Publicity, 1976
Recent Exhibitions and Research, 1975
Schedules, 1975-1976
Opening Show: Smithsonian Participation, 1973-1976
Meetings with Hans Hollein, 1974
Opening Show: Guidelines, 1974
Opening Show: Statements, 1973
Public Policy Exhibition: Lebowitz/Reese, 1974
"Radio City Art Deco" Exhibition, 1974
"Storage" Exhibition, 1974
Victoria and Albert Museum Show, 1973
Walker Art Museum, 1977
Women's School of Planning and Architecture, 1975
Museum Store Association, 1971-1972
Brooklyn Museum Exhibition
Buckminster Fuller, 1973
American Bible Society, 1975
Karin Bacon, 1975
Horst H. Baumann: Communication Design, 1974-1975
Peter Bradford, 1974
Peter A. Brown, 1975
Leslie Dorsey Collection
Henry Dreyfuss Design Collection, 1973
Jeff Hayward, 1973
Sam Holmes, 1973
J. B. Jackson, 1969
Immovable Objects Project, 1974
Paul Rudolph, 1973-1975
Paul Rudolph/Carl Black, 1974
"Human Space" Exhibition, 1973-1976
Modular Exhibition: Slides
Smith/Burlingham, 1973
Dino Gavina, 1974-1977
Research and Design Institute
Daltifft Hooked Rugs, 1974
Correspondence (general), 1975-1976
Museums Collaborative, Inc., 1975
Slide Kits, 1977
Copper-Hewitt Museum: Signage, 1976-1977
"Naives and Visionaries" Exhibition, 1975-1976
Exhibit Budget Ideas, 1976
Staff Meeting Notes, 1975-1977
Grants Information, 1977
Smithsonian Bicentennial Planning, 1974
Richard Saul Wurman, 1974
"Berlin Now: Cultural Aspects of a City" Exhibition, 1977
Sculpture in the Environment, Inc.
Rejected Exhibitions
American Architects: Sullivan, Richardson, and Wright, 1976-1978
Andreas Adam: New York and Chicago in Postcards, 1979-1980
Amusement Parks (Louis Wasserman), 1977-1979
The Art Fabric: Mainstream, 1981
Art and Architecture: The History and Future of the Collaboration, 1980
Architecture and Media, 1977-1979
Art Deco Doors, 1980
Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, 1978-1979
Bauhaus in America, 1977-1978
Belgium Today, 1978-1979
Broadway, 1976
Building Brooklyn Bridge, 1982
Brunelleschi Anti-Classico, 1977
Children's Institute (Dolores Pacileo), 1977
Cedric Price, 1973-1976
Contemporary German Textiles, 1979
City and Country, 1977
Custom House, 1980-1982
Box 2
Dreamstage, 1977-1978
Earth Architecture, 1980-1981 (2 folders)
Energy Show, 1976
Ethno-Christian Art, 1981
Fantastic Architecture, 1980-1981
Fashion (Erte Show), 1978-1979
Folk Art, 1977
Food First, 1976-1979
French Textiles Show, 1981
Goetheanum: Architectural Impulse of Rudolf Steiner, 1979-1980
Good as Gold: Alternative Materials in American Jewelry, 1981
Golden Age of Naples, 1981-1982
Gordon Conway, 1978-1980
Gilles De Bure, 1978
"Huguenot" Exhibition, 1982-1983
Hungarian Art Nouveau, 1977
Irish Silver, 1981-1982
Italian Re-Evolution: Design of the Eighties, 1982-1984 (2 folders)
Japanese Ceramics, 1982
Japanese Takihyo Textiles, 1978
"London: 1900" Exhibition, 1978-1979
Modern Dance, 1977-1983
Naives and Visionaries, 1978
Napoleonic Silks, 1982
Niagara Falls: Nineteenth Century Views and Visions, 1982-1983
Palais Stoclet, 1981
Paperbacks, 1981
"Perfume" Exhibition, 1980-1981
Railway Stations Show, 1978-1980
"Recycling" Exhibition, 1977-1979
Renwick Shows, 1977
Regional Architecture, 1981
Rhode Island Architecture, 1981
Russian Art and Culture of the Golden Age, 1976-1977
The Art of Imperial Russia, 1977
The Search for Alexander, 1980
The Seasonal Trade, 1982
Speaking a New Classicism: American Architecture Now, 1981
Studio Alchymia, 1981
Tapestry Show, 1977-1980
Tryon Palace, 1977
World Fairs and Expositions, 1978
Window Displays, 1982
Wrought Iron, 1981
Show Proposals and Regrets, 1977-1978
Potential Exhibitions (general), 1974-1976
Exhibition Proposals, 1977-1978
Rejected Proposals, 1976-1982 (Folders 1-3 of 10)
Box 3
Rejected Proposals, 1976-1982 (Folders 4-10 of 10)
MAN transFORMS: Aspects of Design
Lenders, 1976
General Concept, 1974-1977
Credits, 1976
Disbursal, 1976-1977
Dismantling, 1977
Correspondence (general), 1976-1977
Installation Photographs
Travel Planning, 1977
Checklist
Labels, 1976
Bread Record Cards (2 folders)
Peter Bode, 1975-1977
Furniture, 1973
Virginia Dajani, 1976
Buckminster Fuller, 1975-1976
Murray Grigor, 1975-1976
Arata Isozaki, 1975-1976
Mandala, 1975-1976
Richard Meier, 1975-1976
George Nelson, 1975-1976
Davie Lerner, 1975-1976
Ettore Sottsass, 1975-1977
Box 4
Oswald M. Ungers, 1976-1978
Budget, 1976
Carnege Mansion: Architects Meeting, 1976
Paris Meetings, 1975
Wingspread Conference, 1975
Opening Show, 1971-1975
Hollein Discussions
Approvals, 1975-1976
Opening Show: Proposals, 1973-1974
S. C. Johnson and Company
Contracts, 1974-1975
Catalogue, 1975-1976
Production Supervisors Proposals, 1975
Completed Exhibitions
Alvar Aalto, 1978-1979
Beach, Boardwalk, and Boulevard, 1980
Bowery Bank Show, 1978-1979
Central Park Postcards, 1980
Central Park Environmental Art, 1980
Central Park Drawings, 1980-1981
Frederick Church, 1979-1980
A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1979-1980
Electroworks, 1979-1980
Embroidery Through the Ages, 1977-1978
German Nineteenth Century Stage Designs, 1980-1981
Hair, 1979-1980 (3 folders)
Italian Drawings, 1977-1978
"MA" Space Time in Japan, 1978-1981 (Folders 1-2 of 7)
Box 5
"MA" Space Time in Japan, 1978-1981 (Folders 3-7 of 7)
The Dream King: Designs for the Castles and Palaces of Ludwig II of Bavaria,
1977-1979 (4 folders)
More than Meets the Eye, 1978 (2 folders)
Mustard Pots, 1979
"Ocean Liner: Speed, Style, Symbol" Exhibition, 1979-1980
Ornament in the 20th Century, 1978-1980 (3 folders)
Porcelain, 1978-1979
Roma Interrotta, 1981
"Silver" Exhibition
"Smithsonian" Exhibition, 1979
Spectacular Spaces
Subways around the World, 1980-1981
Box 6
Immovable Objects II: The Subway, 1977-1978 (2 folders)
Subways: An Underground Exhibition, 1980-1982
Theatre Design, 1982-1983
"Tiffany" Exhibition, 1982
"Tiles" Exhibition, 1980
"Wallpaper" Exhibition, 1980-1981
The Water Show, 1978
Exhibitions Department (general)
Embroidery in the Past and Present, 1977
Administrative Management Study, 1971
Dorothy Twining, 1972
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Ecology Exhibition, 1972
New York City Food Facilities Survey, 1971
"Subways" Exhibition: Pending Issues, 1979
Vienna Moderne: 1898-1918, an Early Encounter Between Taste and Utility
Lenders, 1978 (2 folders)
Photographs (Xerox copies), 1978
Film Treatment/Prelude, 1978
Post Installation, 1978-1979
Fund Raising and Grants, 1978
Correspondence, 1978-1979
Participating Museums, 1978
Exhibition Objects
Fabrics (James May), 1979-1980
Austrian Year, 1978-1979
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, 1978
Austrian Institute, 1978
Austrian Embassy, 1978
Catalogue Planning, 1978
Exhibition Design
Public Relations, 1978
Exhibition Outline, 1978
Photograph Selection, 1978
Correspondence (International), 1978
Registrar, 1978
Wiener Werkstatte, 1978
Labels (2 folders)
Box 7
Immovable Objects II: The Subway
Lenders, 1978
Correspondence (general), 1978-1979 (2 folders)
Post Exhibition Correspondence, 1978-1980
Credits, 1977
Artists, 1977
Lucy Fellows: Correspondence, 1977-1978
Peter Blake: Correspondence, 1977-1978
Samuel Lebowitz, 1977
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1977-1978
Budget, 1977-1978
Correspondence (general), 1976-1978 (2 folders)
Catalogue Correspondence, 1977 (2 folders)
Films
Handouts, 1978
Exhibition Ideas, 1977
Installation
Opening, 1977
Exhibition Online
Public Announcements, 1977
Names, 1976-1977
Postcards, 1977
Press Releases, 1977
Products
Programs and Lectures, 1977
Reports, 1977-1978
Lee Rogers, 1977
Sources, 1977
Catalogue Distribution, 1978
Fact Sheet, 1977-1978
Press, 1977-1978
General Inquiries, 1977-1978
Book Publication, 1978
Tour and Lecture Series, 1977
Traveling Exhibition Plans, 1978
Assembly Instructions
Transit Advertising, 1977
Transit Studies, 1976-1977
Show Text
Tour Literature, 1977
Transportation: Boston, 1978
Box 8
City Transportation, 1977-1978 (2 folders)
Final Text Copy
Statistics, 1977
Exhibition Layout, 1977
Press Kit Label
Display Labels Scripts
Exhibitions (general)
Correspondence, 1978-1982
Visitor Comments (general), 1978-1979 (2 folders)
Registrar Permissions, 1982
Immovable Objects II: The Subway, 1977
Man Transforms: Aspects of Design, 1976-1979
Correspondence: Replies to Visitors, 1977
Brighton Pavilion Exhibition, 1977
Shipping Procedures, 1976
"Man Transforms" Exhibition: Visitor Comments, 1977
"The Dream King" Exhibition: Visitor Comments, 1979
"Vienna Moderne" Exhibition: Visitor Comments, 1978-1979
"Shopping Bag" Exhibition: Visitor Comments, 1978-1979
"Brighton Pavilion" Exhibition: Visitor Comments, 1977
"More than meets the Eye" Exhibition: Visitor Comments, 1977-1978
"AFA Palladio" Exhibition: Visitor Comments, 1977
Immovable Objects II: Urban Open Spaces
Lenders, 1979-1981
Reviews of Exhibition and Book, 1981
Design Award Entry, 1979-1980
Congratulating Letters, 1979
Budget and Proposals
Selected Reading
Opening Date, 1979
Streets Study
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1978
Traveling Exhibition Plan, 1979-1980
Anthony Walmsley, 1979
Exhibition Panels
Press Releases, 1979
Museum Mile Street Festival (New York City), 1979
Production, 1979
Street Furniture, 1979
Correspondence (general), 1977-1979
Asphalt Green Youth Center, 1979
Urban Parks and Open Spaces: Bibliography, 1979
Box 9
Citizen's Committee, 1978
Friends of Central Park, 1978
Oscar Newman, 1973
Programs, Lecture and Conferences, 1978
Group Greening and Rehabilitation Efforts, 1978
Wetlands and National Areas
Citizens Committee for New York City
City of Philadelphia
Partners for Livable Places, 1979
Street Trees, 1978-1979
Council on the Environment, 1979
Parks Fundraising, 1978-1979
Urban Development
J. Brinkerhoff Jackson
Korwin
Elizabeth Kuder, 1978-1979
Legislation, 1978-1979
Letter Forms, 1978
Karl Linn, 1978-1979
Program Notes
Project for Public Spaces, 1978-1979
Proposal, 1978
Building Application, 1978-1979
Waterfront Project, 1979
William H. Whyte
Howard Lewis Malt, 1973
New York State Council for the Arts, 1978
Shape and Form
Parks Department, 1977-1979
Pedestrian Malls
Playgrounds, 1978
Correspondence (general), 1978-1979
Chronology of Events in the Exhibition
Press Releases, 1979
Budget, 1979
Czechoslovakia Urban Development, 1979
Greening Mailing, 1979
Legislation Mailing, 1978-1979
Favorite Open Space Mailing, 1979
Parks Foundation, 1978-1979
History of Landscape Architecture, 1978
Playgrounds, 1978
Individual Contacts
Foreign Letter Mailing, 1979
Illustrations and Photograph Search, 1979
Favorite Spaces
By-Lines, 1979
Department of the Interior, 1978-1979
Central Park Speak Out, 1978
Planning Log Book, 1978 (2 folders)
Catalogue and Articles
Trust for Public Land, 1978
The Parks Council, 1978-1979
Edward I. Koch, 1978-1979
Exhibition Brochure, 1979
Video and Film, 1978-1979
Ruder and Finn Proposals, 1979
Department of Sanitation, 1979
Urban Development Corporation, 1979
President's Committee
City Lots
Department of Transportation, 1979
Periodical Notes, 1978
Author's Mailing Labels, 1981
Catalogue Permissions, 1980 (2 folders)
Box 10
Exhibition Catalogue, 1979
Rizzoli International Publications, 1980
Correspondence re: Book Permissions, 1980-1981
Catalogue Issues, 1980-1981
Catalogue Rights and Permissions, 1979
Photograph Acknowledgements, 1979
Catalogue Photo Research
Copyright Information, 1979-1981
Correspondence re: Catalogue, 1978-1979
Space Releases
Playground Text and Credits, 1979
Video Project, 1979
Public Art Information, 1979
Postcard Series
"Wishful Thinking" Drawings, 1979
Correspondence (general), 1979 (2 folders)
Favorite Mailing Responses, 1979
Legislation Mailing Responses, 1979
Catalogue Interviews, 1979
Catalogue Notes, 1979
Author's Biographies
Thank You Letters (general)
Second Proposal and Budget, 1978
Third Proposal, 1978
Early Proposals, 1976
Budget (NYSCA Version)
New York City for the Humanities, 1978-1980
Outline of Catalogue Articles, 1978
Satellite Exhibitions, 1978
Catalogue Articles, 1979 (3 folders)
Museum Mile Project, 1978-1979
Central Park Community Fund, 1976-1979
Now I Lay Me Down to Eat
Lenders, 1980-1981
Exhibition Proposal and Object Lists, 1979
Procedures, 1979
Book Planning, 1979-1980
Newspaper Clippings, 1979
New York Public Library Collection Notes, 1980
Correspondence from Japan, 1979-1980
Object Inventory, 1980
African Images, 1979
Primitive Art Department, 1980
Illustrations and Captions, 1980
Photographs in Books
Collected Daily Notes, 1980
Correspondence re: Photographs, 1980
Correspondence re: Bathing Objects, 1979-1980
Box 11
Bathing Photographs and Drawings (Xeroxes)
Bathing: Buckminster Fuller and Dymaxion, 1979-1980
Bathing: Notes, 1980
Eating: Laster Supper
Eating: Inventory, 1978
Eating: Correspondence re: Objects, 1980
Eating: Notes, 1980
Eating: Correspondence re: Photographs, 1979-1980
Eating: Obejcts (Xeroxes)
Flatware Correspondence, 1980
Flatware Research
Cutlery Notes, 1980
Flatware Notes
Sitting: Correspondence re: Photographs, 1980
Sitting: Correspondence re: Objects, 1980
Sitting: Notes, 1980
Sitting: Correspondence (general), 1979-1980
Rocking and Swinging: Articles
Stools and Platforms: Inventory
Rocking: Notes
Rocking: Inventory
Sleeping: Notes
Sleeping: Correspondence (general), 1979-1980
Sleeping: Article Images
Sleeping: Correspondence re: Photographs, 1980
Sleeping: Headrest Inventory
Sleeping: Inventory
Cleansing: Sherle Wagner, 1980
Cleansing: Inventory
Cleansing: Notes, 1979-1980
Cleansing: Correspondence re: Objects, 1979-1982
Cleansing: Correspondence re: Photographs, 1980
Kubler Collection
Photographs, 1980 (2 folders)
Follow-up Information, 1981-1982
Photo Source List, 1981
Proposals and Budget, 1978
Contract, 1979
Press Releases, 1980-1981
Exhibition Photo Work Notes
Exhibition Prints, 1980
Opening Invites
Construction, 1980-1981
Installation Notes, 1980
Objects List
Form Letters/Title Change
Graphics, 1980
Visitor Replies, 1980
Visitor Comments
Correspondence (general), 1979-1980
New York Public Library
American Museum of Natural History, 1980
Brooklyn Museum
Jackson Burke, 1980
Cooper-Hewittt Decorative Arts, 1979-1980
Box 12
Essex Institute, 1980
Shaker Community, Inc., 1979-1980
Kahan Gallery (New York City, New York), 1980
McLevy Products Corporation, 1980
Kohler Company, 1980
Library of Congress, 1979
Lyndhurst, 1979
Mercer Museum, 1979
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980
Morgan Library, 1980
Index of American Design, 1980
Museum of the American Indian, 1980
Museum of the City of New York, 1980
Museum of Modern Art, 1980
National Museum of History and Technology (Smithsonian), 1979-1980
National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), 1980
New York Public Library, 1979-1980
Peabody Museum, 1979-1980
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1979-1980
Shelburne Museum, 1980
University Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1980
Doris Wiener Gallery, 1980
Winterthur Museum, 1980
Bibliography and Ideas, 1979-1980
Rights and Reproductions, 1980-1983
Writing and Reading
Lenders, 1980-1982
Graphic Arts, 1981
Graphic Arts in Japan, 1981
Private Presses, 1981
Signage, 1980
Printing/Notes, 1981
Printing/Small Presses, 1981-1984
Typography, 1981
Children's Books, 1981
Art of the Book, 1980
Book Research, 1981
Box 13
Furniture, 1981
Implements, 1980-1982
Word Processing, 1981
Press, 1981-1982
Calligraphy, 1980-1981
Calligraphy in Japan, 1981
History of Writing, 1981-1982
Alphabet, 1981
Alphabet for Games and Toys, 1981
Designer's Choice
Critic Reviews, 1982
Press Releases, 1981
CPT Corporation
Proposals
Public Relations, 1982
Notes
Desks, 1981
Correspondence (general), 1981
Paper and Papermaking Notes
Films, 1981
Press Cards
Calligraphy: Islam
Mail Art
Calligraphy: Chinese
Lettering/Good hand
Letters in Art
Periodicals Listings
Follow-up, 1981-1987
Post Installation, 1981-1983
Sources, 1982-1984
Photo Candidates
Cooper-Hewitt Museum (CHM) Registrar, 1981
Program Ideas, 1981
Collections, 1981
Memoranda, 1981
Decorative Arts, 1981
Drawings and Prints, 1981
CHM Library: Bibliography and Exhibit Candidates, 1981 (2 folders)
Correspondence (general), 1981-1982
Textiles, 1981
Correspondence with Library, 1981
American Picture Palaces
Lenders
Project Proposal
Exhibition Planning Notes, 1982
Objects
Steven Katten, 1983
Film Treatments, 1982
David Naylor, 1980-1981
Photographs (general)
Funding and Logistics, 1981-1982
Shea's Theatre (Buffalo, New York)
Labels, 1982
Marvin Oleshansky: Photographs
Ave Pildas, 1982
Paramount Theater (Oakland, California)
Correspondence (general), 1981-1982
Exhibition Floor Layout, 1982
Theatrical Designs, 1982
Civic Theater (Akron, Ohio)
Fox Theater (Atlanta, Georgia), 1982
Lamb Theaters, 1982
Syracuse Area Landmark Theater, 1982
Radio City Music Hall, 1982
Box 14
Arches for Galveston
Lenders, 1987-1988 (2 folders)
Correspondence: Stanley Tigerman, 1987
Floor Plan
A Penny Saved: Architecture in Cast-Iron Toy Banks
Lenders, 1983
Checklist, 1983
Correspondence (general), 1983
Canes and Walking Sticks
Lenders, 1983
Installation, 1983
Catherine Dike, 1983
Potential Loans, 1983
General Notes, 1983
Photos and Negatives List, 1983
Publication Information, 1982-1983
Press Releases, 1983
The Column: Structure and Ornament
Lenders, 1982 (3 folders)
Catalogue
Textiles
Drawings and Prints
Photographs of Exhibition Objects, 1982
Photographs: Rejected Objects
Decorative Arts, 1982
CHM Collections
Ephemeral Images: Recent American Posters
Lenders, 1981
Chermayoff & Geismar Posters (slides), 1980
Posters (general), 1980-1981
Labels
Opening Invitation Lists
Notes, 1981
American Enterprise: Nineteenth-Century Patent Models
Lenders, 1983-1984 (6 folders)
WIP Book Notes (6 folders)
Box 15
Men of Progress: Background Information
Notes
Objects List
Bibliography, 1984
Complimentary Publications, 1984
Follow-up, 1984-1986
Patent Models Contract, 1983-1986
Documents Research
Invitations, 1983
Patents
Patent Office Building
Library of Congress, 1983
Robert C. Post, 1983-1984
Photo Services, 1983
Public Relations, 1983-1984
Proposal
Kendall Dood: Publication
Publication (Front and Back Matter), 1983
Publication: Post, 1983
Kim Nielson: Negatives, 1983 (2 folders)
Illustrations
Catalogue Lists
Drawing to Locate
Duplicate Photo Lists
Contact Sheets and Negatives, 1983
Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1983
Welsh Article
Patent Models
Post Contract, 1983-1984
Correspondence re: Proposals, 1982
David Letterman Show, 1984
Correspondence re: Patent Models, 1982-1983
Stephen Frankel
Title Search and Sponsor, 1983
Installation, 1983
Kubler Collection
Conservation Reports, 1983
D. Globus: Furniture Models
Catalogue, 1983-1984
Smithsonian World, 1984
Advertising America
Lenders, 1985-1986
Installation Lists
Meeting Notes and Advance Work
Research, 1985
Press Release, 1985
Television Ads, 1985
Symposium, 1985
The Amsterdam School: Dutch Expressionist Architecture, 1915-1930
Lenders, 1983 (2 folders)
Loan Notes, 1983
Budget, 1982-1983
Correspondence (general), 1983-1984
Win de Wit, 1983
Follow-up, 1984
Objects List, 1983
Funding, 1982-1983
Installation, 1983-1984
Invitations
Labels Preparation, 1983
Newsletter, 1983
Notes
Photography, 1983-1984
Box 16
Photographs, 1983-1984
Photocopy Images
Articles re: Exhibition, 1983-1984
Proposal
Publication (general), 1982-1983 (2 folders)
Publication: Design, 1983
Publication: Maristella Casciato, 1983
Publication: Wim J.M. de Wit, 1982-1983
Publication: Karin Gaillard, 1982-1983
Publication: Helen Searing, 1983
Publication: Petra Timmer, 1982-1983
Publication: MIT Press, 1983
Publication: Translation, 1983
Correspondence re: Exhibition Shipping, 1982-1984
Correspondence re: Exhibition Travel, 1982-1983
Embellished Calendars: An Illustrated History
Lenders, 1984-1985 (4 folders)
Press Release, 1984-1985
Bibliography
Proposal
German Styles, 1984
Columbia
Drawings and Prints, 1984
CHM Library, 1984
Daily News, 1984
Dorothy Twining Globus
New York Public Library (general), 1984
New York Public Library: Anex, 1984
New York Public Library: Rare Book Division, 1984
New York Public Library: Spencer and Prints, 1984
New York Public Library: Photocopies of Photos
Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1984
Smithsonian Institution Notes, 1984
Correspondence re: National Museum of American History, Archives Center, 1984-1985
American Ephemera Notes
Contemporary Graphics, 1984-1985
Calendars: European
Calendars: French
Calendars: German
Calendars: Japanese Graphics, 1983-1984
Calendars: Judaica
Calendars: United Kingdom
Calendars: Perpetual
Calendars: Lunar System
Calendars: Solar System
Calendars: Mechanics
Calendars: Other
What Could Have Been: Un-built Architecture of the 1980s
Lenders, 1988 (3 folders)
Exhibition Planning, 1988
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School
Lenders, 1983
Proposal and Budget
Kelmscott Gallery: Objects, 1982-1983
Press Release
Illustrations
Box 17
Catalogue, 1983
Correspondence re: Interiors, 1982-1983
Fundraising, 1982-1983
Illustrations, 1983
Selection Decisions, 1980-1983
Prairie Archives of the Milwaukee Art Center, 1977-1978
Correspondence (general), 1982-1983
Willits Residential Foundation, 1983
Exhibition Notes, 1983
Carnegie's Libraries: A Sesquicentennial Celebration
Lenders, 1984-1985
Proposal
Wisconsin Libraries, 1984-1985
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Library of Congress: Educational
Carnegie Memorabilia Exhibitions, 1981
Braddock Carnegie Free Library: Reuse Assessment, 1983
Correspondence, 1984-1985 (2 folders)
Postcard Information, 1984 (2 folders)
Carnegie Public Library Building (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), 1985
Press Release, 1985
Detroit Public Library, 1984
Jackson District Library (Jackson, Mississippi), 1984
Defiance Public Library (Defiance, Ohio), 1984
CEL Regional Library (Savannah, Georgia), 1985
Free Public Library (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Atlantic City Free Public Library (Atlantic City, New Jersey), 1984
San Antonio Carnegie Library Building (San Antonio, Texas)
Duluth Public Library Building (Duluth, Minnesota), 1984
Historic Architecture Foundation, 1984
Carnegie Library of Reno (Reno, Nevada), 1984
Carnegie Libraries (general) (2 folders)
Research (general), 1984
Research: States, A-IL, 1984-1985
Box 18
Research: States, IN-Z, 1984-1985
Playing Cards
Lenders, 1985-1986 (3 folders)
Albert Field Collection, 1986
Albert Field Collection: Photographs
Advance Planning, 1986
Bibliography, 1986
Textiles
Design and Prints, 1985-1986
New York Historical Society
National Museum of American History: Graphic Arts
Press Release
Articles re: Exhibition, 1986
Box 19
Research, 1986 (2 folders)
Exhibition Labels, 1986
Post Exhibition Information, 1985-1988 (2 folders)
Milestones: 50 Years of Goods and Services
Lenders, 1986-1987 (12 folders)
Photographs and Slides
Jack Lafond, 1985
Consumers Union, 1986
Evolving Loans, 1986
Aftermath, 1986-1987
Correspondence, 1986
Box 20
Exhibition Outline, 1985-1986
Object Lists
Early Texts
Meeting Notes, 1985
Show Photographs Inventory, 1986
"I'll Buy That" Photographs
Videotape, 1985-1986
Bibliography
Copies of Photographs sent to Vanity Fair
Research and Resources, 1985-1986
Installation Notes
Text and Label Notes
Press Notes, 1986
Picture Collection
Potential Products, 1985
Correspondence, 1985-1986
Dead Correspondence, 1986
William Bailey, 1986
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota
John S. Craig, 1986
Frigidaire, 1986
Iwasaki Images of America, 1986
Kenny Kneitel
Liberty Mutual, 1986
Lifecard International, 1986
Robert Manley
Maytag Company, 1986
National Archives
National Hi-way Traffic Safety Administration
Rafferty's
Social Security Administration, 1986
National Museum of American History, Archives Center (Smithsonian)
National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian)
Research (general), 1985-1988 (2 folders)
Berlin 1900-1933: Architecture and Design
Berlin Background Material, 1987
Berlin Films, 1986
Bibliography
Historical Timeline
Biographies of Architects
Herbert Bayer
Peter Behrens
Rudolf Belling
Theo Van Doesburg
Hermann Finsterlin
Marguerite Friedlander
Fred Forbat
Paul Gosch
Alfred Grenander
Erwin Gutkind
Wenzel Hablik
Raoul Hausmann
John Heartfield
Hans Luckhardt
Hannah Hoch
Eleazar M. Lissitzky
Erich Mendelsohn
Alfred Messel
Laszio Moholy-Nagy
Trude Petri
Hans Poelzig
Hans Scharoun
Max Taut
Bruno Taut
Henry Van De Velde
The Catalan Spirit: Gaudi and his Contemporaries
Projected Timeline and Budget, 1986
Exhibition Publications, 1985-1986
George R. Collins, 1985-1986 (3 folders)
Judith C. Rohrer, 1985-1986
Box 21
Spanish Researchers, 1985-1986
Conrad Kent, 1985-1986
Bassegoda Essay, 1986
Amalia D. Ramirez, 1986
Spanish Grants, 1985-1986
United States/Spanish Joint Committee Grants, 1985-1986
Regent's Grant Proposal, 1986
Touring
Death (exhibition not realized)
Budget, 1988
Correspondence (general), 1985-1987
Library Lists
Education
Current Events
Concept Outline, 1987
Bibliography Lists
Exhibitions and Reviews
CHM Library: Research Notes, 1985
Research (general), 1985-1988 (10 folders)
Golden Eye: An International Tribute to the Artisans of India
Lenders, 1984-1986
Box 22
Exhibition Planning, 1985
Future Plans
Handcrafts and Handlooms Exports Corporation (HHEC): Agreements, 1985
Samples and Objects
India Correspondence (general), 1985 (2 folders)
Early Proposals, 1983-1984
Wall Panels, 1986
Arata Isozaki & Associates, 1985
Crafts Directory
Hans Hollein, 1984-1985
Folklife Programs, 1985
Festival of India, 1984-1985
Office of Fellowships and Grants, 1985
Funding, 1982-1984
Exhibition Tour, 1985
Rajeev Sethi, 1984
Correspondence re: Participants, 1984
Fundraising, 1985
Shipping Lists, 1986
HHEC Objects List
Catalogue Project, 1985 (2 folders)
Visiting Craftsmen, 1985
Publicity, 1985-1986 (2 folders)
Press Release, 1985
Correspondence (general), 1984-1985 (2 folders)
Color Negatives from Images on Text Panels (3 folders)
Sebastiana Papa
List of Panels
SONA/HHEC: Objects Loan, 1985
Information Sheet for Golden Eye Staff
Shri Rajiu Gandhi, 1985
Yaqoob Brothers, 1985
Contracts and Agreements, 1985
Craft Directory Board: Negatives, 1984
News Service, 1984-1985
A Design Resource
Lenders, 1991-1992
Post Installation, 1991
Problems and Solutions
Label Project, 1991
Initial Concepts
Materials and Techniques, 1990
Image and Motif (general)
Image and Motif: City and Country, 1991
Background Information
Collection Show, 1990
Plans and Old Photographs (Xeroxes)
Box 23
Image and Motif: Winged Creatures
Contracts, 1989-1990
Preparation Work, 1990
Second Floor Plans, 1990-1991
Rotations, 1991
Future Themes, 1990
Meeting Agendas and Notes, 1991
Cooper Union Legacy, 1989-1990
First Floor Plans, 1990
Great Hall, 1990
Collection Show: Room by Room, 1990
Publication, 1990
Floor Plans: 1920s-1960s
Rotation Concepts, 1992
Great Hall Rotation, 1992
Second Floor Rotation (Room A), 1992
Jewels of Fantasy: Costume Jewelry of the Twentieth Century (exhibition not realized)
Labels Specifications, 1992
Registrars Office, 1991
Publication, 1991-1992
Object List, 1992
Labels, 1992
Correspondence (general), 1986-1992
Budget
Robin Parkinson, 1991
Contract, 1992
Showcases, 1992
Contents, 1991
Touring Issues, 1991
Text for Panels, 1992
Showcases (Sections 1-7) (8 folders)
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992
Ludwig Redl, 1991
Swarouski Contract, 1991
Providence Venue (Rhode Island), 1991
Deanna Farneti, 1991-1992
Box 24
Exhibition Mounts, 1991-1992
Fiber Optic Lighting Project, 1991
The Doghouse
Lenders, 1990
Organizations for the Blind
Budget, 1989-1990
Fundraising, 1990
Notes, 1989-1990
Production Graphics, 1990
Exhibition Planning, 1989
Meeting Minutes, 1989
Letters to Participants, 1990
Publications, 1989-1990
Rejected Submissions, 1990
Graham Gund Architects
Joseph Giovanini, 1989
Ralph Caplan, 1989
Review of Submissions: Acceptances, 1990
Invitation Information, 1990
Correspondence (general), 1989-1990
Review Committee, 1989-1990
Research Articles
Public Information, 1990
Architect/Designers, 1989
Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Inc., 1989
The Intimate World of Alexander Calder
Lenders, 1989-1990 (3 folders)
Proposal, 1988
Mobiles (general)
Dorothy T. Globus: Paris Trip, 1989
Labels, 1989
Press, 1990
Photographs (general)
Installation Photographs
Label Copy Development Quotes, 1989
Correspondence re: Contract, 1988-1989
Calder Films, 1988-1989
Budget, 1989
Mentyka/Schlott Design, 1989
Catalogue, 1989
Brochure, 1989
Guide to Calders in the New York Area, 1989
Children's Programs, 1989
Exhibition Layout, 1989
Logistics, 1987-1989
Box 25
Labels
Shipping Lists, 1989-1990 (2 folders)
Calder Drawings, 1989
Exhibition Slides
The Dream King: Designs for the Castles and Palaces of Ludwig II of Bavaria (2 folders)
MAN transFORMS: Aspects of Design - "Stars" Slide Show, 1976-1979 (6 folders)
MAN transFORMS: Aspects of Design - Astronomical Stars
MAN transFORMS: Aspects of Design - Star Graphics
MAN transFORMS: Aspects of Design - Star Objects
MAN transFORMS: Aspects of Design - Star Organization and Textiles
MAN transFORMS: Aspects of Design - Mandala
Ornament in the Twentieth Century: Neon Signs, 1978
Andrea Palladio in America: Green Tray Slides
Andrea Palladio in America: Pink Tray Slides
Brighton Pavilion: Blue Tray Slides
Brighton Pavilion: Pink Tray Slides
Audiotapes
The Dream King: Designs for the Castles and Palaces of Ludwig II of Bavaria
Brighton Pavilion
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3 Gallery Cases, 1978-1980
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