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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 01-182

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Director

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Files, 1979-1999

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Director
Title:Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Files
Dates:1979-1999
Quantity:3 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
Collection:Accession 01-182
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of materials created and maintained by Milo Cleveland Beach, Director, 1987-2001, documenting relations between the Sackler Family and the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery through the Director, acquisitions to the Sackler collection, the Sackler/Smithsonian Institution Agreement, Sackler events, donations and gifts, the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation/Gallery development, and trips. Materials include transmittal forms for gifts and grants, copies of checks, financial transaction lists, correspondence, memoranda, lists of gift and non-gift honorariums, input vouchers, requests for building services, a move plan, statistical summaries of the collection, copies of articles, press releases, photocopies of photographs of objects, copies of agreements concerning the Arthur M. Sackler and Paul Singer collections, floor plans of galleries, lists of works in the collections, clippings of obituaries for Arthur M. Sackler, photocopy of catalogue for the Singer collection, and a copy of Else Sackler's will.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Milo Cleveland Beach, Director, 1987-2001, documenting relations between the Sackler Family and the Freer Gallery of Art (FGA) and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (AMSG) through the Director, acquisitions to the Sackler collection, the Sackler/Smithsonian Institution Agreement, Sackler events, donations and gifts, the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation/Gallery development, and trips. Materials include transmittal forms for gifts and grants, copies of checks, financial transaction lists, correspondence, memoranda, lists of gift and non-gift honorariums, input vouchers, requests for building services, a move plan, statistical summaries of the collection, copies of articles, press releases, photocopies of photographs of objects, copies of agreements concerning the Arthur M. Sackler and Paul Singer collections, floor plans of galleries, lists of works in the collections, clippings of obituaries for Arthur M. Sackler, photocopy of catalogue for the Singer collection, and a copy of Else Sackler's will.

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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-182, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Director, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Files

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Container List

Box 1

Gift Honorariums and Non-Gift Honorariums [1987-1992]

Box 1 of 4

A [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

B [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

C [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

D [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1992]

Box 1 of 4

F [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1991-1992]

Box 1 of 4

G [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1992]

Box 1 of 4

H [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1992]

Box 1 of 4

I [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1992]

Box 1 of 4

K [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

L [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

M [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

N/O [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

P/Q [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1991]

Box 1 of 4

R [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

S [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1992]

Box 1 of 4

T [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1992]

Box 1 of 4

V [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1991]

Box 1 of 4

W [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1992]

Box 1 of 4

XYZ [Gifts and Gift Considerations] [1990-1993]

Box 1 of 4

[Gifts and Gift Considerations - Memos and Correspondence] [1988-1995]

Box 1 of 4

Registration, 1987-1989

Box 1 of 4

Object Relocation, 1985-1989

Box 1 of 4

Gifts Accepted, 1986-1989

Box 1 of 4

Gifts Proposed, 1984-1989

Box 1 of 4

Purchases, 1984-1989

Box 1 of 4

Gifts Refused, 1985-1989

Box 1 of 4

Sackler Loans In, 1985-1989

Box 1 of 4

Sackler Loans Out, 1985-1989

Box 1 of 4

Box 2

Sackler Papers Log [1979-1995]

Box 2 of 4

AMSG Legislative History [1979-1982]

Box 2 of 4

Sackler Enabling Papers (1980-1982)

Box 2 of 4

Sackler Enabling Papers (1983-1987)

Box 2 of 4

Sackler Enabling Papers (1983-1993)

Box 2 of 4

Sackler Estate, 1986-1995

Box 2 of 4

Studio International - Dr. Arthur M. Sackler - Special Issue, Volume 200, Supplement 1, 1987

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Log of Correspondence, 1986-1999

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1986-1987

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1988

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1989

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Collection Index, 1/27/1989

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Max Loeher's Singer Collection Cat., 1/14/1989

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1990

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1991

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1992

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1993

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1994-1996

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1997 (3 folders)

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1998

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Correspondence, 1999

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Final Agreement [1997]

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Miscellaneous Papers [1996]

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Photos

Box 2 of 4

Singer - Press Items [1999]

Box 2 of 4

Nalin Gift [1992]

Box 2 of 4

Bequest [1992-1993]

Box 2 of 4

[Bequest] Estate of Patricia C. Dodge [1994]

Box 2 of 4

[Bequest] Downey, Mary [1991]

Box 2 of 4

[Bequest] Glass, Elizabeth [1991]

Box 2 of 4

[Bequest] Kurtz, Isabel [1991]

Box 2 of 4

[Bequest] Pomerance, Leon [1987-1990]

Box 2 of 4

Blue and White [1992-1993]

Box 2 of 4

FGA Acquisitions and Gifts [1984-1990]

Box 2 of 4

FGA Acquisitions - Purchases [1987-1992]

Box 2 of 4

Libby Moody Thompson Estate [1990-1991]

Box 2 of 4

Sonnenreich, 1985-1989

Box 2 of 4

Marietta Lutze Sackler, 1989

Box 2 of 4

Jill Sackler, 1988-1989

Box 2 of 4

Elizabeth Sackler, 1987-1989

Box 2 of 4

Else Sackler, 1989

Box 2 of 4

Sackler Foundation, 1987-1989

Box 2 of 4

Box 3

Sackler Estate [1993]

Box 3 of 4

[Else Sackler Will] [2001]

Box 3 of 4

Sackler/SI Agreement [1986-1996]

Box 3 of 4

Sackler Collection [1990-1995]

Box 3 of 4

Beijing Museum [1992-1997]

Box 3 of 4

Master, Carol [1996-2000]

Box 3 of 4

Sackler, Arthur F. [1991-2000]

Box 3 of 4

Sackler, Elizabeth [1999-2000]

Box 3 of 4

Sackler, Elizabeth [1996-1999]

Box 3 of 4

Sackler, Elizabeth [1993-1996]

Box 3 of 4

Sackler, Elizabeth [1990-1996]

Box 3 of 4

Box 4

Sackler, Else [1990-1993]

Box 4 of 4

Sackler, Jill [1990-1992]

Box 4 of 4

Sackler, Jill [1991-1996]

Box 4 of 4

Sackler, Marietta Lutze [1990-2000]

Box 4 of 4

Sackler, Mortimer [1996-2000]

Box 4 of 4

Sonnenreich, Michael [1988-1999]

Box 4 of 4

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