Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 02-118
Smithsonian Productions
Production Records, 1971-1998
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Smithsonian Productions |
| Title: | Production Records |
| Dates: | 1971-1998 |
| Quantity: | 6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
| Collection: | Accession 02-118 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of records documenting Smithsonian Video Collection projects as well as film and television productions. Materials include the correspondence and memoranda of Karen Loveland, Director of Special Projects; Lisa H. Kaiser, Production Researcher; Elizabeth Smith Brownstein, Media Project Development Specialist; and Michele Turner, Associate Producer. Also includes production slides, photographs, edit logs, scripts, interviews, music selections, and end credits; press releases; budget summaries; contracts; and research articles. Some productions documented in these records include "Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden," "The Flying Machines," "American Picture Palaces," and "Maine Coast." |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting Smithsonian Video Collection projects as well as film and television productions. Materials include the correspondence and memoranda of Karen Loveland, Director of Special Projects; Lisa H. Kaiser, Production Researcher; Elizabeth Smith Brownstein, Media Project Development Specialist; and Michele Turner, Associate Producer. Also includes production slides, photographs, edit logs, scripts, interviews, music selections, and end credits; press releases; budget summaries; contracts; and research articles. Some productions documented in these records include "Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden," "The Flying Machines," "American Picture Palaces," and "Maine Coast."
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- American Picture Palaces (Motion picture : 1983)
- Brownstein, Elizabeth Smith, 1930-
- Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden (Documentary film : 1991)
- Flying Machines (Video recording : 1989)
- Kaiser, Lisa H.
- Loveland, Karen
- Maine Coast (Documentary film : c. 1982)
- Smithsonian Video Collection
- Turner, Michele
Subject
- Contracts
- Documentary films
- Documentary television programs
- Documentary videos
- Intellectual property
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction
- Television -- Production and direction
- Video recordings -- Direction and production
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-118, Smithsonian Productions, Production Records
Container List
Box 1
"Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden"
Production Slides: Patterns and Nature
Production Slides: Tokyo, Japan, 1991
Production Slides: Tokyo Aquarium, 1991
Production Slides: Tokyo: Production Shots (first cut)
Production Slides: Tokyo: Production Shots (pulls)
Production Slides: Shukakuan
Production Slides: Saiho-ji and Tofuku, 1991
Production Slides: Saiho-ji: Production Shots (second cut), Spring 1991
Production Slides: Natural Details: Shizuoka and Domon Ken
Production Slides: Shinju-An
Production Slides: Tenryu
Production Slides: Ryoan
Production Slides: Daisen
Production Slides: KoHo-An
Production Slides: Katsura
Production Slides: Kyoto: Plants
Production Slides: Kyoto: Production Shots, 11/1990 [two folders]
Production Slides: Kyoto: Production Shots (first cut), 11/1990
Production Slides: Kyoto: Production Shots (second cut), 11/1990
Production Slides: Kyoto: Production Shots (second cut/pulls), Spring 1991
Production Slides: Kyoto Business District
Production Slides: Kamakura Tea School, 1990
Production Slides: City Views and Street Signs, Spring 1991
Production Slides: Small Town, Oil Refinery, and Abandoned Stores
Production Slides: Signs, Machines, and Food Displays
Production Slides: Production Stills, Spring 1991
Production Slides: General Production Shots, c. 1990
Production Slides: General Production Shots (first cut), 1991
Production Slides: General Production Shots (pulls), 1991
Production Slides: Airplane and Meeting Shots
Production Slides: OTC Staff: Japan Visit, 1991
Photographs and Contact Sheets
Negatives, 1991
Video Cover (draft), 1998
"American Picture Palaces"
General Information, 1982-1984 [four folders]. Folder 2 of 4 includes permissions/rights for "American Picture Palaces."
National Education Association: Grant Fund, Correspondence, 1982-1983
"The Movie Palaces" (PBS), 1983-1989
Pantages Theater (Los Angeles), 1985
Radio City Music Hall (New York City)
Wiltern Theatre (Los Angeles), 1985
Photographs of Theaters (general)
Information re: Theaters Final Production Script, 1982 Script Work [two folders]
Theatrical Short Scripts, 1985
Box 2
Theatrical Long Script, 1983-1985
Music Selections, 1986
End Credits, 1985-1986
Interviews, 1982
Contacts, 1985-1986
"Maine Coast"
General Information, 1982-1985 [two folders]
"The Sea: A Quest for Our Future"
General Information, 1984-1985
"Coral Reefs: How to Make Use of 400 Million Years of Evolution"
Script and Production Information, c. 1981
"Magnificent Voyagers"
Items for Filming, End Credits, and Music Log
"Foucault Pendulum"
Script and Drawings
"The New Age: A Videowall Experience"
General Information, 1989-1990 [two folders]
Drawings
"Towboats"
Script and Sound Log, 1989 [three folders]
Edit Log, 1989
Karen Loveland: Production Correspondence and Notes, 1984 [three folders]
Production Slides: Haupt Garden Opening, 1987
Production Slides: Flyover Washington, D.C., 1991
Production Slides: Miscellaneous, 1971-1979
Computerworld Smithsonian Awards, 1991
Box 3
"Supertour"
Production Slides, c. 1982-1990: National Museum of American History, Flag Hall
Production Slides, c. 1982-1990: National Museum of American History, Musical Instruments Hall
Production Slides, c. 1982-1990: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG)
Production Slides, c. 1982-1990: Haupt Garden
Production Slides, c. 1982-1990: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Negative: HMSG Group Shot
Video Cover (draft), 1998
Diedre Watkins
Michele Turner
Dudley Moore, 1989
Shoot Days, 1989
"First Ladies"
Production Slides: NMAH, First Ladies Gowns
Wilson House, 1989
Script
Hesperus, 1989
Video Cover (draft), 1998
"The National Zoo: The Zoo Behind the Zoo"
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Smithsonian Archives
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Josephine Baker
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Beall, William C.
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Cartoons
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Children's Illustrations
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Circus World Museum
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Firestone
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Henson & Associates
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Reily, C.U.
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Jackson, Michael
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Jefferson Memorial
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Museum of Western Art
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Troll, Ted (King Features)
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Webo Productions
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Paddington
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Ringling Brothers
Correspondence, 1988-1991: San Simeon
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Seigfried & Roy
Correspondence, 1988-1991: Miscellaneous
Materials Release, 1989
National Zoo/Front Royal: Transcripts, 1988-1989 [three folders]
Scripts (evolution), 1989
Draft Script
Final Script, 1989
American Museum of Natural History
Zoo Treatment
Freer Gallery of Art: Menageries, 1988
Front Royal (CRC)
Global Graphic Information
Monkey World, Miami
National Zoo
Newspaper Headlines
Orangutans
Panda Footage
Press Releases
Ringling Brothers, 1989
Personal Releases, 1988
National Zoo: Video Cover (draft), 1998
C. Hopewell: Subjects for Children's Programs, 1987 [three folders]
Box 4
Architectural History Archives
Budget, 1989
Shooting Schedule, 1988
Casting, 1989
Cyron/Credits
Edit Log
Log Sheet Acquisitions
Footage and Stills/Slides
Comments and Reactions, 1988-1989
"The Flying Machines"
Narration and Final Script, 1989
Logs from Madeleine Carter
Aircraft Information, 1988
Comp Tapes
Curator Comments re: Silver Hill Shoot
Silver Hill Script
Silver Hill Edit Logs
Silver Hill Contracts/Free-Lance, 1988
National Archives/Silver Hill
NASM Still Photos, 1989
Location Shooting Forms (blank samples)
Off-Line Log Sheets (blank samples)
Silver Hill Personal Release Forms, 1988
Silver Hill: Plane Information, 1988
Publicity
Production Scripts
Silver Hill: Shoots [five folders]
Silver Hill: Sound Effects, 1989
Silver Hill: Articles
Silver Hill: Outline/Treatment, 1989
Silver Hill: Artwork
Silver Hill: Garber Facility
Silver Hill: Curtis Jenny
Silver Hill: Notes, 1987-1989
Silver Hill: Budget
Already Transferred
Second Priority Transfers
Silver Hill Transfers
Silver Hill: Visuals
Silver Hill: Interviews, 1988 (cassette tapes) [three folders]
Box 5
Copyright Clearance Logs
Silver Hill: Credit List
Musicians
Silver Hill: NASM Film Archives
Non-NASM Stock/Materials Release, 1989
Silver Hill: Visual Materials Release
Pending Rights
Video Cover (draft), 1998
"Precious and Rare: Gems and Minerals at the Smithsonian"
Captions, 1988
Comp Tapes, 1989
Contacts
Correspondence, 1988
Edit Logs
Call Sheet: "Precious and Rare"
Budget Summary, 1988 [three folders]
Facilities and Equipment
Film Outlines/Preliminary Budget Breakdown
Graphic Artists/Storyboards
Interview Notes
Labels
Meeting Notes, 1988
Personal Release Forms, 1988
Post Production
Production Personnel Information Forms
Production Schedules
Research and Bibliography [two folders]
Sandved, Kjell
Production Scripts: The Ultimate Rock Video, 1988
Gem Shoots at NMNH [three folders]
Staff List
Stock Log-in Forms
Visuals (photographs and negatives)
General Information, 1988
Theatrics Unlimited, Inc.,
Harry Winston, Inc.
Copyright Clearance Logs
Credit List, 1988
Narrators
Rostrum
Stock Footage, 1988
Visual Materials Release Forms, 1988
Video Cover (draft), 1998
Smithsonian Video Collection (general)
Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia
French Revolution Illustrations
Art Department
Archive/Stock Footage Notes, 1988
Chyron
In-House Services
Groupe Andre Perry, 1988
Box 6
"Dinosaurs"
Production Slides, 1988
Budget Summaries, 1988
Audio
BBC/Nezha Dragon
British Musum, 1988
Robert Bakker
Burian Illustrations
Cope, Marsh, and Lakes
Dinosaurs in the Movies
Dragons (general)
Life of Dinosaurs
NASA Johnson Space Center
Odds and Ends (notes)
Original Music/Musicians
American Museum of Natural History/Releases
Art Work Material Releases, 1988
Personal Releases
Mark Hallett
Charles Knight
Stock Contracts and Licenses, 1988
Correspondence re: Stock
Stock Footage Rights
Video Cover (draft), 1998
Natural History Museum Shoot, 1988
Victoria & Albert Museum, 1988
"Insects"
BBC/Jeremy Cantwell, 1988-1989
British Library
Buffalo Museum of Science
Rachel Carson Council
Oran Caudle
Castle and Natural History Art
Dali Museum, 1988
Correspondence, 1988-1989
Darwin and Lineaus
Deforestation
Emergency Footage File
Entomological Society
Expedition Photographs (photocopies)
Desk 1880s, Stills, NIH Shoot
EBEC
Footage Count
Getty Museum
Charles Hogue
Leeuenwenhook, 1988
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Movie Trailer Footage
NAL
National Gallery
Oxford Scientific Films Limited, 1988-1989
Releases, 1988
Insect Zoo Shoot, 1988
MSC and Robbin's Shoot
Collections Shoot
Hodges and Coddington Shoot, 1988
USDA Shoot
Lynch and Southerland Shoot
Stock Footage Log, 1988
Correspondence re: Rights and Reproduction, 1988
Scientific Illustrators: Materials Release, 1988
Denise Shriner
Maryan Smith
Budget Estimate
Correspondence re: Stock Footage, 1988
Stock Footage: Basic Information
Stock Footage: Catalogue
Footage to Use, 1988
Box 7
Streamline Films
Linda Townsend Management, 1988-1989
Vatican Museum, 1988-1989
Walter Reed, 1988-1989
Wilson, E.O.
James Earl Jones, 1988
Plague References
Art Slides Lists/Permissions
"Folk Masters"
Slides, 1992 [four folders]
"The Mississippi: River of Song"
Video Covers (draft), 1998
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