Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 363
National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
Exhibition Records, circa 1955-1990 and undated
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits |
| Title: | Exhibition Records |
| Dates: | circa 1955-1990 and undated |
| Quantity: | 31.73 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 oversize folder) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 363 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This record unit contains a variety of records documenting the planning, design, and production of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the NMNH. It also contains smaller amounts of records concerning exhibitions held at the National Museum of History and Technology, National Air and Space Museum, National Collection of Fine Arts, Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, and Arts and Industries Building. A few records documenting office administration are also found. The records offer primary documentation of natural history exhibition production at the Smithsonian, and they help to illustrate a period of intense exhibit modernization at the Institution. They include correspondence, memoranda, photographs, blueprints, layouts, scripts, work contracts, schedules, notes, and publications. Of special interest are records documenting the renovation of permanent exhibition halls during the 1960s; efforts to make NMNH exhibits more accessible to the handicapped; the development of the Insect Zoo; planning and preparation of the NMNH American Bicentennial Exhibition in the 1970s; activities of the NMNH Exhibits Committee; and professional activities of the staff. The records were created by the Office of Exhibits, 1955-1969; the Office of Exhibits Programs, 1969-1973; and the Office of Exhibits, NMNH, 1973-1990. Staff of the Office of Exhibits, NMNH, and its predecessor offices, represented in the records include John E. Anglim, 1956-1972; A. Gilbert Wright, 1963-1970; Dorothy Guthrie, 1965-1970; James A. Mahoney, 1969-1973; William F. Haase, 1969-1983; Harry T. Hart, 1970-1977; Eugene F. Behlen, 1977-1983; and Carl A. Alexander, 1969-1987. Also included are a few records of Laurence P. O'Reilly, 1984-1990. |
Historical Note
The Office of Exhibits in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) was created in 1973 when a reorganization established independent exhibit offices in several Smithsonian museums. Prior to its establishment, natural history exhibitions were the responsibility of the Office of Exhibits, 1955-1969, and the Office of Exhibits Programs, 1969-1973.
Harry T. Hart was appointed Chief of the Office of Exhibits, NMNH, on March 18, 1973. Eugene F. Behlen replaced Hart on May 22, 1977, and he served as Chief until 1983. Carl A. Alexander was Acting Chief during 1983-1984. In 1984, administration of the Office of Exhibits became a duty of the newly established Assistant Director for Exhibits. Lawrence P. O'Reilly was appointed to the position.
Descriptive Entry
This record unit contains a variety of records documenting the planning, design, and production of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the NMNH. It also contains smaller amounts of records concerning exhibitions held at the National Museum of History and Technology, National Air and Space Museum, National Collection of Fine Arts, Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, and Arts and Industries Building. A few records documenting office administration are also found.
The records were created by the Office of Exhibits, 1955-1969; the Office of Exhibits Programs, 1969-1973; and the Office of Exhibits, NMNH, 1973-1990. Staff of the Office of Exhibits, NMNH, and its predecessor offices, represented in the records include John E. Anglim, 1956-1972; A. Gilbert Wright, 1963-1970; Dorothy Guthrie, 1965-1970; James A. Mahoney, 1969-1973; William F. Haase, 1969-1983; Harry T. Hart, 1970-1977; Eugene F. Behlen, 1977-1983; and Carl A. Alexander, 1969-1987. Also included are a few records of Lawrence P. O'Reilly, 1984-1990.
The records offer primary documentation of natural history exhibition production at the Smithsonian, and they help to illustrate a period of intense exhibit modernization at the Institution. They include correspondence, memoranda, photographs, blueprints, layouts, scripts, work contracts, schedules, notes, and publications. Of special interest are records documenting the renovation of permanent exhibition halls during the 1960s; efforts to make NMNH exhibits more accessible to the handicapped; the development of the Insect Zoo; planning and preparation of the NMNH Bicentennial Exhibition in the 1970s; activities of the NMNH Exhibits Committee; and professional activities of the staff.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Alexander, Carl A.
- Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
- Anglim, John E.
- Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Behlen, Eugene F.
- Guthrie, Dorothy
- Haase, William F.
- Hart, Harry T.
- Mahoney, James A.
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
- National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
- National Museum of History and Technology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Exhibits Committee
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Office of Exhibits
- O'Reilly, Laurence P.
- O. Orkin Insect Zoo
- United States National Museum
- Wright, A. Gilbert (Arthur Gilbert), 1909-1987
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 363, National Museum of Natural History, Office of Exhibits, Exhibition Records
Container List
Series 1
EXHIBIT FILES, circa 1956-1987 and undatedThis series consists of records documenting the planning, design, and production of NMNH exhibits. Included are correspondence, memoranda, photographs, blueprints, layouts, scripts, work contracts, and schedules. Also included are voluminous files concerning the renovation of hall 16, Life in the Sea; hall 25, Physical Anthropology; hall 26, Western Civilization; and the exhibition Dynamics of Evolution.
Box 1
Hall 16. Life in the Sea drawings, file 1 of 4.
Hall 16. Life in the Sea drawings, file 2 of 4.
Hall 16. Life in the Sea drawings, file 3 of 4.
Hall 16. Case 2.
Reversed Carvings
Hall 16. Drawings.
Hall 16. Cases 2, 10, 6, 26, 27, 28, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
Hall 16. Oceanic life.
Hall 16. Miscellaneous US specimen measurements.
Hall 16
Assignments, Oceanic Hall 16
Hall 16. Model information.
Hall 16. Photographs.
Hall 16. Corrections to labels.
Hall 16. Coral reef.
Florida Keys trip
Case 10. Crustaceans, Bowman.
Case 16. Marine worms, Bowman.
Oceanic Hall scripts
Hall 16. Case 2.
Hall 16. Case 26.
Sea otter
Pinnipeds
Shedd Aquarium
Disposition of specimens
Biological diversity
Hall 29
Hall 28. Comparative Osteology exhibit scripts, bird exhibits only.
Hall 28. Comparative Osteology of Amphibians and Reptiles.
Hall 28. Original herpetological scripts, Dr. Cochran.
Hall 28. Comparative Osteology scripts for mammal exhibits.
Hall 28. Comparative Osteology scripts for fish area exhibit.
"Diana" painting
Artist contract: John Gurche
Jennifer Emry
Screen Cleaning Room
Maintenance
Drawn from the Sea: 9/13/1985-1/6/1986
Drawn from the Sea: 9/13/1985-11/1/1985
Beth's notes on projects, budgets, etc.
Foyer: Wethersfield meteorites
Silk Route
1983 projects, schedules
Requests for casework (central)
Information kit: Spokane World Exposition, 1974
Miscellaneous
Computer articles
Hall 25, Case 45: How Zinjanthropus may have looked
Hall 25: Physical Anthropology Drawings, 1 of 6 folder
Hall 25: Physical Anthropology Drawings, 2 of 6 folder
Box 2
Hall 25: Physical Anthropology Drawings, 3 of 6 folder
Hall 25: Physical Anthropology Drawings, 4 of 6 folder
Hall 25: Physical Anthropology Drawings, 5 of 6 folder
Hall 25: Physical Anthropology Drawings, 6 of 6 folder
Hall 25: Physical Anthropology, "The Biology of Man." Master work order and related papers.
Hall 25: Beard
Hall 25: Map mural
Hall 28 Scripts: Comparative Osteology
Hall 28: Unit 34A
Mammals Script
Mammals: Ecology
Mammals: Specimen lists
Halls 14-15
Hall 25: Physical Anthropology script
Paleo: Hall 5 closing
Paleo III B
Phase IV, Hall 3
Paleo: Phase 4, Hall 3
Hall 3: Contract material
Phase IV, Hall 3 material
Phase IV, Hall 3 memos to Larry [O'Reilly, Assistant Director of Exhibits]
Paleo IV
Paleo meetings
University of Maryland
Hall 10
Halls 21/22/23
Sonic guide material
Images of Conservation Techniques and Conserved Objects for Exhibitions, circa 1968-1972 (Accession 10-041)
Department of Anthropology Conservation Laboratory Photographs, circa 1968 (Accession 15-162)
Life in the Ancient Seas, Hall 5
Hall 5, Life in the Ancient Seas (4 folders)
Hall 5 Schedules (3 folders)
Bid requests for Plexiglas cases, Hall 5
Bid requests for glass, Hall 5
Hall 5/Demolition Hall 9
Hall 5
Hall 5 Phase presentation, 11/25/1987. Outline, script.
Hall 5 material
Life in the Sea
Hall 15, Paleo Hall
Ceiling
Box 3
Hall 4: "Conquest of Land" and "Flowers and Plants"
Case contracts
William A. Smith
E-l/E-2 Cases
Pteranodon loan
"Fossils as Natural Resources" modification
Presentations South
Theater construction
Pedestal contract
Models
Rigger
Exhibits Central
General correspondence
Budget
Embedment contract
Phase II
Flight Balcony Exhibition
Window: Fish-within-a-fish
Construction
SEG Preliminary Studies
SEG OPlants (Office of Plant Services)
SEG Construction
Railings
New balcony exhibit
North American Archeology, 21 and 22
Evaluation of "Fossils as Natural Resources"
Hope diamond, Hall 18
"Planning for People in North Los Angeles County" (goes with Hall 10, Choices and Consequences)
Tom Soderstrom. 6/6/1986-8/31/1986.
Gem Hall label correction, received 7/30/1985
Designer's assignments
Miscellaneous Memos and Scripts
Arthropods
Costs and Requisitions
"Dynamics of Evolution" Preliminary Scripts. Hall 10, 1977
Peter's preliminary script
Unit I
Unit II
Unit III
Unit IV
Unit V
Unit VI
Script reviewed by Exhibits Committee and Director (Units I-III)
First review by Exhibits Committee of Units I-Ill
Unit IV
Unit VI Comments
Unit V Comments
Rough script
Box 4
Script with comment
Insect Zoo labels
Preliminary script: Structural Diversity
Preliminary script: Feeding Diversity
Preliminary script: Life History area
Preliminary script: Habitat Diversity area
"Western Civilization" Preliminary drafts. Hall 26, 1978
Area I
Area II
Area III
Area IV
Area V
Early script
Egyptian stele
Various drafts of Hall 26 scripts (3 folders)
Box 5
Various drafts of Hall 26 scripts
Hall 16
Oceanic Life. 28, 25, 27, 6, 10, 26, 2, 11.
Mollusks (Pipers)
Alcove I and Alcove II
Oceanic Case 5
Case 6: Phylum Porifera
Case 12: Phylum Mollusks
Case 18
Case 19
Case 20: Phylum Echinoderm
Case 21: Dugong and Hawksbill turtles
Case 22: Sea Snakes
Case 24: Sea Otter
Case 25
Case 26
Case 28
Case 29: Coral Shore Group
Case 31: Marshy Shore
Case 35: Rocky Shore
Series 2
EXHIBIT FILES, circa 1958-1978 and undatedThis series consists of records created by the Office of Exhibits, and its predecessors documenting the planning, design, and production of permanent and temporary exhibits at NMNH. The types of records present are similar to those found in previous series. Staff represented by records include John E. Anglim, A. Gilbert Wright, James A. Mahoney, Harry T. Hart, and William F. Haase. Included are voluminous files on the exhibit, The Indomitable Major - John Wesley Powell.
Box 5
The Indomitable Major - John Wesley Powell: Scripts, photographs, layouts, correspondence, memoranda, and related materials (58 folders)
Box 6
The Indomitable Major - John Wesley Powell: Scripts, photographs, layouts, correspondence, memoranda, and related materials (3 folders)
Pederson Exhibit, 1969
Misc. photographs, circa 1960s
Tropical Atlantic Seabirds, 1965
Volcanoes and Volcanism, 1969
African Costumes, undated
Tunisian Mosaics, 1967
Sullivan's Stencils, undated
Tibetan Carpets, 1969
Masada, 1969
Mexican Show, 1962
Oceanographic Exhibit, 1963
Polish Art, 1970
Endangered Species, 1969
Synthetic Crystals, 1973
Berwick Rugs, 1963 (2 folders)
British Artists and Craftsmen, 1958
Alaskan Exhibit, 1967
Art of Organic Forms, 1968
AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Sciencee) Exhibit, 1967
Berlandier Exhibit, 1969
Yoruba Exhibits, 1969
Miscellaneous (special exhibits), 1960-1962
Texas Forestry Association, 1964
International Congress of zoologists, 1962
Grasshopper Study
3rd International Symposium, 1969
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968
Drake Bird Exhibit, 1970
Hall 10, 1969-1974
Box 7
Serendipity, 1968
Miscellaneous photos
Blossom Photos, undated
Alaskan Totems Exhibit, 1970
Landsdowne Bird Paintings, 1968
Scientific Illustrators, 1969
Miscellaneous photos
Sixty Afternoons in Austin - Dorsey Taylor, 1969 (2 folders)
The Explorers' New Zealand, 1968
Endangered Species, 1969 (3 folders)
Norwegian Folk Art, undated
Special Exhibits - photographs
Hall 3 - Amphibians and Fishes, 1964 (21 folders)
The Japan Expedition of Commodore Perry, 1968
Masada, 1969
Hall 2 - Fossil Reptiles, 1962
Mus. Applications of Automatic Data Processing, 1968
Krause Paintings, 1973
ICZ Script, undated (2 folders)
Gone Forever, 1968
Berlandier's Botanical Explorations, 1968
Hall 26 - Old World Archeology, undated
Treasures of Mexico, 1978 (8 folders)
Chilean Exhibit, 1967
Chesapeake Bay Exhibit, undated (2 folders)
Alaskan Show, undated
Box 8
Dead Sea Scrolls, circa 1965 - Opening photos
The Art of Organic Forms, 1968
Miscellaneous
Tibetan Rugs, 1968
Contemporary Mexican Prints, undated
Colonial Art of Ecuador, 1968 (3 folders)
Carl-Henning Pederson, 1969 (3 folders)
Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit, circa 1965 (6 folders)
Alexandria Exhibit, undated - photos
Alaska Purchase Centennial Exhibit, 1967 (4 folders)
Afghanistan Exhibit (NCFA - National Collection of Fine Arts), 1966
Reptiles, 1970
Pakistani Prints, undated - photos
Daraniyagala, 1968 (2 folders)
Berlandier in Texas, 1968
Hall 30 - Freshwater Biology, undated - photo
United Nations Day, 1960
Fulbright Show, undated
Folk Art, undated - photo
Face of Chile, 1967
Contemporary Iranian Art, 1969
African Interlude, 1969
Birds of the Eastern Forest, 1969
Botany - A Commemorative Stamp . . ., 1967
Cicada Exhibit, 1973-1974
Learning by Vision, 1974
Lexington (Horse), 1974
Learning Center, 1974
Gary Sterner, 1974
Walpole Exhibit, 1975
Gilbreath Photos, 1975
Painting NHB (Natural History Building), 1973
Masada, 1969
Alaska Totems, 1969-1970 (2 folders)
Furniture - Bicentennial Exhibit, 1975
Orchid Paintings, 1973
Dove Toll, 1975
Butterfly Paintings, 1974
Pemberton Paintings, 1975
Iranian Locks, 1977
Hall 4 - Paleontology, undated (12 folders)
Box 9
Software Exhibit, 1972 (2 folders)
Federal Fisheries Centennial, 1972
Rentmeester Exhibit, 1972
Population Curve Exhibit, 1972
Arabia Felix
NHB Exhibits Lab - Photos
SST Exhibit, 1972
Current Halls
Prehistoric Spanish Cave Paintings, 1973
IUBS (International Union of Biological Sciences) Book Exhibit, 1970
Timna Cooper Exhibit, 1974
Cleave Photographs, 1973-1974
Conservation Coin Collection, 1974
Butterflies - Howe, 1973 (2 folders)
Cicada Exhibit, 1974
Stratford Hall, 1976
Hall 3, 4, 5 - 1963
Science Fair Exhibit, 1961
Chilean Show
Rumanian Folk Art, 1960
Ancient Ecuador, 1976
Butterfly Exhibit (Hargreaves), 1972
Chandelier - MHT (Museum of History and Technology), 1962
La Gorce Collection, 1961
Drug Exhibit, 1972
Hall 4 (25 folders)
Miscellaneous Photos
Alaska Centennial - photos
International Congress of Zoology Show - Photos
David Plowden Photograph Exhibit - Photos
Malay Archipelago, 1970
Dead Sea, 1969 - Photos and layout
Gutenberg Exhibit - Photos
Molas, 1967 (2 folders)
Dinosaurs, Hall 2 - Photos
Box 10
VISTA - Photos
General folder
Fenykovi Elephant
Special Exhibits
Hall 4 - "Giants of the Past"
Alaska Centennial
Maya Ceremonial Brazier
Series 3
EXHIBIT FILES, circa 1959-1986 and undatedThis series consists of records documenting the planning, design, and production of NMNH exhibits. Included is correspondence, memoranda, photographs, blueprints, layouts, scripts, work contracts, and schedules. The records were created by the Office of Exhibits, NMNH, as well as its predecessor offices. Staff creating records include John E. Anglim, James A. Mahoney, William F. Haase, Harry Hart, and Eugene Behlen. Included is a large amount of material concerning efforts by NMNH to make exhibits more accessible to the blind and disabled.
Box 10
Hall 26 (Archeology), 1962-1964
Hall 28 (Osteology), 1961-1964
Hall 29 (Fishes and Reptiles), 1961-1966, 1973
Powell (4 folders)
Fenykovi Elephant, 1959, 1967, and undated
Insect Hall, 1966-1967
Hall 6, 1960s
Miscellaneous correspondence concerning permanent halls, 1960s-1970s
Hall 16, Case 23 (Marine Iguana), 1962
Hall 11, American Indian Refurbishing after fire, 1964-1965
Bicentennial Exhibit 1975-1976
Miscellaneous photos, mostly of dinosaur exhibits
Chilean Exhibit, 1973
Korean Village, 1972-1973
Greenland Exhibition, 1971-1972
Miscellaneous correspondence of James Mahoney, 1970-1972
Animal Art, 1971
Spider Exhibit, 1971
Mummy Exhibit, 1972, 1974
Excretion Exhibit, 1974
Moon Rock, 1970, 1974
Project Jonah, 1973-1975
Adams Report: "The Exhibits Program at the NMNH," 6/1986
Miscellaneous correspondence of William F. Haase, 1977-1980
Color slides - Masada Exhibit, 1969
Hall 4, 1979-1980
Shipments
Box 11
Hall 10 (2 folders)
Miscellaneous exhibit guides and scripts - "Bibliography" (2 folders)
Miscellaneous files on accessibility of NMNH for blind and disabled (11 folders)
Exhibits Central, 1979
Hall 29, 1975
Carboniferous Diorama, 1976
Joseph Kurtz Contract, 1978
Miscellaneous materials on museum access for the blind (4 folders)
Proposal - 4 senses exhibit
Box 12
MAH (Museum of American History), exhibit photos and miscellaneous
Steel Frames, 1978
Hall 5 Scripts, 1960s
Hall 6 Scripts, 1960s
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution, 1978-1979
Trees and Leaves
Hall Schedules
Work Pictures
Meteorite Hall - scripts, 1961 (2 folders)
Mammals Hall, 1960s, scripts (19 folders)
North American Archeology Hall, 1960s, scripts - Hall 22 (9 folders)
North American Archeology Hall, 1960s, scripts - Hall 21 (15 folders)
Hall 23, Olmec Jade, 1960s (2 folders)
Indians of Peruvian Sierras
Hall 28, scripts, 1960s
Hall 29 construction, 1975-1976
Exhibit Files, Hall 5, 1960s (3 folders)
Exhibit Files, Hall 21, 1960s (3 folders)
Exhibit Files, Hall 22, 1960s (3 folders)
Mineral Hall, 1977
North Foyer Garden, circa 1970s
Safety Seal
Safety Division - Hazardous Signs
Oligocene Mural, 1960s
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1970, 1972, 1979
Series 4
EXHIBIT FILES, circa 1960-1978 and undatedThis series consists of a variety of records documenting the planning, design, and production of NMNH exhibits. Included is correspondence, memoranda, photographs, blueprints, layouts, scripts, work contracts, schedules, and related materials. The records were created by the Office of Exhibits, NMNH, as well as its predecessor offices. Staff represented by records include James A. Mahoney, John E. Anglim, Dorothy Guthrie, and William F. Haase. Included are voluminous files on the preparation of Hall 20, Physical Geology, and the NMNH Bicentennial exhibit.
Box 12
Hall 10 (2 folders)
Box 13
Hall 30 - Fresh Water Ecology
Halls 19 and 20 - Geology (71 folders)
Hall 4 - Paleontology (2 folders)
Hall 26 - Old World Archeology (2 folders)
Box 14
Hall 2 - Dinosaurs and other Fossil Reptiles (8 folders)
Hall 10 (9 folders)
Hall 16 - Oceanic Life
"Maria the Potter" show
Survey of Graphics
Malay Archipelago Exhibit, photographs and negatives
Guide to NMNH
Uncle Beazley
Foyer Exhibit (2 folders)
Letters, memos, misc.
"Traditional African Sculpture"
"African Interlude"
State of Science Exposition
Bicentennial Exhibit, NMNH
Memos and Planning
Limits and Growth
Illustrations - Lacy and Horner
Akerbergs
HUT Contract
Mark II Oil Pump
George Zug
Riddick Vann
Temporary Personnel
Chip Clark
OFPES (Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services)
Specimen Lists
Safety
Susan Hamilton
Action Sessions
Bicentennial Outlines
Script Writer
Lavatories - Portico
FY 1974 Revised
Box 15
FY 1975
Fourth Quarter Expenditures
Third Quarter Expenditures
Falcone Taxidermy Contract III, Mammals
Ralph Morrill
Bicentennial Taxidermy Contract I
Bicentennial Taxidermy Contract II
Bicentennial Hall Opening
Joseph Hurt Contracts
N. Neal Deaton
Jarboe Habitat Figurines
Floor Plans
Photos
1976
10,000 BP
1608
1776
Research
Regents Exhibit, 1961-1962, photographs (2 folders)
Justice Department Seizure Exhibit
Halls 19 and 20 - specifications for bids (2 volumes)
Miscellaneous photographs
Series 5
EXHIBIT FILES AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, circa 1965-1978 and undatedThis series consists of a variety of records documenting the planning, design, and production of NMNH exhibits, as well as files concerning the administration of the Office of Exhibits and its predecessor organizations. Included are files of Exhibit Designer Dorothy Guthrie which document the planning and preparation of permanent and temporary exhibits during the 1960s. Also included are records created by William F. Haase during his work as Assistant Chief in the Office of Exhibit Programs, 1969-1973, and the Office of Exhibits, NMNH, 1973-1978. Haase's files concern both office administration and exhibit production. Records documenting exhibits production include correspondence, memoranda, photographs, blueprints, layouts, scripts, work contracts, and schedules.
Box 15
Hall 20 - Physical Geology (20 folders)
Box 16
Hall 20 - Physical Geology (15 folders)
Hall 28 - Osteology (60 folders)
Box 17
Hall 28 - Osteology (23 folders)
Hall 29 - Cold Blooded Vertebrates (29 folders)
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Hall 16 - Life in the Sea (13 folders)
Box 18
Hall 16 - Life in the Sea (8 folders)
Hall 6 - Quaternary Vertebrates
Constitution Avenue Entrance
Signs - MNH
Hall 16
Hall 19
Hall 20
Hall 10
Tiger/Deer Exhibit
MNH Upgrading
Exhibits Central (Ten)
BMD (Buildings Management Division) (Ten)
Carpeting
Richard Rush - Domes, etc.
Paleontology - Phase 1
SIF - 1 - 3830
SFC - 2 - 1832
Plex. Cylinders (4)
John Wendt
Diorama Repair
Gold Case (Hall 18)
F.B.I. - Wasps
Type-printer
Type Information
Orientation
Wood - Plywood
Banners
Hall 11 - Art Photo Gallery
Eskimo Narrative
SEG Estimates
North/South Entrances
BMD
Space Allocation
Assignments
Temporary Exhibits - General
Box 19
Office Procedure
Special Projects
Contract Correspondence - General
General Monies
In-House correspondence
Transfer Contracts
BMD Printing Contracts
Exhibits Editor
Signage
Signage - Tiger/Cafeteria
Orientation - General
Milford, Pennsylvania trip
Jackson Museum of Natural Science
Seating
Publications
General correspondence
Construction and Safety
Elephant hide - Stand
Hall 14 - 15 - Mammals - Case no. 6 Gorilla
Contract Correspondence - General
Script/Labeling
Mexican Show
Mexican Show Preparations
Balcony construction, etc.
Form 23's
Planters
Photography
Washington/Lincoln
Entrance Cases
MNH Brochure
Bronze Plaques
NHB Museum Shop
By-Word Introduction
Cases Removed - Hall 23
Office Equipment
Nameblocks
Indianapolis Children's Museum
Rotunda Desks
Lunar Geology
G.E. Diamond Presentation
Bronze Door Cleaning
Petrified Woods
Public Trash Receptacles
Whale label
Tiger - Museum shop
Tiger Base
Meteorites M-20
Map Stations
Mammal Halls - 12, 14, 15
Mummy
1776 Exhibit
MNH Moon Show
World Beneath the Sea - Navy Show
Skull Barrier
Survival Cards
NHB Handout
Drilling
Meteorite Case
Exhibits Central - FY 1974 Man hours
Rotunda Cleaning
Cloak Room
Hall 26
Box 20
Hall 23
Budget Book Photos
Vertebrate Osteology (28)
Cold-Blooded Vertebrates (29)
Permanent Exhibits - Index and charge-out sheets
Series 6
EXHIBIT FILES, circa 1965-1982 and undatedThis series consists of files documenting the planning, design, and production of permanent and temporary exhibits at NMNH. Records include correspondence, memoranda, photographs, layouts, blueprints, work orders, schedules, and similar materials. Included are records created by A. Gilbert Wright, James A. Mahoney, William F. Haase, and Eugene F. Behlen.
Box 20
Air India Exhibit, 1977
Hall 23 - Memos
Hall 23
Hall 29
Hall 10 opening, Rain Forest, 1974 - photos
Insect Zoo, 1977
Insect Zoo - Plants, 1975
Summer Insect Zoo, 1975
Insect Zoo - Proposals, 1974-1975
Insect Zoo, general, 1972-1974
Insect Zoo - Fungus Ants
Insect Zoo - Rearing Room
Survival Cards Exhibits, 1973
Deep Sea Drilling Project
Holy Week with Coras Tribe, 1973
Freshwater Pearl Exhibit, 1972
Diamond Exhibit, 1972
Zinjanthropus skull, 1973
Removal of Peters Photo
Agate Cameo Display, 1972
Peace Corps Exhibit, 1973
Eskimo Exhibit, 1973
Stone Age Man, 1972
Hall 29 - Demolish, 1975
Insects - Budget, 1975
Chilean Exhibit, 1972-1973
Kier's Office, 1974
Goldstein photographs, 1972-1973
Deaton Exhibits, 1962-1970
Rand, McNally and Co., 1969
Borrowed Plows, 1975-1976
Hi - C Exhibit, 1970
Children's Museum, 1975
Mountain Plains Museum Conference, 1974
AASLH (American Association for State and Local History), Columbia, South Carolina, 1975
Texas Tech Seminar
Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Helium Centennial, 1968
Exhibits Scheduling, 1970
Foreign Museum Exchange, 1977
Cost Estimates, 1970
Box 21
Miscellaneous
Discovery Room - work requests, 1978
Miscellaneous blueprints, 1972-1973
Hall 10 - painting, 1973
Congressional Report
Hall 10 - Unistrut, 1973
AASLH, 1976
Jim Mahoney's Notes
Our Changing Land - Script, 1975
Reptiles and Amphibians Exhibit, 1970
Cavalcade of American Comics - photos
Capital of Tomorrow - photo
Cloak Room and Counter Design, 1975
Pressed on Paper, 1981
Spray Paint Booth
Office Moving/Carpeting
Lansdowne Paintings Show, 1969
National Anthropological Archives Panels, 1982
Sign/Kiosk
Mamluks/Splendors, 1981
Berwick Rug Exhibit, 1962-1964
NMNH Banner, 1978
Staff Cafeteria Modification, 1978
Portico Info Desk, 1977
Stairway Railing Covers, 1977
Brian Mason Case Exhibit, 1978
Outgoing correspondence, 1976 - Haase
Townsend's Office, undated
Lodestone Exhibit, 1976
Court Decorations, 1976
Portico - Rotunda Furniture, 1974
Miscellaneous photos
Hall 10 - Hall of Living Things - Proposal, 1969
Walter Jahn, 1975
Major Exhibit Programs, FY 1974
Orchid Exhibit, 1973
Native American People, 1977
NASM (National Air and Space Museum), 1972
Mrs. Floyd - birds, 1975
Institute for Behavioral Research, 1974
Exhibit Central Services, 1975
NMNH Design Section, 1965
Gila River Indian Community, 1971
Project Accountability, 1972
Ecological Archeology - proposal, 1973
Rose Hill Manor Museum, 1976
Treasures of Cyprus, 1976
Series 7
EXHIBIT FILES, 1978-1980This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, photographs, plans, scripts, and related materials documenting the planning and preparation of the paleobiology hall Fossils: The History of Life. Most of the files were created by George D. Stanley, Jr., Research Associate in the Office of Exhibits, who coordinated the exhibit.
Box 21
Fossils: The History of Life - Exhibit Files
Correspondence - Fossils as Natural Resources
Specimens
Box 22
Scripts
G-1 Early Flowering Plants
Completed Script B1 to F5
Amphibians - Illustrations for Graphics
Dinosaur Eggs - Info and Correspondence
Completed Script A1 to A7
H-2 Middle Albian Diorama
H-1 Middle Albian Diorama
J-1 Palm Leaf Evolution
G-2 Pollen Reproduction
Musee D'Histoire Naturelle
FNR - Coal (2 folders)
Notes
FNR - Limestone
Graphics - Continental Recon Maps
J-1 Plant Reproduction Cycles
Dinosaur Egg Exchange
Diatomite Fitter
Graphics
Models - A2 Devonian Lobe-finned fish diorama
A4 Models - Plants Invade the Land
C1 Models - Amphibians - The Vertebrates Take Land
C3 Heterosporous Reproduction in Plants and C4 Homoporous
I-1 Dakota Sandstone Angiosperms
K-6 Dynamics of Flight
C-2 Amphibian Reproduction
K-2 First Gliders
HMSG (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden) Gallery Courtyard
Miscellaneous Publications
Miscellaneous Photos
Hall 7 Specifications
Hall 10 Masada Slides
Correspondence - Pre-Cambrian Life
Early Explosion of Life in the Sea
Fossils as Natural Resources
Box 23
Phase 3 Pre-Cambrian Life
FNR Diatomaceous Earth
FNR Oil and Gas
FNR Final Script
Exhibit Reports - Paleo Hall
Museum Exhibits References and Papers
Schedule
Outlines and Theme Statements
Soil Museum - Mounting Specimens
Earliest Amphibians
Exhibit Committee Minutes and Info
Floor Plans - Museum Halls
By-Word
SI Council Meetings
Paleo Hall - General
Memos - General
Angiosperms - Figures
Specimen Lists
Time Column - Main Text
Models
Intro Text - Amphibians
A-1 Ramp
A-2 Devonian Diorama
A-3 Problems and Terrestrial
A-4a Early Experiments and Plants
A-4 Earliest Plant Diorama
A-5 Early Arthropods
A-6 Time Reference
A-7 Devonian Landscape and Mural
B-1-2 Homosporous Reproduction and Early Homosporous Plants
D-1 First Forests
D-2 First Tree
D-3 Coal Swamp Forests
D-4 Paleozoic Arthropods
D-5 Land Gastropods
E-1 Branchiosaur Story
E-2 Buettneria Slab
E-3 Natural Molds and Casts
E-4 Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic Gymno.
F-2 The Seed
F-3 The Amniote Egg
F-5 Time Column
G-1 to J Angiosperm
The Changing Earth
Comments on First Draft
Chase Studio
Community Hall
Correspondence - Invertebrates Phase 5
FNR Phosphates
Correspondence - Smithsonian Exhibitions
Series 8
EXHIBIT FILES, 1967-1988This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, plans, photographs, and printed materials documenting the planning and execution of exhibitions at NMNH. The files were created by Eugene Behlen and Lawrence P. O'Reilly in their capacity as Chief.
Box 23
Alvin
Brazilian Featherworks (Coral Reef Exhibit)
Dynamics of Evolution - Hall 10 (3 folders)
Box 24
Coral Reef Film
Enter Life by Faith Hubley (3 folders)
Insect Zoo (2 folders)
Maine Coast Tank
Native American Program - January-February 1986
Man Makes Culture Makes Man
Pribilof Fur Seals: Henry W. Elliott
Francis Lee Jaques: Artist - Naturalist
Pehr Hasselrot - Rock Carving Locations
Jonathan Kingdon
Living Things: Excerpts from a Sketch - Book
Nazca Lines by Marilyn Bridges
Olemara Peters Exhibit
Paintings of California by Mary Foley Benson
Feodor U. Pitcairn
The Art of Louis Paul Jonas
Exhibits Committee Minutes
1987
1986
1985 (2 folders)
1984 (2 folders)
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
Box 25
1974
1973
A Diamond Jubilee Celebration 75th Anniversary
SEM Working Lab
"Splendors"
Tokyo is Photography
Wilkes Exhibit
By-Word
Discovery Room
Dina Data Touch Screen
MNH Floorplans
New Fundraising Plan
Paleo Phase III
Paleo Phase III "Return to the Sea"
Paleo Meeting
Paleo IIIA (3 folders)
Paleo Phase IV
Report to Adams
Wolf & Timitz Report
Series 9
EXHIBIT FILES, circa 1960-1990This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, scripts, plans, photographs, work orders, and related materials documenting the production of temporary and permanent exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History. Most of the records were created by William F. Haase and Dorothy Guthrie. Extensive documentation exists for the Jade Hall and the Osteology Hall.
Box 26
Jade Hall (15 folders)
Bhutan Exhibition
Lincoln Fox, 1975
Rock Photomicrographs - O. Tobisch
Native Orchid Photographs
Read - Bromeliads Exhibit
Spiro Graphics
Sturmer Show
Ann Stevens Show
Pawson Exhibit
Tropical Blossoms - additions/modifications, December 1978
Hasselrot - Rock carvings
Spider Exhibit - A Walk in the Woods
Krupsaw Exhibit
USGS (United States Geological Survey) - Holmes Exhibition
Gary Ladd
MNH - Folk Festival, 1978
Mignon Davis Show
Korean Exhibit - Hall 10
Storrs Olson Case
Scientific Illustrators
Iler Show
Ravindran Show
Mary E. Schultz - Photographer
Conklin's Radiographs
Don Briggs Show
Fuertes Show
African Wildlife Sculpture - J. A. Whiteman
Tunisian Mosaics (2 folders)
Ecuador Exhibit (2 folders)
Dinamation
Employees/Labor Relations
Box 27
Scientific Illustrations, 1969
Installation Photos
Miscellaneous Photos and Negatives (2 folders)
Osteology Hall - Photos (2 folders)
Hall 22, Archaeology. Scripts, photos, plans, work orders, and related materials, circa 1960s.
Series 10
EXHIBIT FILES, circa 1963-1989This series consists of plans, scripts, memoranda, photographs, and related material documenting the planning and installation of permanent and special exhibitions in NMNH. Especially well documented are Halls 18 and 19 (Gems and Minerals); Hall 29 (Cold-Blooded Vertebrates); and Hall 20 (Physical Geology).
Box 28
Hall 18, Gems and Minerals (18 folders)
Hall 19, Gems and Minerals (12 folders)
Halls 18 and 19 - Photographs
Hall 5, Life in the Ancient Seas (6 folders)
Hall 22, North American Ethnology
Hall 25, Physical Anthropology - Photographs
Hall 16, Ocean Life - Photographs
Hall 23, Latin American Archaeology - Photographs
Box 29
Hall 29, Cold-Blooded Vertebrates (20 folders)
Hall 20, Physical Geology (15 folders)
Hall 14, Mammals
Hall 15, Mammals
Hall 26, Western Civilization
Storage Cabinets (Flammable Liquids)
Rotunda Proposals (2 folders)
Washington Project for the Arts
Workshop/Museum Programs
Smithsonian Women's Committee
Smithsonian Women 's Committee Xmas Dance (3 folders)
Workshop information
Foyer Paint Specifications
Topaz - John S. White
Splendors of Nature
Career Awareness Program
Male Dwarf Caiman
Christmas at the SI, 1989
Contractors for Hall 5
Coke Push - Fiscal Report and Script
Thailand Exhibit Hall
Hall 8 - special label
Lloyd Herman - 1968 notes
Public Inquiries
Series 11
EXHIBIT FILES, circa 1955-1973 and undatedThis series consists of records created by the Office of Exhibits, the Office of Exhibit Programs, and the NMNH Office of Exhibits. The records consist of correspondence, memoranda, blueprints, photographs, plans, and related materials mostly documenting special exhibits at NMNH, as well as at the Museum of History and Technology, National Air and Space Museum, National Collection of Fine Arts, Arts and Industries Building, and Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Also included are files concerning a few shows of the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service. The records are arranged alphabetically.
Box 29
Abu Simbel, undated
Alaska Purchase Centennial Exhibit (SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service), 1967
Anniversary of Armistice (MHT), 1968
Apollo Spacecraft (NASM), undated
Art of Organic Forms, 1968
Art Protis (SITES), 1970
Arts and Industries Building, Plans, 1969
Arts and Industries Building, Photographs
Astronomical Art Addicts (MHT), 1969
Atomic Art (MHT), 1969
Beech Case, 1970
Brasilia Children's Art (ANM - Anacostia Neighborhood Museum), 1967
British Designers and Craftsmen (A&I - Arts and Industries), 1969
Building (SI), miscellaneous photographs
Camera and the Human Facade (MHT), 1969
Box 30
George Catlin Exhibit (NCFA), 1965
Census Exhibit (MHT), undated
Ceramics Hall (MHT), undated
Chair Show (MHT), 1968
Concerned Photographer (A&I), 1969
Contemporary Black American Artists (A&I), 1969
Czechoslovakian Pottery, 1962
Daraniyagala Exhibit (NCFA), 1969
DC-7 Stairs (NASM), 1970
Employ the Handicapped Exhibit, 1965
Federal Government Science Exhibit, 1964
Finnish Graphics (SITES), 1967
Fulbright Painters and Designers (NHB), 1959
Glenn Capsule Stairs (NASM), 1970
Goddard Memorabilia Case (NASM), 1971
Great Hall, 1970
Greek Costume Exhibition (NHB), 1960
Greenland Exhibition (NHB), 1972
Hall 4, Fossil Plants and Invertebrates (NHB)
Hall 5, Prehistoric Animals (NHB)
Hall of Medical and Dental History (A&I)
Hand of Man on America (A&I), 1970
Health Hall (MHT)
Jamestown Foundation Exhibit, 1964
JFK Center for the Performing Arts, 1964
Liebes Retrospective (A&I), 1970
Light Machinery Hall (MHT)
McCall Art Show (NASM)
Mall Maps and Drawings
Medical Sciences Hall (MHT)
Melies Film Festival (MHT)
Miscellaneous Photographs
Montana Arts and Crafts, 1965
Moon Rock (NASM), 1970
Moon Rock Case (NASM)
Music-Making American Style (MHT)
Museum Data Processing Exhibit, 1968
MHT, miscellaneous
MHT Lab - Production
Napoleonic Coins (MHT)
NCFA/NPG (National Portrait Gallery), miscellaneous
NCFA Portrait Exhibit (MHT), 1968
NASM Panels, 1971
NASM Symposium, 1971
Neutra (Richard) Exhibit (MHT), 1969
New Concepts for Leisure (MHT)
Norwegian Folk Art (NCFA), 1959
Nuclear Energy Exhibit (MHT), 1968
Numismatics Hall (MHT)
Peace Corps Exhibit, 1968
People Figures (MHT), 1969
Persistent Crafts of Poland (SITES), 1972
Philately Hall (MHT)
Photography and the City (A&I), 1968
Physics Hall (MHT)
Planetary Exploration Exhibit (NASM)
Plastic as Plastic (A&I), 1969
Polish Folk Art (A&I), 1970
Box 31
Population Crisis Exhibit (NMNH), 1972
Puppet Theatre (MHT), 1968
Railroads Hall (MHT)
Reading is Fundamental (MHT), 1969
Regents Exhibits, 1956, 1958, 1961-1963 (5 folders)
Renwick Exhibit (NCFA), 1972
Secretary's Portraits (SI), 1972
1776: Black Man in America (SITES), 1971
Smithsonian Signs
SNAP 27 Exhibit (NASM), 1970
Raphael Soyer Prints (MHT), 1968
Special Exhibits: photographs
Sullivan's Stencils (MHT), 1969
Swiss Folk Art (MHT), 1969
Textiles Hall (MHT)
Toledo Glass National (A&I), 1969
Tools Hall (MHT)
Townshend Act Exhibit (MHT), 1968
Tunnels and Bridges Hall (MHT)
United Nations Week (SI)
U.S. Air Force Show (NASM), 1970
Urban Transit: Problem & Promise (A&I), 1969 (2 folders)
Urban Design: Manhattan Photos (2 folders)
Vibrating World (A&I), 1970
The Victorian American (A&I), 1961
Washington Conference for the Blind Exhibit, 1969
Watercraft Hall (MHT)
Weather Bureau Exhibit (MHT), 1970
West-South Range Paneling (A&I), 1969
Westward to Promontory (MHT)
White House Press Photographer Exhibit (A&I)
Women Exhibit (A&I), 1970 (2 folders)
Women, Cameras, & Images (MHT), 1968-1970 (6 folders)
Women in Politics, 1970
World Beneath the Sea (MNH)
X-1 Display (NASM), 1970
Box 32
Pouliot
Hall 20 Physical Geology - Color Charts and Intro Credit Label
Miscellaneous Oversize Photos
Color Me Mankind - MHT Exhibit, 1968 (Photos)
Hall 7 - Drawings and Negatives
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