Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 465
Renwick Gallery. Office of the Director
Records, 1967-1988
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: | Renwick Gallery. Office of the Director |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | 1967-1988 |
| Quantity: | 15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 465 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This record unit primarily documents the tenure of Lloyd Herman, Director of the Gallery, but also contains the records of Scott, Davis, and Taylor, directors of the National Collection of Fine Arts. The records pertain to temporary exhibitions as well as the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery. Prior to 1973 the records illustrate the establishment of the collections as well as the restoration of the Renwick. Exhibitions represented are "Woodenworks: Furniture Objects by Five Contemporary Craftsmen," 1972-1975; "Shaker: Furniture and Objects from the Faith and Edward Deming Andrews Collections Commemorating the Bicentenary of the American Shakers," 1972-1975; and "American Pieced Quilts," 1973-1975. Also included are general office files, which include incoming and outgoing correspondence, exhibition schedules, newspaper clippings, photographs, and publications. Meetings and reports files and special events files are included. |
Descriptive Entry
This record unit primarily documents the tenure of Lloyd Herman, Director of the Renwick Gallery, but also contains the records of David W. Scott, Robert Tyler Davis, and Joshua C. Taylor, directors of the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA). The records pertain to temporary exhibitions as well as the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery. Prior to 1973 the records illustrate the establishment of the collections as well as the restoration of the Renwick. Exhibitions represented include Woodenworks, 1972-1975, Shaker, 1972-1975, and American Pieced Quilts, 1973-1975. Also included are incoming and outgoing correspondence, exhibition schedules, newspaper clippings, photographs, publications, meetings and reports files, and special events files.
Restrictions
Access RestrictionBoxes 10 and 11 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid. Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- American Pieced Quilts (Exhibition) (1973-1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Davis, Robert Tyler
- Herman, Lloyd E.
- National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
- Scott, David W., 1916-
- Shaker: Furniture and Objects from the Faith and Edward Deming Andrews Collections Commemorating the Bicentenary of the American Shakers (Exhibition) (1973-1974: Washington, D.C.)
- Taylor, Joshua C. (Joshua Charles), 1917-1981
- Woodenworks: Furniture Objects by Five Contemporary Craftsmen (Exhibition) (1972-1975: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- Art museum curators
- Art museums
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Museum exhibits
- Museums -- Administration
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 465, Renwick Gallery. Office of the Director, Records
Container List
Series 1
Renwick Gallery, 1967-1976Series
Series 1a
General Office Files, 1968-1974Box 1
American Association of Museums, 1972
Answers to Questions Visitors Ask, 1972-1973
Architecture
Barney House, 1971-1972
Bicentennial Show: NCFA
Biographer (Renwick), 1970
BMD, 1972-1973 (2 folders)
Cantwell Paper Company, 1971
Caterers
CATV Industry, 1972-1973
Ceramics and Glass, 1972
Crafts Program, 1968-1971
Creative Screen, 1974
Conservation, 1972-1974
Miscellaneous Curatorial Notes, 1972-1973
Robert T. Davis log, 1969
Robert T. Davis, cc: from Donald McClelland, 1970-1971
Dealers wanting to sell, 1972
Design Is Imagination, 1971-1972
Design is Ornament, 1971
Docent and Education Programs, 1972
Lists of Donors and Lenders, 1972
Exhibit - Henry Dreyfuss
Future Exhibitions, 1971-1974 (3 folders)
Miscellaneous Exhibition Ideas
Exhibition Schedule, 1973-1974
Miscellaneous Exhibition Scripts, 1971-1972
Floor Plans, Octagon Room, 202, 203
Food Preparation, 1972-1973
Furniture Design, 1972
General Organization NCFA
Grand Salon: Miscellaneous, 1971
Guard/Security Force, 1972
Historic Preservation, Advisory Council, 1973
Information Volunteers, 1972
Letters of Inquiry - General, 1972-1973
Library Information, includes bibliography and correspondence, 1971-1972
Myer Myers - American Silversmith, 1972
National Home Fashions League presentation of wall decoration by David Winfield Wilson, 1972-1973
Newspaper Clippings, 1971
Joseph Pennell Drawing of Renwick Gallery Staircase, 1971
Personal Chronologic File (includes incoming original), 1972-1973 (2 folders)
Photographs, 1971-1972
Publications, 1972
Registrar's Office, 1972-1973
Renwick Gallery, 1970-1971 (3 folders)
Renwick Gallery, Historical Information on, 1970
Miscellaneous Research, 1971-1972
Santini, 1972-1974
Smithsonian Institution Building
Thank You Letters, 1972-1973 (2 folders)
Tours, talks, visitors to Renwick, 1970-1971
Tour Schedules, 1972
Tours - Special Arrangements, 1972-1973
Upholstering, 1971
Yellin - Iron works exhibition, 1972
Series 1b
Exhibitions, 1970-1976Box 1
American Coverlets, 1973
American Glass Now, 1972
American Pieced Quilts, 1973-1975
Arts & Crafts Movement, 1971-1973 (2 folders)
Box 2
Brazilian Baroque, 1972-1973 (2 folders)
Carder Glass Testing, 1974
Contemporary Textile Art From Austria, 1974-1975
200 Years: Copenhagen, 1970-1974
Design Is, 1970-1975
The Design Necessity, 1973 (2 folders)
Figure and Fantasy, 1972-1975
The Goldsmith, 1973-1974
Jack Lenor Larsen Retrospective Exhibition, 1971-1972
Ceramic Art of G & O Natzler, 1972-1975 (2 folders)
Natzler Loan Forms, 1973
Current Natzler Files, 1973
Contemporary Nigerian Art, 1973-1974
Printings from Pakistan, 1973-1974
H. H. Richardson, 1974-1975
Santos, 1974
Shaker, 1972-1975 (2 folders)
Woodenworks, 1972-1975
Signs of Life: Symbols in the American City, 1976
Series 1c
Furnishings, 1969-1972Box 2
Administrative, general, forms, etc., 1970
Budget: Construction contract, 1969-1972
Contract Plans: Final review (meeting at Renwick, April 23, 1970), 1970
Contractor (General) Technical Construction, Inc., 1971
Contractor: Broadway Decorators, 1971
Craftsmen (for restoration work at Renwick), 1969-1970
Box 3
Floor Plans: Suggestions for restoration, 1967-1972
Furnishings: Decorative items, 1969-1971
Furnishings: Dimensions, 1969-1970
Furnishings: Furniture restoration, fabrics, 1969-1972
Furnishings: Gallery Plants, 1971-1972
Furnishings: Gifts, Loans, Purchases, 1969-1971
Furnishings: Lighting fixtures, 1970-1972
Furnishings: Office and Public Use, 1970-1972
Furnishings: Restoration, 1970-1972
Furnishings for Renwick Gallery Permanent Collections, 20th Century Furniture, 1971-1972
Furnishings: Wall, window and floor coverings, 1969-1970
Graphics Designer, 1970
Patterson Flynn & Johnson, Inc., office carpeting, 1971
Renovation and Restoration, painting and finishing, 1971
Stark Carpeting, 1970-1971
Storage: For Renwick or Removal from, 1970-1971
Tapestries, 1969
Series 1d
Meetings and Reports, 1968-1971Box 3
Meetings
Meetings: Renwick Committee (Interdepartmental), 1968-1970
Role: Uses of Renwick Gallery, 1968-1970
People: Contracts for Renwick
Reports
Ripley's Proposals to President Johnson and Community Reactions, 1965-1968
Architect (see also Floor Plan folders), 1969-1971
Birds, damage to building, 1969-1970
D. McClelland's Renwick Report, December 11, 1968
Lowell Nesbitt, 1971
William Pahlman, 1969
Projects for Renwick, posters, etc., 1969-1970
Reports: Renwick Quarterly, 1968-1970
Series 1e
Special Events, 1967-1973Box 3
Academic Studies - Reception, December 8, 1972
AID Lecture on Renwick by Arthur M. Feldman, 1972 (2 folders)
The Camerata Chorus of Washington, 19th Century Concert, October 30, 1972
Neil Cosson's lecture "The Preservation of England's Industrial Heritage at Ironbridge Gorge," October 17, 1972
The Songs of Stephen Foster, September 3, 1972
Hitchcock lecture "State Capitals - Victorian Period," May 17, 1972
Ladi Kwali, African Potter, 1971-1972
Renwick Opening - Dinner Party, 1971-1972
Renwick Gallery Opening, 1971-1972 (2 folders)
Renwick Gallery - Mailing Lists, 1971
Renwick Opening - Photographs
Gregg Smith Singers "Choral Treat," November 16, 1972 and June 5, 1973 (2 folders)
Smithsonian's diplomatic friends dinner, March 9, 1972
Spanish Portuguese Study Group - Special Event, February 6, 1973
Special Events, 1967-1972
Special Events, Renwick Gala, October 2, 1970, Ladies Committee
Travel Program for Foreign Diplomats, April 5, 1972
Washington Fashion Group Luncheon, November 18, 1970 (2 folders)
David Winfield Wilson, "The Creative Process," April 25, 1973 - Sponsored by National Home Fashions League
Series 2
Renwick Gallery, Office of the Director, 1969, 1974-1983Box 3
American Crafts in the White House
Index AM Design -Toys
Beehive (jb)
Belgian Lace
Box 4
Belgian Marionettes, May 1, 1980 (2 folders)
Belgian Marionettes, January-April, 1980
Belgian Marionettes, 1977-1979
Child's Play
Craft Art and Religion, 1977-February 1978
Craft Art and Religion
Craft Art and Religion, March 1978-April 1979
Craft Art: A Washington Exposition
French Popular Arts, 1977
Ted Hallman (2 folders)
Recent Works in Enamel by William Harper
Iron, Solid Wrought/USA
Iron, Solid Wrought/USA, 1976-1977
Julie
Kids as Architects
Kiowa Tipis
Mexican Folk Art (3 folders)
Box 5
New Surface Fabric
A Modern Consciousness
Objects for Preparing Food
MCC Stained Glass Exhibition JB
Berlin Porcelain jb (2 folders)
The Art of Russia, August 1979
The Art of Russia, January-July 31, 1979
The Art of Russia - Publicity
The Art of Russia - Press releases, invitations, brochures
The Art of Russia - Travel
Bo'Jou, Neejee JB
Man Made Mobile
Maria Martinez, January 1977-June 1978
Signs of Life (Folders 1-2 of 5)
Box 6
Signs of Life (Folders 3-5 of 5)
Films - City Series
Tiffany
1980 Sculpture Symposium
Egypt Today
Ethel Mohammed
Snuff Bottle Society
OLAF Skoogfors LEH
OLAF Skoogfors jb
Ryijy rugs from Finland
Polish Textiles
Messages in Wood Elijah Pierce
Posters for a Picnic
Ronald Pearson
Cook/Al Hilali Painted Weavings
Oregon Folk Art
General Correspondence (9 folders)
Box 7
Buildings Reborn: New Uses, Old Places (3 folders)
Art of Russia, 1976-1977
Bowls and Boxes
Art of Russia, 1978
American Crafts Council, slide scripts
Lloyd E. Herman (LEH) Files
LEH - Jurying, 1980
Horticulture
Miscellaneous - Renwick
LEH - World Crafts Council
Jewelry
Budget
Museum Programs/Museum Act
Renwick Gallery News Releases from Office of Public Affairs (2 folders)
Zero Base Budget (ZBB)
Publications
LEH - The Crafts Report
Box 8
Decorative Arts Committee, 1978-1979
Decorative Arts Committee, 1976, 1978
National Museum of American Art (NMAA)/Renwick Gallery Newsletters
Renwick Information
Maria (Martinez) letters referred to Susan (Peterson)
Maria Martinez, July 1978 -
Lecture Series, 1980-1981
Folklife Festival - Renwick Gallery Participation
Vignelli - JB
Exhibition and Design
Conservation Analytical Lab - CAL
Secretarial Letters
LEH Innovative Craftsmen, 1979-1982 (2 folders)
Smithsonian Associates
Public Programs
Visual Services
NCFA Commission
NCFA Commission Development Committee, Philip Hanes, Chairman
Lloyd Herman, Membership organization to support craft history educational activities
LEH Recommendation Letters, 1979-1981 (2 folders)
Publications - Catalogs, Pamphlets, Brochures
Attendance, 1982-1983
Box 9
Friends of the Renwick Art Gallery
Maria (Martinez) Publicity, Invitations, etc.
Renwick/NCFA Calendars, January 1977-
Series 3
Renwick Gallery, Office of the Director, 1982-1988Box 9
The Art of John La Farge, NMAA, July 10 through November 7, 1987
Budget (2 folders)
Checklists (3 folders)
Contract: Carnegie
Contract: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Contract: Greenland Studios
Correspondence: Adams
Correspondence: Carnegie
Correspondence: La Farge
Correspondence: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Correspondence: Yarnall
Curricula vitae (Adams et al.)
Design and Production framing
Conservation/Frame requests
Design: Stained Glass Windows (see also Greenland Studios Contract)
Exhibition Planning/Problems
Exhibition Prospectus
Funding/Grants: NEH
Funding: Refused
Funding: Special Exhibition Fund
Funding: Smithson Society
Label Copy
Panel Text
Lender Lists
Loans: Stained Glass Windows
Photography Purchase Orders (2 folders)
Photo requests
Box 10
Photograph lists (owners)
Photographs: Permission to reproduce
Poster
Lender files (49 folders) [RESTRICTED]
Loans Refused
Loans - Drafts/Samples
Loans - Rescinded
Loans Outstanding
Miscellaneous
Opening/Invitation
Programs
Publication: Author correspondence
Publication: Brochure (sample enclosed)
Publication: Planning and general correspondence
Publication: Contract with Abbeville
Publication: Catalogue purchases, NMAA
Publication: Checklist
Publication: Mailing list/Credits
Publication: Miscellaneous
Publication: Preface
Publicity
Special Events
Tour
American Art Deco, Renwick Gallery, April 17 through July 26, 1987. The exhibition was organized by NMAA and subsequently toured to 4 locations.
Budget/contracts
Checklists (Folders 1-2 of 3)
Box 11
Checklists (Folder 3 of 3)
Correspondence (3 folders)
Conservation/Framing
Design and installation
Exhibition Planning
Exhibition Prospectus
Funding/Grants
Label copy
Lender list
Lender files (68 folders) [RESTRICTED]
Loan letters sent
Loans refused
Miscellaneous
Opening/Invitation
Panel text
Public programs
Publication: Abrams
Publications: Brochure
Publicity
Special Events: Smithson/Contributing Membership event
Tour: Checklist
Tour: Correspondence
Tour: Contracts
Art, Design, and the Modern Corporation: The Collection of Container Corporation of America, NMAA, October 24, 1985 through January 19, 1986 (filename: Container)
Budget
Budget/Contract (Harris)
Checklist
Conservation
General correspondence
Design and installation
Exhibition prospectus
Framing
Invitation/Opening
Label copy/Panel text
Miscellaneous
Photography
Posters
Program
Box 12
Publication budget/Memoranda
Brochure
Publicity
Smithsonian Exhibition Fund (SEF) Grant request
Tour
Works acquired by accession, 1984
Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, NMAA, January 29 through August 14, 1987 (filename: Sara Roby)
Budget/Contracts
Checklist
Correspondence and loan request (1 work)
Design and production
Exhibition prospectus
Funding
Label copy
Miscellaneous
Opening/Invitation guest list
Poster
Programs/Symposium
Publication (SI Press)
Publication (Distribution to donors, artists of exhibition catalogue)
Publicity clipping
Lucas Samaras: Objects and Subjects 1969-1986, NMAA, August 12 through October 16, 1988
Budget/Contracts
Checklist
Correspondence/Memoranda
Design and installation
Exhibition prospectus and related memoranda
Label copy/Panel text/Ephemeral graphics
Miscellaneous
Opening/Invitation/Guest list
Programs/Special events
Publications
Publicity/Public Affairs/Press releases
Shipping/Tour/Itinerary
Wanderlust, NMAA, April 8 through July 4, 1988
Wanderlust
The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, NMAA, May 3 through August 18, 1985
Budget
Checklist
Exhibition prospectus
Label copy
Loans
Panel text
Programs
Publicity
Labels
NMAA temporary exhibitions
The Capital Image: Painters in Washington, D.C., 1800-1915 (2 folders)
Werner Drewes: Sixty-five Years of Printmaking
Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the NEA - Budget
Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the NEA - Exhibition prospectus
Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the NEA - Funding/Grant proposals
Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the NEA - New Zealand tour discussion
Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the NEA - Programs
Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the NEA - Publications
Box 13
Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the NEA - Publicity
Exposed and Developed: Photography Sponsored by the NEA - Travel/Tours
Erastus Salsbury Field, NMAA (co-hosted with National Portrait Gallery), June 8 through September 3, 1984
Budget/Contracts
Checklist
Exhibition planning/Prospectus/Notes
Labels/Wall text
Lender list/Loans
Miscellaneous
Programs
Publications
Publicity/Press release/Clippings
Nature's Forms, Nature's Forces: The Art of Alexandre Hogue, NMAA, August 16 through November 3, 1985
Budget/Contracts/Correspondence/Philbrook
Checklists
Exhibition planning
Funding/Grants
Miscellaneous
Panel text/Label copy
Poster/Publication
Programs/Publicity
Fantasy and Imagination: Sculpture by Eugenic Gershoy, NMAA, July 24, 1984 through January 20, 1985
Eugenic Gershoy (2 folders)
Focusing on Art: Peter A. Juley & Sons, NMAA, November 20, 1985 through May 4, 1986 (filename: Juley)
Budget
Checklist
Conservation/Frame requests
Exhibition prospectus
Label copy
Lenders
Miscellaneous
Programs
G. K. Hall Publication
Publications
Publicity
Tour
Homage to Franz Kline: Photographs by Aaron Siskind, NMAA, December 7, 1984 through February 24, 1985
Aaron Siskind
Edward Weston Retrospective
Contracts
Design and installation
Exhibition prospectus
Label copy and panel text
Opening/Public programs
Publicity/Clippings
Dan Dailey: Glass, 1972-1987, Renwick, July 26 through October 25, 1987
Budget/Contracts
Checklist
Correspondence
Design and Production
Exhibition Prospectus
Label Copy/Panel Text
Opening/Invitation
Programs
Publicity/Press release
Lost and Found Traditions: Native American Art, 1965-1985, Renwick, October 2, 1987 through March 6, 1988
Budget/Contract
Brochure
Checklist
Correspondence: American Federation of Arts
Correspondence: General
Design and installation
Exhibition Prospectus
Funding/Grants
Label copy/Panel text
Miscellaneous
Natural History Museum exhibition (Plains Indians)
Opening/Invitation: Native American ceremony
Box 14
Opening guest lists (Both openings) (2 folders)
Opening/Invitation: Standard opening
Programs
Publications
Publicity
Special events (Non-Renwick)
Tour/Itinerary
Stephen de Staebler: The Figure, Renwick, October 21, 1988 through February 12, 1989
Stephen de Staebler: The Figure
Treasures From the Land: Twelve New Zealand Craftsmen and Their Native Materials, Renwick, November 15, 1985 through March 16, 1986 (filename: New Zealand)
Budget
Checklist
Correspondence
Exhibition Prospectus
Funding/Grants
Invitation/Opening
Programs
Publications
Publicity
Cynthia Schira: New Work, Renwick, November 13, 1987 through February 14, 1988
Budget/Contracts
Checklist
Correspondence
Design and installation
Exhibition Prospectus
Label copy/Panel text
Miscellaneous
Opening/Invitation
Programs
Publicity
The Art of Turned Wood Bowls, Renwick, April 17 through September 28, 1986
The Art of Turned Wood Bowls
Fanfare (Fans from the 18th Century - 20th Century) Parts I, II, III, Renwick, February 17, 1984 through July 8, 1985
Fanfare
Harvey K. Littleton Retrospective Exhibition, Renwick, March 30 through September 3, 1984
Harvey Littleton
Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women, Renwick, November 2, 1984 through February 24, 1985
Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women
Gene Davis: A Memorial Exhibition, NMAA, February 27 through April 12, 1987
Budget/Contracts
Checklist
Conservation
Correspondence
Design and production
Exhibition prospectus
Funding (General)
Funding (Washington Post)
Funding (Special Exhibition Fund)
Label copy/Panel Text
Lender list
Loan letters sent
Loan letters returned
Loans refused
Miscellaneous
Opening/Invitation
Photographs
Box 15
Programs
Wellesley College
Publication (SI Press)
Publicity
Tour planning
Video
Awards in the Visual Arts , NMAA, May 7 through August 8, 1982 (Joshua Taylor files)
Awards in the Visual Arts (3 folders)
City Life: Photographs by Bruce Davidson, NMAA, March 4 through June 18, 1988
Budget
Checklist
Design and installation
Exhibition prospectus
Funding/Grant
Image meeting
Label copy and panel text
Mat/Frame request
Miscellaneous
Opening/Invitation
Programs
Publicity
Tour correspondence
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings, Renwick, April 26 through September 1, 1986
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Johnson Wax Buildings
Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual, Renwick, Part I - March 17 through June 26, 1982; Part II - August 26, 1982 through February 21, 1983
Checklists/Design and production
Correspondence (General)
Exhibition planning and funding
Non-SI funding requests
Program/Education kits
Publication (Catalogue)
Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup, Vase, Renwick, April 22 through July 24, 1988
Budget/Contracts
Checklist
Design and production
Exhibition prospectus
Label copy/Panel text
Opening special events
Publicity
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