Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 476
National Museum of American Art. Department of Graphic Arts
Records, 1966-1989
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | National Museum of American Art. Department of Graphic Arts |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | 1966-1989 |
| Quantity: | 17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 476 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | In 1983 the Department of Prints and Drawings was renamed the Department of Graphic Arts. Joann Moser, who joined the staff in 1985 as Curator, became Curator-in-Charge, 1987- . These records consist of files documenting exhibitions organized by the Department of Prints and Drawings and the Department of Graphic Arts, 1968-1987, under the leadership of Moser. Also included is a small amount of material left behind by curators Jacob Kainen and Janet A. Flint. Some materials date to when the museum was known as the National Collection of Fine Arts. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, label text, object lists, loan information, clippings, images, newsletters, course lecture notes, floor plans, catalogue manuscripts, checklists, lists of recent acquisitions, research files, and other related materials. |
Historical Note
In 1983, the Department of Prints and Drawings was renamed the Department of Graphic Arts. Joann Moser, who joined the staff in 1985 as Curator, became Curator-in-Charge, 1987- .
Descriptive Entry
These records consist of files documenting exhibitions organized by the Department of Prints and Drawings and the Department of Graphic Arts, 1968-1987, under the leadership of Moser. Also included is a small amount of material left behind by curators Jacob Kainen and Janet A. Flint. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, label text, object lists, loan information, clippings, images, newsletters, course lecture notes, floor plans, catalogue manuscripts, checklists, lists of recent acquisitions, research files, and other related materials.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Moser, Joann
- Kainen, Jacob
- Flint, Janet A.
- National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.). Department of Prints and Drawings
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Department of Prints and Drawings
Subject
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 476, National Museum of American Art. Department of Graphic Arts, Records
Container List
Box 1
Boris Anisfeldt: 20 Years of Designs for the Theater, 1971 (2 folders)
Boris Anisfeldt: Research, 1971 (2 folders)
John Davis Hatch: 150 Years of Drawings, 1971
Hidden Aspects of the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA), 1971
Graphics 1971: West Coast, USA
Venice 35: Smithsonian Workshop Prints, 1971
Thomas Eakins Photographs, 1971
Showhegan Graphics Series, 1971
Wolf Trap and List Art Posters, 1971
Paul Manship (1885-1966), 1970-1971
Winslow Homer, 1974-1975
S. MacDonald-Wright
Leonard Baskin, 1970
Thomas Nast, 1970
American Master Prints from the Smithsonian Collections, 1971
William H. Holmes: Prints and Drawings, 1970
The March of America
Milton Avery, 1970
WPA Prints, 1935-1943 [October 1-December 15, 1968]
Werner Drewes: Woodcuts [August 14-October 5, 1969]
Prospective Exhibitions, 1971
Work for NCFA Exhibitions
Office of Exhibits, 1969-1970
Exhibits Committee, 1966-1969
Correspondence, 1968-1969
Box 2
Exhibit Schedules, 1974-1984
NCFA: Contemporary American Drawings, Exhibition Proposal, 1979
Plans for Future Shows: Memoranda, 1968-1984
Acquisitions, 1969-1970
National Portrait Gallery: Catalogue List
National Museum of American Art: Publications List
Anni Albers
Internship Council Definitions of Non-Employees, 1983
Commemorations, 1983
Lozowick Traveling Exhibition, 1983-1984
Exhibition Proposals: Janet Flint and Betsy Broun, 1984
The Way of Good and Evil: Popular Religious Lithographs of 19th Century America, 1972 [includes photographs] (2 folders)
Suggested Print Tour
Werner Drewes Correspondence, 1969
Exhibition Prospectus, 1984
P and D Collection, 1969
Johann Hermann Carmiencke, 1973 (2 folders)
8th Dulin National Print and Drawings Competition, 1973
Hayter Exhibition, 1969
Monotype: Edition of One, 1972
Dusseldorf Academy and the Americans, 1973
Solon H. Borglum: Drawings and Sculpture, 1972
4th Members: Washington Print Club, 1972
Box 3
Granite Gallery Installation, 1973
Graphics 1973: Ralston Crawford, 1973
Prints by Karl Schrag, 1972
Acquisitions, 1972
Artists-Naturalists: Observations in the Americas, 1972
Drawings by William Glackins, 1972 (2 folders)
Prints by J. Alden Weir, 1972
Three Contemporary Printmakers, 1973 [includes photographs] (2 folders)
Modern American Woodcuts, 1973
Steinberg at the Smithsonian, 1973 [includes photographs] (2 folders)
Box 4
A Measure of Beauty, 1973 (5 folders)
Chaim Gross, 1974 (3 folders)
Two Decades of American Prints, 1974
5th Members Exhibition, 1974
Eight From California, 1974-1975 [includes photographs] (4 folders)
Acquisitions, 1975
Corcoran Reproductions, 1976 [includes photographs]
Box 5
Abraham Rattner, 1976 [includes photographs] (4 folders)
Peggy Bacon, 1975-1976 (folders 1-10 of 17)
Box 6
Peggy Bacon, 1975-1976 (folders 11-17 of 17)
Schedules of Changing Exhibitions, 1976-1978
WPA/FAP Graphics, 1976
America as Art, 1976 (2 folders)
Louis Lozowick, 1976 (2 folders)
George Miller, 1976 (4 folders)
Box 7
Washington Print Club, 1976 (2 folders)
Jacob Kainen Retrospective, 1976-1977 [includes photographs] (7 folders)
Raphael Soyer, 1977 [includes photographs] (Folders 1-4 of 5)
Box 8
Raphael Soyer, 1977 (Folder 5 of 5)
Recent American Etching, 1977
Seymour Lipton, 1977
Acquisitions, 1978
American Color Woodcuts, 1978-1979 - Press Coverage
American Color Woodcuts, 1978-1979 - Loan Requests and Receipt/Incoming Objects
American Color Woodcuts, 1978-1979 - Various Correspondence
American Color Woodcuts, 1978-1979 - In-House Memoranda
Mary Cassatt: Pastels and Color Prints, 1978 [includes photographs] (7 folders)
Childhood: Children in American Art - Label Copy, 1979
Granite Gallery Installation - Label Copy, 1978
Washington Print Club Members Show, 1978
Box 9
Irwin Kremen, 1978
Mauricio Lasansky, 1977-1978 [includes photographs]
Past and Present, 1978
New Ways with Paper, 1977-1978 [includes photographs] (7 folders)
Box 10
Elihu Vedder, 1978
William Penhallow Henderson, 1978-1979
Jackson Pollock: New Found Works, 1978-1979
Prints for the People, 1979 (2 folders)
Gabor Peterdi, 1979
Childhood: Children in American Art, 1979
Sculpture and the Federal Triangle, 1979
Contemporary Art from Alaska, 1978
Prints and Drawings for Art of the Child, 1979
Prints and Personalities: The American Theater's First One Hundred Years, 1979
Prints and Personalities - Duncan McCosker, 1979
Prints and Personalities - Manuscript/Catalogue/Label Copy, 1979
Prints and Personalities - Press Coverage, 1979
Prints and Personalities - Correspondence and Loan Agreements, 1979
Granite Gallery, 1979-1980
Morris Louis, 1980 (11 folders)
Box 11
Morris Louis - Drawings, 1980 (2 folders)
Acquisitions, 1980
American Perspective: McClure Bequest, 1981 (2 folders)
Art for All, 1980-1981 [includes photographs] (2 folders)
Washington Print Club "Man and Beast," 1980 [includes photographs] (3 folders)
Granite Gallery Acquisitions, 1980-1981
Birds, 1980 (3 folders)
High School Graphics VII, 1980
Box 12
Violet Oakley, 1980 (2 folders)
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Entries
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Publication
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Requests for Free Checklist
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Mexico City Installation
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Dr. Taylor's Comments on Manuscripts
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Loan Agreements
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Mexican Publication
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Clippings/Press Coverage
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Entries
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - National Museum of American Art (NMAA) Installation
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Manuscript (Final Draft of Mexican Publication)
The Print in the United States, 1981-1982 - Manuscript of NMAA Checklist
Washington Print Club "In Pursuit of...," 1982
Prints and Multiples, 1982 (3 folders)
Box 13
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Catalogues Sent to Enclosed
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Press Coverage
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Label Copy/Panel Text
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Lenders to Show
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Loan Agreements
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Label Copy
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - General
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Incoming Receipts
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Artists
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Photography
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Research
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Acknowledgments
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - List of Works
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Bibliography
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Janet's Research
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Catalogue
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Catalogue Entries
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Prospectus
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Photographs
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Rights and Reproductions
Provincetown Printers, 1983-1984 - Outside Correspondence (3 folders)
Charles W. Hawthorne: The Late Watercolors, 1983 - Manuscript/Publication
Charles W. Hawthorne: The Late Watercolors, 1983 - Images
Charles W. Hawthorne: The Late Watercolors, 1983 - Press Coverage
Charles W. Hawthorne: The Late Watercolors, 1983 - Prospectus
Charles W. Hawthorne: The Late Watercolors, 1983 - Working Cards and Research
Charles W. Hawthorne: The Late Watercolors, 1983 - Photography/Framing
Charles W. Hawthorne: The Late Watercolors, 1983 - Memoranda and Correspondence
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection, 1984 - Prospectus
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection, 1984 - Catalogue Entries
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection, 1984 - Checklist
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection, 1984 - Conservation
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection, 1984 - Installation Information
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection, 1984 - Label Copy
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection, 1984 - Photography
Box 14
Granite Gallery, 1982
Granite Gallery, 1983
Acquisitions, 1982
W. H. Johnson, 1982
Louis Lozowick Retrospective, 1982-1983 (2 folders)
Charles W. Hawthorne: Late Watercolors, 1983 - Various Articles on Hawthorne
Charles W. Hawthorne: Late Watercolors, 1983 - Loan Agreements
Charles W. Hawthorne: Late Watercolors, 1983 - Information on Traveling of Exhibition
Charles W. Hawthorne: Late Watercolors, 1983 - Label Copy
Charles W. Hawthorne: Late Watercolors, 1983 - The Letters of Charles Hawthorne and Other Exhibitions
Charles W. Hawthorne: Late Watercolors, 1983 - Checklist
Charles W. Hawthorne: Late Watercolors, 1983 - Conservation
Howard Cook, 1984 - General (2 folders)
Howard Cook, 1984 - Checklist
Howard Cook, 1984 - Correspondence
Howard Cook, 1984 - Prospectus
Howard Cook, 1984 - Label Copy
Howard Cook, 1984 - Press Coverage
Howard Cook, 1984 - Installation Information
Howard Cook, 1984 - Catalogue Entries
Howard Cook, 1984 - Manuscript Publication
Prints 1960-1970: Selections for the Collection, 1984
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Catalogue Manuscript
Box 15
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Photography Catalogue
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Photography
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Publication Budget and Procedure
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Drafts of Catalogue Entries
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Press Coverage
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Checklist
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Design and Production
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Research Support
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Label Copy
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Tour
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Wang Lists
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - Memoranda and Invitations
NEA: Exposed and Developed, 1984 - May Symposium
Siskind Publicity/Museum Programs, 1984
People and Places, 1984-1985
Creation and Renewal: Views of Cotapaxi by Frederic Edwin Church, 1985
Lithographs of James McNeil Whistler, 1985
From Zoo to Art, 1985
Read Files, June-December 1982 (2 folders)
Read Files, 1983 (4 folders)
Read Files, 1984 (4 folders)
Read Files, January-June 1985 (2 folders)
Box 16
Read Files, July-December 1985 (3 folders)
Read Files, 1986 (5 folders)
Read Files, 1987 (5 folders)
Box 17
Read Files, 1988 (4 folders)
Read Files, 1989
J. Kainen - Printmaking: A Historical Survey (Associates Course, Spring 1967)
J. Kainen - Peter Morse, Mrs. Sloan, etc., re: John Sloan's Prints
J. Kainen - Introduction to John Sloan's Prints
J. Kainen - Peter Morse, 1967-1969
Mrs. John Sloan, 1966-1967
Editorial Projects, Inc. - Ralph E. Shikes, 1968
J. Kainen - Andrew Stasik Article, 1968
J. Kainen - Marc Gerstein, 1968
J. Kainen - Prints of Raphael Soyer, 1967
J. Kainen - Etchings of Canaletto, 1966-1969
J. Kainen - History of Printmaking, Fall 1967 Class
J. Kainen - Oppenheim Article
Interns, 1971-1983
Artyfacts, 1969
Info-Explorer, July 1976-June 1977
Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1970
Correspondence - General, 1967
Correspondence - Requests for Information, 1970
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