Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 492
Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Director
Subject Files, 1969-1992, with related records from 1948
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Director |
| Title: | Subject Files |
| Dates: | 1969-1992, with related records from 1948 |
| Quantity: | 39.88 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 film box) (12 oversize folders) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 492 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These records contain the Director's correspondence files from 1975 to 1991, as well as smaller files created by Rohlfing, Pfister, and Scherer. In addition, the records include administrative and subject files from 1970 to 1988. These files document museum functions such as acquisitions, collections management, and budgeting, as well as larger initiatives such as the Museum Mile street festival, which was conceived by the Cooper-Hewitt and inaugurated in June 1979. They also contain a complete collection of the Museum's newsletter from its first issue in the fall of 1977 through the spring 1990 issue; and photographs, plans, and drawings of proposed renovations to the Carnegie Mansion. The records contain exhibition files dating from 1972 to 1992, with some gaps. The files include exhibition designs; publicity and press reviews; visitor comments; correspondence with other institutions and museums regarding the loan of objects; label copy; budgets and funding materials; lists of objects; and contracts. Also documented are Museum publications such as Cities (1982); The Phenomenon of Change (1984); and the Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques, a twelve-part series begun in 1979 and published in association with the Book-of-the-Month Club. Publication files consist of correspondence with authors, contributors, subscribers, and publishers; progress reports; photographs of artwork; requests for reproduction permission; background research files; publicity and advertising files; production files; and contracts. Some materials are in electronic format. |
Historical Note
These records document the administration of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (CHM) under directors Lisa Suter Taylor and Dianne H. Pilgrim. Taylor's appointment in October 1969 marked the first appointment of a woman as director of a Smithsonian museum. Previously, she had been a program director with the Smithsonian Associates. Taylor was made Director Emeritus after her retirement in June 1987. Pilgrim became Director in November 1988 after serving as Curator and Chair of the Department of Decorative Arts at the Brooklyn Museum.
Other staff also created some of the records. H. Christian Rohlfing joined the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in 1954 and, as Acting Administrator, oversaw its transition to a Smithsonian bureau. He then served as Assistant Director for Collections Management from 1979 until his retirement in 1982. Harold F. Pfister joined the Museum in 1982 as Assistant Director. He became Acting Director upon Taylor's retirement and resigned in 1988. Peter M. Scherer became Administrative Assistant to the Director in 1979 and rose to Special Assistant to the Director before leaving the Museum in 1983.
Descriptive Entry
These records contain the Director's correspondence files from 1975 to 1991, as well as smaller files created by Rohlfing, Pfister, and Scherer. In addition, the records include administrative and subject files from 1970 to 1988. These files document museum functions such as acquisitions, collections management, and budgeting, as well as larger initiatives such as the Museum Mile street festival, which was conceived by the Cooper-Hewitt and inaugurated in June 1979. They also contain a complete collection of the Museum's newsletter from its first issue in the fall of 1977 through the spring 1990 issue; and photographs, plans, and drawings of proposed renovations to the Carnegie Mansion.
The records contain exhibition files dating from 1972 to 1992, with some gaps. The files include exhibition designs; publicity and press reviews; visitor comments; correspondence with other institutions and museums regarding the loan of objects; label copy; budgets and funding materials; lists of objects; and contracts. Also documented are Museum publications such as Cities (1982); The Phenomenon of Change (1984); and the Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques, a twelve-part series begun in 1979 and published in association with the Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC). Publication files consist of correspondence with authors, contributors, subscribers, and publishers; progress reports; photographs of artwork; requests for reproduction permission; background research files; publicity and advertising files; production files; and contracts. Some materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Rohlfing, H. Christian
- Pfister, Harold Francis
- Scherer, Peter M.
- Taylor, Lisa, 1933-1991
- Pilgrim, Dianne H.
- Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)
- Book-of-the-Month Club
- Museum Mile Street Festival (New York, N.Y.)
- Cities (Monograph)
- The Phenomenon of change (Monograph)
- Smithsonian illustrated library of antiques.
Subject
- Museum finance
- Museums -- Acquisitions
- Art museum directors
- Decorative arts
- Art museums
- Museums -- Collection management
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 492, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Director, Subject Files
Container List
Box 1
"Nature of Design" Conference, Johnson Foundation, October 1975
Barney House Report for Pat Patterson
Budget - Hollein
CETA - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
Contracts - Hans Hollein
Contracts - Product Development
Contracts - Production Supervisor
Exhibits - Opening Exhibition, 1972
Exhibitions - Opening of National Museum of Design, 1973
Exhibitions - Opening Show - Hollein Proposals
Opening Exhibition - Permissions
Opening Exhibition - Thank You Notes
Opening Exhibition - Press Comments
Opening Exhibition - Press Correspondence
Exhibitions - Opening Show - SI Office of Exhibits
Exhibits - Opening Show Comments
Opening Exhibition - Visitor Comments (Handouts)
Visitor Comments (sampled) (4 folders)
Federal Design Assembly
Financial - General Fund Royalties
Urban Gaming
Hollein, Hans, fiscal 1975
Position Descriptions
Standard Operating Procedures, Cooper-Hewitt, 1969
Bertrand L. Taylor III, Correspondence, 1975
Carnegie Mansion Coal Car, April 1977
Lisa Taylor Miscellaneous, 1976
Taylor Correspondence, 1976
Taylor, Lisa, SI Memoranda, 1977
Taylor, Lisa - Staff Memos, 1977
1977 Correspondence A-D (4 folders)
Box 2
1977 Correspondence E-Z (20 folders)
Cables, 1978
1978 Correspondence A-Z (21 folders)
1979-1980 Correspondence A-K (10 folders)
Box 3
1979-1980 Correspondence L-Z, including Barth Schwartz and Edwin Schlossberg (13 folders)
Ripley Correspondence, 1978-1980
S.I. Hamilton/Blitzer Correspondence, 1978-1980
Staff (Thoughts for Future)
Embellishments: Correspondence A-L
Embellishments: Correspondence M-Z
Embellishments: Accessions List
Embellishments: Form Letters
Embellishments: General Lists
Embellishments: Photos
Embellishments: Flip book
Embellishments: Book-Bills
BOMC Collectors Club
BOMC/General Correspondence
BOMC - Active Bibliography
BOMC - Guidelines
BOMC - Book Mailings
BOMC - Progress Reports
BOMC - Subscription Correspondence
Cities Photos Received - Correspondence
Cities Convention/Visitors Bureaus
Pics/Negs/Detritus
Cities: Reproduction Permissions
Cities: Photo Requests: Pending
Cities: Picture Inquiries - Dead
Box 4
Kubler
Picture Resources - Cities
Book Xeroxes Cities
Periodical Xeroxes Cities
Cities - Marketing
Monuments, Postcards
Michelle
Regional Styles: Building Regulations
Regional Styles: Ethnic/Social Group
Regional Styles: Local Technology and Economics
Regional Styles: Architect/School/Builder
Regional Styles: Climate
Regional Styles: Material
Regional Styles: Rapid Growth
American Council for the Arts
Art Deco Society
Art Museum Association
Art Parade
ASID
Association of Art Museum Directors
Assistant Director
Attendance
A
Box 5
Building Manager
Business Office
B
Carnegie Property
Central Park Conservancy
Collections
Acquisitions Committee Meeting
Conservation
Code of Ethics
C-H Council Correspondence
C
Decorative Arts
Master's Program
Development
Drawings and Prints
D
Exhibitions
E
Fashion Institute of Technology
F
G
Hardy, Holzman, Pfeiffer
New Building
H
I
J
K
Library
Louisiana World Exhibition
L
ICIDQ
N
Membership
M
Museum Shop
NYU Master's Program
O
Personnel
Picture Archives
Programs
Public Affairs
Publications
Parsons
P
Quarterly Reports
Q
Registrar
Resumes
R
Security
Special Events
Reservoir Thoughts
Staff
Council of Directors
Executive Committee
Box 6
Reinhardt/Lang Correspondence
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)
Smithsonian Books
SI Libraries
Smithsonian Year
Hamilton/Blitzer Correspondence, 1981, 1982
Smithsonian Correspondence, 1981
Smithsonian Correspondence, 1982
Smithsonian Correspondence, 1983
Smithson Society
S
T
Textiles
T
U
V
W
XYZ
Lisa's 1984 Planner
U, 1984
V, 1984
W, 1984
Directory
Abu-Lughod, J. - Third World
Ainslie, M. - Historic Preservation
Allen, G. - Small Scale Urbanity
Bacon, E. - Future of Cities
Barrabba, V. - Statistical
Bender, T. - Growth of American Cities
Berry, Brian - Geography
Blade, M. - Urban Underground
Blake, P. - Dissolving City
Boyer, C. - Land Use
Bradbury, R. - Cities of Future
Buckler, James - Urban Greening
Burr, A. - Burial Grounds
Cantacuzino, S. - Arch./Func. Charac.
Colins, G. - City Plans
Commoner, B. - Energy Efficient Cities
Crouch, D. - Urban History
Eisner, S. - Planning for Tomorrow
Elliot, D. - Administration
Epstein, P. - Urban Administration
Freedman, J. - Psychology
Cans, H. - Peopling
Gill, B. - Urban Lifestyles
Golany, C. - New Towns and Cities
Gummerson, C. - Urban Waste
Halprin, L. - Rituals
Heckscher, A. - Urban Open Spaces
Hershberg, T. - Immigrants
Hines, T. - City Beautiful
Holl, S. - Skyscraper
Hoyt, Charles - Corporation as Client
Jensen, R. - Downtowns
Koral, Richard - City Self Help
Kristof, F. - Housing
Landrieu, M. - Urban Renewal
Mason, Robert - Productivity
Meyers, M. - Urban Ghetto
Nicolas, I. - Extinct Cities
Oliver, R. - Regional
Orski, K. - Transportation
Pommer, R. - Housing
Post, J. B. - Mythological
Pushkarev, B. - Mass Transit
Raskin, A. - Labor
Rodwin, Lloyd - Future Cities
Rosan, R. - Economics
Salwen, Bert - Urban Archeology
Schlossberg, E. - Supply Lines
Smith, G. K. - Ecclesiastical
Stern, R. - Suburbs
Tod/Wheeler - Utopian Cities
Van Der Ryn, Sim - Self-Reliance
Vance, J. - Urban Geography
Von Edkardt, W. - Cultural Planning
Webber, M. - Forces In Development
Wilson, R. - Public Architecture
Wiseman, C. - Temporary Cities
Box 7
Authors - Biographies CITIES
CITIES (responses)
CITIES - Errors
CITIES - Reviews
CITIES - Reproduction Permission
Barnett, J. - Land use Regulation
Marlin, W. - Corporation as Client
Authors Purchase Orders
CITIES - Lists
CITIES/Rizzoli
Authors - Requests CITIES
Favorite City - Requests
Future City - Requests
Future City - Responses
Bibliography
Quotations
Statistics
Proposal - Master
Proposal - Copies
CITIES - Fundraising
Ethnic Villages Exhibition
CITIES - Reference - Might Need Again
CITIES/People
Exhibitions - General
Department of Transportation
Kubler Collection
Permissions (Catalogue)
Video Production
Miscellaneous Brochures
Cities - Favorites
Cities - Congress
Urban and Technological Landscapes
Minneapolis Planning
New York City (NYC) Planning
American Association of Museums
American Council for the Arts, 1985
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Brunner Awards - AIA, 1985
Art Deco Society, 1985
Art Museum Association, 1985
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1985
Attendance, 1985
A, 1985
Building Manager, 1985
B, 1985
Box 8
Confidential Capital Campaign
Capital Campaign Committee
Capital Campaign Robert McAdams Correspondence
Dick Stainbrook, 1985
Cartier Show Benefit
Children's Museum, 1985
Chronological File, 1985
Complaint Letters, 1985
Acquisitions Committee, 1985
Collections, 1985
CHM Confidential, 1985
Paper Conservation, 1985
Computers, 1985
C-H Council Correspondence
C-H Council, 1985
C, 1985
Decorative Arts, 1985
Development Testimonials
Returned Undersecretary Letters, 1985
Returned Secretary letters, 1985
Development, 1985
Drawings and Prints, 1985
D, 1985
Exhibitions Committee Meetings, 1985
Exhibitions, 1985
E, 1985
F, 1985
G, 1985
H, 1985
International Relations, 1985
I, 1985
J, 1985
K, 1985
Library, 1985
Mansion Drawings Requests and Thank Yous
Membership, 1985
Museum Shop, 1985
M, 1985
N.C.I.D.Q., 1985
Hardy, Holzman, Pfeifer, 1985
NYSCA, 1985
N, 1985
Dick Oliver Memorial Fund
O, 1985
Parsons, 1985
Picture Archives, 1985
Museum Mile, 1985
Programs, 1985
Public Affairs, 1985
Publications, 1985
P, 1985
Quarterly Reports, 1985 January-March
Quarterly Reports, 1985 April-June
Box 9
Quarterly Reports, 1985 July-September
Quarterly Reports, 1985 October-December
Loan Committee, 1985
Registrar, 1985
Resumes, 1984
R, 1985
San Francisco Antiques Show, 1985
Security, 1985
Special Events
Staff
Smithson Society, 1985
Robert McAdams Correspondence, 1985
SI Bureau Directors
SI Confidential Correspondence, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Smithson Society
Q, 1984
SI Management Committee, 1985
SI Publicity, 1985
Research Funding Proposals, 1985
Smithsonian World, 1985
Textiles, 1985
Payroll Timekeeping, 1985
SUBJECT: CHANGE
Extra Articles CITIES
Addresses: Rejects
Abu-Lughod, Janet
Allen, Leslie
Anderson, Alexandra
Asimov, Isaac
Baldridge, Tish
Blake, Peter
Bova, Ben
Brothers, Dr. Joyce
Cheston, Steven
Commoner, Barry
Cornish, Edward
Crouch, Dora
Diebold, William
Drexler, Eric
Foster, Henry
Fried, Morton H.
Gibney, Frank
Gill, Brendan
Green, Harvey
Grudin, Robert
Hadley, Arthur T.
Hallgren, Richard E.
Hollein, Hans
Hoving, Thomas
Hoyt, Charles
Jensen, Robert
Kelman, Herbert L.
King, Coretta Scott
Crouch, Dora
Krishnamurti
Lamb, David
Lapham, Lewis
Long, Larry
Lynes, Russell
McCullough, David
McNeill, William
McQuade, Donald
Morris, William
Ogden, Daniel
Palombaro, Joseph
Parlee, Mary
Peterson, Russell
Raskin, A.H.
Ripley, S. Dillon
Rubin, Barry
Rudofsky, Bernard
Scwartz, Barth David
Shane, Harold G.
Shapiro, Lindsey Stan
Box 10
Shinn, Dr. Roger
Steele, Dr. John
Theobald, Robert
Thomas, Lewis
Tiger, Lionel
Von Eckhardt, Wolf
Wade, Richard
Wagar, Warren
Walker, Herbert
Washburn, Wilcomb
Webber, Melvin M.
Webster, William
Wiener, Philip P.
Wilson, Richard
Wiseman, Carter
Witwer, Sylvan
Woods, William
Inquiring Reporter - Values
Inquiring Reporter - Believe it or not
Inquiring Reporter - What if?
Inquiring Reporter - Event/Idea
Inquiring Reporter - Future
Reporter Responses
Cover Pages
Essay Responses
Landmark Dates
Rizzoli
Gaming Simulation
Foundation Proposals
Changing Prices
Cost of Living Charts
Quotations
Sample Pages
Suggested Reading
Biblios
Miscellaneous Change (3 folders)
Potential Authors (3 folders)
Photo Ideas
Thank Yous/Returned Photos
Credit/Captions Lists
Photograph Permission to Publish, A-N
Photograph Permission to Publish, O-Z
Manuscripts (4 folders)
Box 11
Manuscripts
SUBJECT: 1984 Correspondence
American Council for the Arts, 1984
Art Deco Society, 1984
American Institute of Architects, 1984
Art Museum Association, 1984
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1984
Attendance
A, 1984
Building Manager, 1984
Business Office, 1984
B, 1984
Acquisitions Committee Meetings, 1984
Collections, 1984
Textile Conservation, 1984
Paper Conservation, 1984
Development Fundraising Procedures
C, 1984
C-H Council Correspondence, 1984
Decorative Arts, 1984
Dick Stainbrook, 1984
Development James Craft, 1984
Development
Drawings and Prints, 1984
D, 1984
Exhibition Committee Meetings, 1984
Exhibitions, 1984
E, 1984
F, 1984
Programs, 1984
G, 1984
Hardy, Holzman, Pfeiffer, 1984
H, 1984
International Relations, 1984
I, 1984
J, 1984
K, 1984
Library
L, 1984
Membership, 1984
Museum Shop, 1984
M, 1984
NCIDQ, 1984
NYSCA, 1984
N, 1984
O, 1984
Museum Mile
Sapirstein Lecture Series, 1984
Public Affairs, 1984
Publications, 1984
Parsons, 1984
P, 1984
January-March 1984
October-December 1983
Quarterly Reports, 1984
Registrar, 1984
R, 1984
Security, 1984
Special Events, 1984
S. Dillon Ripley Correspondence, 1981-1984
SI Bureau Directors, 1984
Reinhardt/Lang Correspondence, 1984
Robert McCormick Adams
Adams Reception
SITES, 1984
SI Correspondence, 1984
Executive Committee, 1984
SI Libraries, 1984
S, 1984
Textiles, 1984
Lisa's Travel
T, 1984
Box 12
SUBJECT: 1979-1982 Correspondence
A-C
D-H
I-M
N-R
S-Z
Lisa Taylor Appointment Book, 1980
A Correspondence, 1981
B Correspondence, 1981
C Correspondence, 1981
D Correspondence, 1981
F-H Correspondence, 1981
I-K Correspondence, 1981
L Correspondence, 1981
M Correspondence, 1981
N Correspondence, 1981
O Correspondence, 1981
P-R Correspondence, 1981
S Correspondence, 1981
T-Z Correspondence, 1981
A, 1982
B, 1982
C, 1982
D, 1982
E, 1982
F, 1982
G, 1982
H, 1982
I, 1982
K, 1982
L, 1982
M, 1982
N, 1982
O, 1982
P, 1982
R, 1982
S, 1982
T, 1982
U-V, 1982
W, 1982
Y-Z, 1982
Lisa Taylor (LT) Appointments, 1982
LT Travel, 1985
LT Travel, 1985
T, 1985
U, 1985
V, 1985
Wallpaper, 1985
W, 1985
X-Z, 1985
Intern Research for SILID
Gothic Revival
Renaissance Revival
Rococo Revival
Gothic Revival, Rococo Revival, and Renaissance Revival Styles in the Contemporary Home
Photocopies of Pictures of 'Church' Architecture from Collection
Box 13
SUBJECT: Projects/PMS BOMC Files
SI Show/Correspondence
SI Show/Label Copy
SI Show/Tables
SI Show/Lists - Loans
SI Show/Checklist Masters
SI Show/Loans
SI Show/Loans - NAS
SI Show/Loans - Art Museums, etc.
SI Show/Loans - NMNH
SI Show/Photos
SI Shows/Proposals
SI Show/Text and Notes
BOMC/Rugs
BOMC/Bibelots
BOMC/Clocks
BOMC/Furniture (3 folders)
BOMC/Glass
BOMC/Prints
BOMC/Porcelain
BOMC/Needlework
BOMC/Jewelry
BOMC/Silver
BOMC/Toys and Games
History of Cooper-Hewitt (Correspondence/memos relating to Russell Lynes book)
Lynes
BOMC
Pamphlets
Lynes/Mail Orders
Attendance Survey-Met
C-H History
Larry Clark
Melanie Haber
Nancy Cooper
Intern - Eileen Goldblatt
EFL Application/Stern
For Checklist
Design Review Entries 1980 and Miscellaneous Contests
Collection Brochure
Computer Exhibition
Design Information/Built Environment
SI General
Charles Whitney Memorial
Box 14
SUBJECT: BOMC/PMS
Good Reviews of C-H Shows
History of the Cooper-Hewitt
Publications
Preparation for Art Deco and Skyscraper Catalog, 1980
Style Sheet
Jewelry - Mastai
Jewelry
Janson, Jewelry (2 folders)
A. DePietro
Enamels Miscellaneous
BOMC Active
Mastai Lists
Bishop and Coblenz Furniture I
Furniture I - Permissions
Butler - Furniture I
Cavallo
Rugs
Denny Correspondence
Cavallo Correspondence
Gardner
Gardner Glass
Karshan Correspondence "Prints"
Photos for Karshan Prints
Karshan Prints - Notes and Captions
Shaffer Correspondence
McNab Silver
Clocks and Watches
Box 15
Met Information - Silver
Lesley - Bibelots
Bibelots (2 folders)
Butler - Furniture II
Keefe - Furniture II
New Photography
Scott Hyde
Metropolitan Museum
Cowdery
Lee Boltin
Arthur Vitols
Line Drawings
Invoices
Budget
BOMC Business
Miscellaneous - All books, Brooklyn Museum Loan
Form Letters
Brochure
Lisa Little - Memos
BOMC Copyrights
BOMC - Advance PR
Patterson Porcelain and Permissions
Pottery Permissions
Patterson Pottery Correspondence
Porcelain - Jerry E. Patterson
Patterson Pottery - Cooper-Hewitt
Potter Photos
Pottery - SI
Color Dupes
Pottery - Text to Printer
SUBJECT: PMS
Association of Art Museum Directors
Awards - AIA Competition, 1979
C-H Honors and Awards
AIA
Department of Architecture and Contemporary Design
Department Committee of Graphic Design and Advertising Committee
College Art Association, 1978
Architectural Advisory Committee
Signage, C-H
Municipal Arts Society Award
Municipal Arts Society Awards, June 5, 1980
Coordinating Meeting Notes
Progress Reports
Box 16
BOMC Development of Antiques Project
Budget
Prospectus
Designers
Press Releases
Reviews
BOMC Promotion Brochure
Subsidiary Rights BOMC
Jacket Copy
Contracts
Joseph Del Valle Contract, etc.
Expenses - BOMC Project
Readers
Library of Congress Catalog Card Numbers
Bishop and Coblentz, Furniture I
Cavallo Needle Work
Denny Rugs
Gardner Glass
Miscellaneous Editing - Karshem Prints
Miscellaneous Correspondence
Silver Authors
Ketchum, Furniture 2
Keefe, Furniture 2
Ketchum, Toys and Games
Curtis, Bibelots
Lesley, Bibelots
Patterson, Pottery
Marie Louise D'Otrange Mastai, Jewelry
McNab, Silver
Shaffer, Clocks and Watches
U.S. Department of Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Services
Exhibits Budgets
Exhibition Lists
Carnegie Mansion Embellishments
Exhibition - Peonies
Theater Designs
Tiffany, 1983
Contemporary Continuous Pattern
Savings Banks
Urban Documents, 1983
Miscellaneous Obsolete Exhibition Materials, Unsorted
Exhibition Planning
Exhibition/Working Matters
UKZ
Miscellaneous Exhibitions
Robert Adam/Keddleston Hall
Advertising America
Box 17
Advertising Arts
Aircraft Design
Albert
American Art From C-HM
Amsterdam School
Deklerk and Amsterdam School
Annual Reports
Arches for Galveston
Architectural Prints
Art Deco Carpets
Art Deco Skyscrapers
Art into Production
Bag Show
Exhibitions
Batik
Berlin/Ungers
Berlin/Concept Statement
Berlin/Buddensieg
Berlin/Opening
Berlin/Publication, Brochure
Berlin/Budget/SI Funding/Outside Funding
Berlin, 1900
Buddensieg Party
Berlin
Berlin Symposium
Berlin Esser Essay
Berlin Press
Opening Event
Gebruder Mann Verlag
Berlin/Lenders Catalogue Requests
Berlin/Neumeyer
Berlin/Publication Papers
Berlin/Schonberger
IDZ Correspondence
Berlin/SI Magazine Article
Biscuits
Bonney Photos
Brass, Bronze, Pewter
Building Toys
Burghley House
Brighton Royal Pavilion
Calder: Miscellaneous
Calder
Calder/Funding Applications
Calder/General Correspondence
Calder/Development/Corporate Sponsorship
Box 18
Calder/Contract and Shipping List
Calder/Exhibition List, Alphabetical by lender
Calder/Exhibition List, Object List
Calder/Press/PR Clips
Calder/Slide List/Calder List - Owners of objects and values
Calder/David Marchesseau
Calder/Interoffice Memos
Calder Exhibition Agreement
Calder/Photo Captions
Calder/Designer/Skolnick
Calder/Slides of French Exhibit
Calder/Solange Thierry, Correspondence
Calendars
Canada
Canes and Walking Sticks
Carnegie Hall Centennial
Carnegie Libraries
Chicago Furniture/Art Craft Industry
Chinese Gold and Silver
Circles of the World
Consumer Products
Consumers Union
Cut Paper
Death/Organizing Concepts
Design Reform
Doorstops
Dutch Posters
Ecclesiastical Architecture
Decesare
Embroidered Ship Portraits
Ships Portraits Articles
Tall Ships (2 folders)
Ship Portraits
Tall Ships
European Illustration
Faberge
Faberge/Jeweler to Royalty
Faberge/Jeweler to Royalty
Faberge/Complaints
Faberge/Ticketron/Acoustiguide
Faberge Vatican Show
Faberge/Logistics in General
Box 19
Fans
Fashion Prints
Ferragamo Shoes
Finished in Beauty
Finnish Glass
Flight
Four Continents
Fragrance
French Crown Jewels
Gaudi: The Catalan Spirit
Plates Gaudi Information Package
Gaudi
Gaudi Publication
Gaudi Funding
Collografia El Gravat Contemporaria de Creacio a Catalunya
"Gearing Up"
Sports Funding
Sports Design
International Management Group
Exhibitions
Goodman Art Pottery
Gulbenkian
Exhibitions/Hair
Hiding Exhibition
Hiding/Budget
Hiding
Camouflage
Hollywood (2 folders)
Home: Meetings
Home: NEH Grants
Home: Proposals, Various
Home: Avi Decter
Home: Tara Herevin
Home: RGW
Hungarian Metal (2 folders)
Box 20
Golden Eye Foundation
Exhibitions: Festival of India
Globus Party - Golden Eye
Golden Eye/Budget and Fundraising
Indian Festival Coordinator
India
Golden Eye Scthi and HHEC
Golden Eye/Emmons, Kessler and Moynihan
India/Golden Eye Concept and Designer
Industrial Design
Islamic Orientalism, 1800s-1918
Italian Re-Evolution
Japanese Combs
Jewelry Ancient to Modern
L'Art de Vivre/Incoming Correspondence
L'Art de Vivre/Outgoing Correspondence
L'Art de Vivre/Interoffice Memorandum
L'Art de Vivre/Budget Materials
L'Art de Vivre/Publication
L'Art de Vivre/Publicity
L'Art de Vivre/Special Events
L'Art de Vivre/Video Program
L'Art de Vivre/Alexis Gregory
L'Art de Vivre/Publicity/Promotion
L'Art de Vivre/Contract
L'Art de Vivre
L'Art de Vivre/Memoranda: Publicity
L'Art de Vivre/Notes
Knights of Malta
Locks and Keys
Man Transforms II
Maps
Memphis
Mendelsohn Exhibition
Miniature Furniture
Modern Jewelry: New Design
Money
William Morris
Mucha
Munich
Box 21
Neon
Netsuke
Newcombe Pottery
New York Apartment
Nijinska/EF Hutton and PR Projects
Nijinska
La Nijinska
Nuremberg Toy Museum
Outdoor Chair
Paestum and Doric Revival
Paris/Bing
Art Nouveau Bing
Paris Opera
Patent Models
Exhibitions
Photography and Architecture
Plant Forms
Plastics
Playing Cards
Turned Wood-Polished Perfection
Pop Up Books
Printed Fabric
Rare Books
Saarinen
Safavid Textiles (canceled)
Samplers
Scandinavian Modern, 1880-1980
Carlo Scarpa
Exhibitions/Schroder Silver
Science Fiction
Signs
Statue of Liberty - Barney's
Sullivan
The Function of Ornament
Surprising Surfaces
Swedish Silver
Swedish Versailles
Syz Collection
Tabletop Design
Tea
Television Screens
Tenth Anniversary Exhibitions
Tiffany
Designs for Travel
Vuitton
Travel (2 folders)
Un-built Architecture
Underground Images
Josef Urban
Views of Rome
Views of Rome - Correspondence and Memos
Views of Rome - Miscellaneous
Visual Instructions
Wallerstein Prints
Wallpaper/SPNEA Proposal
Weimar Ceramics
Box 22
William and Mary
William and Mary/Budgets
William and Mary/Philip Johnston Essay
William and Mary/Budget
William and Mary/Publication
William and Mary/Carnegie Art Museum
William and Mary/G. Jackson Stops
William and Mary/Reinier J. Baarsen
William and Mary/Elaine Dee Essay
Courts and Colonies: The William and Mary Style (Deborah Shin)
Courts and Colonies: The William and Mary Style (Linda Shulsky)
William and Mary/Fundraising
William and Mary/Committee of Honor
Wine (2 folders)
Frank Lloyd Wright (2 folders)
FLW Mailing
Frank Lloyd Wright/Corp. Cathedral
Wright/Johnson Wax
Wright/Early Years
Acquisitions
General Information and Correspondence (1988-1980)
Miscellaneous Correspondence (1980-1972)
Acquisitions Lists (1982-1975)
Acquisitions Fund Reports
Appraisers
Acquisitions Policies
Procedures
Regent Acquisitions Program (Werkstatte Collection)
Deaccessions
Box 23
Holography
Advertising Archive
Attendance, 1987-1988
Attendance, pre-1987
Art Museum Association of America
Arthur Ross Gallery
Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), 1987
AAMD, 1986
AFA
1985 Survey of Audiovisual Programs Produced by Smithsonian
Automation Planning, pre-1988
Automation Proposals
Alice Beer
Book of the Month Club
FY 1988 (1988)
FY 1988 (1987)
FY 1988 (1986)
GRH Issues
FY1987 Financial Survey
Five Year Plan, 1989-1994
Fiscal Year 1987 (Financial Summary) (2 folders)
FY 1987 Federal Budget Submission Materials
FY 1986 Budget/Federal Requirements
FY 1986 Fiscal Summary
FY 1986
FY 1985 Budget Battle Background Notes
Box 24
Budget FY 1985
FY 1985 Budget Request - Federal
FY 1985
FY 1984 Budget - Federal
FY 1984 Budget Administration
FY 1984 Monthly and Other Budget Reports
FY 1984 (16 folders by budget object class code)
FY 1983 Budget Spending Requests
Private Fund Budget, FY 1983
FY 1983 Budget Planning
FY 1982 Federal
CHM Budget, 1979-1982
Quarterly Reports, 1979
Building Manager, 1986
Space Utilization Survey
Cooper-Hewitt Conservatory
Building Management/Security
Business Office
Administrative Officer Materials
Business Office
Carnegie/Miscellaneous
Carnegie Materials
Carnegie Sesquicentennial Envelope
Center for Book Arts
Children's Museum, 1987
Children's Museum, 1986
Guidelines for Prospective Donors
Collection Management and Policy
Audit (History)
Collection Inventory
Collections, 1986
Collections Management Policy, 1982
Collections Management Policy
Collections Management Policy, 1981
Current Collections Management Policy
Box 25
Collections Policy and Management Study
CHM Collections Management Audit
Collections without Curators
Collections Management Committee Meetings
Collections Management, pre-1988 (2 folders)
Loan Committee
Conservation
Textile Conservation, 1985-1986
Paper Conservation, 1985-1986
Contracts
Copyright Issue
Cultural Policy and Change
Curatorial
Active Issues - Curatorial Meeting
Decorative Arts Friends Committee
Department - Decorative Arts
Decorative Arts Committee
Wall coverings
Decorative Arts
McFadden Memos
Syndicated Design Column
Design Information Service
Design Magazine
Membership Programs
Membership, 1985
Membership, 1986
Development Office
Drawings and Prints
Drawings and Prints, 1978-1982
Educational Programs
Box 26
Fringe Benefits - Private
Elderhostel
Code of Ethics
Graphic Design Procedures
Designer
Exhibitions Policy
Urban Open Spaces: Cities
Exhibitions, Miscellaneous Schedules, Policy and Ideas
Exhibition Committee Meetings
Exhibition Budgets
Volunteers
Exhibition Committee Meetings
Exhibitions Scheduling
Exhibition Suggestions
Special Exhibition Fund
St. Charles Kitchen Remodel
Facilities Management, Current
Signage
Space and Storage
IDCNY
Industrial Designers of America
International Center Exhibition
International Design Group
International Film and Video Archive
Interns
Janker Clinic
Egon Neustadt Collection
Wills
Library
CHM Library and Archives
Confidential Staff Memoranda
Exchange List
Library, 1986
Box 27
Library
C-H Library (4 folders)
SIL System Requirements
Margolies Project, 1987
MA Program: Parsons, 1986
MA Program
MA Program: Decorative Arts Study Center
Mayor's Advisory Council
Media Projects
Miscellaneous International Activities
Museums Council of New York
Museum Mile, 1986
Museum Mile, 1981
Museum Mile, 1980
Museum Mile, 1981
Museum Mile, 1979
Museum Mile - Directors' Meeting, December 12, 1979
Museum Mile
Museum Shop, 1985
Crafts Fair, 1981
The Trellis, 1981
Craft Fair
Merchandising
Museum Shop Price Lists
IRS Sales
National Tabletop Association
NEA Grant Request, 1981
New Yorker Cartoons
Box 28
Job Descriptions
Babcock
Job Description Instruction
Labor Relations
EEO
Labor Manager Relations
Health and Safety Report
Safety Surveys
Awards
BPS
Afro American Programming
Union Labor Relations
EEO/AA
Photo Services
Picture Library
Therese Bonney
Library/Picture Collection
McNamee/Picture Library
Posters
Product Development
Product Development - Current
Abrams
American Heritage
Sandek Slide Sets
Product Development/Brunschweig & Fils
H. George Caspari Inc., 1980
Collins & Aikman
Horchow
Reed Wall coverings
Savant
Vaga
John Van Hamersveld
Product Development
Programs, 1986
Fall 1986 Course Evaluations
Programs Quarterly Report, 1985
Winter 1984 Evaluations
Budget Summaries, FY 1983/1984
Program Budget Projections, 1983/1984
Fall 1983 Programs Income
Box 29
Cultural Voucher Program
Children's Programs
Auction
Smithsonian Magazine
Photography
Programs - General Information
Programs Department
Programs, Fall 1988
Programs, Fall 1988 Course Evaluations
Programs Department
Project Rembrandt
Property Inventory
Publications, 1986
Hispano-Islamic Textiles in the Cooper Union Collection
Architectural Drawings Handbook
Urban Open Spaces Correspondence
Wallpaper Handbook
Wallpaper Book - Lynn
Publications Committee Meeting
Collections Handbook - General
Publicity and Press Releases
Publicity Correspondence, 1978-1979
Publications - Abrams Book
Publications - Chair Book
Raymond Loewy - Looking Back to the Future
Publications, 1975-1977
Publications Mason, Robert - Correspondence
Collection Catalogues
Publications - Design Information Service
Publication Policy, 1970-1975
Publications
PR
Quarterly Reports, 1987 (2 folders)
Quarterly Reports, 1986 (3 folders)
Quarterly Reports, 1981
Quarterly Reports, 1980
Quarterly Reports, 1977-1978
Quarterly Reports, FY 1982
Box 30
Quarterly Reports, 1988 (3 folders)
Quarterly Reports, 1987 (2 folders)
Registrar, 1986
Registrar
Bernard Rudolphski
Registrar
Rolls Royce (2 folders)
Security, 1986
Emergency Procedures
Security
Shop (2 folders)
Special Events
Junior Committee Ball
Paris Opera on Stage Benefit, 1988
Statue of Liberty Projects - Barney's
10th Anniversary Ball and Lisa Taylor Fund
General Regulations
Standards of Conduct
Procedures - Open Ended
Delegation of Authority
Complimentary Admissions
Parking
Emergency Procedures
Staff Meetings, 1979-1982 (2 folders)
Box 31
Staff Suggestions - Cost Cutting Measures
LT - Petty Cash
LT - Personal
Lisa Taylor Letters of Recommendation
Textiles
Textiles, 1986
Department of Textiles
Thesaurus of Art & Architecture - Getty Trust
Unusual Collections
Videotape Information
Video
Videodisc
Microform/Videodisc
Charles Whitney Memorial
PMS Correspondence, 1980 (5 folders)
PMS Correspondence, 1981 (5 folders)
The State Museum
Positions Descriptions
Performance Goals
Lisa Taylor Clippings, 1984
New York Historical Society (2 folders)
Job Descriptions
LT - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1984-1987 (2 folders)
A-J Correspondence, 1986
Art Deco Society, 1986
K-P Correspondence, 1986
P-Z Correspondence, 1986
Complaint Letters, 1986
Box 32
Museum of the 19th Century
Prospect School and Archive
Lisa Taylor Articles - General
Lisa Taylor Newsletter Articles
Architectural Digest Article by Lisa Taylor
Lisa Taylor Forewards (4 folders)
Lisa Taylor California Trip, 1980
Dallas - Cities Lecture, 1982
Lisa Taylor Slide Lectures
LT Pen Letter - Private
Lisa Taylor - Personal
Lisa Taylor - CV
University of Cincinnati (2 folders)
University of Cincinnati - LT Advisory Council
Living Stage
NCIDQ
University of Cincinnati (2 folders)
Pfister - Personal
Pfister - Performance Plans and goals
Travel
General
Box 33
Haines, Lundborg, Waehler
Violence Abstracts
Volunteers
Services for the Handicapped
M. Hopper, 1979-1980
Rudofsky
CHM Assistant Director
Violence
Violence - Illustrations
Change - Responses
Miscellaneous Change Mailing Lists
Change
Moore College
Urban Open Spaces - Short Proposal (2 folders)
Scottish Opera, 1979-1980
Cooper-Hewitt Collection Descriptions
Environmental Groups - General
The Collections
Environmental Design Committee
Environmental Design
Central Park Zoo
Profile of a Museum Registrar
Wallpaper Handbook
Patterson Matchsafes (2 folders)
Box 34
Patterson Matchsafes (3 folders)
Rizzoli
R. Lynes Manuscript Publications
Russell Lynes Manuscript
Enamels
Publications - Wallpaper Book - Catherine Lynn
Publications - Current
Rizzoli - Urban Open Spaces
Publications - Memo from Brenda Gilchrist
Masters Show Text
Weekly Planner, 1979
Address Book
SI Council Meeting, 1978
SI Council Meeting, 1977
SI Council Meeting, 1976
SI Council Meeting, 1975 (2 folders)
SI Council Meeting, 1974
SI Council Meeting, 1973
SI Council Meeting, 1972
SI Council Meeting, 1972-1975
COBD
SI Conference, 1982
SI COBD, 1980
SI Exhibitions, 1978/1979
Fellowships and Grants, 1980-1982
Fellowships and Grants - Letters of Recommendation
Kellogg Project
Exhibition Committee Meetings, 1984-1986
Executive Committee Report, 1981
SI Executive Committee Meetings
SI Miscellaneous
National Zoo - 100th Birthday
SI Press
Board of Regents
Regents Fellowship
Box 35
Research Opportunities
SI Resident Program
Director's Search
SITES
Smithsonian World
SI Year, 1988
SI Year, 1987
SI Year, 1986
SI Year, 1985
SI Year, 1982
SI Year, 1981
SI Year, 1980
SI Year, 1978
SI Year, 1979 (2 folders)
Whither History and Art
Building Cutouts
SI Barney House Survey
Book of the Month Club Series
BOMC (2 folders)
BOMC Promo
BOMC Advertising
Schlossberg
Catalogue - C-H
G. K. Hall Catalogue Publication
Collection Descriptions
Dated Materials Inventory
Inventory Reports
Loans Committee
Metric Conversion, 1978
Registrar
Registrant - Carnegie Portraits
Exhibition - Wallpaper
Rohlfing Correspondence, A-Z (2 folders)
Judging
Hardwood Institute
Research Inquiries
Resources
Appraisers
Restorers, Conservators
Museum of Design, Boston, Advisory Board
Museum Council NYC
Spence School
Spence School - Expansion Planning
Inter-departmental Memos
Box 36
SITES
Telephones
Daphne Awards
Audit
DOT/Cities
Business Council
Council
Personnel 1980
Harry N. Abrams
Collections Management/Conservation
Inventory, undated
1975-1981 Accomplishments
Unsorted Correspondence, 1978-1981
Interactive Multimedia
Interactive Media applications (includes electronic records)
Interactive Media Hardware and Software
Visitor Brochures
CHM Large Print Guide
Procedures
SI Year, 1989-1990 (2 folders)
SI Institution Blue Book
SI Guide Book
Picture Tour (SI Book)
SI Research Guide
Program Report
Council Meetings
Director's Office Luncheon Invitees
Director's Office Luncheons - Physical Plans, Expenses
Christmas Party, 1990-1989 (2 folders)
Staff Picnic, 1989-1990 (2 folders)
Heckcher Dinner
Suppliers, etc.
SI Council, 1989
Garden Proposals
Box 37
Garden Proposals
Bud Pfister, 1989
Russian Stage Design
Baroque Prints
Belgian Art Nouveau
Singer/Chinese Art
Russian and Soviet Avant Garde
Russian Constructivist Architecture
Redesigning the TV Set
A Paperclip
Costume Jewelry
Traditional Jewelry of India from Head to Toe
Color Surface Light: Press Clips
Color Surface Light: Budget
Color Surface Light: Color Symposium
Color Surface Light: Correspondence and Memos
Color Surface Light: BASF Participation
Color Surface Light: Special Events
The Doghouse: Publicity, PR
The Doghouse
The Doghouse: Exhibition
The Doghouse: Budget, Contracts
The Doghouse: Funding Efforts
The Doghouse: Outgoing Correspondence
The Doghouse
Mondo Materialis: Exhibition
Mondo Materialis: Correspondence
Mondo Materialis: Budget/Contract
Mondo Materialis: Mondo
Benaki Gold: Development
Benaki Gold: Correspondence
Benaki Gold: Budget/Contract
Benaki Gold: Exhibition
Benaki Gold: Public Relations
Bibiena (2 folders)
Danish Porcelain (2 folders)
Gilt Bronze in France: Budget
Gilt Bronze in France: Correspondence
Gilt Bronze in France: Exhibition
Gilt Bronze in France: Miscellaneous
Gilt Bronze in France: Memoranda
Home: Correspondence
Home: Budget
Home: Miscellaneous
Raymond Loewy
Gaudi Exhibit Proposal
Daum Glass
Dutch Design
John Kirk Shaker
The Art of Portugal
Smithsonian
Box 38
Columbus Renaissance Spanish Furniture
Columbus Quincentenary
SI Quincentenary Committee
SI Sesquicentennial, 1996
Miscellaneous Correspondence, A-Z (22 folders)
Gianfranco Zaccai
Douglas Davis
Ellen Liman
Bill Lacy
Martin Segal
"Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter" Volume 1, Number 1 (Fall 1977) to Spring 1990 (no volume or number) (4 folders)
Dianne Pilgrim correspondence files, arranged chronologically, November 1988-August 1989 (6 folders)
Box 39
Dianne Pilgrim correspondence files, arranged chronologically, September 1989-December 1991 (27 folders)
Exhibitions - Memos, 1989-1991
Salvadori Bridge Project, 1991-1992
Salvadori Bridge Party, 1991
Bridge Stationery
Mario Salvadori - 1991 Garden
Box 40
Garden Exhibit - Proposed
Bridge Exhibit - Garden, July 1991
Women of Design, 1992
Photographs and negatives of Carnegie Mansion architectural models and drawings
Box 41
Computer tape - "Cooper-Hewitt Master File" (undated)
Motion picture - "NASA" or "Barnett" (1980) (?)
Motion picture - "Andrew Carnegie"
Folder 1 Conceptual Drawings for "Color and Light Show," by Edwin Schlossberg, Inc. April 2, 1984 (drawings on foamcore) - Drawings 1-2, 4-6
Folder 2 Conceptual Drawings for "Color and Light Show," by Edwin Schlossberg, Inc. April 2, 1984 (drawings on foamcore) - Drawings 7-10
Folder 3 Conceptual Drawings for "Color and Light Show," by Edwin Schlossberg, Inc. April 2, 1984 (drawings on foamcore) - Drawings 11-16
Folder 4 Conceptual Drawings for "Color and Light Show," by Edwin Schlossberg, Inc. April 2, 1984 (drawings on foamcore) - Drawing 17
Folder 5
Folder 6 Colored drawing on foamcore by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates - First Floor Plan
Folder 7
Folder 8 Colored drawings on foamcore by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates - Existing Site Plan, Fourth Floor Plan, Basement Plan
Folder 9 Colored drawings on foamcore by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates - Ground Floor Plan, Second Floor Plan, Third Floor Plan
Folder 10 Watercolor and pastel elevations on foamcore - 91st Street Elevation, Garden Elevation, 90th Street Elevation
Folder 11 Colored drawings on foamcore by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates - Site Plan, Penthouse, Proposed Site Plan
Folder 12 Watercolor and pastel elevation on foamcore - 91st Street Elevation
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