Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 98-171
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Charles Willson Peale Papers
Editor's Records, circa 1971-1998
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: | National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Charles Willson Peale Papers |
Title: | Editor's Records |
Dates: | circa 1971-1998 |
Quantity: | 16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 98-171 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of records that were created by Lillian B. Miller, late Editor of the Charles Willson Peale Papers, and document her tenure as Editor. Records contain information pertaining to the planning and development of the Peale Papers Project and related exhibitions, conferences, and events. The records also document Dr. Miller's professional activities as a member, advisor, and officer of various SI and non-SI committees, boards, and councils. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, notes, photographs, brochures, reports, program proposals, grant applications, speeches, agendas, newspaper clippings and journal articles, and evaluations. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of Lillian B. Miller, the late Editor of the Charles Willson Peale Papers, and document her tenure as Editor. Records contain information pertaining to the planning and development of the Peale Papers Project and related exhibitions, conferences, and events. The records also document Dr. Miller's professional activities as a member, advisor, and officer on various Smithsonian Institution (SI) and non-SI committees, boards, and councils. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, notes, photographs, brochures, program proposals and plans, grant applications and proposals, speeches, reports, agenda, newspaper clippings and journal articles, and evaluations.
For additional information concerning Lillian B. Miller's career, see the Archives' Biographical Information Files (RU 7098).
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Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-171, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Charles Willson Peale Papers, Editor's Records
Container List
Box 1
Abrams, Ann
American Antiquarian Society (2 folders)
American Studies Association: George Washington University
American National Biography
American Studies Association (2 folders)
American Studies Association Program Committee
American Institute of Architects
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships
American Association of Museums
American Quarterly
American Archivists, Society of
American Scholar, The
Anderson, Gillian
Antiques World
Apostolos - Cappadona (2 folders)
Appleby
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Ausonia Heritage Preservation Foundation
B
Barber
Barzun, J.
Beaufort, Madeline Fidell
Beecher, Pamela
Bennett, Vanessa
Benson, Ralph
Bergheim, Laura
Binion, Alice
Bjelajac, David
Blair, Dr. Karen J.
Bock, Joanne
Boettger, Susan
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brandon, Mrs. Henry
Breidenbach, Paul
Brownell, Charles
Buckner, Ann
Burkett, Mary
C
Cassell, Mary
Box 2
Cassidy, Stephanie
Chaison, Joanne
Chicago Press, University of
Clapper, Michael
Corn, Joseph - Visiting Scholar, National Museum of American History (NMAH), 1987
Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia
D
Danly, Susan
Dearborn, Mona
Dictionary of Women Artists
Dictionary of Art articles by Lillian B. Miller
Drexel University Museum
Dumbarton House - Miller Talk
Dwyer, Britta
E
Eighteenth Century Seminar
Emerick, Rose S.
Encyclopedia of American Art Collectors
Encyclopedia of North American Colonies
Evans, Dorinda
Daniel Chester French Papers
Fazzino, Lucy
Fiche Supplement
Field, Cynthia
Fink, Lois
Foley, Paula
Fordham University Press
Fraher, Lawrence
Frank, S. Rebecca
Freer Gallery
Freer Gallery of Art
Freudenheim
Friel, Daniel D.
Friendly, Marie Louise
Fritz, Prof. Paul
Frohne, Ursula
Fryd, Vivien Green
G
George Washington University American Studies
Goldberg, Abigail Jane
Government Patronage of the Arts
Grayson, Ellen
Greenough, Sarah
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
H
Hall, David
Hewes, Mary D.
Heflin, Lee Ann
Hirsch, Stefan
Hobbs, Susan (2 folders)
Hellstrom, Patter
Hendershott, Gary
Box 3
Hollister
Holmes
Houston, Julie
Huntington Library
Institute of Early American History and Culture
I
Friends of Independence National Historic Park (INHP), 1983
INHP, 1988-1989
J
Jackisch
Jaffe, Irma (2 folders)
Johns, Elizabeth
Johnson, Nancy
Jones, Martha Randolph
David Thelen
Journal of American History
Journal of the Early Republic
K
Kammen, Michael
Kendall, Sue Ann
Koenigsberg, Lisa
Kren, Margo
L
Landgarten, Helen
Lane, Dana
Langer, Sandra L.
Langill, Ellen
Larson, Stan
LaSalle University, 1996 (2 folders)
LeMond, Don W.
L'Enfant Forum, 1987
Lethbridge, Scott
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Ludington, Professor Townsend
M
McKay, Terry
Madonia, Ann
Madway, Ruthanne
Mancini, Joanne (2 folders)
Manthorne, Katherine
Marling
Metro, Judy
University of Minnesota Press
Mc
Mast, Brigid A.
Meikle, Jeffery L.
Merrill, Linda (2 folders)
Miles, Cecily
Miles, Ellen
Moore, Charlotte Emans
Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, 1987-1988
Box 4
Myers, Kenneth
N
National Archives - Education, 1979
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
NEH News Releases
NEH Guidelines and Application Instructions
National Gallery of Art - Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
National Museum of American Art (NMAA) Conference, 1982
Newport Symposium
Nigrelli, Akela
Northampton Community College
O
Oba, Mitsutoshi
Olin, Ferris
Olson, Lester
Orlove, Beverly
Osborne, Carol
O'Sullivan, Judith
Linda Griffiths/Oxford History of Women
Oxford University Press
Perdue, Edward
P (2 folders)
Paca, Barbara
Palumbo, Anne C.
Panzer, Mary
Parrott, Mrs. Sara
1997 Fellowship Applications
R
Radcliffe College
Romero, Mrs. Corona S.
Rather, Susan
Reedy, Professor W. Jay
Roberts, Janet
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology, 1981-1982
Rochester - General Correspondence
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery - Symposium, 1988
Rutherford, Sally
S
Sanders, John L.
Save Outdoor Sculpture
Scribner's
Sellin, David
Shaw, Peter
Wendy W. Reaves Project: Celebrity Caricature in America
Sprague, Laura
Staiti, Paul
Stefanic, Barbara
Stevenson, Frances
Sullivan, Mary
Stony Brook
Storr, Annie
Strong, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Summers, George R.
Box 5
T
Tappert, Tara (3 folders)
Taylor, Bob
Tahar, Juliette
Teitelman, Robert
Templeton, Robert
Thacher, Mary
Thomas, Christopher A.
Trope-Podell, Marie H.
Trotter, William H.
Turano, Jane
Ullman, Eugene Paul
V
Van Buren, Debbie
Verplanck, Anne
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
W
Wallach, Alan
Wajda, Shirley
Walden, Justine
Waring, Joseph
Historical Society of Washington
Waterman, Lois
Welby, Michael
Wierich, Jochen
William and Mary - Commonwealth Center
William and Mary Quarterly (2 folders)
Williamsburg Commonwealth Center
Wilson Center Symposium, 1987
SI Women's Committee
The Getty Grant Program
Bibliography of American Art
Peale Family Papers - Budget, 1988-1989
Peale Family Papers - Rembrandt Peal (ReP) Position
Research Inquiries, 1996 - for SI Collections Program
Peale Papers - Torch Submissions
Lillian B. Miller Honoraria to National Portrait Gallery (NPG)
Recruitment
Staff Meeting, January 28, 1997 - Millennium
Awards - Quality Increases, etc.
Lillian B. Miller - Temporary File
Lillian B. Miller
Personnel: Job Description Editor
Exhibition Materials
Corcoran Exhibition
Philadelphia and Corcoran Exhibition
Box 6
Philadelphia Exhibition Materials (2 folders)
SI Congress of Scholars
SI Museum Studies
Cuffe, Ron
SI Exhibition Proposals
SI of the Future!
John Hopkins University - SI Program in American Culture
SI Office of Fellowships and Grants
SI Office of Museum Programs
SI Fellowship Applications
Bouquet, Jacqueline
Collector's Seminar - Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990, February 11, 1991
National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Disclaimer
Chronological Files, 1974-1982 (13 folders)
Box 7
Chronological Files, 1971-1975, 1983-1991 (19 folders)
Box 8
Chronological Files, 1991-1994 (6 folders)
1900 Seminar on "Gender Perspectives: The Impact of Women on Museums," March 8-10, 1990
Symposium with Institute of Early American History and Culture - "The Portrait in America from 1700-1776," October/November 1987
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Letter of Renewal of Grant RE-24851-76-737
East-Central/American Society for 18th Century Studies
Review of Biography of Thomas Say for SI Press, 1986
History, Applied Public History, University of South Carolina
American Studies - Pakistan, August 15, 1985
Grants (Various Proposals) - NEH, APS, SI
SI Research Awards, 1972-1973
C. W. Peale Project - Background Material
American Philosophical Society
SI Forum on Material Culture
American Studies Association Meeting, San Diego
Correspondence
Budget, 1979-1980 - Five Year Projection
Grindhammer, Lucille
Boston University Lecture, March 23, 1977
Boston University Seminar at NPG, March 8-9, 1976
Lecture (Walt Whitman High School, February 26, 1976) - Image of Women in Art
Miscellaneous Papers and Projects
The Washington Papers
Latrobe Papers
The Papers of Robert Mills
Loyola University Speech, May 1976
Philadelphia Bicentennial Meeting, April 1-4, 1975
Papers of William Thornton
Yellis, Ken
Philatelic Lecture - Contributors to a Common Cause, March 25, 1975
Box 9
Daniel Reed File on Peale Project
The Papers of Robert Mills (L. B. Miller: Member of the Advisory Board)
The Papers of Robert Morris
The Papers of Henry Laurens
The Papers of James Madison
The Papers of John Marshall
Wells Fargo - Bicentennial Project
In the Minds and Hearts of the People (Exhibition)
The Papers of Pierre Charles L'Enfant - L'Enfant Forum (sponsors)
Maryland
Washburn, Wilcomb E. - Seminar, Fall 1980
National Historic Publications Commission
Sellers Project, Summer 1975
Exhibition of the Luman Reed Exhibition (The New York Historical Society) Contributions to Project: Information, Reminiscences, Pictures, etc.
Rosenbach Foundation, The Philip H. and A. S. W.
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 1986-1987
Hance, Wiley
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
NPG 1846 Exhibition
"On the Road with John James Audubon"
Wyck
Geyer, Virginia
Final Report for NEH Grant, 1974-1976
Hance, Wiley F. (Times Four Productions, Inc.)
Hance, Wiley F., Executive Producer, Public TV WNED, Buffalo, New York
ACLS
Women's Committee - Seminar, "Gender Perspective: The Impact of Women on Museums," 1990
Organization of American Historians
The Problem of an Artistic Canon
Hartman-Cox Architects
Films
Research Opportunities Fund #1252F602 (Sidney Hart, Spring 1986)
New York Research Trip - Miller, 1986
Sabbatical - Research Letters, Inquiries, etc.
Employment
Box 10
Peale Papers - Memos from Editor to Staff
L. B. Miller - Research Permissions
Conversion: Lanier Disks to IBM WP
Slide - Correspondence, Miscellaneous
National Museum of American Art (NMAA) Inventory of American Sculpture
Committee on Academic Hiring, 1987
NPG Collection Based Research
Smithsonian Opportunities for Research and Study
Conference on the Publication of American Historical Manuscripts, University of Iowa
Lectures
Lectures - SI
Phelan, Mary
The Dye Is Now Cast - Summary
The Dye Is Now Cast - Correspondence
"Cold Composition" Committee
The Dye Is Now Cast - Book Reviews
The Dye Is Now Cast - Memoranda
American Studies Program Advisory Committee (2 folders)
Smithsonian Residents
Bibliography Working File
Library of Congress (BB Research)
Research re: Letterpress, 1977
Booth, Abby
National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) re: Funding, 1976
Publishers (potential) - Letterpress
News Release for September 3, 1974 - L. B. Miller to Edit Peale Papers
Accounting Ledger
18th Century Studies Session
Steering Committee
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), April 18-20, 1979
Lecture at Catholic University, March 10, 1976
Georgetown Day School Lecture, November 19, 1976
Symposium, 1978 - The American Renaissance: The Concept of the Renaissance and Its Expression in American Art, 1876-1917
Kansas State University, November 10-11, 1977
Symposium - Independence Hall
Corcoran Gallery
American Studies Association Biennial Meeting, October 1977
Research Awards Panel, 1979
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Photograph of L. B. Miller at LaSalle University, 1988
Legislative Records
National Archives
Commonwealth Center for the Study of American Culture, College of William and Mary
St. James Press - Entries for Art and Artists Project
L. B. Miller - Memorial Tribute Invitation, May 8, 1998
San Francisco Travel Plans
American National Biography
L. B. Miller - NEH Review
Book Reviews and Correspondence, 1988-1991
Contemporary Authors (Listing) - L. B. Miller
Patrons and Patronage, Woodmere Art Museum
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - Symposium, 1984
Barrow, Elizabeth Brower
L. B. Miller - Writings, The Puritan Portrait
L. B. Miller - Review in American Historical Review of Brian Dippie's "Catlin and His Contemporaries"
Box 11
L. B. Miller - Italian Influence in American Art
Lecture at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, October 23, 1988
L. B. Miller - Activities
Tryon Palace Historic Sites
Who's Who (various listings)
Milwaukee Art Museum (Elizabeth Fernandez-Gimenez)
Milwaukee Art Museum - Lectures, April 27 and 28, 1988
Minnesota Historical Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mount Vernon
ReP Exhibition - L. B. Miller Talk
Magazine Antiques - ReP Article
ReP - L. B. Miller Lecture for Sotheby's Students
L. B. Miller - October 12, History Roundtable, SI Regents
Delaware Symposium (in Conjunction with 67th Delaware Exhibition, Friday, November 18, 1983) - L. B. Miller: "Academics and Juries in American History"
ReP, Erasmus Thomas Private Collection (Huntington)
Lecture: Department of History, University of California, Lecture Hall, NPG, March 19, 1982
Project 1987 - "This Constitution" Correspondence File
Peale Inquiries/Responses to Miller Article in SI Magazine, April 1979
Autobiography - Outline
Secretary's Fluid Research Fund
Research Opportunities Fund
Washington's Headquarters, October 12, 1980
Fund Seeking (Scholarly Studies Program)
Press Releases
In the Minds and Hearts of the People (Exhibition)
Mt. Holyoke College - Panel, October 8, 1976
Book Review - University of Chicago, Charles Fenderich, October 28, 1975
Administration - New Director (Alan Fern), June 1982
NPG Policy on Independent Research
Yale University Press, Fall 1988 (Correspondence with M. A. Galligan)
Rafinesque Papers (NHPRC Proposal), September 1980
Miller, L. B. - Sabbatical, 1984-1985
Space Needs - Old Post Office Building
NPG Donors Since 1980 (Copley Medals)
Television
Peale Legacy (5 folders)
Box 12
Peale Legacy (4 folders)
Peale Materials for Dr. Lillian Miller
Peale Information
Trust for Museum Exhibitions (TME) Correspondence - Loan Requests (2 folders)
Trust for Museum Exhibitions - Peale Exhibit
Peale Legacy (3 folders)
Trust for Museum Exhibitions (Ann van Devanter Townsend, President) (2 folders)
American Studies Association (ASA), 1985-1986 (2 folders)
Salzman, Jack (Prospects, ASA)
Martinez, Katherine
American Quarterly - Reviewer of Articles, 1986
Budget, 1984-1985 - Five Year Plan, 1985-1989
American Quarterly
American Studies Seminar - George Washington University and the University of Maryland, Spring 1988
American Studies Seminar, Fall 1980
American Studies Program, George Washington University, Fall 1983
American Studies Program, George Washington University, Spring 1986
Box 13
"If Elected..."
Book Reviews, Toby Appel, 1977-1978, 1980
Report (Annual) of C. W. Peale Papers to Editorial Advisory Board, September 26, 1975
American Studies Seminar
Bicentennial - American Revolution
Columbia University Seminar, November 13, 1979
American Quarterly and American Studies Association
Conference - Presumptuous Man: Charles Willson Peale, an Interdisciplinary Study of His Work, 1981
Outlines and Selected Lists
In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale, 1992
Peale Papers Book Editors Luncheon, January 31, 1984
Bowdoin College (consultant work) (5 folders)
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Summer 1987
Trust for Museum Exhibitions - Participants
Corcoran Members Talk
Resident Associates - C. W. Peale and the National Identity, May 4, 1987
Organization of American Historians (OAH) Morning Session #53, April 4, 1987
3rd Floor Library Exhibit for "C. W. P. and His World"
Peale Exhibition - Amon Carter Museum, Metropolitan Museum
Cable TV News Interview with Lillian B. Miller re: Peale Exhibition, November 12 for November 25, 1982
Response to Peale Show "C. W. P. and His World"
Peale Exhibition Activities
1982 Peale Exhibition - Slide Show
Labels - American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Exhibition
Box 14
Session on Government Patronage of the Arts in Early America, 1987
Peale Exhibition, 1982 - Reviews (Newspapers, Magazines, etc.)
Book Reviews, 1979-1980
Book/Article Review Comments, 1979-1980
Book Reviews, October 1, 1980 to November 30, 1982 (2 folders)
William and Mary Quarterly - Referee Evaluation "C. Bulfinch and Early American Architectural Illustrations"
Book Reviews - General Correspondence
18th Century Seminar, 1974-1977
18th Century Seminar Speakers
18th Century Seminar Mailing List, 1975-1976
NEH Proposal Review, April 26, 1982
18th Century Seminar, 1978-1979
NEH Samuel Gompers Application (RE-20044), Santayana Edition (RE-20078)
NEH (Consultation) Marcus Garvey Papers - Visit, July 8-10, 1981
NEH Funding re: The World of Jonathan Edwards
NEH Review of Latrobe Application and Recommendation, 11/1980
Downey - NEH Institute for Elementary School Teachers at University of Colorado, Boulder
Garvey Papers Proposal - Evaluation, 1982
Winterthur Portfolio (Editorial Board) - 3 year term (May 1978)
Seminar - 18th Century America, Mailing List, 1975
The Dunlap Society Advisory Council, July 1978
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (Exhibition Possibility)
Institute of Fine Arts Symposium, April 4 and 5, 1986
Institute of Early American History and Culture - 3 year appointment, July 1982-1985
Institute of Early American History and Culture Fellowship Committee, 1984
American Studies Association (ASA), Fall 1983
American Studies Association, 1984
American Studies Association - L. B. Miller, Council Member, 1983
ASA Regional Meeting, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 29-30, 1985
Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1984
Institute of Early American History and Culture - Nominating Committee
Box 15
Institute of Early American History and Culture (2 folders)
Institute of Early American History and Culture Meeting, May 10-12, 1984 and May 2-4, 1985
Fellowships and Grants - Committee Meetings, Administration, 1983
Academic Program Committee for History of Art - 3 year appointment, beginning January 1, 1982
Peale Papers - NEH Application
1975 NEH Grant
Funding Efforts
Michael Schaffer's Notes and Correspondence
Research material - Information on Papers for Microfiche Guide
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
C. W. P. - Checklist of Materials in T. Jefferson Papers
Prospectus
Policy
NEH Application for Renewal of Grant RE-20210-74-507 (H-24851), September 1, 1976-August 31, 1979
Kraus-Thomson Royalties
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation -Narrative Reports and Letters of Progress re: Grant for Color Plates for Letterpress
Mellon, Andrew W., Foundation - Gift for Color Plates, February 11, 1983
Tenth Annual American Print Conference, 1979
C. W. Peale Conference - Responses to Notices Announcing Conference
Greene, Professor Jack P., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Lecture: Tuesday, November 16, 1982)
C. W. Peale Lecture Tours by Lillian B. Miller
Exhibition - Rembrandt Peale
Peale Exhibit - Potential Invitees
Peale Exhibition - Accompanying Events
Peale - Events (Contemporary)
Peale Exhibition - Publicity Draft by S. Westin
Peale Show - Writing Plans: Contract (Financial Arrangement)
Peale Show - Lillian B. Miller Writing Plans
Box 16
Swank, Scott T.
Charles Willson Peale: A Life of Harmony and Purpose
Charles Willson Peale Exhibition
Commission on Artistic Property
A-I: Wednesday Evening Concert Series, 1987 (August 12, Hugo Weisgall)
A-I: Wednesday Evening Concert Series, 1987 (July 22, Philip Pearlstein, Al Held)
A-I: Wednesday Evening Concert Series, 1987 (July 29, Anthony Hecht)
A-I: Wednesday Evening Concert Series, 1987 (August 5, Elizabeth Harwick, Susan Sontag)
Sellars, Charles Coleman and Peale Writings
A-I: Wednesday Evening Concert Series, 1987 (July 5, Will Barnet, George Rickey)
A-I: Wednesday Evening Concert Series, 1987 (July 5, Cynthia Ozick)
SI Resident Associate Course on American Academy, 1987
Bicentennial Exhibitions - General
Constitution - Maryland's Celebration of the Ratification, June 26-27, 1986
American Revolution Roundtable, Dinner Talk, Founce's Tavern, New York City, October 1, 1985
Slides - ReP Lecture, March 19, 1985
Howe/Kemp - NEH Public History
SI Archives
SI Archives, 1981-1986
Symposium on Italian Influences in American Art, November 21-22, 1987
Colloquium on Peale, Winterthur
18th Century Seminar, 1979-1980
Peale Conference
C. W. P. Conference Expenses, October 23, 1981
Memos (to/from) Acting Director H. F. Pfister, 1981
Administrative Reports to Marvin Sadik, 1980
Smithsonian Council Meeting, October 22, 1982
Publication of the Peale Conference Papers
American Studies Association, Fall 1984
Peale Papers - Administration Reports to Sadik, Evelyn, through 1979-1980
Staff Meeting Reports - Peale Papers
Senior Staff Meetings, 1984-1987
NEH Announcement and Brochures
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