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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 97-109

National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Department

Records, 1965-1993

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Department
Title:Records
Dates:1965-1993
Quantity:4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 97-109
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of files documenting exhibitions of the National Museum of American Art, Curatorial Office, for the period from 1982 to 1993. The records also contain files on the Museum's Registry of New Deal Art dating from 1965 to 1979. Materials include exhibition prospectuses; timetables and schedules; expense reports; loan agreements; fundraising information; contracts with guest curators and consultants; object checklists; conservation information; publications produced from exhibitions; public programs; and press releases and clippings.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists mostly of files documenting the exhibitions developed by the Curatorial Office, National Museum of American Art (NMAA), from 1982 to 1993. The exhibition files document all stages of exhibition planning, and include exhibition prospectuses; timetables and schedules; expense reports; loan agreements; fundraising information; contracts with guest curators and consultants; object checklists; conservation information; information on publications arising from exhibitions; memoranda and budgets for public programs associated with exhibitions; and press releases and clippings.

The accession also contains files on the Museum's Registry of New Deal Art dating from 1965 to 1979. The records include an alphabetic correspondence file, and files of correspondence with state museum and cultural representatives, arranged alphabetically by state.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 97-109, National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Department, Records

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Container List

Box 1

American Art Deco, April-July 1987

Box 1 of 4

Louis Tiffany, September 1989-March 1990 (3 folders)

Box 1 of 4

Treasures from NMAA, May-July 1987

Box 1 of 4

Wanderlust, April-July 1988

Box 1 of 4

Edward Weston, December 1987-January 1988

Box 1 of 4

Winslow Homer: Prout's Neck, February-May 1991

Box 1 of 4

Worcester Watercolors, September-October 1987

Box 1 of 4

Elizabeth Layton, April-June 1992

Box 1 of 4

American Prints, June-August 1990

Box 1 of 4

James Rosenquist, October 1986-January 1987

Box 1 of 4

Lucas Samras, August-October 1988

Box 1 of 4

Joseph Stell, September-November 1990

Box 1 of 4

Stitched from the Soul, October 1989-January 1990

Box 1 of 4

Cynthia Schira Textiles, November 1987-February 1988

Box 1 of 4

American Traditions in Watercolors, September-November 1987

Box 1 of 4

Fred Brown, September-December 1991

Box 1 of 4

Thomas Hart Benton, April 1989

Box 1 of 4

Ray Metzker, September-November 1986

Box 1 of 4

Eadweard Muybridge, June-September 1991

Box 1 of 4

George Ohr, February-June 1990 (Renwick)

Box 1 of 4

Olympian Trials, June-October 1988

Box 1 of 4

American Art Pottery, March-October 1988 (Renwick)

Box 1 of 4

Amish Quilts, March-April 1987 (Renwick)

Box 1 of 4

Roby Collection, 1986

Box 1 of 4

Special Delivery, January-September 1988

Box 1 of 4

The Boat Show, April-August 1989

Box 1 of 4

Clay Revisions, April-July 1988 (Renwick)

Box 1 of 4

American Drawings from Cooper-Hewitt, December 1989-February 1990

Box 1 of 4

Cuba-USA, May-August 1991

Box 1 of 4

Dan Daily Glass, June-October 1987 (Renwick)

Box 1 of 4

Box 2

American Miniatures, March-June 1991 (3 folders)

Box 2 of 4

Harlem: Photographs by Aaron Siskind 1932-1940, November 1990-March 1991

Box 2 of 4

Bingham Drawings, June-August 1990

Box 2 of 4

Albert Pinkham Ryder, April-August 1990 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 4

Irving Penn Photography, March-August 1990

Box 2 of 4

Frost Collection of Abstract Art, September 1989-February 1990

Box 2 of 4

Modern Abstraction in American Prints, August-November 1989

Box 2 of 4

Photography of Invention, April-September 1989 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 4

Man Ray: Perpetual Motif, December 1988-February 1989 (4 folders)

Box 2 of 4

Victorian View of Children, November 1987

Box 2 of 4

Alice Pike Barney, October 1982-June 1983

Box 2 of 4

Box 3

West as America, March-July 1991 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Still Lifes by Henry McFee, September-December 1986

Box 3 of 4

Paul Manship Retrospective, February-July 1989 (3 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Lost and Found Traditions Native American Art, October 1987-March 1988 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 4

LaFarge Exhibition, July-October 1987 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Treasures of American Folk Art, November 1989-February 1990 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Helen Levitt, July-October 1992

Box 3 of 4

Between Home and Heaven, March-June 1992 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper, October 1991-March 1992

Box 3 of 4

Romare Bearden, October 1992-January 1993 (4 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Box 4

Chicano Art, May-July 1992

Box 4 of 4

Gene Davis, February-May 1987 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 4

Bruce Davidson, March-June 1988

Box 4 of 4

Stephen Destabier, October 1988-February 1989 (Renwick)

Box 4 of 4

Childe Hassam, October 1990-January 1991

Box 4 of 4

Registry of New Deal Art - Correspondence Files (A-Z)

Box 4 of 4

Registry of New Deal Art - State Files (Arizona-Wisconsin)

Box 4 of 4