Agency history, 1989-1994

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Subject

  • Lentz, Thomas W
  • McGill, Forrest 1947-
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
  • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Office of the Deputy Director
  • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Office of the Assistant Director, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
  • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
  • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Forrest McGill to Gilles Grandjean, Accession 01-192, box 1, November 21, 1989
  • Pratapaditya Pal to Forrest McGill, Accession 01-192, box 1, January 10, 1991
  • The Torch, October 1989
  • Smithsonian Annals, 1994, 1995
  • Freer/Sackler Organizational Chart, 1990, 2001
  • The Assistant Director, Research and Collections Division was created in 1989. The incumbent, initially the Assistant Director of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, presided over collections management, curators, conservation and scientific research, library/archives, photography, and publications. Forrest McGill held the post from 1989 until 1991. He was succeeded by Thomas W. Lentz, 1992-1994. After 1994, this position was reorganized. The Assistant Director, Research and Collections Division was dissolved, and the Deputy Director took on many of its duties (with Lentz as the incumbent).
  • For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of " above.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1989
  • 1989-1994

Topic

  • Art
  • Conservation and restoration
  • Museum conservation methods
  • Museums
  • Art, Asian
  • Museums--Administration
  • Museums--Collection management
  • Museum curators
  • Museum publications
  • Art--Conservation and restoration

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00305

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