Freer/Sackler Files, 1983-2003
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Consists of records documenting individual departments within the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the renovation and upkeep of facilities, mostly during the tenure of Patrick H. Sears, Associate Director, Exhibitions and Facilities, and later Associate Director, Facilities and Special Projects. Materials include mission statements and strategic plans, memoranda, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, newsletters, event programs, membership lists, calendars of upcoming events and public programs, lists of expenditures made by the Department of Education, visitor studies, research materials, Smithsonian's 150th Anniversary Celebration logo design contest entries, Presidential Design Award entry, object lists with images of objects, priority lists for projects, floor plans, project memoranda lists, budget files, reports, newspaper clippings, brochures, and pamphlets.
Subject
- Sears, Patrick H
- Freer Gallery of Art
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Category
Series Level Description
Notes
- To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.
- For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Organization
Unarranged
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
- 1983
- 1983-2003
Restrictions & Rights
Materials less than 15 years old Restricted. Contact reference staff for details
Topic
- Art
- Art museums
- Art, Asian
Form/Genre
- Brochures
- Clippings
- Manuscripts
- Newsletters
- Pamphlets
- Floor plans
Local number
SIA RS00997
Physical description
15 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings