Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 95-150
National Museum of American History. Office of Public Affairs
Records, circa 1980-1993
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 Museum of American History. Office of Public Affairs |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | circa 1980-1993 |
Quantity: | 15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 95-150 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists primarily of videotapes featuring news related stories about exhibitions, special events, and curatoral activities at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Some noteworthy videotapes include television interviews with Roger G. Kennedy, former Director of NMAH; coverage of opening events for the "Duke Ellington" and the "First Ladies Gowns" exhibitions; and the presentation of musician Dizzy Gillespie's flair trumpet to the Museum. Materials also include publications of the Smithsonian News Service, working files, and cassette tape recordings of musical concerts, lectures, radio interviews, and press conferences at NMAH. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists primarily of videotapes featuring news related stories about exhibitions, special events, and curatorial activities at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Some noteworthy videotapes include television interviews with Roger G. Kennedy, former Director of NMAH; coverage of opening events for the Duke Ellington and the First Ladies Gowns exhibitions; and the presentation of musician Dizzy Gillespie's flair trumpet to the Museum. Materials also include publications of the Smithsonian News Service, working files, and cassette tape recordings of musical concerts, lectures, radio interviews, and press conferences at NMAH.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
- Kennedy, Roger G.
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) First Ladies Hall
- Smithsonian news service (Serial)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-150, National Museum of American History. Office of Public Affairs, Records
Container List
Box 1
Federal Express Advertising Campaigns, 1988
National Museum of American History (NMAH), 1987
Melrose Diner, 1988
Girl Scouts of the USA, 1987
Smithsonian News Service, 1980
Kodak Video; Smithsonian Photo Shop, 1989
Noxell Advertising History, 1989
Sunraycer Press Conference, 1989
Defiant Stove, 1988-1989
Suntone, 1988
Memoranda: Search for Life exhibition, 1987-1988
Hewlett Packard, 1988
AIDS Memorial Quilt, 1988
Paul, Les
Elettra Project, 1988
Daisy BB Rifle: Fiftieth Anniversary, 1987
Happiness is Forty Years of Peanuts, 1990
Doubleday Lectures, 1987
Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds exhibition
Joel Gray Cabaret, 1989
19th Century Furniture, 1989
The Landeck Collection
Commercial Lithography Collection, 1989
Interactive Video; Office of Telecommunications, 1988
NMAH Collections Statistics, 1988
Burrell Donation, 1988
Disney: Mickey Mouse 60th Anniversary
Harrison Ford Donation/Indiana Jones, 1989
Men & Women exhibition: Background Materials, 1989 (2 folders)
American Presidency, 1988
Capital City Jazz Festival
Sports Illustrated, 1988
Graphic Arts Exhibition Proposals, 1988
New Sweden Exhibition, 1988
David Plowden: "A Sense of Place," 1989
Rock A Bye Baby Donation, 1989
Duck Stamp exhibition, 1988
Scripts and Captions for President's Exhibition ("The Perpetual Campaign"), 1988
Sports Feelings exhibition, 1988
Trees of Christmas, 1988
Carol Burnet Presentation, 1988
Mormon Temple
Correspondence: Information Age exhibition, 1990
Information Age exhibition: Computerworld Awards, 1990
Women in the Etching Revival, 1989
Rooney, Mickey
The Seasoned Eye II
Good Housekeeping, 1991
Presidential Inaugural Material, 1992
Box 2
Duke Ellington exhibition, 1993
American Encounters:Columbus Quincentenary exhibition at NMAH, 1991
GM Sunraycer Donation, 1987
Postal Art Show, 1992
Tentative Film Projects, 1987
Correspondence, 1986-1988
First Ladies exhibition: Press Releases, 1992
Ceremonial Court Exhibition
Men & Women exhibition: Press Contacts, 1989
Sports Feelingsexhibition, 1988
Slides, 1988
Smithsonian African American Association, 1990
Personal Legacy: The Healing of a Nation exhibition, 1992
Photography, Filming/Videotaping, 1987
Correspondence, 1986-1988
News Releases, 1988-1990
Pratt Read Corporation, 1989
Whitman's Chocolates Donation, 1991
Music in America exhibition, 1990
John Hammond Fund, 1990
Science in American Life exhibition, 1991
Value of Medicine: The Inside Story, 1993
Smithsonian Jazz Program, 1992
American Encounters Exhibition, 1992
Computer History, 1989-1990
History as Seen from the National Museum of American History: 25 Years on the Mall, 1989
NMAH 25th Anniversary, 1989
Exhibition Invitation Lists, 1989-1992
Internships, 1993
Visitor Reactions to Proposed Titles for The Information Exhibition
American Encounters Exhibition: Press Clippings
Budget, 1986
Charles Came Collection, 1991
Publications, 1989-1990
Smithsonian NEWS, 1988-1992
First Ladies exhibition: Theater Planning, 1993
New Mexico's Artists: Encountering Continuity and Change exhibition, 1992
EDS Jason
ABC/Kane Productions International, 1988
American Television from the Fair to the Family, 1989
"Chances Are" Film, 1988
NMAH Visitor's Comments, 1991-1992
NMAH Visitor Count Statistics, 1982-1986
Television Comedy Case for NMAH, 1991
Box 3
Smithsonian News Service
Gypsies: The Invisible Americans (January 1986)
The Quest for a Better Artificial Heart (February 1986)
First Ladies of Science and Medicine: From Homebodies to Role Models (March 1986)
The Reel World of Hollywood (March 1986)
Men and Women: Dressing the Part (April 1986)
Black Gospel Music: The Call and the Response (June 1986)
Tin Can Tourists and Other American Travelers (July 1986)
Back to Work (January 1987)
Field to Factory: The Story of the Great Migration (February 1987)
It Did Happen Here (October 1987)
Residents Who Missed the party (July 1988)
Magical Music Machines (October 1988)
Shining Ship: Planned as Tribute to "The Wizard of Wireless" (November 1988)
The Power of American Advertising, Part I (June 1989)
Military Music Marches into American Life (August 1989)
What to Collect??? That is the Question (December 1989)
Index to Art Stories, 1990
America's Census: Two Centuries of Technological Advances (January 1990)
Wear and Tear of First Ladies Gowns Calls for Expert Remedies (February 1990)
Lottery's Past Prominence Reborn With New Passion (April 1990)
Unlocking Enigma's Secrets (May 1990)
Steinway Diary is a High Note for Musical Historians (June 1990)
Beauty in a Bottle (July 1990)
Robots in the Kitchen: The Offspring of Invention (October 1990)
Making Merry at Home: Parlor Parties from Christmas Past (December 1990)
From Cookskin Caps to Guk: Toys in Postwar America (December 1990)
Stairclimbing Grinds Out of Prison, Into Health Spas (February 1991)
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.: American (February 1991)
The Wit, Style and Charm of Cole Porter (March 1991)
Discovering How Women Transformed American Society (March 1991)
Tracing Cotton's Critical Thread Through American History (April 1991)
Smithsonian Scholars Drafted in Times of War (April 1991)
Note to Editors (April 1991)
Sundials Mark the Shadow of Time (June 1991)
Gullah Traditions Live On (July 1991)
Note to Editors (August 1991)
Note to Editors (September 1991)
And Now a Message: From Your Tool Chest (September 1991)
Black Land Grant Colleges on the Rise Again (September 1991)
Note to Editors (November 1991)
The Once and Future Native American Movie (November 1991)
Attack on Pearl Harbor Sped Development of Radar (November 1991)
The First "Top Guns": The Red Baron Legend (November 1991)
Constance Stuart Larrabee's World War II Journal (November 1991)
Note to Editors (December 1991)
William H. Johnson: A New Focus on a Long Overlooked Artist (December 1991)
High Speed Supertrains Fuel the Future of American Travel (January 1992)
The Long Road up the Hill: African Americans in Congress (January 1992)
Songs of My People: Contemporary Portraits of African Americans (February 1992)
Multicultural Toys Play Well in Market (February 1992)
200 Year Later, U.S. Metric Debate Lingers on (March 1992)
Our Bashed and Beloved First Ladies (March 1992)
Collections of Fair Memories (March 1992)
Snappy or Sappy, A Card Says It All (April 1992)
Spider Silk Spawns Science Revolution (May 1992)
Homes For Sale: By Mail (May 1992)
Predicting the Elections: Polls, Pundits and the Public Play Roles (May 1992)
Third Party Candidates: Voter Appeal for 160 Years (July 1992)
Phrenology: America's Quaky, Forgotten Fad (August 1992)
Max/Cool Keeps Americans at Air Conditioning Controls (August 1992)
Smithsonian Jazz Masters are Musicians on a Mission (August 1992)
Eras Come and Go, But Glass Lives On (August 1992)
Workers Remember the White House on its 200th Anniversary (September 1992)
Latinos in the United States are Poised at Crossroads (September 1992)
The Buried Art of Coffinmaking (October 1992)
Exploring the Unsung History of Women in War (November 1992)
Homemade Holiday Treasures (December 1992)
African American Sacred Songs Offer History Lessons (January 1993)
Moving the Mail: By Horse, Dog, Reindeer and Camel (March 1993)
The Brave New World of Virtual Reality (March 1993)
Exhibition Scripts and Museum Information
The Development of the PC
Information Age: People, Information, & Technology
First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image
Exhibition Notebooks (3 folders)
Museum of the American Indian News
Fiberscape Donation
Engines of Change Press Clippings
American Indian Program
Division of Armed Forces
General Medical Science Clips
Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings (unarranged) (5 folders)
Box 4
Cassette Tapes
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Folder 15
Folder 16
Folder 17
Folder 18
Folder 19
Folder 20
Folder 21
Box 5
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
News Videotapes
EMI at One Hundred
FLW - Mike Calligan
First Ladies exhibition coverage
Energy in Motion exhibition
1990 Coors American Inaugural Award
Coors American Ingenuity Award 1991
Rediscovering America; Indians Among Us
Newsworthy: Episode #41
First Ladies Gown spot
Field to Factory exhibition
Lifetime Activities
Silver Kite, 1989
Presentation Reel
Mechanical Mirror Works
WNET/American Masters; John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen
Christies East/Carousel
Attitudes #1142
Manville Diner at Swingle Shop
Entertainment Tonight: Dizzy Gillespie
Box 6
Broadcast Awards, 1991
Washington, "The Powerbelt," 1989
AFRTS America's Attic
The Discovery Channel: Invention Show #12
"Science Pilot Program," 1990
"Gold Rush"
American Encounters video clips
"Information Age"
Video news release samples: Great Wall of Iron, Bambi, Pace Setter Synchrony
1982 Worlds Fair
"If Japan Can, Why Can't We?
Equal Justice Under Law
M*A*S*H Presentation
Dances With Wolves documentary clips
Doubleday Series, 1983
The Making of "Fox Fire"
Electrical/PBS
Box 7
Weatherization/PBS
Chaplin
Space Sails
The Nation's Attic
Belgian Gunmaking and American History
"If Japan Can, Why Can't We?"/White Paper
"Pain and its Relief"
NBC "Today Show": "Trees of Christmas"
Superman Show (edited)
National Advertising Presentation
Walking With the Dinosaurs
Beyond 2000/Through Laser
Booknotes with Roger Kennedy
American Airlines
Doubleday Series: Roger Kennedy
Reebok
Beyond Benz
Star Spangled Banner
Box 8
Finder AFRS/Calspan
Dizzy Gillespie: Donation of His King Silver Flair Trumpet
The Changing American Farm
Chapin/Lecture and Concert
Various Segments about the Smithsonian
Walter Cronkite: The Nation's Attic
Binding Up the Wounds
Presidential Christmas Cards
Trees of Christmas
Small Business Administration
"If Japan Can, Why Can't We?"
Excerpts from U.S. farm Report
"John Bull Chugs Again"
Pilot for U.S. Postal Service
T. Brown, "Field to Factory"
Queen Trailer
"The Personal Legacy: The Healing of a Nation"
Low Rider exhibition, 1992
Capital Edition/Channel 9
Box 9
Men and Women exhibition
Panorama, 1985
Capital Edition: "Life in America After the Revolution," 1986
Koko Wa Totemo
PM Magazine: "Life in America After the Revolution"
Students Visit NMAH in spite of Terrorism
Atomic exhibition, 1985
Double Helix
Currents 421
The Spirit of St. Louis/Postal History
Official Images
Interview with Rayna Green: "I am Washington"
The White House Replica
Gender: The Enduring Paradox
Return of the Voyager (live broadcast)
"Pain and Its Belief" with Nancy Knight
"I Leonardo"
Roger Kennedy/"Today Show"
Musket Display
Teleriffic
Roger Kennedy/FOX Television
American Treasure
The Magic of the District of Columbia
"Superman"
"Information Age" news release
The Columbus Memorial Lighthouse
Magnum
George Washington exhibition
"The Personal Legacy: The Healing of a Nation"
A Search for New Heroes
Sports Illustrated Photo Exhibit
Supertour
"Nothing Significant?" Tape #17
"Nothing Significant?" Tape #19
Eames: "The Smithsonian Institution" (16mm film)
"A Christmas Memory"
Box 10
Smithsonian Institution montage
"Sesame Street: 20 Years of Hamony"
Aircheck News 26, Carson, California
"Gold Rush," footage supplied by KRON-TV, San Francisco, California
Xerox, "Chimp," "Little Girl"
Adventures in Scale Modeling
"John Bull"
National Museum of American History, Misc. Political Spots
Stars and Stripes Display
President's Show: Good Evening America
"Swamp Rat"
FBI Finder
Pain and Its Relief exhibition
Master Tugboat
Field to Factory exhibition
Box 11
First Ladies exhibition (2 tapes)
Walt Disney World: Music
Information Age exhibition: Bijou Theater (3 tapes)
The Smithsonian Salutes Disney Music
Mickey Mouse's 60th Birthday Review
PM Magazine, Bryson Rash, Christmas Spot: MHT Children's Toys
"If Japan Can, Why Can't We?"
Dinah Shore Show
Dizzy Gillespie Donations
The Smithsonian Institute
Men and Women exhibition: The Silver Screen
From Parlor to Politics
Star Spangled Banner
Box 12
Entertainment Tonight: "Hollywood Exhibition"
Save the Gown
Invention
Geography Competition/Advisory Committee
Panic Disorder
NCIC Video
The Greenwich Workshop: African Images in Postal Service Art
JCPL Newsbreak
PM Magazine: "After the Revolution"
Smithsonian/Presidency
Richard Petty: "Countdown to 2000"
American Television
Attitudes 1116
Dizzy Gillespie Presentation
Collectors
Palm Court at NMAH
New Sweden exhibition
The Smithsonian is for Everyone
The Information Revolution
Invention III
"V for Virginia: The Commonwealth at War"
The American White House Replica
Stephen's videos
Tiny Tourists
First Ladies exhibition (3 tapes)
"Hollywood Exhibition" Weeknight Alive!
Doubleday Series: Library of America, 1983
NBC Television: White Paper, "Facing up to the born B"
Box 13
Roger Kennedy/Wall Street Week
Chapin
America Works/Hits Control Track (2 tapes)
Vaughan, Sarah (2 tapes)
Harlem Dance (2 tapes)
Kennedy Center Tonight: "A Salute to Duke Ellington"
Mitchell, Arthur: The Dance Theatre of Harlem
Smithsonian Salutes Disney Music
Information Age exhibition
"There is No Business Like Show Business"
Good Evening, American: Presidents Show
American Encounters
Silver Kite, 1989
Box 14
"Here at the Smithsonian"
Stories of Illumination and Growth: Hampton Murals
10th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Betty Crocker Television Show
George Washington exhibition, 1982
American Treasure: A Smithsonian Journey
Ellington, Duke
The Color of Honor
The Real American Cowboys
Betty Crocker: "A Portrait"
LIA promotion
AFI Salute to Ginger Roger
Churches in America
American Pop Culture
Fifty Years of Nylon and Teflon
Trees of Christmas, 1977
Press Coverage of Presidential Campaigns
Information Age exhibition
Globetrotters/CBS News
George Herman Statues
Invention, vol. I
CBS Good Morning America: "American Patriotism"
Box 15
"Swamp Rat" (2 tapes)
Inaugural Gowns
CBS Good Morning America: "Tap Dancing at the Smithsonian"
Yesterday's Tomorrow
F.D.R. exhibition
George Washington exhibition
"Hollywood: Legend and Reality"
Constitution press release
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