Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 86-155
National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History
Exhibition Records, 1981-1985
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. Department of Social and Cultural History |
Title: | Exhibition Records |
Dates: | 1981-1985 |
Quantity: | 10.8 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder) |
Collection: | Accession 86-155 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of records that document research for the major permanent exhibition, "After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800," which opened in 1985. Materials include scripts; contracted research reports by non-museum historians; graphics files for logos and stationery; public relations and educational training files; departmental chairman's files; administrative project files including budget and personnel records; lists of objects for the exhibition; project historian's files; drawings of early American houses and site plans; and artwork for logos and stationery. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document research for the major permanent exhibition in the museum, After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800, which opened in 1985. Included are scripts; contracted research reports by non-museum historians; graphics files for logos and stationery; public relations and educational training files; departmental chairman's files; administrative project files, including budget and personnel records; lists of objects for the exhibition; project historian's files; drawings of early American houses and site plans; and artwork for logos and stationery.
Index Terms
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Name
- After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800 (Exhibition) (1985-2002: Washington, D.C.)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) -- Exhibitions
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Life in America Project
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 86-155, National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History, Exhibition Records
Container List
Box 1
Life in America Project (LIA) - Project Files
Introduction
Object & Graphic Labels - Philadelphia Section
Scripts, 1983 (7 folders)
Scripts, September-December 1982
Script Comments (2 folders)
Box 2
Script Comments
Final Script
Miscellaneous Script Materials
Script Raw Material (3 folders)
Unordered Life in America Scripts (3 folders)
Scripts
Script Raw Material
Box 3
Seneca Section
Subject Areas
Afro-American
A.M.E.
Delaware Log House
French-Louisiana
Frontier
Philadelphia (2 folders)
Massachusetts Parlor
Native Americans
Iroquois
Virginia Parlor
Other Subjects
Life in America Project - Contract Research Reports
Hill, Rick. The Nundawaono: The Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy in the 18th Century (August 15, 1982)
Upton, Dell. The Virginia Parlor...A Report on the Henry Saunders House and Its Occupants (July 1, 1981) and supplementary materials (August 2, 1981) (2 folders)
Upton, Dell. Architectural Survey of the Delaware Log House (June 1, 1982) and Appendix and Addenda (December 1982)
Upton, Dell. Slave Housing in 18th Century Virginia... (July 31, 1982)
Vlach, John. Afro-American Domestic Artifacts in 18th Century Virginia (August 15, 1982)
Zimmer, Edward. A Study of the Origins of the Connecticut Valley Parlor or "Ignorance is Bliss" (September 1981) (2 folders)
Box 4
Zimmer, Edward. Report on Selected Topics Pertaining to Samuel Colton (1727-1784), Merchant of Longmeadow, Massachusetts: House, Household Furnishings, Business Methods, 1776 Raid or "Five Easy Pieces" (August 1982) and Progress Report (August 1982) (3 folders)
Life in America Project - Graphics Files
Graphics Log Sheets
Graphics File: Delaware
Graphics File: African American
Graphics File: Virginia
Graphics File: Seneca
Graphics File: Massachusetts
Graphics File: Philadelphia
Graphics File: Conclusion
Donald Sweig Chart
Miscellaneous (3 folders)
American Working Class History Project
Requisitions for Photo Services
Graphics Forms/Letters (2 folders)
Vendor Files: Orders and Permissions (filed alphabetically by vendor)
Publisher Houser
Academic Press, Inc.
American Antiquarian Society
American Jewish Historical Society
Atwater Kent Museum
Box 5
Arno Press c/o Ayer Co.
Baltimore Museum of Art
John Carter Brown Library
Foundation for Historical Christ Church, Inc.
Delaware Art Museum
Dietrich American Foundation
Free Library of Philadelphia
Cincinnati Historical Society
Cleveland Museum of Art
Connecticut Historical Society
Fabian, Monroe
Georgetown University Library Special Collections
Gibbes Art Collection
The Granger Collection
Hammond-Hardwood House Association
Hampshire County Probate Court
Harper & Row
Harvard College Library
Harvard University Press
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Huntington Library
Independence National Historical Park
The Jamestown Foundation
Johns Hopkins University Press
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Lafayette College
Library Company of Philadelphia
Library of Congress
Library of Congress Rare Book Division
Library of Congress Map Division
Litchfield Historical Society
University of London Library
Longmeadow Historical Society
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Maryland Historical Society
Massachusetts Historical Society
McCord Museum of Canadian Art - McGill University
Merrimack Valley Textile Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
University of Michigan - William L. Clements Library
Mikveh Israel Congregation
Moravian Historical Society
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Archives and Records Services
National Gallery of Art
National Museum of American Jewish History
National Portrait Gallery
New Haven Colony Historical Society
New York Historical Society
New York State Library, Albany
University of North Carolina Press
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia Museum of Art
New York Public Library (Schomberg Collection)
Princeton University Library
Princeton University Press
Public Archives of Canada
Quander, Rohulamin and Family
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
Rochester Museum and Science Center
Charles Scribners & Sons
Stockbridge Library Association
Sturbridge Village
Sturtevant, William C.
Syracuse University Press
Robert Farris Thompson (Random House)
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
Virginia Museum of Fine Art
Virginia State Library
Wedgewood Museum
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Wethersfield Historical Society
Whiney Museum of Art
Colonial Williamsburg
Winterthur Museum and Gardens
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Library
Life in America Project - Project Files - William S. Pretzer
Study Galleries
Special Events/AAM (American Association of Museums)/OAH (Organization of American Historians)
Publicity and Publications
Evaluation
Education
C&G Study Gallery
Docent Tour
Publications, Exhibit Related
Video Show
Docent Training Material
Performances, Demonstrations, etc.
Video Show
18th Century Conference
Invitation Lists
Bliss Research Articles
Puppet Show
Exhibit Review Committee
Exhibits Review Processes
18th Century LIA Budget, 1984-1985
LIA Budget, FY 1983-1984
Budget, LIA
Box 6
LIA Design Issues
Production Schedules
Equipment & Supplies & Holding Area
List of Graphics
Conservation
Acquisitions
Childhood
Color Photography, May 1984
Photography Schedule
Graphics
Pennsylvania German
Divisions
Ceramics & Glass
Community Life
Costume
Graphic Arts
Musical Instruments
Domestic Life
Extractive Industries
Military History
Political History
Textiles
Mechanisms
Numismatics
Medical Sciences
Briscoe Loan
Transportation
Archives/Dibner/Warshaw
Research on Henchman-Hancock-Lincoln Door
Script, Version 2
Miscellaneous Materials
Period Room Objects
Kennedy Version, February 25
Miscellaneous Script Material
Object Lists
Contextual Panels
Pretzer
Longmeadow
Bliss Parlor
Longmeadow, Notes, Maps
Eley Parlor
Delaware Log House
Philadelphia
Photos of GW Objects
Anne Peret
Exhibit Notes
Floor Plans
Collecting
19th Century Film Product
Period Room Removal
Black American Culture
Contract Research
19th Century Group
Planning Process Meetings
Meeting Announcements
Jaffee Contract
Scenes of a 1790 Tour Graphics Research
Miller, NMAH (National Museum of American History) Registrar's List
Box 7
Object List
Ceramics & Glass
Community Life
Costume
Domestic Life
Graphic Arts
Musical Instruments
Photography
Political History
Textile
Rural Life
Domesticity
Stansell, "Sweatshops"
Design
Object List Research Notes
Current Script & Statements & Agendas
Previous Versions
Conceptual Meetings, Fall 1982
Lists of Objects on Exhibit in Bliss House, Delaware Log House, Dole House, and Virginia Parlor
Hall of Everyday Life in the American Past (HELAP) Bibliography
First Lady's Fellowship
First & Second Floor Planning
Acting (2 folders)
Wood Exhibit (Telltale Tools)
Shomer
New England Begins: The 17th Century (model for mass-produced more academic-type publication)
Other Projects - William S. Pretzer
A&I Building
Colloquium Series
Inst. for Social History
Handtool Collection
Data Processing/Interactive Devices
Bookstore
"Materials" Exhibit: Eklund
Documents Center
Felton, Anacostia Museum
French-Louisiana
Urban Crafts
Transportation
Yorktown
Guidebook
Kulik Article, Decter Article
19th Century HELAP
19th Century LIA Budget
Project Management
Rubman, "Black American Culture"
Black Management
Box 8
Life in America Project - Administrative Files - Elizabeth Wroughton
HELAP Space Allocations
HELAP Notes on Meetings
HELAP Budget
O.C.S. Statements
Budget Data - 18th Century
Ruffins - Trust Money
Purchases (Office)
FY 1984 Journals
Contracts - General Information
FY 1984 Contracts
Petty Cash Vouchers (2 folders)
Shipping Services Costs
HELAP Personnel
Training Forms - LIA Staff
Volunteers
Sara Chase
Cober, Alan
Rick Hill
John Michael Vlach
Mary Ellen Munley
Dell Upton
Edward F. Zimmer
Shomer Zwelling
Miscellaneous C.V.s
LIA New York, NY Trip
LIA Charleston, South Carolina, Trip
Project Trip - Flowerdew Hundred
LIA Baltimore Trip
LIA Staff Boston Trip
Travel Miscellaneous
Travel - Clough
Travel
Travel - Kulik
Travel - Pretzer
Travel - Ruffins
Vlach Research
Sweig, Donald
George H.J. Abrams
Abrams Review
Rick Hill Research
Upton Research
Alfred F. Young
Zimmer Contract
Michael Zuckerman
The Past in Your Future A/V
Research Contracts, 1983 (2 folders)
Box 9
Research Contracts, 1981-1983 (6 folders)
Vitas and Data - Education Specialist (2 folders)
Interns
Kelly, Kathleen
Ann Peret
Victoria Philips
Betty Schwartz
Fox, Jessica
Archambeaull, John
Wei-li-ye
Museum of American History Fellows
Allgaier, Karen
Intern Information
Interns Programs
McQuaide, Caitlan
Kevin Baldwin
HELAP Exhibit Data
Acquisitions - 18th Century
African-Americans - 18th Century
Architectural Findings
Buyin' Freedom (2 folders)
18th Century Conference, 1984
Correspondence
Designers - 18th Century Posters, etc.
Dismantling HELAP
Exhibits - How to Procedures
Exhibit Projections
Graphics Research
Information Packets - LIA Book of Objects
Intramural L/T
Life in America
Office of Design & Construction and Life in America
Product Development
Opening Events
Performances - 18th Century
Box 10
Production - The Tully Tool Show
Photo Requests
Los Angeles Progression Schedule
18th Century - Publications
Purposes and Plans - LIA
After the Revolution - LIA
Script Comments
18th Century Staging Area
HELAP - Setup
Study Galleries
Museum Visits - "Sessions"
Inventory - Furniture/Equipment
Staffing Needs & Related Projects
"Remembering You" Archives
Reading Files, 1981-1985 (5 folders)
Life in America - Chairman's Office Files
1981
1982
1983
1984 (2 folders)
Box 11
1985
Comcorps File
Upton, Dell. Architectural Survey of the Delaware Log House (June 1, 1982). Drawing "Delaware Log House," dated May 1982
Upton, Dell. Slave Housing in 18th Century Virginia... (July 31, 1982). Two drawings of Tuckahoe, Goochland County, VA plantation (site plan and slave quarter C). Original drawings of slave quarter plans made for above report.
Upton, Dell. The Virginia Parlor...A Report on the Henry Saunders House... (August 2, 1981). Drawings of the Henry Saunders house. Documents relating to the Saunders family (inventories, wills, etc.)
Zimmer, Edward. "Ignorance Is Bliss" and "Five Easy pieces" (1981 and 1982). Xerographic copies of early New England maps, showing area of Colton family in Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Logos and stationery camera-ready artwork
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