Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 03-059
Smithsonian Productions
Productions, 1987-2001
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: | Smithsonian Productions |
Title: | Productions |
Dates: | 1987-2001 |
Quantity: | 7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
Collection: | Accession 03-059 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of Betacam videotapes, 1/4 audiotapes, cassette recordings, videodiscs, and digital audio tapes documenting the Smithsonian Video Collection production of "The First Ladies," an educational video about the First Ladies of the White House and their unique roles. The video also documents the Smithsonian Institution's collection of First Ladies' gowns, accessories, and furnishings, and includes an interview with Margaret Brown Klapthor, Curator Emeritus of Political History. Some materials are in electronic format. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of Betacam videotapes, 1/4" audiotapes, cassette recordings, videodiscs, and digital audiotapes documenting the Smithsonian Video Collection production of "The First Ladies," an educational video about the First Ladies of the White House and their unique roles. The video also documents the Smithsonian Institution's collection of First Ladies' gowns, accessories, and furnishings, and includes an interview with Margaret Brown Klapthor, Curator Emeritus of Political History. Some materials are in electronic format.
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Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
- Video recordings -- Production and direction
- Museums -- Public relations
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Presidents' spouses -- United States
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 03-059, Smithsonian Productions, Productions
Container List
Box 1
Camera Originals: (Betacam Videotape)
Final Production Video [two videotapes]
Gowns (Tape 1, 9/10/1987)
Gowns: Interview w/ Curator (Tape 2, 9/10/1987)
Gowns: Red Room (Tape 3, 10/29/1987)
Betty Ford w/ Celebrities (Tape 6, 2/14/1989)
Gowns: Close ups (Tape 8, 9/10/1987)
Martha Washington Portrait/Dolly Madison Removing Items from the White House (Tape 9, 9/8/1987)
Dolly Madison and Mary Lincoln (Tape 10)
Gowns: Close ups (Tape 12, 9/11/1987)
Gowns: Sarah Yorke Jackson (Tape 13, 9/9/1987)
Mary Lincoln: Black and White Dresses, etc. (Tape 14)
Lady Bird Johnson Interview (Tape 15)
Lady Bird Johnson Interview (Tape 17)
Edith Wilson (Tape 21, 3/15/1989)
Nancy Reagan Interview (Tape 22)
The Inaugural Ball (Tape 23)
The Inaugural Ball (Tape 24)
Jackie Kennedy: Tour of the White House (Tape 27, 3/3/1989)
Jackie Kennedy: Tour of the White House (Tape 28, 3/3/1989)
Portrait of Abigail Adams/First Ladies Wreaths (Tape 29)
Rosalynn Carter/Signature Cards/Objects of the First Ladies (Tape 30)
Objects of the First Ladies/Carter Mannequins/Carter Center (Tape 31)
Barbara Bush: Speech at the Kennedy Center (Tape 32)
First Ladies Mannequins/Gifts and Objects of the First Ladies (Tape 35)
Gifts and Objects of the First Ladies (Tape 36)
Gifts and Objects of the First Ladies/Interview w/ Curator (Tape 37)
Gifts and Objects of the First Ladies/Interview w/ Curator (Tape 38)
Drawing of Lincoln Family/Portrait of Martha Washington (Tape 43)
Abigail Adams: Portrait as a Young Woman (Tape 44)
Dresses and Fabric (Tape 45)
Box 2
Rosalynn Carter Interview (Tape 46)
Rosalynn Carter Interview (Tape 47)
Rosalynn Carter: Campaign (Tape 48)
Mary Lincoln: Gown Restoration (Tape 49)
Gowns Restoration: General (Tape 50)
Martha Washington: Gown Restoration (Tape 51)
George and Barbara Bush: Inaugural Ball (Tape 52)
Gowns Restoration (Tape 53)
Gowns Restoration (Tape 55)
Julie Nixon Interview (Tape 56)
Julie Nixon Interview (Tape 57)
Nancy Reagan: Campaign Against Drugs (Tape 58, 3/3/1989)
Nixon Family (Tape 59)
Patricia Nixon (Tape 66)
Martha Washington: Portrait, Inaugural Ball (Tape 70, 5/8/1989)
Mary Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Nancy Reagan (Tape 71, 5/9/1989)
Jackie Kennedy Tour (Tape 72)
Jackie Kennedy Tour (Tape 73)
Music/No Footage (Tape 74, 4/28/1989)
Music/No Footage (Tape 75, 4/28/1989)
Music/No Footage (Tape 76, 4/28/1989)
Martha Washington at Mt. Vernon/Jackie Kennedy (Tape 78)
Ceremonial Court Shoot (Tape 80)
Ceremonial Court Shoot (Tape 81)
Nancy Dickerson (Tape 86)
Margaret Klapthor Interview (Tape 88)
Margaret Klapthor Interview (Tape 89)
Margaret Klapthor Interview (Tape 90)
Sarah Polk/Washington Monument/Wilson White House (Tape 101)
Nancy Dickerson Interviews/Exterior Shots of Washington D.C. (Tape 102)
Box 3
Gowns (Tape 103, 9/10/1987)
Gowns (Tape 104, 10/29/1987)
Gowns (Tape 105, 9/10/1987)
Gowns (Tape 106, 9/9/1987)
Gowns (Tape 107, 9/8/1987)
Gowns (Tape 108, 9/11/1987)
Gowns (Tape 109, 9/9/1987)
Gowns (Tape 110, 9/11/1987)
Gowns: Red Room (Tape 111, 10/28/1987)
Gowns (Tape 112, 9/9/1987)
Gowns (Tape 113, 9/11/1987)
Gowns (Tape 114, 9/11/1987)
Window Dubs: (Tapes 1-10, 3/4" of Betacam originals, 12/7/1988)
Box 4
Window Dubs (Tapes 11-19, 3/4" of Betacam originals, 12/7/1988)
Window Dubs (Tapes 1-6, 3/4" of Betacam originals, 1/6/1988)
Straight Dubs (Tapes 1-5, 3/4" of Betacam originals, 1/6/1988)
Straight Dubs ( 3/4" of 1" Color-corrected Dubmaster with final Stereo Audio Mix, 6/6/1989)
Box 5
Final Mix Soundtrack (Part 1, 35mm magnetic stock, 6/2/1989)
Final Mix Soundtrack (Part 2, 16mm magnetic stock, 6/2/1989)
Final Mix Soundtrack (Part 1, Music and Tracks, 16mm magnetic stock, 6/2/1989)
Final Mix Soundtrack (Part 2, Music and Tracks [?], 35mm magnetic stock, 6/2/1989)
Protection Master Audio Reels (Sub-masters, 8/8/1989)
Box 6
First Ladies 1/4" Audio Reels:
Nancy Dickerson Voiceover (Track One, 5/11/1989)
Nancy Dickerson Voiceover (Track Two, 5/11/1989)
Nancy Dickerson Voiceover (Track Three, 5/11/1989)
Nancy Dickerson Voiceover (Track Four, 5/11/1989)
Nancy Dickerson Voiceover (Track Five, 5/11/1989)
Nancy Dickerson Voiceover (Dub Roll One, 5/11/1989)
Nancy Dickerson Voiceover (Dub Roll Two, 5/11/1989)
Nancy Dickerson Voiceover (Dub Roll Three, 5/11/1989)
Vaughn Meader "The First Family" (Track One, 5/17/1989)
Vaughn Meader "The Tour" (Track Two, 4/28/1989)
Music (Track One and Two)
Music (Tracks One thru Three, 15 lps Stereo Pieces)
Betacam SP Videotape: Component Transfer from 3/4" Master, 5/2/1989
Betacam SP Videotape: TBC Transfer from Original, 4/22/1989
Betacam SP Videotape: CTDM Dub: Unmixed Audio, No Music, 5/24/1989
Audio Revised Edit Master: Numbers 1-2, FM 3-4, 6/21/1989
Component Edit Master, 5/12/1989
Betacam Audio: Washington, DC, Moments, 3/14/1988
Betacam Videotapes: Objects at the National Museum of American History
Betacam Videotape: Parlor to Politics, 5/2/1990
Color Slides: The Story of the White House
Box 7
VHS Window Dub: Motion Control (Tape One, 9/19/1994)
Betacam SP Videotape: Motion Control (Tape Two, 3/27/1995)
Betacam SP Videotape: Motion Control (Tape Two, 9/12/1995)
Betacam SP Videotape: Motion Control (Tape Three, 1/24/1995)
Betacam SP Videotape: Motion Control (Tape Four, 5/22/1995)
Betacam SP Videotape: Political Role and Public Image (Prot Master, Captioned, 6/27/1995)
Betacam SP Videotape: B-Roll (Edit 2, 6/5/1995)
Betacam SP Videotape: Master Supered, No Credits, 6/7/1995
Betacam SP Videotape: MOCO, 5/12/1995
Betacam Digital Videotape: D-BCT Color Corrected, Edited Master w/ Supers and Credits, 6/7/1995
Narration DAT, 4/14/1995
Final Audio Mix in Stereo, 6/22/1995
Betacam SP Videotape: Caption Over Black Session, 6/22/1995
Betacam Digital Videotape: Graphic Master, 4/17/1995
Betacam SP Videotape: Color Corrected, Supered, No Credits, 6/7/1995
Betacam SP Videotape: Edit Master No Captions, Version Two, 3/18/1997
Betacam Digital Videotape: Graphics Master Clone, 6/6/1995
Betacam Digital Videotape: Color Corrected Master, 6/7/1995
VHS Videotape: ABC News, Laura Bush and Cesar Chavez, 10/1/2001
VHS Videotape: The National Garden Gala - A Tribute to America's First Ladies, 5/11/1994
Betacam SP Videotape ( 3/4" Straight Transfer from VHS Original, 8/16/1994) Betacam SP Videotape: Motion Control, 9/7/1994
19mm Sub-master, 6/5/1995
Betacam SP Videotape: Tape Pick-up
The First Ladies: CNN Imagesource, 10/1/2001
Box 8
Videodiscs:
The First Ladies (Archive Discs 1-3, 12/17/1996)
The First Ladies (Archive Discs 1-5, 8/21/1997)
The First Ladies: Text and Sound
The First Ladies: Bounces, 3/29/1996
Cassette Tapes:
Jackie Kennedy: Dr. Spock, Columbus Day Speech, etc.
Nancy Reagan: Speech at United Nations, etc.
Mrs. Hoover: On Girl Scouts
Lady Bird Johnson: B. Truman Portrait and Beautification
Rosalynn Carter: Interview, Latin America, etc.
Jackie Kennedy: Thank You
Barbara Bush: Tikki Tikki Tempo
Hillary Clinton: Address on H.C., and HC Letters
Patricia Nixon: Green Room, Christmas, Gown Ceremony
Hillary Clinton: Presentation
Christine Meadows Interview
Edith Mayo: Exhibition Tour [two tapes]
Barbara Bush Interview
Lady Bird Johnson Interview
The First Ladies Exhibition (Dub from DAT, 4/6/1995)
The First Ladies Vokedraft
Edith Mayo: First Ladies Studio
Hillary Clinton Interview
Jackie Kennedy: Karachi, Shalimar Gardens
Mamie Eisenhower Birthday
Betty Ford: First Press Conference, Manuscript Society, etc.
Lady Bird Johnson: Head Start Program
The First Ladies Music, 10/1/2001
Nancy Reagan Interview, 8/4/1995
Leahy with Barbara Carson
The First Ladies Voices
Digital Audio Tapes:
The First Ladies: Rough Cuts, 1/4/1995
Leahy with Barbara Carson
The First Ladies Cues (Original Masters)
The First Ladies: Scratch Pick-ups
Ralph McQuarrie, 5/2/1997
The First Ladies: Scratch Track Narration
The First Ladies: Recuts, 11/30/1994
- Finding Aid encoded on: 11-18-2020
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