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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 04-141

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director

Board of Trustees Files, 1970-2001
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director
Title: Board of Trustees Files
Dates: 1970-2001
Quantity: 4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection: Accession 04-141
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Abram Lerner, Director, 1967-1984, and James Demetrion, Director, 1984-2001, documenting the interaction between the Office of the Director and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board of Trustees and its committees. Materials include correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, biographies, and related materials.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Abram Lerner, Director, 1967-1984, and James Demetrion, Director, 1984-2001, documenting the interaction between the Office of the Director and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board (HMSG) of Trustees and its committees. Materials include correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, biographies, and related materials.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 04-141, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director, Board of Trustees Files

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Container List

Box 1

Committee on Collections - 4/4/1974

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 10/2/1974

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - October 2, 1974

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - April 4, 1975

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 9/30/1975

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - October 1, 1975

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 4/21/1976

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Exhibitions - 9/21/1976

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 9/21/1976

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - October 14, 1976

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 5/4/1977

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Exhibitions - 5/4/1977

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - June 21, 1977

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Exhibitions - 11/15/1977

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 11/15/1977

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - December 2, 1977

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 05/01/1978

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Exhibitions - 05/01/1978

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - May 24, 1978

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 11/19/1978

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - June 14, 1979

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - November 30, 1978

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - May 14, 1980

Box 1 of 4

Proposed Gift/Purchase "B"

Box 1 of 4

Proposed Gift/Purchase "A"

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - 5/24/1979

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Exhibitions - 5/24/1979

Box 1 of 4

For Mr. Weil, Amendment to Resolution re Director Acquisitions, June 14, 1979

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - November 7, 1979

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - November 7, 1979

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - October 28, 1980

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - May 14, 1981

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - November 10, 1981

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - May 12, 1982

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees Meeting, Wednesday, December 1, 1982

Box 1 of 4

HMSG Board Meeting: March 2, 1983

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees Meeting, May 24, 1983

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - November 16, 1983

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees Meeting, June 5, 1984

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections, June 5, 1984

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Exhibitions, June 5, 1984

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees Meeting, December 12, 1984

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - May 22, 1985

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees Meeting, Tuesday, October 29, 1985

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees Meeting (Minutes) - October 29, 1985

Box 1 of 4

HMSG Board Meeting-April 22, 1986

Box 1 of 4

Committee on Collections - April 22, 1986

Box 1 of 4

HMSG Property Schedule

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees Meeting - Oct. 21, 1986

Box 1 of 4

May 5, 1987: HMSG Board Meeting

Box 1 of 4

October 29, 1987: Board Meeting

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees: May 5, 1988

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - October 25, 1988

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees: April 25, 1989

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees: November 1, 1989

Box 1 of 4

Board of Trustees: April 25, 1990

Box 1 of 4

October 24, 1990: Board of Trustees

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting: April 24, 1991

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting: October 23, 1991

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting - May 14, 1992

Box 1 of 4

Board Meeting: October 29, 1992

Box 1 of 4

April 22, 1993: Board of Trustees

Box 1 of 4

October 28, 1993: Board of Trustees

Box 1 of 4

Box 2

April 28, 1994: Board of Trustees

Box 2 of 4

November 17, 1994: Board of Trustees

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, April 13, 1995: Board of Trustees

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, October 26, 1995: Board Meeting

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, April 25, 1996: Board Meeting

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, October 24, 1996: BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Box 2 of 4

April 24, 1997: Board of Trustees

Box 2 of 4

October 23, 1997: Board of Trustees

Box 2 of 4

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting: April 16, 1998

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, October 22, 1998: BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, April 22, 1999: BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, October 13, 1999: BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, October 19, 2000: BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting

Box 2 of 4

Thursday, April 19, 2001: BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting

Box 2 of 4

Collections Management Policy 1976-1982

Box 2 of 4

Collections Management Policy - Draft

Box 2 of 4

Committee on Collections Policy & Management Study - Structure & Outline

Box 2 of 4

Committee on Collections Policy & Management Study - Background

Box 2 of 4

Collections Management Policy Inquiries

Box 2 of 4

Collections Management Policy Compliance

Box 2 of 4

Collections Management Policy

Box 2 of 4

Collection Management Plan

Box 2 of 4

Director's Interim Purchase Report

Box 2 of 4

Lewis, Mr. & Mrs. Sydney

Box 2 of 4

SI Collections Acquisition Program

Box 2 of 4

SI Collections Acquisition Program II

Box 2 of 4

HMSG Exhibition Planning Guidelines

Box 2 of 4

HMSG Mission, Goals & Values Statement

Box 2 of 4

HMSG Trustees

Box 2 of 4

HMSG Nominating Committee

Box 2 of 4

Holenia Foundation

Box 2 of 4

Hirshhorn Circle

Box 2 of 4

HMSG By-Laws

Box 2 of 4

Francis Bacon Exchange

Box 2 of 4

Year-End Gifts

Box 2 of 4

Box 3

Regents Acquisitions Gift/Contributions

Box 3 of 4

Gifts Acknowledged By Al on Behalf of the Board

Box 3 of 4

Gifts Acknowledged (Board of Trustees) 1980-1985

Box 3 of 4

Donors-New Acquisitions

Box 3 of 4

Proposed Gifts 1982

Box 3 of 4

HMSG Coll: A Consideration (Al)

Box 3 of 4

Cornell - Proposed Exchange

Box 3 of 4

Trustee Ballots - Pakistan Exhibition

Box 3 of 4

Exhibitions - Ballot Approval

Box 3 of 4

Joseph H. Hirshhorn Fund

Box 3 of 4

Trustee Ballots-German Expressionism Exhibit

Box 3 of 4

Possible Acquisitions-Board Action

Box 3 of 4

Declined Gifts

Box 3 of 4

Board Poll (David Reed)

Box 3 of 4

Holenia Trust

Box 3 of 4

Restricted Loan List (Correspondence)

Box 3 of 4

Trustees Responses (Restricted List)

Box 3 of 4

Director's Purchases (1976-1981)

Box 3 of 4

Donald Judd Acquisition

Box 3 of 4

di Suvero - Are Years What? (proposed purchase)

Box 3 of 4

Serra purchase ballot

Box 3 of 4

Noguchi purchase ballot

Box 3 of 4

1987 Director's purchase ballot - Voulkos, Cragg, Conner

Box 3 of 4

Nauman purchase ballot

Box 3 of 4

1987 Director's purchase ballot - Chia, Tworkov, Murray

Box 3 of 4

Baselitz & Moore purchase ballots

Box 3 of 4

Tuttle purchase ballot

Box 3 of 4

Thek purchase ballots

Box 3 of 4

Picasso sculpture

Box 3 of 4

Dubuffet purchase ballot

Box 3 of 4

Director's purchases 1982

Box 3 of 4

Box 4

Board of Trustees Gen Correspondence 1998

Box 4 of 4

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gen Correspondence - 1997

Box 4 of 4

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gen Correspondence - 1996

Box 4 of 4

Bd of Trustees: 1995 General Correspondence

Box 4 of 4

Bd of Trustees: 1994 General Correspondence

Box 4 of 4

Board of Trustees: 1993 Gen. Correspondence

Box 4 of 4

Board of Trustees 1991

Box 4 of 4

Board of Trustees 1985

Box 4 of 4

Board of Trustees 1984

Box 4 of 4

Board of Trustees 1983

Box 4 of 4

Board of Trustees 1978

Box 4 of 4

Board of Trustees General Correspondence 1970-1972

Box 4 of 4

Nominations - Appointments

Box 4 of 4

Nominating Committee

Box 4 of 4

Arnason, H. Harvard

Box 4 of 4

Burger, Warren E.

Box 4 of 4

Blitzer, Charles

Box 4 of 4

d'Harnoncourt, Anne

Box 4 of 4

Evans, Thomas Mellon

Box 4 of 4

Hirshhorn, Olga (Trustee)

Box 4 of 4

Hirshhorn, Joseph H. (Trustee)

Box 4 of 4

Miller, Dorothy C.

Box 4 of 4

Moynihan, Daniel P. (1972-1974)

Box 4 of 4

Moynihan, Daniel P. (1975)

Box 4 of 4

Moynihan, Daniel P. (1976-1977)

Box 4 of 4

Moynihan, Daniel P. (1978-1980)

Box 4 of 4

Moynihan, Daniel P. (1981)

Box 4 of 4

Moynihan, Daniel P. (1982)

Box 4 of 4

Ripley, S. Dillon

Box 4 of 4

Schreiber, Taft B.

Box 4 of 4

Seitz, William

Box 4 of 4

Speyer, A. James

Box 4 of 4

Taylor, Joshua

Box 4 of 4

Yaseen, Leonard

Box 4 of 4

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