Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 96-006
Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities
Subject Files, circa 1985-1992
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities |
| Title: | Subject Files |
| Dates: | circa 1985-1992 |
| Quantity: | 11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 96-006 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of the records of three projects of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities. The majority of the records document the Special Exhibition Fund, established by Office Memorandum (OM) 833 dated October 26, 1984. The OM decreed that the Fund was meant only to fund significant exhibitions beyond the normal financial capability of the bureau, that a published scholarly catalog must be part of each proposal, and that funds were not available for the refurbishing of old exhibits. Additional guidelines were adopted by the Special Exhibition Committee in 1985. The Fund was administered through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Museums, then renamed Arts and Humanities, and finally renamed Assistant Provost for Arts and Humanities. Materials include fund proposals, budgets, schedules, letters of support, plans for catalogues, curricula vitae, and contingency plans for lesser funding approvals. Other projects include possible plans for the General Post Office Building adjacent to AAPG and the USSR Project, which explored the possibilities of a collaborative exhibition of the US and the USSR on the issues of the 20th century. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records of three projects of the Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities. The majority of the records document the Special Exhibition Fund, established by Office Memorandum (OM) 833 dated October 26, 1984. The OM decreed that the Fund was meant only to fund significant exhibitions beyond the normal financial capability of the bureau, that a published scholarly catalog must be part of each proposal, and that funds were not available for refurbishing of old exhibits. Additional guidelines were adopted by the Special Exhibition Committee in 1985. The Fund was administered through the Assistant Secretary for Museums, then renamed Arts and Humanities, and finally renamed Assistant Provost for Arts and Humanities. These records consist of fund proposals, including budgets, schedules, letters of support, plans for catalogues, CVs, other funding, descriptions, and contingency plans for lesser funding approvals.
Other projects include possible plans for the General Post Office Building adjacent to American Art and Portrait Gallery (AAPG) and the USSR Project, which explored the possibilities of a collaborative exhibition of the US and the USSR on the issues of the 20th century.
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Name
- Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities. Special Exhibition Fund
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-006, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities, Subject Files
Container List
Box 1
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FUND, 1985-1986
Special Exhibition Fund Proposals, 1985 (2 folders)
Special Exhibition Fund Review Meeting, 1986
Special Exhibition Fund - Miscellaneous, 1986-1987
Competition, 1986
Gaudi in Context
Dressing the Part
Generations
Birth Rituals
Ebla to Damascus
The Portrait in America
Gene Davis Memorial Exhibition (2 folders)
The Fabric of Life
Art Nouveau Bing
Tropical Forests
Crossroads
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FUND, 1987
Gigantic Fossil Seabird
Aerospace Computing
The Great War in the Air
The House of Timur
Portraits by Winold Reiss
From Parlor to Politics
How to Become a Fossil
The Peoples and Cultures of Cambodia
Lost and Found Traditions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)
Dynamism and Diversity, the Native Peoples of North America
The Hall of Human Origins
The New Insect Zoo
The Voices of Hellenism
Box 2
Beyond the Java Sea
Shrimps of the Fisheries Research Vessel
Frank Lloyd Wright
Medieval Art from Yugoslavia
Survey of Smithsonian Collections, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)
Science, Power and Conflict
Music in America
Directions
Works
Francis Bacon Retrospective
Perpetual Motif: Man Ray
Hemphill Collection
Masterpieces of American Miniature Painting
American Graphic Arts Series
Albert Pinkham Ryder
King Herod's Dream
Crossroads of Continents
The French Revolution and its Aftermath
The William and Mary Style in Holland, England and America
Great Expectations: Everyday Life in America, 1800-1900
The Armory Show
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FUND, 1988
Out-of-Cycle, 1988
Experimental Gallery
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Photographic Exhibit
Hirshhorn Russian Exhibit
National Zoo: A Photo Album Exhibit
Japanese Art
Rainforest Experiment
Karr/STRI
New Horizons
Futurist National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
Zoo Ark
Portrait Show
American Masterpieces
"The Poetics and Politics of Representation" conference
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Proposal
Caribbean Festival Arts (Folders 1-2 of 3)
Box 3
Caribbean Festival Arts (Folder 3 of 3)
Competition, 1988
Josef Hoffmann: Embellishment between Hope and Crime
American Women of the Etching Revival
Legacies of Human Design, Cooper-Hewitt (C-H)
Hiding Out, C-H
Czechoslovakian Architecture and Design
Where on Earth Are You?, NASM
The Try-Out Zone, NMNH
The New Insect Zoo
Seeds of Change
Gigantic Fossil Seabird
Human Origins
The Voices of Hellenism
Interactive Computer Exhibits
Beyond the Java Sea
Life in the Ancient Seas
Plains Indian Art, SITES
Climbing Jacob's Ladder, SITES
Visitor Information Center
Pioneers of Broadcasting in America
Irving Penn
Portraits of Winold Reiss
Hemphill Collection (Application no. 88/23)
Hemphill Collection (Application no. 88/24)
Photography of Invention
William H. Johnson
Pastels of the 1980s
Columbian Exposition
The Boat Show
Promised Land
The Frost Collection
Interpretation for 3 Native American Exhibits, SITES
Field to Factory
Improving Exhibition Interpretation, National Zoological Park (NZP)/NMNH
What Made Photography Popular?
Clocks, Capitalism and Culture
Imagining Yourself
After the Revolution
Box 4
American Indian Access to Cultural Resources Folklife
Directions
Works
Afro-American Invention and Innovation
Inside Active Volcanoes
Anatolia
The Great American Comic Strip
Immigrant Voices
Archetypes: Five Themes in the Visual Arts of Africa
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FUND, 1989
Out-of-Cycle, 1989
Commerce Department Exhibit
Parting the Green Curtain
Update Video, Natural History Building (NHB)
French Bicentennial
Black Expressive Culture in Philadelphia
Sokari Exhibition
L'Art de Vivre
Deaf Way Brochure
Competition, 1989
First Ladies
Public Visitors Center, Whipple Observatory
The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly
The Art of Bill Reid
Nomads
Seeds of Change
Invertebrate Study Hall
Clocks, Capitalism and Culture
After the Revolution
Exhibition Preview Area, National Museum of American History (NMAH)
From Parlor to Politics
Audio Visuals in Permanent Exhibitions, NMAH
Land of Promise
American Encounters
Rock 'n' Roll
Hands on History Room
Engines of Change
Directions
Works
Culture and Commentary
The Real McCoy
Resources in American Indian Communities, Folklife
Ancient Japan
Box 5
Chang Dai-chien
Java History Trail
Harvard-SI Partnership in Astronomy
Where Next, Columbus?
American Military Women
The West as America
W. H. Johnson
Hemphill Collection
World's Columbian Exposition
Homelessness, SITES
Coming of Age in America
Exhibition About AIDS
Seeds of Change, SITES
World Geography
Contrasts, SITES
The Real McCoy, SITES
Who Wears the Pants, SITES
Where Next, Columbus?
Debate-Oriented Quincentennial Exhibition
Film, SITES
All Systems Go, SITES
India Along the Ganges, SITES
Africa Adorned, SITES
Climbing Jacob's Ladder, SITES
Tokpela, an Exhibit about Hopi Indians, SITES
To Color America
The Intimate World of Alexander Calder
The Cooper Union Legacy
Homage to Niko Tinbergen
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FUND, 1990
Out-of-Cycle, 1990
Evaluation of Volcanoes
Parlor to Politics
Turning Over Old Leaves, Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)
Chamber Music
Crossroads, NMNH
Symposium for Ryder
Deinstallation of the Experimental Gallery
Doghouse
Competition, 1990
Freer Gallery Reinstallation Casework
Court Arts of Indonesia
IEI: A Collaborative Project, NZP and NMAH
Palm Court Arcade
The Great Victorian Exhibition
Rehabilitation of Armed Forces Exhibits
Southern Culture and the Emergence of Rock 'n' Roll Music
Youth Interpreter Program
Two Methods of Experiencing Land of Promise
Land of Promise
When Kings Speak: Art and the Discourse of Power in Islamic Art
Box 6
The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly
Kangaroos, People and the Environment
You Be the Judge
Dubuffet
Works
Four Latin American Pioneers
Rembrandt Peale
Cecilia Beaux
Columbian Exposition
Jewelry of Albert Paley
Chicano Art
The Experimental Gallery
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FUND, 1990
Competition, 1990
Zoomuse
Czech Architecture and Design
Global Image - The Process of Mapping
Donald Deskey
NASM Information Center
Principles of Flight
Where Next, Columbus?
Trust But Verify
WWI in the Air
Museum Support Center (MSC) Photo Exhibit
Seeds of Change
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
Blacks in the US Congress
The Perpetual Campaign
Vietnam
The Real McCoy
The Java History Trail
A Multicultural Portable Traveling Exhibit about the Smithsonian
Anacostia Quincentennial Project
Computer Workstations, NASM
Biopark Initiative
Box 7
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FUND, 1991
Out-of-Cycle, 1991
Star Trek
Experimental Gallery
Marine Education/Conservation Center
Gender Issues Action Group
Musical History
Journalistic Coverage, World War II
Oceans
Competition, 1991
Kangaroos, People and the Environment
Saynday Was Coming Along, Drawings by Silverhorn
Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington
Coordinated Astronomy Exhibit, SAO
Donald Deskey
Maps: Ways to Read the World
Romare Bearden
The Art of Thomas Cole
American Wicker
Ashcan Artists
World Columbian Exposition
American Musical Theatre
Collection of Dr. Fritz Daguillard
Principles of Flight
Vietnam
Where Next, Columbus?
The Great War in the Air
When Kingship Descended from Heaven
Ancient Japan
Perpetual Campaign
Japanese American Women
Black Land Grant Colleges
World's Fairs
Metro Rail Comes to Anacostia
You Make and Keep History (Anacostia Museum - AM)
Powers and Resonances
The Cold War
Four Latin American Pioneers of Modernism
Spiders
Where Land Meets Sea
Achieving the Nation's Capital
Smithsonian Gallery of Art Competition
Land of Promise
Nikola Tesla
Young Interpreters Program
Revisions to Information Age
Chesapeake Bay/Marine Hall
Benedicte Wrensted
Exhibition Interpretation, NZP
Rhythm and Blues, Folklife
Box 8
SPECIAL EXHIBITION FUND, 1992
Out-of-Cycle, 1992
Degenerate Art
Whistler: Image and Icon
Black Mosaic: The Changing Face of Black Life in Washington, D.C.
Red, Hot and Blue
Exhibiting Selves and Others
Powers and Resonances
Workers at the White House
Myths, Monuments and Museums
Maroon Culture in the Americas, Folklife
Science in the Age of Columbus, SIL
Competition, 1992
Eva Hesse
Four Latin American Pioneers
Jean Dubuffet
The Presence of Absence
Indus Valley
Joined Colors
1893 World's Fair
Ashcan Artists
American Daguerreotype
Roy Decarava
Watercolors of Edward Hopper
Jacob Kainen
Alexander Calder
Red, Hot and Blue
Cecilia Beaux
Whistler
James Vanderzee
1846
Exotic Illusions
An Ocean Apart
The Power of Maps
Donald Deskey
Smithsonian Achievements, Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA)
Try This On
Go Forth and Serve
Case-in-Point
Nikola Tesla
Appomattox Courthouse Furniture
Land of Promise
American Encounters
Ethnic Imagery
Masterworks
The Cold War
Vietnam
Soviet Space Exploration
Where Next, Columbus
Black Mosaic
Tunnels
Kangaroos
Forest Stories on the Move
Box 9
Crossroads of the Continents
Spiders
How Things Fly
The Rise of the Isthmus
Java History Trail
Public Education and Information, SAO
Exhibition for Rural Organizations
Young Interpreters' Program, NMAH
GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING (GPOB)
Research and Scholars Center, 1992
Research and Scholars Center - Programs
Save Outdoor Sculpture!
National Museum of American Art (NMAA) intern program
NMAA public programs
American ART NETwork
Functional Space Use Study and Recommended Conceptual Plan, 1983
Program Requirements and Spatial Analysis, 1986
Selected documents, 1984, 1988-1989
Current documents, 1991-1992
Planning and Development Status Report for the Area Surrounding the GPOB, 1988
GPOB Technical Potential and Limitations, Phase IV-A, 1991
GPOB Technical Potential and Limitations, Phase IV-B, 1991
General, 1984
General, 1985
General, 1986
General, 1987
General, 1988-1989
General, 1990
General, 1991 (2 folders)
Box 10
USSR PROJECT
Soviet/American delegations
Invitations
Drawings to be inserted in summary document
Keens report
Letter of intent between SI and Ministry of Culture, USSR, 1990
Articles
Gubenko proposal
Budget
US Information Agency (USIA)
Andrea Harris
Logistics
Sturbridge logistics
Other SI Russian projects
Resumes
Secretary's trip report, 1990
Moscow report - Marc Pachter, 1990
Correspondence
Fundraising
Travel expenses - USA/USSR Exhibition Planning Team
Delegation ideas
Delegations ideas - Suzdal
Soviet delegation - Suzdal
American delegation - Suzdal
Suzdal meeting
Flam report, 1989
Plenary Session II (Russian), November 30, 1990 (2 audiocassettes)
Plenary Session III (Russian), December 1, 1990 (3 audiocassettes)
Audubon Room, November 29-30, 1990 (4 audiocassettes)
Audubon Room, December 1, 1990; South Room, November 29, 1990 (4 audiocassettes)
South Room, November 30-December 1, 1990 (4 audiocassettes)
Board Room, November 29-30, 1990 (4 audiocassettes)
Box 11
Board Room, December 1, 1990; unlabelled tape (3 audiocassettes)
Fundraising, 1989-1992
Protocol on working groups
US/USSR 20th Century Project
US/USSR Planning meeting - Telegrams (Fax)
US/USSR Planning Committee; Popov and Mikheeva visit, 1988-1989
US/USSR Planning Committee, 1989
Russian Panel
Secretarial panel
Telexs
Miscellaneous materials
'DEGENERATE ART:' THE FATE OF THE AVANT-GARDE IN NAZI GERMANY
Forum, 1991-1992
General material (3 folders)
Dinner, November 19, 1991 (2 audiocassettes)
Architectural drawings
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