Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 96-068
National Museum of American Art. Research and Scholars Center
Records, 1977-1998
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 Art. Research and Scholars Center |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1977-1998 |
Quantity: | 14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 96-068 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of the departmental records of the Research and Scholars Center at the National Museum of American Art (1989-present), formerly known as the Office of Research Support (1982-1989). Most of the files date from the 1980s and reflect the activities of Office Chief Eleanor E. Fink, 1976-1987, and Rachel M. Allen as Assistant Chief, 1981-1987, and Acting Chief/Chief, 1987- . Also included are records relating to Allen's participation in the Art Information Task Force (AITF), 1989-1995, and the Visual Resources Association (VRA), 1989-1990, on behalf of the Smithsonian. Some materials date from when the museum was known as the National Collection of Fine Arts. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the departmental records of the Research and Scholars Center at the National Museum of American Art (1989-present), formerly known as the Office of Research Support (1982-1989). Most of the files date from the 1980s and reflect the activities of Office Chief Eleanor E. Fink, 1976-1987, and Rachel M. Allen as Assistant Chief, 1981-1987, and Acting Chief/Chief, 1987- . Also included are records relating to Allen's participation in the Art Information Task Force (AITF), 1989-1995, and the Visual Resources Association (VRA), 1989-1990, on behalf of the Smithsonian. Some materials date from when the museum was known as the National Collection of Fine Arts.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Allen, Rachel M.
- Art Information Task Force
- Fink, Eleanor E.
- National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Office of Research Support
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Research and Scholars Center
- Visual Resources Association
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-068, National Museum of American Art, Research and Scholars Center, Records
Container List
Box 1
Departmental Records, 1980s, primarily containing records of the Assistant Chief, Office of Research Support
Automation Needs - FY 1986 Issues Paper
Automation Survey, FY 1984
Automation Survey, FY 1985
Automation Survey, FY 1987
Automation - Trust Funds
Compugraphic
Computer Consultants
Computers, Micro
Computer Needs Assessment, FY 1988
Needs Assessment
Wang Computer Needs Assessment, September 1988
Computer Resources
Computer Resources, 1985
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Contract for S. Koenig
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Journal Supplements
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Diagrams
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Data Functions
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Computer Publications
Computer Resources FY 1987 - OIRM (Office of Information Resource Management)
Computer Resources FY 1987 - CIS (Collections Information System)
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Weekly Reports - Neal
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Electronic Mail Service
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Graphic Arts Computer Hook-ups
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Building Services
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Purchases
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Training Courses
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Telephone Connections
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Shut Down (Wang)
Computer Resources FY 1987 - PC/Miscellaneous
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Software - Miscellaneous
Computer Resources FY 1987 - VS65, Miscellaneous
Computer Resources FY 1987 - IAP (International Art Program)
Computer Resources FY 1987 - Elizabeth's Reports
Computer Resources, FY 1988
Computer Resources, FY 1989
Computer Resources, FY 1992/FY 1993
Computer Resources - Position Descriptions Computer Systems - Administration
Computer Systems - Curatorial
Computer Systems - Fellows
Computer Systems - Museum Programs Computer Systems - Registrar
Computer Systems - Renwick
Computer Users Meetings
Box 2
Activities - FY 1987 - General
Activities - FY 1987 - Research Resources in American Art
Activities - FY 1987 - CAA (Creative Artists' Agency) Demo
Activities - FY 1987 - AAM (American Association of Museums)
Activities - FY 1987 - ARLIS (Art Libraries Society of North America)- "MARCing the Visual Document"
Adams, Robert McCormick
ADIMS Project
American Artist Dictionary - Miscellaneous
American Artist Dictionary - IAP Artist Authority American Artist Dictionary - Barra Foundation American Artist Dictionary - Vose Project
American Artist Dictionary - Other Artist Dictionaries American Artist Dictionary - SAPA Artist Authority Annual Reports, 1983/1984
Annual Reports, FY 1986
Art Analog Data Format
Art Museum Association - Network
Artist Authority - TAU Project
Authority Control - TAU
Ashland Oil Computer System
Auction Catalog Index
Authority Control Seminar (ARLIS 1986) and related material Catalog of Landscape Records
Center for Study of American Art
Chadywyck-Healey
Clearinghouse for Art Documentation - Metropolitan Museum of Art Dayton Art Institute - Collection Management System
Dunlap Society
Eldredge Meetings and Reports - Briefing, September 23, 1985
Eldredge Meetings and Reports - Meetings and Reports
Eldredge Meetings and Reports - Budget Briefing, December 6, 1985 Eldredge
Eleanor's Papers - Subject Access
Box 3
Eldredge - FY 1986 Objectives
Eldredge - FY 1987 Objectives
Electronic Publishing
Electronic Publishing - Working Group
Electronic Publishing - Smithsonian Institution (SI) Committee
Electronic Publishing - Artscan
Electronic Publishing - Information Systems Consultants
Electronic Publishing - Miscellaneous
Electronic Publishing - Group Meetings and Notes
Electronic Publishing - Literature
Electronic Publishing - ICI
Electronic Publishing - Committee Demo Disc
Elizabeth Murphy - Memos to and from
Exhibition Planning and Production Procedures
Fogg Conservation Data Sheet
Firms, Letterheads
Fundraising - Secretary's Restricted List
Getty - Background on Getty and Personnel
Getty - Census
Getty - Correspondence - Burton Frederickson (also ADAG agreement)
Getty - Correspondence - Englander
Getty - Correspondence - Michael Ester
Getty - Correspondence - Getty and SI
Getty - Eleanor's Draft Proposal
Getty - Englander's Museum Computer Network Paper
Getty - Grant Guidelines and Sample Proposals
Getty - Museum Prototype Project
Getty - Newsletters
Getty - Online - Preliminary List of Fine Arts Information Categories/Data Elements
Getty - National Portrait Gallery's Proposal
Getty/OIRM (Office of Information and Resource Management)
Getty - Online Computer Systems
Getty - Photo Archives - Subjects for Paintings
Box 4
Getty - Pisa Conference
Getty - Projects Sponsored by
Getty - Projects Sponsored by - ADAG
Getty - Projects Sponsored by - RILA
Getty - Projects Sponsored by - Witt
Getty Prototype Meeting (Squam Lake July 1984)
Getty - RILA (Repertoire international de la litterature de l'art)
Getty - Schmitt, Marilyn
Getty - Union List of Artist Names
Handouts - AECI
Handouts - Computer Assisted Retrieval of Slides and Photos at NMAA (National Museum of American Art)
Handouts - Data Elements
Handouts - Present and Future Directions
Handouts - Sample Printouts
Handouts - Technical Notes on Hardware Configuration
Horton Report (1988)
Kellogg Project - NE Regional Workshop
Kerr, Bill
Library Terminal
Madeira
MAIL Application
Marburg Project
Markey Article on Subject Access
Micro/Mainframe
Microsoft
Migration and Artist Authority Plan
Migration - Requirements Statement and Schedule
Minority Artists
National Database for Moving Image Materials
National Demonstration Lab
NGA (National Gallery of Art) Data Format
National Museum of American Art (NMAA) Disk
NMAA - Five Year Prospectus FY 1991-FY 1995
NMAA - New Look - Information
Object Tracking Project
Office of Visual Resources - Director's Report 1982
Office Commendations
Office Meetings 1984
ORS Meetings - FY 1983
Box 5
Ohlgren, Tom - Articles
Office of Information Resource Management (OIRM)
OIRM
OIRM - Computer Expenses and Inventory
OIRM - Database Selection - FY 1991
OIRM - McManus Report
OIRM - Xerox 8700
ORS - Cost Projections 1987
ORS - Documentation - Wang File
Oryx Press
Pach Brothers Collection
Raceway
Research Opportunities Fund
Research Resources - Audiovisual Program
Research Support - Functional Analysis
Research Support - History
Research Task Force
Research at SI (Challinor Committee)
Rights and Reproductions - Commercial Requests
Rights and Reproductions - History - Evans File
Rights and Reproductions - Issues Forum on Fees
Rights and Reproductions - OM 756 Revision
Rights and Reproductions - Policy in Other Museums
Rights and Reproductions - NMAA Policy
Rights and Reproductions - Representative Sample of Letters
Rights and Reproductions Committee meetings, 1987-1994, 1998 (Accession 23-118)
Ripley
Robertson and Eldredge, 1985
Senior Staff Meetings - FY 1988-FY 1989
Sarasen, Lenore
Box 6
SI Photo Survey Project
SI Women's Committee
SI Women's Committee, FY 1984
SI Women's Committee, FY 1985
SI Women's Committee, FY 1986
SI Women's Committee Grant Ideas, FY 1987
SI Women's Committee, FY 1988
SI Women's Committee, FY 1989
SI Women's Committee, FY 1990
SI Women's Committee, FY 1992
Special Events
Special Events - Visitors Sperry/Unisys
Standards - Geography Staffing Needs
USIA - Arts in America VC - ANSI
VC - Pre 1987 Correspondence Videodisc - Articles, Surveys Videodisc - Costs
Videodisc - Discovision Associates Videodisc - Library of Congress Videodisc - SLA Picture Division Videodisc - Videodisc News Vienna Paper, 1983
VRA - Local Chapter
Webb Fellowships
Whitney Donation to Photo Archives Witt Computer Index
Xerox Committee
Yale Center for British Art
Box 7
Accounting, 1977-1982
ARLIS/NA Paper, 1982
Annual Reports, FY 1983
Business Managers' Meetings
#1 CIS/RWG #8, Reference - General
#2 CIS/RWG #8, Reference - Statements
Exhibition Expenses - 1978
Photo Policy July 1984 - Background
Miniature Project
Memos, 1978-1981
Miscellaneous Memoranda and Correspondence, 1988 - (notebook)
Box 8
Computer Needs Assessment, 1983 #1
Computer Needs Assessment, 1983 #2 Diagrams
Property Inventory, 1978-1984
Property Inventory, 1986
Property Inventory, 1987
Memos, from Allen, 1982
Memos #2, 1982
Memos and Notes to Allen, pre 1983
Picturescope Article
Rosenthal Slide Inventory, 1980/1981
Rosenthal Slide Inventory, 1982/1983
SAPA, 1981-1982 (during Rachel M. Allen supervision)
Smithsonian Art Index (originals)
Smithsonian Art Index
Treasures
Box 9
Cable
Computer Room - Temperature humidity
Budget, FY 1984
Budget, FY 1986
Photo Archives - Kathy Wirtala
Research Resources Brochure - 1984
Personnel Status Reports - FY 1986
Nitrate Disposal Committee
Cold Storage Facility
General Office
Videodisc Publishing, Inc.
Films and related (formerly ORS Materials)
Copyright Information
Rights and Reproductions, FY 1988/FY 1989
Copyright Status on PCDB
Photo Archives
Slide and Photograph Archives - Archival Material Routing Slip
Permanent Collection
FY 1987 - Congressional Appropriation
Photo - 1983
Special Events Photo Policy
Compugraphics
NMAA Slide Sets
Box 10
Migration 1986 - Data Elements
Migration 1986 - Notes
Migration 1986 - Working Drafts
NMAA Migration
Migration 1986 - Printouts
Migration 1986 - Data Elements (other sources)
Migration 1986 - Data Dictionary
Migration 1986 - Manuals
Migration 1986 - HMSG
Migration 1986 - SAPA
Migration 1986 - NMAA
Migration 1986 - SAI
Untitled folder (2 folders)
Box 11
SAPA/Photo Archives, FY 1991-FY 1993
Image Collections (SAPA) - FY 1991
Photo Archives - 1990
Photo Archives - 1989
Photo Archives - January 1987 - Weekly Reports
Photo Archives - January 1987 - Annual Report FY 1986
Photo Archives - January 1987 - Processing Juley Database
Photo Archives - January 1987 - Juley Information
Photo Archives - January 1987 - Publications in SI Archives - List
Photo Archives - January 1987 - Annual Report, FY 1986
Photo Archives - January 1987 - Photo User Archives Registration
Photo Archives - January 1987 - Damaged Furniture
Photo Archives - Dlements
Photo Archives - Rosenblum Fundraising
FY 1988 Photo Lab/Rights and Reproductions
Photo Lab - Slide Dupes
Photo Lab - Statistics Weekly Summaries Photographic Policy, 1984
Photographic Prints by Artist
Photography Plan - Permanent Collection - 1986 SAPA - Backlog Project
SAPA - Nancy Yeide - FY 1986
SAPA - Report FY 1986 - Scope, purpose, procedures
Slide Library, FY 1989
Slide Library, FY 1988
Slide Library - Organization - Visual Exhibition
Slide Library - Organization - Internships
Slide Library - Organization - Workshops
Slide Library - Organization - Bibliography
Slide Library - Organization - ARLIS
Slide Library - Organization - Slide Budget
Slide Library - Organization - Changes in Slide Library's Plans
Slide Library - Organization - Computer Miscellaneous - Slide Library
Slide Library - Organization - Cataloguing Slide Library
Slide Library - Organization - Weekly Report, 1987
Slide Library - Organization - Annual Report, FY 1986
Slide Library - Organization - Research Inquiries and Reference
Slide Library - Organization - Report of August 1986
Slide Library - Organization - Organization - Architecture
Slide Library - Organization - Organization - European
Slide Library - Organization - Organization - Subject
Slide Library - Organization - Collections and Miscellaneous Sets
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL) Computer Committee
SIBIS/SIRIS MARC Discussion, 1989
SIRIS Requirements Task Force - Minutes and Notes
Box 12
Juley
Budget, FY 1985
Copyright and Non-exclusive License
Copyright
NMAA Photo Organization
250
Photo Archive, 1984
Calendar Project
Slides, 1983
Rights and Reproductions
Rights and Reproductions
Collection Coverage - Photography Status Project
Museum Shop - Memos, etc.
New Deal Slide Set - Dunlap Society, 1985
Office Meetings Minutes
Box 13
Professional Activities of Rachel M. Allen, 1989-1995, related to the Art Information Task Force and the Visual Resources Association MARC Committee
Art Information Task Force (AITF) - 1989 to 1995
Provisional Steering Committee - Press Releases
Provisional Steering Committee
Provisional Steering Committee - Santa Monica Meeting (June 1989)
AITF - NEH Proposal - AITF Financial Records
AITF - NEH Proposal - Correspondence with AHIP
AITF - NEH Proposal - Proposal Outline and Notes
AITF - NEH Proposal - AITF Budget
AITF - NEH Proposal - AITF Letters of Support
AITF - NEH Proposal - CAA Committee of Electronic Publishing
AITF - NEH Proposal - ISO 2709
AITF - NEH Proposal - Other Projects - CIMI
AITF - NEH Proposal - Other Projects - EVAIN
AITF - NEH Proposal - Other Projects - Common Agenda
AITF - NEH Proposal - Other Projects - NISTF
AITF - NEH Proposal - Other Projects - Other NEH Proposals
AITF - NEH Proposal (Final and Drafts)
AITF - Preliminary Report
AITF - Meetings - Santa Monica (October 1990)
AITF - Meetings - Washington, February 1991
AITF - Meetings - Washington, May 1991
AITF - Meetings - April 27-28, 1992
AITF - Meetings - July 25-28, 1992
AITF - Meetings - November 23, 1992 (Visual Resources Association)
AITF - Meetings - August 23-24, 1993
AITF - Data Dictionary - Classification
AITF - Publicity
AITF - Miscellaneous - AITF Updates
AITF - Miscellaneous
AITF - Miscellaneous - AITF Introduction
AITF - Miscellaneous - AITF Vocabulary Survey
AITF - Query Access Points - Meeting, January 1995
Box 14
AITF - Draft Categories for Visual Resources
AITF - Drafts 1991 - Comments
AITF - Data Dictionary #1
AITF - Data Dictionary #2
AITF - Data Dictionary #3
VRA - MARC Working Group - VRA Conference, February 1990 (New York, New York)
VRA - MARC Working Group - Letter March 31, 1989 and responses
VRA - MARC Working Group - Letter August 7, 1989 and responses
VRA - MARC Working Group - Letter June 8, 1990 and responses
VRA - MARC Working Group - General Interest
VRA - MARC Committee - Newsletter VRA - MARC Committee - Mapping 1990
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