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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 96-084
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director
Records, 1974-1995
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: | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director |
Title: | Records |
Dates: | 1974-1995 |
Quantity: | 35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 96-084 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | The records were created between 1974 and 1995 by Stephen E. Weil during his tenure as Deputy Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The records consist of correspondence with other international and national museums and art institutions; correspondence concerning policies and legal questions raised by the public and other concerned public officials; research notes, including drafts to some of the articles Weil wrote for publication; handwritten and typed drafts of Weil's speeches; research, notes, manuscript, and outlines to Weil's monographs entitled, "A Cabinet of Curiosities: Inquiries into Museums and their Prospects", "Rethinking the Museum", and "Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market"; reviews of his monographs; his reviews of other books; minutes of the Museum's staff meetings; and memoranda to and from the Director and other heads of departments in the Museum and other bureaus of the Institution. Other records concern Weil's work as Planning Committee and Faculty Member, American Law Institute-American Bar Association; Co-Director, Senior Museum Associate, Advisory Committee and Faculty Member at the Museum Management Institute, a program administered by The American Federation of Arts; and Founding Chairman and Member of the Executive Board, International Committee on Management (INTERCOM) and International Council of Museums (ICOM). Included is a large volume of records pertaining to the functions and activities of the American Association of Museums (AAM). The AAM records concern Weil's work as the Association's Councilor-at-Large, Chairman of the Committee on Professional Practices, Vice President, Treasurer and Member of the Executive Board. A small volume of records relate to Weil's work as Board of Trustees Member, both at Brown University and The American Federation of Arts; Advisory Board Member of several art institutions, including Research Center for Arts and Culture, Columbia University, and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, New York, NY; presidential appointee as member of Cultural Property Advisory Committee, United States Information Agency; and Chairman, Advisory Committee, Museum Loan Network. The records are interspersed with travel authorizations; notes and lectures for the legal courses Weil taught at several institutions; newspaper and magazine articles related to public policies and legal issues affecting museums and art institutions; computer printouts; pamphlets; brochures; and postcards. |
Descriptive Entry
These records were created between 1974 and 1995 by Stephen E. Weil during his tenure as Deputy Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). The records consist of correspondence with other international and national museums and art institutions; correspondence concerning policies and legal questions raised by the public and other concerned public officials; research notes, including drafts to some of the articles Weil wrote for publication; handwritten and typed drafts of Weil's speeches; research, notes, manuscript, and outlines to Weil's monographs entitled, A Cabinet of Curiosities: Inquiries into Museums and their Prospects, Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations, and Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market; reviews of his monographs; his reviews of other books; minutes of the Museum's staff meetings; and memoranda to and from the Director and other heads of departments in the Museum and other bureaus of the Smithsonian Institution.
Other records concern Weil's work as Planning Committee and Faculty Member, American Law Institute-American Bar Association; Co-Director, Senior Museum Associate, Advisory Committee and Faculty Member at the Museum Management Institute, a program administered by The American Federation of Arts; and Founding Chairman and Member of the Executive Board, International Committee on Management (INTERCOM) and International Council of Museums (ICOM). Included is a large volume of records pertaining to the functions and activities of the American Association of Museums (AAM). The AAM records concern Weil's work as the Association's Councilor-at-Large, Chairman of the Committee on Professional Practices, Vice President, Treasurer and Member of the Executive Board. A small volume of records relate to Weil's work as Board of Trustees Member, both at Brown University and The American Federation of Arts; Advisory Board Member of several art institutions, including Research Center for Arts and Culture, Columbia University, and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, New York, New York; presidential appointee as member of Cultural Property Advisory Committee, United States Information Agency; and Chairman, Advisory Committee, Museum Loan Network.
The records are interspersed with travel authorizations; notes and lectures for the legal courses Weil taught at several institutions; newspaper and magazine articles related to public policies and legal issues affecting museums and art institutions; computer printouts; pamphlets; brochures; and postcards.
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Name
- American Association of Museums
- American Bar Association
- American Federation of Arts
- American Law Institute
- Beauty and the beasts: on Museums, art, the law, and the market (Monograph)
- Cabinet of curiosities: inquiries into museums and their prospects (Monograph)
- Columbia University. Research Center for Arts and Culture
- International Committee on Management
- International Council of Museums
- J. Paul Getty Trust. Museum Management Institute
- Museum Loan Network
- Rethinking the museum and other meditations (Monograph)
- United States Information Agency
- United States. Cultural Property Advisory Committee
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- Weil, Stephen E
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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-084, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director, Records
Container List
Box 1
Correspondence - Art Works: Law, Policy, Practice (AW: LPP)
AW: LPP
Reviews: Original AW: LPP
PLI & Transfer of Copyright
Correspondence - 1973-1980
Correspondence - 1981-1983
Correspondence - 1984
Correspondence - 1985
Correspondence - 1986
Drafts
Little, Brown
Little, Brown: Pratt
Publicity
Drafts, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Research
Research
Lincoln/Biederman, 1992-
Box 2
A Cabinet of Curiosities: Marketing & Reviews
A Cabinet of Curiosities Permissions
A Cabinet of Curiosities
Szanton and Drucker book review
Publicly-Chosen Art
Litigation Update 1994
Creampuffs and Hardball
Separating the Inseparable: Establishing Valid Criteria for Publicly-Chosen Art
Progress Report from the Field: The Wintergreen Conference on Performance Indicators for Museums, August 1993
Warhol Estate Testimony before New York Surrogate's Court, November 1, 1993
Museum News - Museums' Unpublished Materials
Museum News - The Love of Art book review
On a New Foundation University of Michigan Cook Lecture, April 1993
On a New Foundation
Museums, Hitler & the Business of Isness
Museum News - Is the Collection a Cookie Jar?: A Strategic Perspective on the Replenishment Debate
ICOM 1992 Presentation to Joint Session
Litigation Update, 1992
Resale Royalty Hearing, March 6, 1992
American Law Institute-American Bar Association Keynote March 25, 1992
Brief Meditation on Museums and the Metaphor of Institutional Growth (Courier), May/June 1992
Courier ("Forum")
Speaking about Museums: Meditation on Language, October 25, 1991, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Back up material for Red Deer speech
Excellence, Autonomy and Diversity: The Case for Tax-exempt Cultural Organizations, August 1991
Object of Knowledge book review
The Arts: A Necessity for the 90s?, Miami, NUCEA Speech, April 21, 1991
Freedom of Expression in the Arts: Should There Be Any Limits?, March 1991
The Great and Renowned Kelly Sock Collection: A Fable
Resale Royalties
Litigation Update, 1991
Asian Arts
Collecting a Private Collector: In Search of the Ideal Type, January 1991
The Collecting Book
Beyond Words: Campus and Constitutional Recognition of the Visual Arts as a Protected Form of Speech, December 1990
Tax Policy and Private Giving, American Assembly, November 1990
Katherine Coffey Award Remarks, October 29, 1960
Art/Non-Art
Source material for article "Dondero Reborn"
Campus and Constitutional Recognition of the Visual Arts as a Protected Form of Speech, George Mason University, October 15, 1990
Now You See It, Now You Don't: Censorship, Academic Freedom, and the Visual Arts, September 28, 1990
Testimony Offered Before the Independent Commission, August 1, 1990
EUF Update
Litigation Update 1990
Box 3
Ethics in Non-Profit Management (Pat Barga's Discovery and Rob Roy's Gift), 1990
Journal of Art: Art World Olympics
Rethinking the Museum: Permissions
Rethinking the Museum: Letters of congratulation
Rethinking the Museum: Reviews
Rethinking the Museum (book)
Rethinking the Museum: An Emerging New Paradigm
Museologist - Coleman's Vision of the Museum Worker: Is it Still Valid Today?
Art News - Too Much Art?, October 1989
Deaccessioning in American Museums I (Apollo), August 1989
Art News - Lord of the Dance in the High Court of Justice, May 1989
Litigation Update, 1989
Art and the Law: Some Strange Intersections, February 19, 1989
Learning in the Museum: Introduction to an Exchange, October 1988, International Research Exchange, East Germany
Back up material for "Proper Business" speech
Proper Business of Museums (Muse)
In Pursuit of a Profession: The Status of Museum Work in America
Awards Luncheon Speech, Texas Association of Museums Annual Meeting, 1988
Litigation Update, 1988
Art Law: An Oxymoron
National Museum of American Art Lunch-bag Seminar, 1988
Back up material for Berne presentation
Museum News - Checklist of Legal Considerations for Museums, October 1987
Meditation on Small and Large Museums, September 1987
Repose June 1989, IFAR
Giverny and America, 1987
Donna and the Duke of Danubia Louisiana Association of Museums, April 1987
ArtLA Program, Brown University, Los Angeles, April 3-5, 1987
Litigation Update, 1987
The More Effective Director: Specialist or Generalist?, 1987
1987 Museum Management Institute Program Statement
Box 4
Fighting Off Some Dry Rot, Woodworm and Damp, 1985
Deaccession Practices in American Museums, International Research Exchange, 1986 (MN)
Museum News - Questioning Some Premises, June 1986
Nature and Uses of Contracts in a Museum Context, March 1986
Tax Policy in the United States: An Incentive for Private Giving, Switzerland, October 1986
Repose, September 1986, Bloomington, Indiana
Litigation Update, 1986
New Vistas in Art, Resident Associates Program
Legal Aspects of the Display of Imitations in Museums of Art in the United States, ICOFOM Meeting, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1985
Museum Management Institute: A Brief History, The International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship
Journal of Arts Management and Law - Arts and Public Policy in the United States book review
Introduction: Ira Lowe Women's Democratic Club, April 15, 1985
Introduction: Howard Lesnick Columbia University, March 29, 1985
National Museum of American Art Lunch-bag Seminar, January 4, 1985
International Research Exchange Museum Management Seminar, June 24-29, 1984
Museums in the United States and the German Democratic Republic: Introduction to an Exchange, June 1984
Litigation Update, 1984
American Law Institute Annual Meeting, May 15-18, 1984
Career Awareness Program, May 17, 1984
Art Table Symposium
Public Benefits of the Arts and Humanities, New York City, April 30-May 1, 1984
Vincible Ignorance: Museums and the Law, February 1984
Introductory Remarks: Inaugural Session, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
Enough Museums?, December 1983
Center for Museum Management, Law and Statistics: A Proposal, 1983
Legal Liabilities for Art Experts, Panel, IFAR Evenings Series, November 17, 1982
Beauty and the Beasts: Reviews
Beauty and the Beasts: Promotion
Beauty and the Beasts: Responses
Beauty and the Beasts
Beauty and the Beasts: Original Manuscript
Current Problems in the Valuation of Charitable Gifts, June 21, 1982 (American Association of Museums Presentation)
Lecture Notes: The Management of Legal Issues in a Museum Setting, May 1982
Box 5
Breaches of Trust - Butterworth
Breaches of Trust - Artnews
Museum News - MGR: A Conspectus of Museum Management, July/August 1982
Breaches of Trust Siracusa
Introduction: Harry Rand lecture, November 24, 1981
Introduction: Dore Ashton, February 17, 1982
Some Observations and Conclusions on Museums and Management Training, 1981
Evening with Larry Rivers, Smithsonian Resident Associates Program, July 16, 1981
Dickinson Law Review - Some Thoughts on "Art Law," May 1981
Museum News - No Museum is an Island, Museum Law Conference VIII Keynote, March 19, 1980
Draft Checklist of Legal Considerations for Museums, 1980-1981
Some Current Cases and Dilemmas Involving Deaccessioning: Who Can Challenge and How and Why, Museum Law Conference VIII
Museum News - Endangered Sector book review, January/February 1981
Brown University lecture, 1981
Lecture to George Washington University students, December 4, 1980
Art and the Community, June 19, 1980, Baltimore, Maryland
Miscellaneous Writings
Art News - Droit Moral American Style: California Passes a New Law, December 1979
Museum News - Museums and the Law: Vincible Ignorance, September/October 1979
United States v. McClain (Aviso), June 1979
By-Law Checklist
Identifying and Dealing with Legal Concerns in a Museum Setting, Museum Law Conference VII, March 21, 1979
"Moral Right," CAA, February 1979
Resale Royalties: Another Viewpoint & Some Alternatives
It's Modern Art and You'll Like It, The Smithsonian Experience, 1977
Greensboro, North Carolina, November 1977
If Men Were Angels, September/October 1977
Art and the Law: Beauty and the Beasts, February 1977
Unconsidered Trifles: Some New Laws for the Collector, January 1977
Custody without Title, March 1977
Filer Commission Report, May/June 1976
Artist and the Marketplace, 1975
Toward Greater Museum Integrity (The Snodgrass Sermon), 1974
Street Works at Noon (Drama Review), March 1972
An Inventory of Art Museum Roles, February 1972
Prices: Right On (Art in America), January/February 1972
Print Collectors Newsletter book review, 1972 (2 folders)
The Multiple Crises in Our Museums, 1971 (2 folders)
Jacob's Voice, Esau's hands (Columbia University, 1956)
Box 6
Museum Management Institute, 1985
Museum Management Institute, Planning Committee, October 26-27, 1985
Museum Management Institute, 1984
Museum Management Institute, 1983
Museum Management Institute, 1982 (2 folders)
Museum Management Institute, Classroom Teaching Materials, 1981
Museum Management Institute, 1981 (2 folders)
1980
Museum Management Institute
Museum Management Institute, Berkeley, California, July 8-17, 1979
Western Association of Art Museums
IAA Harvard Summer School
Art Museum Association of America, New York, New York, January 28, 1987
Museum Management Institute, July 26-August 2, 1986
WRC/Western Association of Art Museums, Phoenix, September 26-October 1, 1976
Museum Management Institute and Museum Law Conference Planning Meeting, January 11-17, 1985
Art Museum Association Board Meeting/Retreat, Pajoro Dunes, California, March 2-4, 1985
1984 Annual Conference, Art Museum Association, Dallas, Texas, October 19-November 1, 1984
Board of Trustees Meeting, The Art Museum Association, San Francisco, February 3-5, 1983
Museum Management Institute Bulletin
Box 7
Western Association of Art Museums
Art Museum Association of America, Nominating Committee
American Federation of the Arts
Art Museum Association of America - American Federation of the Arts Merger
American Federation of the Arts Public Policy Committee
Museum Management Institute, 1992
Museum Management Institute, 1991
Museum Management Institute, 1990
Museum Management Institute, 1989
Museum Management Institute, 1988
Museum Management Institute, 1987
Museum Management Institute, 1986
Box 8
Museum Management Institute, Classroom Materials, 1979 (4 folders)
Museum Management Institute, Classroom Materials, 1982 (4 folders)
Box 9
Museum Law Conference XVI, March 1988, St. Louis
Museum Law Conference XVI, 1988
Museum Law Conference XV, 1987 - Litigation Update
Museum Law Conference XV, Boston, Massachusetts, March 18-20, 1987
Museum Law Conference XV, 1987 - General
Museum Law Conference XIV, 1986
Museum Law Conference, XIII, 1985
American Law Association - American Bar Association
Box 10
Museum Law Conference XVIII, 1990 (2 folders)
Museum Law Conference XVII, 1989 (4 folders)
Museum Law Conference XVI, 1988 - Litigation Update
Museum Law Conference XVI, 1988
Box 11
Logistical Details for Museum Law Conference
Museum Law Conference XXIII, 1995
Museum Law Conference XXII, 1994 (2 folders)
Barnes
Museum Law Conference XXI, 1993
Museum Law Conference XX, 1992
Museum Law Conference XIX, 1991 (2 folders)
Box 12
ALI-ABA 1983 Liability for Opinions
MLC XI 1983 Litigation including Vanderbilt, De Shong, Whitney, Asia Society, Museum of Transportation, Harding, San Diego, Field Museum, and Elicofen
Eakins/RC Church
Louisiana State Museum
Miscellaneous Litigation
Litigation including ALI-ABA 1982 Taxes, New Yorker, February 15, 1982, ALI-ABA 1982 Litigation, McCagg (National Museum of American Art), Delaware (Unemployment), Field Museum, Seattle, Denver, Studio Museum, and Delaware (CY Pres)
Museums in Court - 1980 (March 18, 1981)
Outline for Panel Discussion "The Deduction for Charitable Contributions: What Should Be the Museum's Involvement?," March 17, 1981
ALI-ABA: Litigation Survey including Goldsboro Art League, Louisiana State Museum, Western Reserve, Maryhill, Greenville (Jack Morris), Miscellaneous, Denver Museum of Natural History, Horticultural Society of New York, Forrest Home (Rush Sculptures), Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian/Harvard - Elisofon, O'Keeffe (also Paul Georges), Illinois Railway Museum, Carnegie Institute, Whitney Museum, and Vanderbilt Museum
ALI-ABA Charitable Contributions
Harding
Box 13
WALA Keynote Address, Washington, DC, September 23, 1989
Ways of Knowing, September 19, 1989
Williamsburg Seminar at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board Room, June 9, 1989
Switzerland, May 1989
Corporate Art Seminar, Queenstown, Maryland, May 12-14, 1989
International Association of Violin and Bow Makers, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, May 12, 1989
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, May 3, 1989
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, April 26, 1989
Cedar Arts Forum and University of Iowa, April 21-22, 1989
Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 3-5, 1989
Columbia University, February 27, 1989
Art and the Law, Buffalo, New York, February 18-19, 1989
Art Table, New York, New York, January 17, 1989
Office of Museum Programs, Fundamentals of Museum Management, December 5-8, 1989
International Research Exchange, East Germany, October 2-12, 1988
Association of Danish Art Museums, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 13-15, 1988
Annapolis, Maryland, November 12, 1988
Old Ebbitt Grill, Artist's Viewpoint, November 10, 1988
Columbia University Advisory Board Meeting, November 4, 1988
Oakland Museum
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, "The History and Concept of Trusteeship," Trenton, New Jersey, May 5-6, 1988
Financial Accounting Standards Board, Stamford, Connecticut, April 27, 1988
Texas Museum Association Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, April 13-17, 1988
Detroit/Providence, March 9-12, 1988
Graduate Seminar, Columbia University, New York, New York, February 29, 1988
Young Presidents Organization, New York City, February 20-21, 1988
The Art World and the Law, November 14, 1987
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, November 6-7, 1987
Vermont Museum and Gallery association, October 31-November 2, 1987
Western Regional Conference, Portland, Oregon, September 16-19, 1987
Brisbane, Australia, September 23, 1987
Canadian Museums Association Conference, St. John, New Brunswick, June 15-18, 1988
National Council on the Arts, Salt Lake City, May 1-3, 1987
Louisiana Association of Museums Annual Conference, Alexandria, Louisiana, April 23-24, 1987
Brown University Program, Los Angeles, California, April 4-5, 1987
Lunch Bag Seminar, National Museum of American Art, January 16, 1987
Longwood Gardens
Harvard Business School Club Panel, January 13, 1987
Brooklyn Museum of Trustees Retreat, November 22-23, 1986
Switzerland, October 27-31, 1986
Richmond, Virginia, October 10-11, 1986
Indiana University, Colloquium on Law and the Arts, Bloomington, September 25-28, 1986
International Research Exchanges Board, April 4-May 3, 1986
Museum Association of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, April 9-12, 1986
Italy and Paris, 1986
Southeastern Museums Conference's Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 15-18, 1985
Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1985
WALA Conference, November 22, 1985
Museum Forum Lecture, University of Delaware, Newark, September 17, 1985
International Research Exchanges Conference, Art Museums and Galleries, New York, New York, April 30-May 3, 1986
Italy, June 20-July 12, 1985
Forum 1985: A Question of Place, National Museum for American Art, March 8, 1985
Lunch Bag Seminar, January 4, 1985
International Research Exchanges meeting, April 4, 1984
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1984
American Association of Museums Advisory Committee Meeting, September 25, 1984
Museum Forum Lecture, University of Delaware, Newark, September 17, 1984
National Education Association Program Symposium, Dallas, February 21-22, 1985
New England Museum Conference Workshop, Lexington, Massachusetts, April 11, 1983
Criminal Aspects of Art and Law (Visual Arts), Siracusa, Italy, April 3-7, 1982
Brown University Debate with Huton Kramer, May 26, 1980
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, June 27, 1978
Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago
Binghamton Speech
Austin, Texas Trip
University of Virginia Seminar, March 12, 1976
Columbia University, New York, New York, Copyright Seminar, October 18, 1978
New School for Social Research, New York, New York
Box 14
Stanford University, September 28-October 1, 1991
Las Vegas, Nevada, September 24-28, 1991
Minnesota Historical Society Board Retreat, September 13-14, 1991
Seaside, Florida, September 27-28, 1991
Board Retreat, Kansas, August 17-18, 1991
FASB Testimony, Norwalk, Connecticut, July 17-18, 1991
Greensboro, North Carolina, July 12, 1991
France and Belgium, INTERCOM and Vacation, June 4-26, 1991
Providence, Rhode Island, May 24-25, 1991
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 9, 1991
American University Lecture at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, April 9, 1991
Brown University, April 6, 1991
Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 2, 1991
Madrid, Spain, 1991
Brown University, March 12-13, 1991
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, February 27-28, 1991
Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Seminar/National Air and Space Museum, February 27, 1990
Art Table, New York, New York, February 4, 1991
Reynolds House, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, January 7-8, 1991
AALS Art Law Program, January 3, 1991
Resident Associates' Program, Censorship Symposium, December 15, 1990
New York State Bar Association, New York City, December 7, 1990
American Assembly, Harriman, New York, November 8-11, 1990
Research Center for Arts and Culture, November 2, 1990
Katherine Coffey Award, Delaware, October 29, 1990
Western Museum Conference, San Jose, California, October 27, 1990
George Mason University, October 15, 1990
Beaumont, Texas, September 18, 1990
Stanford in Washington, 1990
Lincoln, Nebraska, September 28-29, 1990
American Association for State and Local History, Washington, DC, September 5-8, 1990
ICTOP, Washington, DC, August 5-6, 1990
Independent Commission, National Education Association, August 1, 1990
Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 20, 1990
Paris/Tuscany/Paris, June 30-July 15, 1990
Reynolds House, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 25-26, 1990
International Research Exchanges, Colorado, June 9-16, 1990
International Sculpture Conference, Washington, DC, June 5-8, 1990
Academic Freedom and Artistic Expression, Barns of Wolf Trap, April 29-May 1, 1990
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, 1990
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting - Knowles Panel, 1990
Museum of Fine Arts, Deaccession Panel, Boston, Massachusetts, May 13-15, 1990
Museums and Communities, March 21, 1990
San Jose, Costa Rica, February 27-March 1, 1990
Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas, January 19-20, 1990
Williams College, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, January 17-18, 1990
Friends of the Pohick Regional Library, Fairfax, Virginia, November 30, 1989
American Association of Museums, November 28, 1989
Israel Museum, November 1989
Columbia University, November 3, 1989
New York State Association of Museums, New York, New York, October 16, 1989
ICOM/The Hague, August 27-September 5, 1989
American University, October 3, 1989
Box 15
Museum Management Institute Advisory Committee Meeting, Santa Monica, California, November 14-17, 1992
Research Center for Arts and Culture, New York, New York, November 6, 1992
Cooperstown, New York, October 30-November 1, 1992
Brown University, October 15-18, 1992
ICOM, Quebec, Canada, September 16-26, 1992
ICOM, Quebec, Canada, September 17-27, 1992
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, August 28-30, 1992
Accreditation Visiting Committee, The Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, Colorado, August 13-16, 1992
Museum Management Institute, Berkeley, California, July 22-26, 1992
Portland Art Museum Consultation, Portland, Oregon, July 25-27, 1992
France, June 13-July 6, 1992
Nominating Committee for Katherine Coffey Award, Baltimore, Maryland, May 23, 1992
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 22-23, 1992
Pennsylvania, May 16, 1992
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, April 25-29, 1992
Washington, DC, April 24, 1992
Daytona Community College, Southeast Museum of Photography, April 15-16, 1992
Columbia, South Carolina, April 9-10, 1992
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, April 4-5, 1992
MAAM Workshop, Washington, DC, March 20, 1992
Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 10, 1992
Copyright Testimony, New York, New York, March 5-6, 1992
Greater Pittsburgh Museum Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 2-3, 1992
Degenerate Art: Perspectives and Issues, January 8, 1992
Frostburg State University, January 21-February 1, 1992
Los Angeles Art Lecture Series, 1991
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, November 20, 1991
Research Center for Arts and Culture, New York, New York, November 15, 1991
Baltimore, Maryland, November 1, 1991
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, October 25-28, 1991
New York University, October 10-11, 1991
Detroit, Michigan, October 9-10, 1991
Box 16
Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 2-4, 1994
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 26-29, 1994
Madrid and Barcelona, May 15-17, 1994
Museum Management Institute Pro-seminar, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 16-18, 1994
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 23-27, 1994
Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York, April 18-20, 1994
Springfield, Virginia, Art Build, April 13, 1994
Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 11-12, 1994
Museum as Architectural Icons: Designs, Experience, and Redesign, Washington, DC, April 6, 1994
St. Paul, Minnesota, March 19-22, 1994
Wichita State University, March 11-13, 1994
National Air and Space Museum, Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums Seminar, March 10, 1994
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, March 2-3, 1994
Providence, Rhode Island and Hartford, Connecticut, February 9-13, 1994
Lubbock, Texas, January 27-30, 1994
Research Center for Arts and Culture, Columbia University, New York, New York, November 19, 1993
Asheville Art Museum, November 11, 1993
Bates College, November 4-5, 1993
Whitney Museum Gala, October 18, 1993
Skirball Museum Support Group Luncheon Talk, Washington, DC, October 15, 1993
Providence, Rhode Island, October 7-10, 1993
New York, New York, September 23-24, 1993
Utah Museum Association, Salt Lake City, September 15-19, 1993
Palmer Project, September 13-14, 1993
Abingdon, Virginia, September 10-12, 1993
Museum Management Institute, Berkeley, California, July 24-28, 1993
Arbitration, July 15-16, 1993
France, June 15-July 5, 1993
Wintergreen, Virginia, June 5-8, 1993
Commencement, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 27-30, 1993
Performance Indicators
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting - Deaccessioning Workshop, 1993
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Dallas/Fort Worth, May 14-20, 1993
Exempt Organizations Committee, Washington, DC, May 7, 1993
Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 14-16, 1993
Museum Management Institute Pro-seminar, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 3-5, 1993
Museum Law Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 23-26, 1993
American Association of Museums Code of Ethics, Washington, DC, March 19, 1993
Seminar/Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums, Washington, DC, March 9, 1993
Hilton Head, North Carolina, March 5-8, 1993
Providence, Rhode Island, February 11-14, 1993
Box 17
PepsiCo Sculpture Gardens
Minnesota Historical Society, January 11-13, 1996
Association of American Law Schools, 1996
Museum Management Institute Advisory Committee Meeting, Los Angeles, November 29-December 1, 1995
Research Center for Arts and Culture, New York City, November 16-17, 1995
Toronto, November 14-5, 1996
New England Museum Association Meeting, Springfield, Massachusetts, November 9-10, 1995
Newark Museum, October 13-14, 1995
Brown University, October 12-13, 1995
Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, September 6-8, 1995
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, August 20-22, 1995 [RESTRICTED]
Museum Management Institute, Berkeley, California, July 15-19, 1995
Montreal, June 15-18, 1995
American Association of Art Museum Administrators Annual Conference, Minneapolis, June 10-12, 1995
Providence, Rhode Island, May 25-29, 1995
American Association of Museums Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 21-25, 1995
Alberta Museum Association, Banff, Alberta, May 3-7, 1995
Conservation Administration and Management Training Course, May 8, 1995
University of Wisconsin, Arts Administration Program, Madison, Wisconsin, April 26-27, 1995
Museum Management Institute Pro-seminar, Dearborn, Michigan, April 8-10, 1995
Kimbell Art Museum
American Law Institute-American bar Association Museum Law Conference, San Francisco, May 25-29, 1995
Brown University Alumni, Ojai, California, February 17-19, 1995
Brown University, Corporate Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, February 9-12, 1995
Docent Panel Discussion, Washington, DC, December 7, 1994
Creampuff and Hardball Forum, November 30, 1994
Toronto, Canada, November 24-26, 1994
Research Center for Arts and Culture, November 18, 1994
American Association of Museums Board Presentation - Academic Freedom, November 15, 1994
MAAM Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 14, 1994
Providence, October 13-16, 1994
INTERCOM Meeting, London, September 3-11, 1994
Museum Computer Network, Washington, DC, September 2, 1994
International Sculpture Conference, San Francisco, California, August 18-21, 1994
Museum Management Institute, Berkeley, California, July 23-26, 1994
MAAM Coffey Committee Meeting, Winterthur, Delaware, July 15, 1994
Trenton, New Jersey, June 19-20, 1994
Copyright Law in the Age of Technology Workshop, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, DC, June 9, 1984
Box 18
The Union of India v. Bumper Development Corporation, February 17, 1984 (2 folders)
Newport Harbor Art Museum v. National Education Association, November 26, 1990 (3 folders)
The Republic of Turkey v. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 27, 1989
Daily Calendar, 1976
Weekly Calendars, 1977-1978
Weekly Calendars, 1979-1980
Weekly Calendars, 1981-1982
Weekly Calendar, 1983
Weekly Calendar, 1984
Weekly Calendar, 1985
Weekly Calendar, 1986
Weekly Calendar, 1987
Weekly Calendar, 1988
Weekly Calendar, 1989
Weekly Calendar, 1990
Weekly Calendar, 1991
Weekly Calendar, 1992
Weekly Calendar, 1993
Weekly Calendar, 1994
Weekly Calendar, 1995
Box 19
A - Miscellaneous
Aach, Doris
Abasa, Susan
Abbeville Press
Accounting Standards
Acoustiguide
Administrator's Office - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Afro-American Programming
Agam, Yaacov
AICPA/Fourth Guideline
Albers, Josef
Albers Commemorative Stamp
American Association for State & Local History
American Association for State and Local History Committee on Standards, Tenure & Ethics
American Association of Museum Directors
American Association of Museums
American Bar Association
ABA-PTC Committee 304
American Council for the Arts
Ames, Peter
Anderson, Gail
Box 20
Animal Sculpture Proposal
Anthoine, Robert
Anuszkiewicz, Richard and Sally
Appropriations Fiscal, 1982
ARCO Center for Visual Arts
Arikha, Avigdor
Armour Foundation
Arndt, Richard
Arnold & Porter
ARS Limited/Art Resource
Art Dealers Association
Art Museum Association of America
Art Resources Transfer
Artransport
Smithsonian Associates
Association of Art Museum Administrators
Association of Research Institutes in Art History
B Miscellaneous, 1992-
B Miscellaneous, 1986-1992
Baltimore Museum of Art
Bannerworks, Inc.
Barnes Foundation Case Material
Bellagio Study and Conference Center
Bell, Cecil
Bell, Michael
Benedict, Stephen
Berman, Philip
Berman, Shoshana
Bishop Museum
Blackwood Production
Bloemink, Barbara
Bollinger, Lee
Boulton, Jack
Boyd, Willard
Brazil, Legislation
Brooklyn Museum
Brown University
Providence, February 13-15, 1992
Brown University Board Meeting, October 3-5, 1991
Brown University, October 5-6, 1989
Box 21
Business Committee for the Arts
Bylaws - Other Museums
C Miscellaneous
Cambridge University Press
Cameron, Duncan
Canadian Museums Association
Cannon-Brookes, Peter
Carnes, Alice
Case, Mary
Census Data on Museums
Chadwyck-Healey Ltd.
Clark, Carolyn
Katherine Coffey Award
C-MMLS
A. Colish Inc.
Collectors
College Art Association
Columbia University
Committee on Central Organizations
Conflict of Interest
Cooke Foundation
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Copyright Revision Bill
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Council of Directors
Cultural Alliance
Smithsonian Council
D Miscellaneous, 1991-
D Miscellaneous, 1986-1990
Davis, Douglas
Davis, Geoff
DC Convention Center
DC Transition Committee
De Loach, Alice
Box 22
DiMaggio, Paul
Directorate of International Activities
Di Suvero, Mark, 1989-
Di Suvero, Mark, 1977-1988
Ditchley Foundation
Dorazio, Piero
Dressel, Judith and Barry
E Miscellaneous
Education Fellowship Program
End World Hunger Exhibition
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Escalators
Rosa Esman Gallery
Ethics (Glenn) Project
Smithsonian Executive Committee
Exhibition Offers, 1984-
F Miscellaneous
FASB: SI Response
FASB, 1991-
FASB, 1988-1990
Feldman, Franklin
Film Projects
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Flack, Audrey
Fodor Film Project
Forum Gallery
Friedan, Betty
Friedman, Ceil
Box 23
G Miscellaneous, 1992-
G Miscellaneous, 1986-1991
Garfinkle, Ann
General Services Administration
J. Paul Getty Trust
Gilbert, Julie Noel
Giverny
Goldstein, Peggy & Ernie
G-R-H Cost Cutting Committee
Griffin, Des
Guggenheim Museum
Smithsonian Guidebook
Gurian, Elaine
H Misc.
Halasz, Piri
Hamilton Gallery
Information - National Arts and Handicapped
Hansen Fuller Gallery
Harmon, Lily
Hartman, Hedy
Hawaii Museum Association
Hein, Hilde
Helmsley-Spear Case materials
Hernandez, Jo Farb
Hoch, Hannah
Box 24
Houlihan, Patrick, Case materials
I Miscellaneous
ICOM (2 folders)
ICOFOM
IFAR, 1990-
Indemnity
Independent Curators Inc.
Insurance Policy
International Cultural Heritage Forum
International Museum Services
International Sculpture Center
Institute of Museum Services
INTERCOM Inquiries
INTERCOM, 1990-1991
INTERCOM, 1992-
INTERCOM, 1989
Interdisciplinary Activities
Department of the Interior
Intern Program
International Research Exchanges, 1990
International Research Exchanges, 1989
ISIS Public Response
J Miscellaneous
Jaffe, Nora
Javits, Marian (Mrs. Jacob)
K Miscellaneous
Box 25
Kahn, Wolf
Kaish, Morton and Luise
Kaufman, Joshua
Kellogg Project
Kenmore, Herbert
Kennedy Bill
Kernochan, John
Kesner, Ladislav
King, Lyndel
Kitaj, R. B.
Kounellis, Jannis
Krasne, Margo
Krasnow, Peter
Kulicke, Barbara
L Miscellaneous
Lectures, etc.
Legal Opinions, General
Lerner, Abram
Leslie, Alfred
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library
Lighting - Fisher and Marantz
Loan Requests
Love, Nancy
Lunch bag Seminars
Lytle, Sarah
M Miscellaneous, 1990-
M Miscellaneous, 1986-1989
Malaro, Marie
Mall Signage Program
Mapplethorpe
Marcus, Marcia
Marisa del Re Art Gallery
Marlborough Gallery
Martin, Irene
McAvity, John
McCarter, Keith
McDonnell, Patricia
McFarland, Pamalee
McMillan, Ann
Meetings, How to Conduct
Box 26
Membership and Development
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Memoranda to Staff
Merryman, John Henry
Smithsonian Metric Conversion
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Miller-Brody
Miro, Joan
Multivision/Films
Munzer, Annette
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Museum of Modern Art
Museum Computer Network
Art for HMSG Museum Shop
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Museum Shop
N Miscellaneous
NACUA
National Academy of Design
National Academy of Engineering
National Center for Nonprofit Boards
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Gallery of Art
National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Paint and Coating Association
National Portrait Gallery
Naylor, John Geoffrey/Baldachino
Neubert, George
New School for Social Research
The New Yorker
Nielsen, Waldemar
Noble, Joseph Veach
Nordstrom, Alison Devine
Norton Gallery of Art
Norvell, Patsy
Nowlen, Philip
Box 27
O Miscellaneous
Oakland Museum
OIS Program Advisory Committee
Opportunity Resources for the Arts
Office of Plant Services
Office of Museum Programs Workshop
Olsen Press
Orlando Museum of Art
P Miscellaneous
Painting Storage Area
Parking
Pepper, Beverly
PepsiCo Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Performances
Proposed Performances
Division of Performing Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phillips Auctioneers
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Photo Lab
Office of Planning, Management and Budget
Poetry Project
Posters
Pre-Columbian Bas-Reliefs
Smithsonian Press
Protection Services
Smithsonian Institution Public Affairs
Publications - Burghers of Calais Catalog
Publications - Golden Door Catalog
Publications - Kitaj Catalog
Box 28
Publications - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Inaugural Catalog
Publications - Illustrated Book on SI
Publications - David Levine Catalog
Publications - Nadelman Catalog
Publications - Smithsonian Popular Book
Publications - Treasures of the Smithsonian
Publications - Publicity
Q Miscellaneous
Questionnaires and Surveys
Questionnaires and Surveys - American Association of Museums Survey, 1991
R Miscellaneous
Register of Copyrights (US)
Smithsonian Institution Registrar
Reproduction of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Works
Resident Associate Program
Research Center for Arts and Culture
Retirements
Retsila, Eurydice Antzoulatou
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
Rosenthal Art Slides
Rosnow, Nancy
Roster, Laila (Twigg-Smith)
Mark Rothko Foundation
Helena Rubinstein Foundation
Ruder and Finn
Rules and Regulations Governing SI Buildings & Grounds
Samuel Rubin Estate
Box 29
S Miscellaneous, 1990-
S Miscellaneous, 1986-1989
Safety, 1988-1989
Saint-Gaudens Historic Site
Sandak
Sanden, Michael
Sanders, Jennifer
Santoyo, Elsa (Tiffany)
Saumarez Smith, Charles
Savorgnan Bequest
Scala Agreement
Scanga, Italo
Schwartz, Therese
Secretarial Correspondence
Secretary's Program Report
Senghor, Sharon White
Serota, Nicholas
Sesquicentennial Challenge Grant
Shapiro, Michael
Shecter
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna
Sherman, Roger
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Signage
Simon, Charles
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Expanded Program
Skramstad, Harold
Smithson Society
Societe des Musee Quebecois
The Marquis de Somerueles
Sotheby Park Bernet
South America
Speiser Collection
Standards of Conduct
Stanford in Washington
State Department
Steele, Pamela
Stern, Milton
Stevenson, Sheila
Strider, Marjorie
Sugarman, George
Suggestions
Sunglitter/Carl Milles/T.M.A.
Superior Court Art Trust
Survey Research Programs Office
Sweet, Linda
Box 30
T Miscellaneous
T.A.C.
Task Force on Exhibits
Teichman, Judith
Telesonic Systems - Anthony Valente
Telesonic Complaints
Text Fiche - University of Chicago
Third World Museum
Tolmatch, Elaine
Tramposch, William
Translation Publishing Program
Traylor, Bill, Litigation
Smithsonian Institution Treasurer
Turner, Caroline
U Miscellaneous
Under Secretary
UNESCO Convention
United States Information Agency
United States Information Agency Film - Special Legislation
United States Information Agency 1988 Venice Biennale
V Miscellaneous
VAGA
Value Added Tax
Dorothy Varian Estate
Box 31
Pope's Visit
Danish Museum Group Visiting Us
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Visitors
Visitor Surveys
Visual Arts Division
Voigt, Hedy
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
W Miscellaneous, 1990-
W Miscellaneous, 1986-1989
Walker Art Center
Walker, Sandra
Washburn, Wilcomb
Washburn Gallery
Washington Antiques Show
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
Washington Project for the Arts
Washingtonian Magazine and Washingtonian Books
Wehle, Mary
Women's Committee (SI)
Women's National Democratic Club
XYZ Miscellaneous
Yale Seminar
Box 32
Exhibitions - Miscellaneous
Exhibitions - Bruc Nauman
Exhibitions - Dubuffet
Exhibitions - Comparisons
Exhibitions - 1991 Awards in the Visual Arts
Exhibitions - Francis Bacon
Exhibitions - Wodiczko
Exhibitions - Giacometti
Exhibitions - Russian/Soviet Art: 1900-1930
Exhibitions - Expressiv (Central European Show)
Exhibitions - Different Drummers
Exhibitions - Works
Exhibitions - Gerhard Richter
Exhibitions - Robert Moskowitz
Exhibitions - Lucien Freud
Exhibitions - Roger Brown (Sidney Lawrence)
Exhibitions - Morris Louis
Exhibitions - Acquisitions Show, Fall 1983
Exhibitions - John Arthur, Boston University
Exhibitions - Acquisitions: 1974-1977
Exhibitions - The Animal in Art
Exhibitions - Banners for Plaza
Exhibitions - Barcelona
Exhibitions - Bluemner
Exhibitions - Botero
Exhibitions - Brancusi
Exhibitions - Calder
Exhibitions - Arthur B. Carles
Exhibitions - Artistic Collaboration
Exhibitions - Content: Tenth Anniversary (3 folders)
Exhibitions - Cubism in Context
Exhibitions - de Koonig
Exhibitions - De Stijl: 1917-1933
Exhibitions - Wilton Dillon Project
Exhibitions - Jim Dine - Cardinal
Exhibitions - Directions, 1981
Exhibitions - Eakins
Exhibitions - Early Rebels in American Art
Exhibitions - El Quatre Gats
Exhibitions - Elshemius
Exhibitions - Proposed Ester Show
Exhibitions - 14 Canadians: A Critic's Choice Exhibition
Exhibitions - Country Music Foundation/Hall of Fame
Exhibitions - European Art Exhibition
Exhibitions - German Expressionist Sculpture
Exhibitions - Alberto Giacometti
Exhibitions - Gillespie
Exhibitions - Gorky Airport Murals
Exhibitions - Indian Exhibition
Exhibitions - Italian Art of the Twentieth Century
Exhibitions - R. B. Kitaj
Exhibitions - Alfred Leslie
Exhibitions - Metaphor
Exhibitions - Mexican Exhibition
Exhibitions - Mexican Loan
Exhibitions - Miro
Exhibitions - Henry Moore
Exhibitions - Mukhtar
Exhibitions - Grant Mudford
Exhibitions - Samuel Murray
Exhibitions - Music in Art
Exhibitions - Noland
Exhibitions - Noguchi
Exhibitions - O'Keeffe
Exhibitions - Jules Olitski
Exhibitions - John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde
Exhibitions - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Exhibitions - Representation Abroad (Shannon)
Exhibitions - Rickey - Three Red Lines
Exhibitions - A New Romanticism: Sixteen Artists from Italy (Howard Fox)
Exhibitions - Russian Avant-Garde Art
Exhibitions - Sculpture and Their Drawings
Exhibitions - George Segal
Exhibitions - David Smith
Exhibitions - Smithsonian Exhibition
Exhibitions - Ken Snelson
Exhibitions - Soyer, 1982
Exhibitions - Saul Steinberg
Exhibitions - Joseph Stella
Exhibitions - Clyfford Still
Exhibitions - Two Centuries of Black American Art
Exhibitions - United States/Mexican Exhibition
Exhibitions - Dreams and Nightmares
Exhibitions - White House Council on Aging
Exhibitions - Exploration Project
Box 33
American Association of Museums, 1975-1979
American Association of Museums, 1980-1989
American Association of Museums Accreditation Commission
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting 1982
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, 1979
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, 1978
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, 1977
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, 1976
American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, 1975
American Association of Museums Committee on Museums for a New Century - Collecting and Caring for Our Cultural and National Heritage Colloquium, St. Louis, Missouri, January 12, 1982
American Association of Museums Constitution and Bylaws
American Association of Museums Professional Training
American Association of Museums Treasurer's Office
A Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
B Miscellaneous, 1976-1981
B Miscellaneous, 1982-1985
C Miscellaneous, 1974-1985
D Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
E Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
Exhibition Offers, 1974-1983
Box 34
F Miscellaneous, 1974-1985
G Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
Rubin L. Gorewitz
H Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
Nancy Hoffman Gallery
I-J Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
IFAR, 1979-1989
Inventory 1978 Spot Check
International Research Exchanges
K Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
Herbert Kline/Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Film
L Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
M Miscellaneous, 1974-1985
Box 35
N-O Miscellaneous
P Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
R Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
S Miscellaneous, 1974-1978
S Miscellaneous, 1979-1982
S Miscellaneous, 1983-1985
T-U Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
V Miscellaneous, 1976-1985
W Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
XYZ Miscellaneous, 1975-1985
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