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Accession 05-033

National Museum of African Art. Department of Education and Research

Program Files, 1967-1987
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator: National Museum of African Art. Department of Education and Research
Title: Program Files
Dates: 1967-1987
Quantity: 5 cu. ft. (5 records storage boxes)
Collection: Accession 05-033
Language of Materials: English
Summary:

This accession includes records documenting public educational programs in African art, history, and culture. Materials include correspondence and memoranda; grant proposals; workshop and symposium information; budget summaries; contractual agreements; press kits; reports; evaluation forms; teacher's guides; docent training information; and research papers that were presented at lectures.

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This accession includes records documenting public educational programs in African art, history, and culture. Materials include correspondence and memoranda; grant proposals; workshop and symposium information; budget summaries; contractual agreements; press kits; reports; evaluation forms; teacher's guides; docent training information; and research papers that were presented at lectures.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-033, National Museum of African Art. Department of Education and Research, Program Files

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Container List

Box 1

Memoranda, 1980-1986 (12 folders)

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Accessibility: Program Development, 1978-1979

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Accessibility: OESE, Special Education, 1979-1982

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Accessibility: Access to Museums, 1979-1983

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Program for the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 1977

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Box 2

Grant Proposals, 1975-1979 (2 folders)

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Women's Committee Grant Proposal, 1981

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Diaspora Program Monograph Publication, 1980-1981

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Pending Programs, 1979-1980

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Lower Education Programs, 1977

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Grant Proposal: General Museum of African Art, 1976-1977

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Grant Catalogue: Rubin/Bravmann, 1976

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Grant Proposals Reviewed, 1977-1984 (3 folders)

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Grant: NMAP (F. Lamp to Yale University), 1976

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Museum Professional Research, 1976

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Narrative Report of Accomplishment: Summer Institute, 1976-1979 (3 folders)

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Atanda Workshop, 1977

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Children's Workshop Series, 1974

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Children's Workshop Series, 1975

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Friday Workshops, 1977-1978

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Summer Workshops, 1976-1977

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Narrative Report of Accomplishment: African Art/College Teachers, 1978-1980

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Narrative Report of Accomplishment: Organization & Access to Eliot Elisofon Archives of African Art and Culture, 1978-1979 (3 folders)

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Box 3

Masters/DHE Bibliographies, 1982-1983

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Summer Institute in African American Culture: NEH Grant Proposal, 1979

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Interim Performance Report, 1979-1980

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Summer Institute in African American Culture, 1978

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Summer Institute in African American Culture, 1979

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Narrative Report of Accomplishment: African Art/College Teachers, 1976-1979

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Adult Education: HEW, Title III Grant, 1972

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Grant Proposals: Titles I-III, 1974

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Museum of African Art: Grant Proposals (denied), 1976

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ESSA Program, 1980

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African Heritage Program, 1978

Box 3 of 5

Ethnic Heritage Studies Program: Correspondence,

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Ethnic Heritage Studies Program: Final Report, 1974

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Ethnic Heritage Studies Program: Grant Proposal, 1974

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Interdisciplinary Resource Center: Contract, 1967-1969

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ESEA Final Report (Title III Grant), 1969-1970

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ESEA Organization and Activities

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ESEA Advisory Counsel (Title III Grant), 1971-1974

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Ausbrooks, Beth N.: Correspondence, 1969-1970

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Educational Resources Center: Correspondence, 1967-1970

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Emergency School Aid Act, 1978 (2 folders)

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Ethnic Heritage Studies Program: Proposals

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African Heritage Month Program: Grant Proposal, 1975

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African Heritage Month Program: Organization, 1975

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African Heritage Month Program: Correspondence, 1975-1976

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African Heritage Month Program: Letters of Support, 1976

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African Heritage Month Program: Press Releases

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African Heritage Month Program: Budget, 1977-1978

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African Heritage Month Program: Final Report/National Endowment for the Arts, 1981

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Montgomery County Public Schools (Rockville, Maryland): Course in African Art, 1977

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African Heritage Program: Slide and Tape Presentation

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

National Institute of Education: Multi-Ethnic Planning Meetings, 1974 (2 folders)

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Summer Institute in African American Culture: Post-Session, 1978-1979

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NEH (Title IV Grant), 1978-1979

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Emergency School Aid Act, 1978

Box 4 of 5

Dinizulu and His African Dancers, Drummers and Singers

Box 4 of 5

Sowande, Fela: "Oral History in Africa"

Box 4 of 5

Ben-Amos, Dan: "Professional Storytellers in Benin"

Box 4 of 5

Wiggins, Dr. William H., Jr.: "A Comparative Study of Two Bards - The African Praise Singer and The Black American Preacher"

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Taylor, Clyde: "For Sterling Brown"

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Parris, Dr. D. Elliott: "African Retentions in Caribbean Folklore - An Endangered Species"

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Smart, Ian Isidore: "African Contributions to the Contemporary Literature of the Spanish Caribbean"

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Cartey, Wilfred: "The Development of an African-Influenced Literary Tradition"

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Mboukou, Alexandre: "African Traditional Religion - A Symbiotic View"

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Barrett, Dr. Leonard E.: "The African Diaspora - Continuity and Change in the Caribbean"

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Frank, Henry: "Voodoo - Vivid Testimony of the African Presence in Haiti"

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Portuondo, Dr. Aleida T.: "The Recovery of the African Culture"

Box 4 of 5

Nyang, Dr. Sulayman S.: "Islam in the United States of America - A Review of the Sources"

Box 4 of 5

Quinn, William P.: "Traditional African-American Music" (1980)

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Jones, Steven L.: "Considerations in the Research of African-American Vernacular Architecture"

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Adams, Dr. Russell L.: "Africa in the Americas - The People of the Black Diaspora"

Box 4 of 5

Freeman, Roland

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Gloster, Patricia: "Visual Art as an Expression of African Traditional Religion and Ritual"

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Auld, Michael: "Africa in the Americas - Recent Re-Introduction"

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Smith, Mary Carter: "Storytelling - African Folktales"

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Goss, Linda

Box 4 of 5

Brother Blue, Storyteller

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Interim Performance Report, 1978-1979

Box 4 of 5

Docent Training Program for the Exhibition: "The Rising of a New Moon - A Century of Tabwa Art," 1986

Box 4 of 5

Docent Training Program for the Exhibition: "Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos," 1985

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Teachers Program for "Go Well, My Child - Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee," 1985-1986

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Textile Outreach Program for Senior Citizens, 1983

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Focus Gallery, 1983

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Memoranda, 1985-1986 (2 folders)

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Teacher's Guide and Docent Training for the Exhibition: "A Human Ideal in African Art - Bamana Figurative Sculpture," 1986

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Education Department: Properties, 1981, 1986

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Education Department: Statement of Purpose and Programs, c. 1978

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Docent Training Program for the Exhibition: "History, Context, and Materials - Selections from the Permanent Collection of the NMAfA," 1985-1986

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Education Guide for "African Masterpieces from the Musee de L'Homme"

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Educational Materials for "Praise Poems: The Katherine White Collection," 1984-1985

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African Textiles Outreach Program: "Have Loom, Will Travel"

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Educational Materials for "African Emblems of Status"

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Loans to Education Department, 1985-1986

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Educational Programs and Resources, 1985-1986

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Box 5

Press Kit: Animal Symbolism in African Art, 1984

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Press Kit: Traditional African Music, 1979 (3 folders)

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Press Kit: Textile Treasures, 1986 (2 folders)

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Press Kit: Have Loom, Will Travel, 1986

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Press Kit Evaluation Forms

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Outreach Ideas, 1982-1986

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Symposium on Traditional African Art, 1977

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Focus Gallery Brochure, 1986-1987 (3 folders)

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Please Touch Museum

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Slides: Sankofa Visit and Performance

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