Curatorial Records, 1930-2021

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Summary

Consists of records documenting curatorial activities such as cover projects, lectures, committees, collections acquisitions, research grants, meetings, publications, educational initiatives, and other curator specific activities. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, brochures, pamphlets, lecture records, project proposals, budget information, contracts, applications, images, loan records, videotapes, grant records, reports, conference and symposia records, publicity records, and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format.

Subject

  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Curatorial Department
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Curatorial Office
  • National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) Department of Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
  • National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) Department of Painting and Sculpture
  • National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) Department of Prints and Drawings

Category

Series Level Description

Notes

  • For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
  • To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.

Organization

Unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1930
  • 1930-2021

Restrictions & Rights

Materials less than 15 years old Restricted. Records may contain personally identifiable information (PII) that is permanently restricted. Contact reference staff for details

Topic

  • Acquisitions
  • Art museums
  • Art, American
  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Art museum curators
  • Museum exhibits
  • Museums--Acquisitions

Form/Genre

  • Manuscripts
  • Brochures
  • Pamphlets
  • Videotapes
  • Color photographs
  • Color negatives
  • Color transparencies
  • Black-and-white photographs
  • Black-and-white transparencies
  • Black-and-white negatives
  • Electronic records
  • Compact discs
  • Electronic mail

Local number

SIA RS00245

Physical description

6.5 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings

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