Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 07-143
National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History
Exhibition Records, 1971-2004
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 History. Division of Cultural History |
Title: | Exhibition Records |
Dates: | 1971-2004 |
Quantity: | 14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Accession 07-143 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession consists of the records of Cynthia Adams Hoover (CAH), Curator Emeritus at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and document her involvement in the organization of the exhibitions "Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos" and "Music Machines - American Style" during the years she was Associate Curator of Musical Instruments, 1964-1974, and Curator, 1975-2004. Hoover was curator in the Division of Musical History, which became part of the Division of Cultural History when NMAH reorganized in 1995. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; exhibition proposals, schedule, scripts, graphics, and installation information; reports; meeting agendas and minutes; contracts; loans and copyright information; press releases; budget summaries; exhibition catalogue planning and marketing information; articles pertaining to exhibitions; musical performance programs; website development information; public comment books and questionnaires; grant and fundraising information; press kits; black-and-white transparencies and photographs; color transparencies and photographs; VHS tapes; audio cassettes; clippings; brochures; floor plans; posters; compact discs; and drawings. Some materials are in electronic format. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of Cynthia Adams Hoover (CAH), Curator Emeritus at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and document her involvement in the organization of the exhibitions Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos and Music Machines - American Style during the years she was Associate Curator of Musical Instruments, 1964-1974, and Curator, 1975-2004. Hoover was curator in the Division of Musical History, which became part of the Division of Cultural History when NMAH reorganized in 1995. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; exhibition proposals, schedule, scripts, graphics, and installation information; reports; meeting agendas and minutes; contracts; loans and copyright information; press releases; budget summaries; exhibition catalogue planning and marketing information; articles pertaining to exhibitions; musical performance programs; website development information; public comment books and questionnaires; grant and fundraising information; press kits; black-and-white transparencies and photographs; color transparencies and photographs; VHS tapes; audio cassettes; clippings; brochures; floor plans; posters; compact discs; and drawings. Some materials are in electronic format.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2020; Transferring office; 5/17/2007 memorandum, Johnstone to Hoover; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Hoover, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Adams)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical History
- Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Music Machines - American Style (Exhibition) (1973: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 07-143, National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History, Exhibition Records
Container List
Box 1
Piano 300: Planning and Development
Chronology: Early Planning, Two Exhibits, Birthplace of the Piano/Heyday, 1994-1996 (2 folders)
Chronology: Early Planning, 1994-1996 (3 folders)
Chronology: Planning, 1996-1997 (6 folders)
Piano I: Meeting at Westfield, 6/28/1993
Piano I: Exhibition Matters, 10/18/1993
Piano I: International Gallery Smithsonian Institution (SI), Smithsonian Exhibition Funds, 1993, 1998
Piano I: Planning Grants, 1992-1994
Piano Project: Meeting in Charleston, January 29, 1994
Jim Parakilas, Proposed Exhibition, Heyday of Piano, 1993-1994
Meeting with Lynn at SI, 10/18/1993
Westfield Center, 1993-1997
International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections (CIMCIM), Christine Niehaus, 1994
A Proposal to Celebrate 300 Years of the Piano, Cynthia Adams Hoover, 8/10/1994
Report from Lynn, 12/14/1994, List of Instruments from John K., 12/6/1994
Letters Received Regarding PIANO 300, 1995-1997
List of Top 40, Filemaker list on Disk, January 17, 1995 (includes electronic records)
Discussion on Piano 300 at The American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) Meeting, Vermillion, South Dakota, 5/16/1996
American Musicological Society (AMS) Baltimore, PIANO 300, 11/8/1996
Piano Club 15, 1996
Proposed Conferences, The Heyday of the Piano in Musical Life
Planning Meeting, Washington, 10/18/1996
Patrick Rucker: Memoranda, 1996-1997
Patrick Rucker Planning File, 1996-1997 (2 folders)
Big Name Pianists, 11/21/1996
PIANO 300: Planning, 1996-1997
PIANO 300: Logo, 1996-1997
Movies with Pianos, 6/17/1996
Personnel Needs
Internships, Research Associates, 1994-1999
Internship, Amy Johnson, 1998
Internships, 1999
Westfield Center National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Challenge Grant for PIANO 300, 1996-1997
Planning Meeting, 3/14/1997
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 1997
Exhibition Schedule 3/31/1997
PIANO 300: Meeting with Lynn Edwards, James Parakilas, and Cynthia Adams Hoover, Deerfield, Mississippi, 6/21/1996
PIANO 300: Meeting with Lonnie Bunch and Cynthia Adams Hoover, 9/3/1996
Steinway Patents - From the Web, 10/1/1996
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), Traveling Exhibit, 12/5/1996
Timeline, 1996-1997
Timeline, 1998-2000
PIANO 300: Travel, 3/13/1997
Videos - CD-ROM, 1996 (includes electronic records)
Mary Combs, 3/3/1997
First Piano Trade Catalogue at SI, 3/11/1997
Hillyer Collection at International Piano Archives, 3/26/1997
National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), Judy Bohlin, Pat Page, Bob Morrison, Joe Lamond, 1997-2001
NAMM, Support for PIANO 300, Patrick Rucker, 8/28/1998
Box 2
NAMM Report and meeting with Joe Lamond, 1999-2000
Jim Parakilas, Piano Roles, 1994, 1996-1997
Planning Conference for PIANO 300, 1/24-26/1997; Includes notes 2/18/1997 and preparation of report (4 folders)
Planning Conference for PIANO 300: Proposal for Timeline, 1/24-27/1997
NMAH, Guide to Project Management, 1997
International Association of Piano Builders and Technicians, 1997
PIANO 300: Content Retreat, 6/16-20/1997
PIANO 300: Thematic Statements, 10/27/1997
Planning meetings, 8/1997, 9/26/1997
Planning meetings, 10-11/1997
Trip Report, Italy, 9/1997
PIANO 300: Collaborators, 10/2/1997
PIANO 300: Smithsonian Pianos under consideration for use in PIANO 300
PIANO 300: Planning Meeting, 10/10/1997
PIANO 300: Planning Meeting, 10/22/1997
PIANO 300: Planning Meeting, 11/6/1997
Plugged In Conference, 12/3-4/1998
Nancy McCoy, Education NMAH, Exhibit Planning, 1997-1998
PIANO 300: Prospectus, 1997-1998
Smithsonian Perspectives, 3/1998
Review of Status and Concept, 3/2/1998
PIANO 300: Project Assistant, 3/2/1998
PIANO 300: Planning Meeting, 5/28/1998
Charter, PIANO 300, 7/10/1998
PIANO 300: Project Goals and Responsibilities, 1998
PIANO 300: Planning Meeting, 7/15/1998
Planning, Concept Discussions, 1998
Marion Gill, Project Management File, 1998-1999
PIANO 300: Educational Task Force, 9/3/1998
Henry Z. Steinway on International Gallery Location, 11/1998
PMAI, 1997-1999
Piano Technicians Guild, 1998-2000
Piano Technicians Guild, 1998-1999
Piano Technicians Guild: Museum Objects, 1999
Peering At Pianos, 1998
M. Steinert & Sons, 1999-2001
Schedules for Script and Exhibition, 1998
Exhibition Dates, 9/24/1999
PIANO 300: Staff Meeting (1 audio tape), 3/16/1999
Installation Planning, 1999-2000
Conference on Early Development of the Piano (University of South Dakota), 2000
PIANO 300 in Germany, 1999
PIANO 300: Collaborators, 1999-2001
Steinway & Sons, 1998-2000
Westfield Center, Lynn Edwards, 1997-1999
Proposed conference at Library of Congress (no funding from National Endowment for the Humanities), 1998-2000
Project Management, 1998-2000 (3 folders)
Box 3
Acknowledgments and thanks sent and received, 2000-2001
Piano 300: Exhibition
Proposed PIANO 300 Exhibition
Design Discussions, 1999
Exhibit Sound, 12/3/1998
Exhibit Design and Logos
Design Development, 1999
Early Exhibit Drawings (Not used)
Script, Early Discussions, 1998
Script (Draft 1), 9/30/1998
Script (Draft 1): Comments, 11/17/1998
Script Development, 11/1998
Script Development, 11-12/1998
Script (Draft 2) with Comments, 12/1998
Script (Draft 3) with Comments, 1-2/1999
Script (Draft 4) with Comments, 3/1999 (3 folders)
Script Development, 1999
Script Revisions, 5-6/1999
Script (Draft 8) ("Handshake"), 6/30/1999
Design and Script Deadlines, 9/3/1999-11/1/1999
Exhibition Design: Tom Thumb Display
Script Development, 1998-1999
Script/Design, 1-2/2000
Script Revision, 4/2000
Scripts, 1999 (2 folders)
Office of Exhibits Central (OEC), Models and Script, 1999 (2 folders)
Design, 1998-1999 (2 folders)
Exhibition Video, 1999-2000
Design Services, PRD Group, 1999 (2 folders)
Box 4
Tom Thumb Piano and Design, 1999-2000
Production, NMAH, 1999
Office of Exhibits Central: Models of Piano Actions, 5/1999
410 Reviews, 1999-2000
PIANO 300: Exhibit Location and Changes, 1996-1999
International Gallery Planning, 1998-1999
International Gallery: Anne Gossett, Operations, 2000-2001
Piano 300, Exhibition, 1996-1998 (4 folders)
ADA, 1997-2000
Timeline, 1998
Piano 300: Poster, 2000-2001
Photographic Services, 1999
Photos of New Salem Presbyterian Church, 1999
PIANO 300: Exhibition Labels, 2000
PIANO 300: Timeline (not done), 2001
PIANO 300: Changes to Exhibition, 2000-2001
Exhibit Object List, 1999
Baldwin Piano, Liberace and Acrosonic, 1998
Liberace Candelabra, 1999
Conservation on Exhibit Objects, 1999
Exhibit Conservation, 1998-1999
OEC and the Steinway Upright Back Assembly, 2000
Exhibition Service and Maintenance, 2000
Invitation to PIANO 300 Preview
Team Meetings, 1999-2000
Ted Good, 1999-2000
Review Panel to discuss PIANO 300, 3/4/1998
Exhibit Poster and Pamphlet
Tactile Tour, 2000
John Diebboll Piano Designs Exhibition, 2000
Exhibition Final Proof: Entrance/Introduction, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: The Invention, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: The Invention, Poster, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: The Invention, Poster, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: The Amateur Player, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: The Rise of the Public Performer, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Golden Age-Romantic Superstar, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Pianos in the Home, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Ingenious Invention, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Making Pianos, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Making Pianos, Poster, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Taking Piano, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Piano as a Design, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Music Merchants, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Music Publishing, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Getting in Tune, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: New Communities, New Voices, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: African American Legacy, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Tin Pan Alley, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: New Entertainments, Mass Audiences, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Pianos without Pianists, 1999
Exhibition Final Proof: Performance Room, Exit Corridor, 1999
Box 5
PIANO 300: NMAH/International Gallery, Key Plan, Final Submittal, 11/18/1999
PIANO 300: Early Plan, 12/22/1998
PIANO 300: Content Key Plan, 5/24/1999
PIANO 300: Content Key Plan, 6/8/1999
PIANO 300: Audiovisual and Electrical, 5/24/1999
PIANO 300: Exhibit Concept Plan, International Gallery, 1/12/1999
PIANO 300: Exhibit Video
Piano 300: Graphics
Graphics Permission, GE.01h, 1999
Graphics Permission, GE 01k, 1999
Graphics Permission, GO.3, 1999
Graphics Permission, GE.01j, 1999
Graphics Permission, GO.3, 1999
Graphics Permission, GO.3, 1999
Graphics Permission, GO.3, 1999
Graphics Permission, GE.01b, 1999
Graphics Permission, GE.10a, 1999
Graphics Permission, GE.01m, 1999
Graphics Permission, GO.3, 1999
Graphics Permission, GE.01a, 1999
Graphics Permission, GO.3, 1999
Graphics Permission, GE.01i, 1999
Graphics Permission, G1.03a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G1.04a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G1.04b and G1.04c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G1.02a (BD), 1998
Graphics Permission, 1.8, 1998
Graphics Permission, G1.05a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G1.06a, 1999
Graphics Permission, 2.2, 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.04a (BD), 1999
Graphics Permission, 2A.5, 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.10a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.12b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.11a (BD), 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.05a and GE.011, 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.09a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.09b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.12a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G2.12d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.06a (FB), 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.06b (FB), 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.04a, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3.02a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.06c (FB), 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.04b-G3.04e, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3B.10, 1999
Graphics Permission, G-3C, Celebrated Pianists, 1999
Graphics Permission, G-3C, Gottschalk Poster, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3C.2, 1999-2000
Graphics Permission, G3.08a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.12a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.12b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.11a and GE.01d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.11b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.13a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.13b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.12c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.14b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.14a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.19a (BD), 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.20a and G3.20b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.18a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.20c, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3D1.8, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3D3.13, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.28a, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3D3.12, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.22a (FB) and G3.23a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.22b (FB), 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.22d (FB), 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.22c (FB), 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.22e (FB), 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.26a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.26b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.26c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.26d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27e, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27f, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3D3.3B.21, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27k, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.26e, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.26f and G3.26g, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3D3.3B.5, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27g, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27i, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27h, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.27i, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3D3.3C.11, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.28b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.28a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.28c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.28d, 1998
Graphics Permission, G3.29b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.32a and GE.01f, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.32b and GE.01c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.33a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.33b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.33c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.33d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.33e, 1999
Graphics Permission, C3.12a, 1999
Graphics Permission, C3.12b, 1999
Graphics Permission, C3.12c, 1999
Graphics Permission, C3.12d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.35a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.36a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.36b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.36c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.36d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.36e, 1999
Graphics Permission, 3F.7, 1999
Graphics Permission, G3.37a (FB), 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.09a, 2000
Graphics Permission, G4.19f, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.19g, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.19c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.19d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.19b, 1999
Box 6
Graphics Permission, G4.04a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.04c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.04b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.03h, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.03e, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.03f, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.03d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.011, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.03a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.03b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.03c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.07a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.07c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.07b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.07d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.20a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.16a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.17a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.17b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.16b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.08a and GE.01g, 1999
Graphics Permission, 4B.15, 1999
Graphics Permission, 4B.16, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.15c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.15a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.15b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.12a (BD), 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.11a, 1999
Graphics Permission, 4D.15, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01c, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01d, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01e and GE.01e, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01f, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01g, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01h and GE.01, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01i, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01j, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01k, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01m, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01n, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.01o and GE.01p, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.19a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G4.19e, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.02a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.03a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.03b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.04a & G5.04b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.05a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.08a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.09a (BD), 1999
Graphics Permission, G-4B
Graphics Permission, G5.02b, 1999
Graphics Permission, 5B.12, 1999
Graphics Permission, 5C.2, 1999
Graphics Permission, 5C.2a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.06a, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.06b, 1999
Graphics Permission, G5.11a, 1999
Graphics Permission, 5C.5, 1999
Graphics Permission, 5D.5, 1999
Graphics Permission, G-3C
3E, Piano Lessons, recital practice
Technicon Description
Sample Permission Letter, 8/10/1998
PIANO 300: Graphics Research by Interns and Kris DeGrace, 1999
Archaeological Museum: As-Saray Al-Hamra
PIANO 300: Object List and background, 1998-1999
Master Zip List: Images, 2000
Completed Photo Orders, 1999-2000
Ernst Burger Permission, 1999
Copyright Information
Crop Guides Given to Hugh CR, OMAR, 1999
Giraffes, Black Dragons, and other Pianos (copies)
Images of PIANO 300, 11/8/2001 (includes electronic records)
PIANO 300: Exhibition Graphics (includes electronic records)
Pianos for All Photograph Arrangements, 1999
Images Paid, Checks Sent, 1999
Images with Charges, 1999
Images with No Charges, 1999-2000
Kennedy Center Information
PIANO 300: Images Ordered, 1999
Princeton University Press, 1999
PIANO 300: Exhibits Central Editing
Japanese-American Concentration Camp
Ellington Piano, 1999
Loan List, 1999
Morgan Library Loan, 2001
Quilt Loan
Yale Loan, 1999
PIANO 300: Exit Corridor Books, 2000
Cristofori Loan: Initial Contacts
Cristofori Loan: Patrick Rucker's Trip to Italy, 9/1999
Cristofori Loan: Arrangements for transport, 2000
Cristofori Loan: Alitalia Airlines and Transportation, 1999
Cristofori Loan: Infestation and Fumigation, 2000
Cristofori Loan: Loan Agreement, Condition Reports, 1999-2000
Cristofori Loan: Early Return, 2000-2001
Box 7
Cristofori Loan: Permission to make a copy of the Cristofori, 2000
Cristofori Loan: Correspondence with the Italian Embassy and Ministry of Cultural Heritage, 1999-2002
Exhibit Installation, 2000
Exhibit Piano Tuning, 2000
Final Exhibit Review and Comments, 3/2000
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA): Response to PIANO 300 Extension, 6/15/2000
Loans and Loan Extensions, 2000-2001
Loans and Loan Extensions, 2001
PIANO 300: Second Loan Extension, 2001
Loan, Peterson: Electro-musical Products, Inc.
PIANO 300: Loan Meeting, 3/2/1999
PIANO 300: Takedown and Return of Loans, 2000-2001
PIANO 300: Takedown, 2001-2003
Piano 300: Publications
Book Proposal to SI Press, 1997
Piano Roles, Early Drafts, 1996-1998
PIANO 300: Publications, 10/7/1998
Piano Roles, 1999
Piano Roles: The Making and Selling of Pianos, 1998, 2001
Yale University Press: Piano Roles (draft material), 1997-2000
Yale University Press: Graphics, 2000
Piano Roles: Awards and Press Announcements, 2001
NMAH, Illustrations Permission Procedures, 1996
Piano Roles: Illustrations, 1999
Piano Roles: Galleys
Piano Roles: Draft Manuscript, 1999
Piano Roles: Draft Materials, 1998-1999
PIANO 300: The Book, 1997-1998
PIANO 300: The Book, Planning, 2001
PIANO 300: Discussions with Editor/Designer, 2001
PIANO 300: Layout of Book, 2001
PIANO 300: Images Research, 1997
PIANO 300: Illustrations List, 2001
PIANO 300: Preface, 2001
PIANO 300: "Keepsake Text" Introduction, 2001
PIANO 300: Appendix, 2001
PIANO 300: Captions, 2001
PIANO 300: Printing and Distribution, 2001
PIANO 300: The Book, Working Papers, 2001 (2 folders)
PIANO 300: Early Discussions on Catalogue, 2000
PIANO 300: Catalogue, Publisher Distribution, 2001 (2 folders)
PIANO 300: Drafts of Catalogue, 2001 (2 folders)
PIANO 300: Editorial Comments, 2001
PIANO 300: Contract Negotiation/NMAH with NAMM and Scarecrow Press, 2001-2002
PIANO 300: Mock Up
PIANO 300: Catalogue Files, PP 1-73, (includes electronic records)
PIANO 300: Catalogue Files, Cover Art/Appendix (includes electronic records)
Box 8
Scarecrow Press: Catalogue and Marketing Plan, 2002, 2004
Scarecrow Press: Author Questionnaire, 2001
Scarecrow Press: Marketing and Distribution, 2001
Scarecrow Press: Piano Book Signing, 2001-2002
PIANO 300: Brochure, 1999-2000
PIANO 300: Pamphlets
"Piano Roles: Three Hundred Years of Life with the Piano" (1999)
PIANO 300: The Exhibit
PIANO 300: The Catalogue, 2001
PIANO 300: 35mm Slide Set
PIANO 300: Video - Piano Grand
PIANO 300: "People and Pianos" and "Closing Video" (videotapes), 1999-2001
Piano 300: Finance
Audiovisual Equipment Budget, 1999
PIANO 300: Budget, 1998
PIANO 300: Contracts, 2000-2001 (2 folders)
PIANO 300: Budgets, Roles, and Responsibilities, 1999-2000
Budget Request, 1996
SI Special Exhibition Fund Planning Grant, 1996
Fund Raising, 1996-1997
Budgets, 1996-1997
PIANO 300: Budget (three years), 1997
PIANO 300: Budget (general), 9/1999
Lemelson Center Grant, 1996
PIANO 300: Lemelson Center Proposal, 1997
PIANO 300: Lemelson Center Grant, Interns, 1997
PIANO 300: Lemelson Center Planning Session, 1996-1997
PIANO 300: Lemelson Grant, 1998
Volunteers, Interns, Fellows, 1996-2002 (4 folders)
Kimberley Weber (intern), 2002
Box 9
SI Grant Possibilities, 1996-2002 (2 folders)
PIANO 300: Fund Raising Prospectus, 1998
PIANO 300: Fund Raising, Budget Template, 1997-2000 (2 folders)
Development (roads not taken), 1997
PIANO 300: Budget, Funds, Expenditures, 1996-2001 (2 folders)
PIANO 300: Funds and Spending Plan, 2000-2001 (2 folders)
NAMM Contribution, 2000
PIANO 300: Catalogue Costs, 2001-2002
Loren Schoenberg: Contract, 2000-2001
Federal Budget for PIANO 300, 2001-2002
PIANO 300: Preparation Costs for Gallery
Piano 300: Outreach and Promotion
PIANO 300: Events, Attendance Counts, 3/9/2000-10/21/2001 (5 folders)
Public Programs: Education, Performances, Tours, 1999-2001 (3 folders)
Educational Outreach Meeting, 7/7/1999
Public Programs, 1998-1999
PIANO 300: Draft Instructions to Tour Guides, 2000-2001
PIANO 300: Performance Tours, Gallery Talks, Special Tours, 2000-2001 (2 folders)
Music: I Love a Piano, Irving Berlin
PIANO 300: Drafts, Grant Proposals
PIANO 300: Performer Possibilities, 1998-2000
Miscellaneous Performers, 1998-2000
Makers Display, 1999-2000
International Creative Management (ICM) Artists: Helen Huang
ICM Artists: Pablo Ziegler and Christopher O'Riley
Box 10
Anthony de Mare, Pianist
ICM Artists: Li Jian, 1999
ICM Artists: Terrence Wilson, 1997-1999
ICM Artists: Jeremy Denk, 1997
ICM Artists: Philippe Entremont, 1990-1997
ICM Artists: Eduardus Halim, 1991-1997
Malcolm Cecil, Record Producer and Engineer, 1999
Keyboard Meets Modern Technology, 1996-2000
Mother Mallard, 2000
Trevor Pinch, 1999
Frank Trocco, 2000
Synthesizer Project: Budget, 2000
David Van Koevering, 1999
Robert Moog, 1999-2000
Keith Emerson, 1999
Robert Margouleff, 1999
Ray Kurzweil, 1999
Margaret Leng Tan, 1996-2002
PIANO 300: Opening Festival, 12/19/1999
Bluesworks Opening Festival, 1999
Ceoltoiri, Opening Festival, 1993, 1999
Henry McKenzie Davis, Opening Festival, 1999-2000
Kevin Gift, Opening Festival, 1999
Sin Miedo, Opening Festival
Margaret Leng Tan, Opening Festival, 2000
Terpsichore, Opening Festival, 2000
PIANO 300: Opening Weekend, 2000
PIANO 300: Latino Initiative Proposal, 1999-2000
Piano Master Class Applicants, 2000
Jose Caceres, 2000
Luis de Moura Castro, 1999, 2000
Ana Cervantes, 1999-2001
Carlos Cesar Rodriguez, 2000
PIANO 300: Performance Tours, 1999-2000
Performance Tours: Howard Breitbart, 2000
Performance Tours: Marcia Daft, 1999-2000
Performance Tours: Liz Donaldson, 2000
Performance Tours: Deena Gift, 2000
Performance Tours: Marc Glickman, 2000
Performance Tours: Ted Good, 1999
Performance Tours: Joe Holt, 2000
Performance Tours: Thomas Mastroianni, 2000
Performance Tours: Reuben Pelaez,
Performance Tours: Ken Slowik, 1999-2000
Performance Tours: Burnett Thompson, 1997, 2000
Performance Tours: Tony Walker and Trio, 2000
Performance Tours: James Weaver, 1999-2000
Performance Tours: Barbara Wing, 2000
Performance Tours: Robert Wyatt, 2000
PIANO 300: Photographs
Presentation for PMAI/NAMM Meeting, 2/6/2000
PIANO 300: Awards Ceremony (videotape), 3/8/2000
PIANO 300 Performances: Opening Program, 3/9-12/2000
PIANO 300 Performances: Opening (cassettes), 3/9-12/2000
PIANO 300 Performances: Burnett Thompson at Freer (cassette), 3/11/2000
PIANO 300 Performances: The American Piano (compact disc)
PIANO 300 Performances: Music of the White House, 2000-2001 (6 compact discs)
PIANO 300 Performances: Mother Mallard, 4/15/2000 (VHS tape)
PIANO 300 Performances: Keyboards Meet Technology, 4/14/2000 (VHS tape and two cassette tapes)
PIANO 300 Performances: Levine School of Music, 6/8/2000 (VHS tape, slides)
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PIANO 300 Performances: Photographs of Piano Concert at Folklife Festival, 2000
PIANO 300 Performances: Art Night on the Mall (slides), 2000
PIANO 300 Performances: Tony Walker Project (slides)
PIANO 300 Performances: Ceoltoiri and Margaret Leng Tan (slides)
PIANO 300 Performances: Henry McKenzie Davis (slides)
PIANO 300 Performances: Sin Miedo, Edwin Good and Burnett Thompson (slides)
PIANO 300 Performances: Jose Caceres, Terpsichore (slides)
PIANO 300 Performances: Blues Works, Kevin Gift (slides)
Tour of Exhibition by Barbara Wing (photographs)
PIANO 300: WETA Interview with Carlos Rodriguez, 9/15/2000 (cassette)
PIANO 300: Programs and Prospects, 1996-1999
PIANO 300: Public Announcement, 7/1998
NAMM Press Release, 11/1998
Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center (VIARC) Tours, 2/15/2000
Article for Smithsonian Research Report (draft), 2000
Young Associates Program, 3/3/2000
Art Night on the Mall, 2000
Gallery Talks, 1999-2000
Women and Pianos, PIANO 300 Gallery Talk, Cynthia Adams Hoover, 3/23/2001
Folklife Festival: Biographies, Photos Piano Tradition, 1996-2000
Piano Traditions, Folklife Festival, 6/30/2000
Advance tours of PIANO 300
Preview of PIANO 300 with Italian Ambassador (photographs)
PIANO 300: Awards Ceremony, 3/8/2000
Press Opening Reception, 3/8/2000
PIANO 300 Press Preview Recording, 3/9/2000 (cassette)
PIANO 300: Press Program, 2000
National Programs, 1998-1999
Related Programs, Media, 1998-1999
Related Projects, CD, Books, 1999
PIANO 300: Bruce Stevens-Exhibiting Steinway Pianos, 2001
Staff Breakfast for PIANO 300, 3/16/2000
Henry Z. Steinway received James Smithson Bicentennial Medal, 2000-2001
Reception for Henry Z. Steinway, 3/16/2001
Steinway Reception Audio Recording (cassette), 3/16/2001
Steinway & Sons Piano Image, 4/2003
Giraffes, Black Dragons, Book signing, 2001
Levine School Concert, 1/26/2001
Valeska Press, 2000
Videos and Documentaries, 2000
Preparation of Documentary, Questions for Interview, 2000-2001
Performance Tour Review, 2000
Tours: Performance Tours, Gallery Talks, 2000-2001
PIANO 300 Performance Tour Leaders, 2001
Piano from Casablanca, 2000
Meeting on Outreach Subjects, 7/26/2000
Press Strategy, 1998-1999
PIANO 300 Press Preview, 3/8/2000
PIANO 300 Press Kit
Press Book, 1998-2001 (3 folders)
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Smithsonian News Releases on PIANO 300, 2000
Responses to Press, 2000-2002
Articles, Information about PIANO 300, 2000 (2 folders)
Student Essays of PIANO 300, 6/15/2000
Media Training, 2000
Yale University Press Catalog
Clavier Magazine, 2000
Washington Post: The Mini Page, 2000
Washingtonian Magazine, 2000
CBS "Sunday Morning", Patrick Rucker on PIANO 300, 10/22/2000 (videotape)
Smithsonian Treasures 2000
Smithsonian Institution Magazine, 1999, 2000
Smithsonian Research Reports, 2000
Articles about PIANO 300, 2000 (3 folders)
Smithsonian Institution News Releases, PIANO 300, 2000
Photographs of PIANO 300 (3 folders)
Photo Slides of PIANO 300
Website Development, 1997, 2000
Website Development, 1999
Website Development, 1999-2000
PIANO 300 Website: Early Planning, Versions, and Feedback, 2000-2001
PIANO 300 Website, 3/3/1997
Response of Public Viewers on the Website
PIANO 300: Website Crises, 4/2004
PIANO 300: Website Printout
PIANO 300: Public Broadcasting Service (MPT), Piano Grand, 7/10/1997
Smithsonian Productions/Maryland Public Television: PIANO 300 Documentary, 7/1998 (2 folders)
Dibner Award Nomination, 2002
American Association of Museums (AAM) award Nomination, 2002
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PIANO 300 Comment Books, Books 1-3, 3/8/2000-4/8/2000 (3 folders)
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 4, 4/14/2000-4/30/2000
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 5, 5/1/2000-6/4/2000
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 6, 6/5/2000-7/2/2000
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 7, 7/3/2000-7/25/2000
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 8, 7/26/2000-8/14/2000
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 9, 8/15/2000-9/24/2000
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 10, 9/25/2000-11/12/2000
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 11, 11/13/2000-1/10/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 12, 1/11/2001-2/25/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 13, 2/26/2001-3/26/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 14, 3/27/2001-4/26/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 15, 4/27/2001-5/29/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 16, 5/30/2001-6/21/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 17, 6/22/2001-7/15/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 18, 7/16/2001-8/9/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 19, 8/10/2001-9/16/2001
PIANO 300 Comment Books, Book 20, 9/17/2001-10/21/2001
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Music Machines
Music Machines: Preparation, 1971-1973
Music Machines: Press Releases, 1971
Music Machines: Presentations, 1971
Music Machines: School Tours
Music Machines: National Public Radio (NPR) Videotape, 1971 (2 folders)
Music Machines: Responses to Exhibit, 1971-1972
Music Machines: Movies, 1972
Music Machines: Exhibit details, 1971-1972
Music Machines: Exhibit (completion), 1973
Music Machines: Article for Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)/CAH, 1973
Music Machines: American Style, CAH and others, 1971-1975
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