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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 08-010

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central

Exhibition Records, 1990-2004

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:1990-2004
Quantity:6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 08-010
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting traveling exhibitions produced by the Office of Exhibits Central for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "American Voices: Latino Photographers in the United States;" "An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam;" "Art of Jack Delano;" "Artrain: Art in Celebration!;" "Beauties of the Coral Reef;" "Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South;" "Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington;" "Brown vs. Board of Education;" "Constance Stuart Larrabee: World War II Photo Journal;" "Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in America;" "Dreams and Traditions: 300 Years of British and Irish Paintings from the Ulster Museum, Belfast;" "Exotic Illusions: Art, Romance, and the Marketplace;" "Flag in American Indian Art;" "Fragile Ecologies: Artists' Interpretations and Solutions;" "Fred E. Miller: Photographer of the Crows;" "Full Deck: Art Quilts;" "Going Strong: Older Americans on the Job;" "Graceful Envelope;" "Hannelore Baron;" "Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940;" "Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight;" "Matchsafes;" "Millennium Messages;" "On Miniature Wings: Model Aircraft from the National Air and Space Museum;" "Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future;" "Perpetual Campaign: The Making of the People's President;" "Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974;" "Pilot's Eye;" "Red, Hot, and Blue: A Salute to American Musicals;" "Seeing Jazz;" "Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia: Photographs by Barbara T. Beirne;" "Six Bridges: The Making of a Modern Metropolis;" "Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box;" "Spiders!;" "Stories from Life: The Photographs of Horace Bristol;" "Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices;" "The Long Road Up the Hill: Blacks in Congress, 1870-1983;" "The Prairie Schoolhouse: A Photo Essay by John Martin Campbell;" "The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation;" "These Rare Lands: Photographs by Stan Jorstad;" "This Land is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie;" "Try This On: A History of Clothing, Gender, and Power;" "Vanishing Amphibians;" "Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions;" "We Shall Overcome: Photographs from the American Civil Rights Era;" "Who's in Charge: Works and Managers in the United States;" "Women and Flight;" and "Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs." Materials include scripts, design drawings, label text, budgets, correspondence, memoranda, brochures, images, and related materials.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting traveling exhibitions produced by the Office of Exhibits Central for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Exhibitions documented in this accession include American Voices: Latino Photographers in the United States; An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam; Art of Jack Delano; ARTrain: Art in Celebration!; Beauties of the Coral Reef; Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South; Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington; Brown vs. Board of Education; Constance Stuart Larrabee: World War II Photo Journal; Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in America; Dreams and Traditions: 300 Years of British and Irish Paintings from the Ulster Museum, Belfast; Exotic Illusions: Art, Romance, and the Marketplace; Flag in American Indian Art; Fragile Ecologies: Artists' Interpretations and Solutions; Fred E. Miller: Photographer of the Crows; Full Deck: Art Quilts; Going Strong: Older Americans on the Job; Graceful Envelope; Hannelore Baron; Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940; Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight; Matchsafes; Millennium Messages; On Miniature Wings: Model Aircraft from the National Air and Space Museum; Out of Time: Designs for the 20th Century Future; Perpetual Campaign: The Making of the People's President; Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974; Pilot's Eye; Red, Hot, and Blue: A Salute to American Musicals; Seeing Jazz; Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia: Photographs by Barbara T. Beirne; Six Bridges: The Making of a Modern Metropolis; Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box: Photographs of David Levinthal; Spiders!; Stories from Life: The Photographs of Horace Bristol; Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices; The Long Road Up the Hill: Blacks in Congress, 1870-1983; The Prairie Schoolhouse: A Photo Essay by John Martin Campbell; The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation; These Rare Lands: Photographs by Stan Jorstad; This Land is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie; Try This On: A History of Clothing, Gender, and Power; Vanishing Amphibians; Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions; We Shall Overcome: Photographs from the American Civil Rights Era; Who's in Charge: Works and Managers in the United States; Women and Flight; and Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs. Materials include scripts, design drawings, label text, budgets, correspondence, memoranda, brochures, images, and related materials.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-010, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

American Voices: Latino Photographers in the United States (cancelled), 1998

Box 1 of 6

Art of Jack Delano, 1997 (3 folders)

Box 1 of 6

ARTrain: Art in Celebration!, 1995

Box 1 of 6

Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South, 1993

Box 1 of 6

Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington, 1992 (3 folders)

Box 1 of 6

Brown vs. Board of Education, 2004

Box 1 of 6

Constance Stuart Larrabee: World War II Photo Journal, 1990

Box 1 of 6

Coral Reef (Beauties of the Coral Reef), 1998 (design file)

Box 1 of 6

Dreams and Traditions: 300 Years of British and Irish Painting from the Ulster Museum, 1996 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 6

Exotic Illusions: Art, Romance, and the Marketplace, 1995 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 6

Flag in American Indian Art, 1996

Box 1 of 6

Box 2

Fragile Ecologies: Artists' Interpretations and Solutions, 1992

Box 2 of 6

Fred E. Miller: Photographer of the Crows (refurb), 1995

Box 2 of 6

Full Deck Art Quilts (refurb), 1998

Box 2 of 6

Going Strong: Older Americans on the Job, 1998 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 6

Graceful Envelope, 2000 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 6

Hannelore Baron, 2000 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 6

Stories from Life: The Photography of Horace Bristol, 1996

Box 2 of 6

Jazz Age in Paris (small exhibit format), 1998 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 6

Box 3

The Long Road Up the Hill: Blacks in Congress, 1870-1983, 1991 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight, 2000 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in America, 1999 (4 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Matchsafes, 2001

Box 3 of 6

Millennium Messages, 1999

Box 3 of 6

An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam, 1994

Box 3 of 6

On Miniature Wings: Model Aircraft from the National Air and Space Museum, 1999

Box 3 of 6

Out of Time: Designs for the 20th-Century Future, 2000 (2 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Box 4

Perpetual Campaign: The Making of the People's President, 1991-1192 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years 1970 1974, (2000)

Box 4 of 6

Pilot's Eye, 2001

Box 4 of 6

Prairie Schoolhouse: A Photo Essay by John Martin Campbell, 1995

Box 4 of 6

Quad Gallery, 1990

Box 4 of 6

Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation, 1991 (design file) (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Red, Hot & Blue: A Salute to American Musicals, 1998

Box 4 of 6

Seeing Jazz, 1997 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Six Bridges: The Making of a Modern Metropolis, 1997 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box: Photographs by David Levinthal, 2000 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Box 5

Spiders! (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service/National Museum of Natural History), 1994 (3 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices, 1997 (design file)

Box 5 of 6

These Rare Lands: Photographs by Stan Jorstad, 2000

Box 5 of 6

Try This On: A History of Clothing, Gender, and Power, 1994 (3 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Vanishing Amphibians, 1997 (5 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Box 6

Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions, 1995 (3 folders)

Box 6 of 6

We Shall Overcome: Photographs from the American Civil Rights Era, 1997 (3 folders)

Box 6 of 6

Who's In Charge? Workers and Managers in the U.S., 1880 present, 1992 (design file)

Box 6 of 6

Women and Flight, 1997

Box 6 of 6

Women of Southern Appalachia (Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia: Photographs by Barbara T. Beirne), 1999

Box 6 of 6

Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs, 1999

Box 6 of 6

This Land Is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie, 1998

Box 6 of 6

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