Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 08-095
Smithsonian American Art Museum. Registrar's Office
Exhibition Records, 1996-2003
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records which document the activities of the Registrar's Office in coordinating exhibitions at the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) and the Renwick Gallery. Exhibitions documented include Stuart Davis; Silver and Gold: Photographs of the Gold Rush; Art of the Gold Rush; Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory; Modern American Realism: Selections from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection; Abbot Thayer: The Nature of Art; Woodcuts by Hiratsuka; Calico and Chintz: Antique Quilts from the Collection of Patricia S. Smith; Dominic DiMare: A Retrospective; and Shaker: Furnishings for the Simple Life. In addition, this accession includes records from when the office was formerly known as the Office of Registration and Collections Management as well as from after NMAA was renamed the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Materials include correspondence; memoranda; checklists; budget records; insurance records; color photographs and negatives; condition reports; prospectuses; loan agreements; conservation information; and black-and-white photographs.
Restrictions
Access RestrictionBoxes 1-3 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 12/17/1984 memorandum, Bain to Rahe; 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
- Abbott Thayer: The Nature of Art (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Art of the Gold Rush (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Calico and Chintz: Antique Quilts from the Collection of Patricia S. Smith (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Dominic Di Mare: A Retrospective (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Modern American Realism: Selections from the Sara Roby Collection (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Office of Registration and Collections Management
- Picturing Old New England: Image and Memory (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Renwick Gallery
- Shaker: Furnishings for the Simple Life (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Silver and Gold: Photographs of the California Gold Rush (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian American Art Museum. Office of Registration and Collections Management
- Stuart Davis (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Woodcuts by Hiratsuka (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-095, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Registrar's Office, Exhibition Records