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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 10-012

National Museum of American History. Office of the Registrar

Incoming Loan Files, 1967-2001

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American History. Office of the Registrar
Title:Incoming Loan Files
Dates:1967-2001
Quantity:4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 10-012
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting incoming loans for exhibitions at the National Museum of American History. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; loan agreements and contracts; condition reports; object disposition forms and lists; exhibition installation and design information, brochures, and scripts; damage loss reports; meeting agendas and minutes; lender lists; photographs; and newspaper clippings.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting incoming loans for exhibitions at the National Museum of American History. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; loan agreements and contracts; condition reports; object disposition forms and lists; exhibition installation and design information, brochures, and scripts; damage loss reports; meeting agendas and minutes; lender lists; photographs; and newspaper clippings.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-012, National Museum of American History. Office of the Registrar, Incoming Loan Files

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Container List

Box 1

1876: A Centennial Exhibition

Working File, 1983-1992 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 4

Object Disposition Record (309524: .176-.200), 1981-1992 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 4

Object Disposition Record (309524: .201-.225), 1976-1990

Box 1 of 4

Exhibit Prop Notice (C.P. 1-138), 1975-1996 (6 folders)

Box 1 of 4

Exhibit Prop (general), 1975-1983

Box 1 of 4

List of Lenders

Box 1 of 4

Takedown: South Hall, 1988-1989

Box 1 of 4

Armed Forces Prop Flags Condition Reports and ORD's, 1990

Box 1 of 4

South Hall Takedown List, 1990

Box 1 of 4

Garden Photographs, 1976

Box 1 of 4

Damage and Loss Reports, 1976-1983

Box 1 of 4

Non-Specimen File, 1979

Box 1 of 4

Intramural Loan Problems, 1976-1978

Box 1 of 4

Loans Not Finalized, 1974-1977

Box 1 of 4

Canceled Loans, 1975-1976

Box 1 of 4

Returned to Lenders/Acc'd, 1978-1980

Box 1 of 4

Returned to Divisions, 1976-1977

Box 1 of 4

Active Outgoing and Intramural Loans from Exhibit, 1981

Box 1 of 4

Inactive Outgoing and Intramural Loans from Exhibit, 1981

Box 1 of 4

Administration, 1983-1991

Box 1 of 4

Roof Renovation Security and Loan Renewal, 1976-1982

Box 1 of 4

Exhibit Committee, 1974-1982 (3 folders)

Box 1 of 4

Martha Morris: General Administrative Problems, 1979-1981 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 4

Box 2

Welte Orchestration/Accession File, 1976-1983 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 4

Office and Storage Renovation, 1981

Box 2 of 4

Letters to Lenders re: New Phone Number, 1980

Box 2 of 4

Planning/CMO Procedures: Centennial Exhibition, 1974-1979

Box 2 of 4

Centennial Exposition, 1973-1977

Box 2 of 4

Early Registration, 1975-1976

Box 2 of 4

A Nation of Nations

Master List of Incoming Loans and Takedown, 1991-1992

Box 2 of 4

Close-outs, 1975-1995

Box 2 of 4

Photographs

Box 2 of 4

National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT): ANON Returned to Lender, 1976-1981

Box 2 of 4

Expiring Loan, 1983

Box 2 of 4

Correspondence Advance Copies, 1974-1979

Box 2 of 4

Master List, 1983

Box 2 of 4

Exhibit Prop (Bar # Series), 1975-1977

Box 2 of 4

Questions, 1991-1993

Box 2 of 4

Loans Converted to Accession, 1976-1981

Box 2 of 4

Master List of Incoming Loans, 1977-1991

Box 2 of 4

Exhibit Takedown

Box 2 of 4

Maceo Mitchell (308987.23), 1977-1981

Box 2 of 4

Registrar's Files (308987: .26 - .50), 1977-1998

Box 2 of 4

Registrar's Files (308987: .51 - .75), 1977-1983

Box 2 of 4

Registrar's Files (308987: .76 - .100), 1981-1999

Box 2 of 4

Registrar's Files (308987: .101 - .125), 1978-1981

Box 2 of 4

Registrar's Files: Arcangelo D'Amore (308987: .117), 1981-1991

Box 2 of 4

Registrar's Files (308987: .126 - .150), 1981

Box 2 of 4

Registrar's Files (308987: .151 - .187), 1981-1991

Box 2 of 4

Exhibit Object List, 1985

Box 2 of 4

Policy, Planning, Registration, and CMO, 1971-1975

Box 2 of 4

Registrar's Files: Returned to Lenders, 1977-1982

Box 2 of 4

NMHT Loans Returned, 1974-1981

Box 2 of 4

Coding of Exhibit Loans

Box 2 of 4

Agreement for Incoming Loan, 1975-1981

Box 2 of 4

Agreement for Incoming Loan, 1981

Box 2 of 4

Correspondence (general), 1973-1977 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 4

Loans on Hold, 1976-1983

Box 2 of 4

Related Shipping Transactions from NMHT Collections (copies), 1975

Box 2 of 4

Correspondence to Interfile, 1976-1985

Box 2 of 4

Loans from NMHT, 1974-1976

Box 2 of 4

Box 3

Exhibitions (General)

American Patent Models: Inventions of the 19th Century (Japan Exhibit), 1988-1993 (6 folders)

Box 3 of 4

Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions (Traveling Exhibition), 1997

Box 3 of 4

American Greek Revival Architecture [Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)], 1995-1996

Box 3 of 4

Rock and Roll Musical and Cultural Integration in the 1950s, 1989-1992

Box 3 of 4

Smithsonian's America: An Exhibition of American History and Culture (Japan Festival), 1993-1994

Box 3 of 4

Japan American Festival, 1994

Box 3 of 4

C.L. /COM: Black Land Grants, Spring 1990

Box 3 of 4

From Court to Concert Hall: Shaping the Sounds of Violins and Pianos, 1989

Box 3 of 4

Men and Women: A History of Costume, Gender and Power (Claudia Kidwell), 1986-1988

Box 3 of 4

Japan Custom Papers, 1989

Box 3 of 4

Japan: Tokyo, 1989

Box 3 of 4

Japan: Yokahama, 1989

Box 3 of 4

Japan: Matsuyama, 1989

Box 3 of 4

Delaware 350: Commemorating New Sweden, 1638-1988 (Exhibition), 1987-1988

Box 3 of 4

Isaac Newton and the Principia: Three Hundred Years (Exhibition), 1987-1988

Box 3 of 4

Collotypes, 1987

Box 3 of 4

Motorcycle/COM (Division of Transportation), 1986

Box 3 of 4

Eleanor Roosevelt: First Person Singular, 1984

Box 3 of 4

Pain and Its Relief, 1980-1994

Box 3 of 4

Jefferson and Science, 1981

Box 3 of 4

By Sea and By Land: Independence with the Help of France, 1981

Box 3 of 4

Buckaroos in Paradise (Division of Community Life), 1980-1981

Box 3 of 4

This is Your Childhood, Charlie Brown: Children and American Culture, 1945-1968 (Division of Community Life), 1989-1991

Box 3 of 4

Albert Einstein (Centenary Exhibition), 1979-1980

Box 3 of 4

Presidential Reception Suite, 1979

Box 3 of 4

Aspects of Arts and Sciences (Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee), 1977-1978

Box 3 of 4

Silver Jubilee Exhibition (Queen Elizabeth II), 1977-1978

Box 3 of 4

Perfect Likenesses: Portraits for History of the Indian Tribes of North America, 1837-1844 (Exhibition), 1977

Box 3 of 4

Christopher Columbus and His Time, 1976

Box 3 of 4

Rehabilitative Medicine Loans (Division of Medical Sciences), 1975-1976

Box 3 of 4

Steuben, Seventy Years of American Glass Making (Division of Ceramics and Glass), 1973-1975

Box 3 of 4

The Secular Spirit (Metropolitan Cloisters Exhibition), 1974-1975

Box 3 of 4

274 Toys Insurance: A Children's World, October 29, 1974

Box 3 of 4

Balenciaga Loan, Madrid, Spain (Division of Costume and Furnishing), 1974

Box 3 of 4

Suiting Everyone (Division of Costume and Furnishing), 1974-1979

Box 3 of 4

Return of Materials on Loan to GOUS, 1967

Box 3 of 4

Cancelled Exhibits, 1985

Box 3 of 4

Box 4

Guide to the Furnishings of the NMHT Reception Suite: Odd Copy, with Conditions, 1978 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 4

Objects: NMHT Director' Office, 1980

Box 4 of 4

Objects: NMHT Director's Conference Room, May 1978

Box 4 of 4

Damage and Loss Reports

Damage and Loss Reports, 1975-1977 (3 folders)

Box 4 of 4

Loss Reports (Pre-Inventory), 1978

Box 4 of 4

Damage and Loss Reports, 1978-1983 (6 folders)

Box 4 of 4

Blotter Entries, 1984

Box 4 of 4

Damage and Loss Reports, 1984-1987 (4 folders)

Box 4 of 4

C&G Hall Damage and Loss, 1988

Box 4 of 4

Maytag Washing Machine, 1988

Box 4 of 4

Damage and Loss Reports, 1989-1992 (4 folders)

Box 4 of 4

Summary Damage and Loss, State Statistics for Congressional Hearings, 1993

Box 4 of 4

Damage and Loss Reports, 1993-2001 (9 folders)

Box 4 of 4