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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 10-091

Smithsonian American Art Museum. Exhibition Manager

Exhibition Records, 2002-2008

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian American Art Museum. Exhibition Manager
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:2002-2008
Quantity:3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 10-091
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of exhibition records created and maintained by the Exhibitions Manager, Marie Elena Amatangelo, in her work planning and coordinating exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and the Renwick Gallery as well as for a traveling exhibition sponsored by SAAM. Exhibitions represented include "High Fiber;" "Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design;" "American ABC: Childhood in 19th Century America;" "Temple of Invention: History of a National Landmark;" "Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry;" "Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination;" "Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor;" "An Impressionist Sensibility: The Halff Collection;" "William H. Johnson's World on Paper;" "William Wegman - Funny/Strange;" "Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic;" "John Alexander: A Retrospective;" "Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections;" "Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001-2006;" "Modern Masters at the Smithsonian American Art Museum" (traveling exhibition); "Earl Cunningham's America;" "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape;" "Going West! Quilts and Community;" "From the Ground Up: Renwick Craft Invitational 2007;" "Eadweard Muybridge: The Central American Journey;" "The Prints of Sean Scully;" "Saul Steinberg: Illuminations;" and "Over the Top: American Posters from World War I." Materials include correspondence, memoranda, checklists, exhibition prospectuses, contracts, budget records, loan records, color slides, press releases, meeting notes, label text, conservation records, publication information, grant records, and educational programming information.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of exhibition records created and maintained by the Exhibitions Manager, Marie Elena Amatangelo, in her work planning and coordinating exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery. Exhibitions represented include High Fiber; Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design; American ABC: Childhood in 19th Century America; Temple of Invention: History of a National Landmark; Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry; Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination; Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor; An Impressionist Sensibility: The Halff Collection; William H. Johnson's World on Paper; William Wegman - Funny/Strange; Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic; John Alexander: A Retrospective; Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections; Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001-2006; Modern Masters at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (traveling exhibition); Earl Cunningham's America; Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape; Going West! Quilts and Community; From the Ground Up: Renwick Craft Invitational 2007; Eadweard Muybridge: The Central American Journey; The Prints of Sean Scully; Saul Steinberg: Illuminations; and Over the Top: American Posters from World War I. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, checklists, exhibition prospectuses, contracts, budget records, loan records, color slides, press releases, meeting notes, label text, conservation records, publication information, grant records, and educational programming information.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2024. Boxes 1-3 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid. Transferring office; 03/12/2010 memorandum, Toda to Howard; Contact reference staff for details.

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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-091, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Exhibition Manager, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

High Fiber (Renwick Gallery); March 11 to July 10, 2005

Budget, 2004

Box 1 of 3

Checklist, 2004

Box 1 of 3

Contract, 2004

Box 1 of 3

Emails, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 3

Modernism in American Silver: 20th Century Design (Renwick Gallery); September 16, 2005 to January 22, 2006

Budget, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 3

Checklist, 2004-2005 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 3

Contract, 2004

Box 1 of 3

Correspondence, 2005 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 3

Emails, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 3

Am Silver Memoranda, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Programming and funding

Box 1 of 3

Prospectus, 2003-2005

Box 1 of 3

Info from Dallas: Book, instructions, requirements, text, labels, etc., 2005

Box 1 of 3

American ABC: Childhood in 19th Century America; July 1 to September 17, 2006

Budget, 2003-2007

Box 1 of 3

Checklist, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Contract, 2004

Box 1 of 3

Emails, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Memoranda, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Programming, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Prospectus

Box 1 of 3

Temple of Invention: History of a National Landmark; July 1, 2006 to January 21, 2008

Checklists, 2005-2006

Box 1 of 3

Contract, 2004

Box 1 of 3

Emails, 2005-2006

Box 1 of 3

Meeting Notes, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Prospectus, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Budgets, 2006-2007

Box 1 of 3

Education, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry; July1, 2006 to January 8, 2007

Checklist, 2005-2006

Box 1 of 3

Prospectus, 2004

Box 1 of 3

Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination; November 17, 2006 to February 19, 2007

Budget, 2005-2006

Box 1 of 3

Checklist, 2006

Box 1 of 3

Conservation, 2006

Box 1 of 3

Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) Contract, 2007

Box 1 of 3

Contract, 2004

Box 1 of 3

Design, 2006

Box 1 of 3

Emails, 2004-2006

Box 1 of 3

Film, 2006

Box 1 of 3

Lynda Hartigan Emails, 2005-2006

Box 1 of 3

Guest List, 2006

Box 1 of 3

Lender Responses, 2005-2006 [RESTRICTED]

Box 1 of 3

Lynda Hartigan Follow up Letters, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Luce Foundation, 2005-2006

Box 1 of 3

PEM Grants, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Progress and Quarterly Reports, 2004-2006

Box 1 of 3

Prospectus, 2005-2006

Box 1 of 3

Publications, 2006

Box 1 of 3

Joseph Cornell Study Center Tour, 2006-2007

Box 1 of 3

Tour, 2005-2006

Box 1 of 3

Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor (Renwick Gallery); September 1, 2006 to January 15, 2007

Budget, 2005-2007

Box 1 of 3

Checklists, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Contract, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 3

Emails, 2004-2006

Box 1 of 3

Memoranda, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Prospectus, 2002, 2006

Box 1 of 3

Publicity, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Vendor enrollment forms/Invoices, 2005

Box 1 of 3

Wall Labels, 2006

Box 1 of 3

Box 2

An Impressionist Sensibility: The Halff Collection; November 3, 2006 to February 4, 2007

Budget, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Collection Checklist, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Emails, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Meetings/Memoranda, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Prospectus, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Publications, 2006

Box 2 of 3

William H. Johnson's World on Paper; July 1, 2006 to January 7, 2007

Budget, 2005-2007

Box 2 of 3

Checklists, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Correspondence, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Meetings/Memoranda, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Prospectus, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Tour, 2004-2007

Box 2 of 3

William Wegman - Funny/Strange; July 1 to September 24, 2006

Budget, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Checklist, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Contract, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 3

Emails, 2004-2006

Box 2 of 3

Invoices, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Meetings/Memoranda, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Prospectus, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Wall Text, Labels etc., 2006

Box 2 of 3

Grant Wood's Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic (Renwick Gallery); March 10 to July 16, 2006

Budget, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Checklists, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Contract, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Correspondence, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Emails, 2005-2006 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 3

Invoices, 2006

Box 2 of 3

Loans, 2005 [RESTRICTED]

Box 2 of 3

Overview, 2005

Box 2 of 3

Prospectus and Meeting Notes, 2005 2006

Box 2 of 3

Loan Letters, 2005 [RESTRICTED]

Box 2 of 3

John Alexander: A Retrospective; December 21, 2007 to March 16, 2008

Budget, 2007-2008

Box 2 of 3

Checklists, 2006-2007 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 3

Contract, 2006-2007

Box 2 of 3

Correspondence, 2006-2008

Box 2 of 3

Meeting Notes, 2007

Box 2 of 3

Exhibition Text, 2007

Box 2 of 3

Prospectus, 2006-2007

Box 2 of 3

Variations on America: Masterworks from American Art Forum Collections; April 13 to July 29, 2007

Budget, 2005-2007

Box 2 of 3

Checklists, 2005-2007

Box 2 of 3

Emails, 2005-2007

Box 2 of 3

Meeting Notes/Memoranda, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Prospectus, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 3

Insurance Values, 2006

Box 2 of 3

Drafts, 2006

Box 2 of 3

Loan Letters, 2006 [RESTRICTED]

Box 2 of 3

Loan Agreements, 2006 [RESTRICTED]

Box 2 of 3

Publications, 2006

Box 2 of 3

Reproductions

Box 2 of 3

Celebrating the Lucelia Artist Award, 2001-2006; September 21, 2007 to June 22, 2008

Budget, 2007

Box 2 of 3

Contract, 2006-2007

Box 2 of 3

Award Exhibition, 2006-2007

Box 2 of 3

Modern Masters at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Traveling exhibition); 2008-2012

Budget, 2007

Box 2 of 3

Checklist, 2007

Box 2 of 3

Proposal, 2007

Box 2 of 3

Earl Cunningham's America; August 10 to November 4, 2007

Budget, 2006

Box 2 of 3

Checklists, 2006

Box 2 of 3

Emails, 2004-2007

Box 2 of 3

Meeting Notes/Memoranda, 2003, 2006-2007

Box 2 of 3

Prospectus/Milestones, 2006

Box 2 of 3

Tour, 2004, 2006-2007

Box 2 of 3

Box 3

Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape; September 14, 2007 to January 6, 2008

Budget, 2006-2008

Box 3 of 3

Contract, 2006-2008

Box 3 of 3

Checklists, 2004, 2006-2007

Box 3 of 3

Emails, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Meeting Notes, 2006-2007

Box 3 of 3

Miscellaneous, 2004-2007

Box 3 of 3

Prospectus, 2006

Box 3 of 3

Budget, 2007

Box 3 of 3

Contract, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Going West! Quilts and Community (Renwick Gallery); October 5, 2007 to January 21, 2008

Budget, 2005-2008

Box 3 of 3

Contract, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Conservation Reports, 2005

Box 3 of 3

Checklists, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Decline Loan Letters, 2005

Box 3 of 3

Loan Letters, 2005 [RESTRICTED]

Box 3 of 3

Emails, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Memoranda, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Prospectus, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Conservation and photographic services, 2005

Box 3 of 3

Tour, 2005-2006

Box 3 of 3

From the Ground Up: Renwick Craft Invitational 2007 (Renwick Gallery); March 9 to July 22, 2007

Budget, 2006

Box 3 of 3

Checklists, 2006-2007

Box 3 of 3

Emails, 2006-2007

Box 3 of 3

Prospectus/Milestones/Meeting Notes, 2006

Box 3 of 3

Eadweard Muybridge: The Central American Journey; January 2 to April 29, 2007

Budget, 2004-2006

Box 3 of 3

Checklists, 2005-2006

Box 3 of 3

Emails, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Prospectus, 2005-2006

Box 3 of 3

The Prints of Sean Scully; May 18 to October 8, 2007

Budget, 2007

Box 3 of 3

Checklists, 2006-2007

Box 3 of 3

Emails, 2003-2007

Box 3 of 3

Tour, 2005-2006

Box 3 of 3

General, 2004-2007

Box 3 of 3

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations; April 6 to June 24, 2007

Prospectus and meeting notes, 2006-2007

Box 3 of 3

Budget, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Checklists, 2004, 2007

Box 3 of 3

Contract, 2004-2005

Box 3 of 3

Correspondence, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Exhibition Text, 2006

Box 3 of 3

Prospectus, 2006

Box 3 of 3

Over the Top: American Posters from World War I; October 26, 2007 to February 3, 2008

Budget, 2006-2007

Box 3 of 3

Checklists, 2007

Box 3 of 3

Correspondence, 2005-2007

Box 3 of 3

Prospectus, 2007

Box 3 of 3