Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 15-052
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
Photographic Collection, 1976-1995
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services |
| Title: | Photographic Collection |
| Dates: | 1976-1995 |
| Quantity: | 11.6 cu. ft. (20 tall document boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 15-052 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of contact sheets for photographs of events occurring mostly in the Washington, D.C., area. Many of these images were created for the annual exhibit "History as Seen from the National Museum of American History," later renamed "The Year in Pictures: As Seen from the National Museum of American History." Events include protests, marches, festivals (including the Festival of American Folklife), reenactments, inaugurals, dedications, memorials, holiday activities, parades, sporting events, and other current events. Materials also include press releases, brochures, programs, news clippings, photographs, slides, and other supplemental information. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of contact sheets for photographs of events occurring mostly in the Washington, D.C., area. Many of these images were created for the annual exhibit "History as Seen from the National Museum of American History," later renamed "The Year in Pictures: As Seen from the National Museum of American History." Events include protests, marches, festivals (including the Festival of American Folklife), reenactments, inaugurals, dedications, memorials, holiday activities, parades, sporting events, and other current events. Materials also include press releases, brochures, programs, news clippings, photographs, slides, and other supplemental information.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Festival of American Folklife
- History as Seen from the National Museum of American History (Exhibition) (1984-1985: Washington, D.C.)
- The Year in Pictures: As Seen from the National Museum of American History (Exhibition) (1986-circa 1992: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-052, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Printing and Photographic Services, Photographic Collection
Container List
Box 1
1976 Bicentennial Washington and Folklife
Korean Memorial Press Conference
Contact Sheets 76-8028 - 76-8078
Contact Sheets 76-8079 - 76-8129
Contact Sheets 76-8130 - 76-8180
Contact Sheets 76-8181 - 76-8231
Contact Sheets 76-8232 - 76-8293
Contact Sheets 76-8294 - 76-8344
Contact Sheets 76-8345 - 76-8392; 76-8412
Contact Sheets 76-12919 - 76-12951B; 76-13693
Pope John Paul II, 1979
Contact Sheets 79-11714 - 76-11764
Contact Sheets 79-11765 - 79-11815
Contact Sheets 79-11816 - 76-11866
Box 2
Contact Sheets 79-11867 - 79-11917
Contact Sheets 79-11918 - 79-11934; 79-12798 - 79-12799; 79-12855; 79-13444 - 79-13446
Farmers; Yorktown
Farmers on the Mall and Downtown Washington, D.C., 1979: Contact Sheets 79-1676 - 79-1713; 79-1761 - 79-1767; 79-5899
Yorktown Reenactment, 1981: Contact Sheets 81-12699 - 81-12742 [out of order]; 81-12824 [2 copies]
1983 Folklife Festival
Festival Brochures
Contact Sheets 83-8500 - 83-8550
Contact Sheets 83-8551 - 83-8601
Contact Sheets 83-8602 - 83-8652
Contact Sheets 83-8653 - 83-8664
1984 Folklife Festival
Contact Sheets 84-7061 - 84-7062; 84-7526 - 84-7528; 84-9000 - 84-9050
Box 3
Contact Sheets 84-9051 - 84-9101
Contact Sheets 84-9102 - 84-9152
Contact Sheets 84-9153 - 84-9162; 84-9746 - 84-9747; 84-9958 - 84-9962
1985 Folklife Festival
Contact Sheets 85-15009 - 85-15059
Contact Sheets 85-15060 - 85-15110
Contact Sheets 85-15111 - 85-15166
1986 Folklife Festival
Contact Sheets 86-7100; 86-7104 - 86-7108; 86-7172 - 86-7222
Contact Sheets 86-7223 - 86-7234; 86-7276 - 86-7300
Contact Sheets 86-7301 - 86-7307; 86-7388 - 86-7414; 86-12002 - 86-12017
1987 Folklife Festival
Contact Sheets 87-9799 - 87-9847; 87-9853 - 87-9860
Box 4
Contact Sheets 87-9861 - 87-9911
Contact Sheets 87-9912 - 87-9962
Contact Sheets 87-9963 - 87-10022; 87-10052 - 87-10053; 87-10402; 87-10440 - 87-10444; 87-10449 - 87-10452
1988 Folklife Festival
Contact Sheets 88-15000 - 88-15050
Contact Sheets 88-15051 - 88-15101
Contact Sheets 88-15102 - 88-15118
Contact Sheets 88-15119 - 88-15169
Contact Sheets 88-15170 - 88-15220
Contact Sheets 88-15221 - 88-15259
Box 5
1989 Folklife Festival
Contact Sheets 89-17006 - 89-17056
Contact Sheets 89-17057 - 89-17107
Contact Sheets 89-17108 - 89-17158
Contact Sheets 89-17159 - 89-17209
Contact Sheets 89-17210 - 89-17243
1983 March on Washington, D.C.
1988 Correspondence on 1983 March on Washington Contact Sheets
Contact Sheets 83-11076 - 83-11126
Contact Sheets 83-11127 - 83-11174
March on Washington, 1983, 1988
Contact Sheets 88-16214 - 88-16273
Box 6
Contact Sheets 83-11076 - 83-11126
Contact Sheets 83-11127 - 83-11174
History As Seen From . . . [National Museum of American History (NMAH)], 1984-1985: Notebook 1
Contents Listing for Proofs
Brooke Knapp Flight for Children: Press Release and Contact Sheets 84-1300 - 84-1311; 84-1414 - 84-1416
Women's Vote: Press Release and Contact Sheets 84-1446 - 84-1447
Austrian President Rudolph Kirschlaeger: Contact Sheets 84-1846 - 84-1847
School Prayer: Press Release and Contact Sheets 84-2185 - 84-2188
Vigil and Fast on Behalf of Native Americans: Contact Sheet 84-3051
Egg Drop at George Washington University: Contact Sheets 84-5241 - 84-5243
Cattlemen Honor Clara "Where's the Beef" Peller: Press Release and Contact Sheets 84-3559 - 84-3566
Mel Blanc at Smithsonian Institution (SI) Press Conference: Contact Sheets 84-3473 - 84-3474
Demonstration and Arrests at White House Protest: Statement and Contact Sheets 84-3949 - 84-3951
1984 Cherry Blossom Parade: Contact Sheets 84-3858 - 84-3860; 84-4150 - 84-4155
"Rolling Steel" Petition to Congress: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 84-4474 - 84-4479
Observation Tower Opens at Old Post Office Pavilion: Contact Sheets 84-5351 - 84-5354
Handicapped Road Runners: Contact Sheets 84-5244 - 84-5245
The Olympic Torch Passes through Washington: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 84-5105 - 84-5106; 84-5216 - 84-5224 [out of order]; 2 full photos from contact sheets
Groundbreaking for United States Navy Memorial: Program and Contact Sheet 84-5246
Bus Parade, National Tourism Month: Contact Sheets 84-5771 - 84-5772
Burial of Unknown Soldier from Vietnam: Press Releases, Program, and Contact Sheets 84-5609 - 84-5628
Demonstration for Hungarians Living in Transylvania: Contact Sheet 84-5660
Smithsonian Flag Day Ceremony: Contact Sheets 84-6711 - 84-6713
6-Story High American Flag on Transportation Building: Contact Sheets 84-6652 - 84-6653
Propane Gas Explosion at Concession outside National Air and Space Museum (NASM): Contact Sheet 84-7167
Installation of Flagpole at Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Press Release and Contact Sheets 84-8178 - 84-8180
Press Conference by Beach Boys: Contact Sheets 84-6323 - 84-6324
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1984-1985: Notebook 2
Ceremonies Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Washington Monument: Contact Sheets 84-10247 - 84-10249; 12/6/1984 Press Release
Sankai Juku Dancers from Japan at National Theater: Contact Sheets 84-12121 - 84-12130
Handicapped Tennis Tournament (Los Angeles): Contact Sheets 84-13983 - 84-13986
Secretary Adams Installation: Contact Sheets 84-11161 - 84-11196
Disabled Demonstrators: Press Release, Resolution, and Contact Sheets 85-5574 - 85-5578
Jacksons - Concerts: Press Release and Contact Sheets 84-11496 - 84-11499
Beach Boys - Fourth: Press Release and Contact Sheets 85-5625 - 85-5637; 85-6084 - 85-6092
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Presentation of Yearbook on Animal Care: Press Release and Contact Sheets 85-6031 - 85-6033
Box 7
The Great Fire in the Hole (Tar heater fire at bottom of construction site for Quadrangle museums): Contact Sheets 84-11843 - 84-11845; 84-11863 - 84-11864
Balloon Festival and Race - Dulles Airport, October 1984: Contact Sheets 85-5620 - 85-5624
9th Annual Marine Corps Marathon, 4 November 1984: Brochure and Contact Sheets 85-1069 - 85-1127
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1984-1985: Notebook 4
Contents Listing for Proofs
Salute to the United States of America's (USA) Olympic Medalists: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 84-9690 - 84-9745
McDonald's USA Olympic Gymnastic Medalists: Contact Sheets 85-3197 - 85-3234
American Agricultural Movement Returns: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-5579 - 85-5589
Ceremonies Marking the 40th Anniversary of Iwo Jima: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-5590 - 85-5593
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1984-1985: Notebook 5 - 1985 Ronald Reagan Presidential Inaugural
Contents Listing for Proofs and Press Releases
Contact Sheets 85-716 - 85-727; 85-832 - 85-859; 85-1512 - 85-1517
Contact Sheets DOD-85 Rolls 4-54
Contact Sheets DOD-85 Rolls 55-75
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1984-1985: Notebook 3 - National Salute to Vietnam Veterans, Including Unveiling of Statue at Vietnam Memorial
Press Releases, Photographs, and Articles
Box 8
Contact Sheets 84-18099 - 84-18149
Contact Sheets 84-18150 - 84-18206
AP News History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1985-1986: Notebook 1
Contents Listing for Proofs
Street Person: Contact Sheet 85-6034
Hollywood Meets the Homeless: Press Release, Washington Post News Clipping, and Contact Sheets 85-365 - 85-366
Color Branch Equipment Move [Arts and Industries Building (A&I)]: Contact Sheets 85-6488 - 85-6497
Ukrainian Protest: Brochure and Contact Sheets 85-6553 - 85-6560
South African Embassy [Protest]: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-6778 - 85-6795; 86-369 - 86-372; 86-4622 - 86-4624
Anti-Apartheid March to the State Department: Press Releases, Articles, and Contact Sheets 86-4586 - 86-4593; 86-4596 - 86-4608
Sikh Indian Demonstration: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 86-4565 - 86-4585
Royal Visit [Prince Charles and Princess Diana]: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 86-4625 - 86-4626
Hot Air Balloon Race at Dulles Airport: Contact Sheets 86-4609 - 86-4611
First Ladies Conference on Drug Abuse: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-7710 - 85-7714
Flood: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-17294 - 85-17312
AP News History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1985-1986: Notebook 2
Contents Listing for Proofs
World's Largest Zipper: Press Release and Contact Sheet 86-4612
Animal Cruelty Protest [Giant Rabbit Erected on National Mall]: Press Release and Contact Sheets 85-16395 - 85-16396
Interpol Protest: Brochure and Contact Sheet 85-14969
Missing in Action (MIA) Support: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-18247 - 85-18250
Handicapped Festival: Press Release and Contact Sheets 85-14037 - 85-14041
Leon Klinghoffer Memorial: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-15584 - 85-15589
Funeral of Robert Stethem [Trans World Airlines (TWA) Hijacking Victim]: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-10336 - 85-10339; 86-4619
TWA Hostages Return: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 86-4627 - 86-4629
Seat Belt Campaign: Press Release and Contact Sheet 85-18241
Mothers March against Drunk Driving: Press Release and Contact Sheets 85-18242 - 85-18246; 85-19458
Festival of Resistance: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-8745 - 85-8754
Tenth Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon: Contact Sheets 85-7973 - 85-7976
Mock Sandinista Raid: Brochure and Contact Sheets 85-7788; 85-8676 - 85-8677
Washington D.C. Shadow Project [Anniversary of Hiroshima Bomb]: Press Release, Brochure, and Contact Sheets 85-13489 - 85-13493; 85-14241
First Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday: Contact Sheets 86-367 - 86-368
Dith Pran Visits Washington: Press Releases, Statement, Brochure, New York Times Magazine Article, and Contact Sheets 85-7310 - 85-7311
AP News History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1985-1986: Notebook 3
Contents Listing for Proofs
Groundbreaking for the Holocaust Museum: Press Release and Contact Sheets 85-5704 - 85-5706
The White House Christmas Tree: Press Release and Contact Sheet 85-18079
World's Largest Chocolate Cookie [Muscular Dystrophy Benefit]: Contact Sheet 85-9789
Tall Ships Visit Washington: Contact Sheets 85-7769 - 85-7772; 85-8916 - 85-8917; 86-4620 - 86-4621
Box 9
Right to Life Anti-Abortion Rally: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 86-4514 - 86-4533
Pro-Choice Rally: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 86-4534 - 86-4562; 87-17522 - 87-17525 ["87" photographs are of "March for Life"]
Abortion "Speak Out" Campaign: Press Release and Contact Sheets 85-9029 - 85-9030
The Peace Ribbon: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 85-12484 - 85-12491; 85-14242 - 85-14260
AP News History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1985-1986: Notebook 4
Contents Listing for Proofs
The 1985 Marine Corps Marathon: Contact Sheets 85-19227 - 85-19235; 86-4613 - 86-4617
Marine Corps Training [Quantico]: Contact Sheets 85-13901 - 85-13972 [85-13954 missing]
Marine Corps Training [Quantico]: Contact Sheets 85-13901 - 85-13972 [duplicate of previous folder with 85-13926 - 85-13927; 85-13936; 85-13945; and 85-13953 - 85-13954 missing]
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1986 [No contents listing present]
Hands across America: Contact Sheets 86-6452 - 86-6470; 86-7098 - 86-7099
Three Tractor-Trailers Loaded with Hay for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia [Visit with Members of Congress from Those States]: Contact Sheets 86-9980 - 86-9981
News Conference with 3 Former American Hostages (Jenco/Weir/Levin): Contact Sheets 86-11562 - 86-11564
President Reagan Meets with David Jacobsen, Former Hostage [American University of Beirut Hospital Administrator]: Contact Sheet 86-14889
Demonstration against United States Involvement in Arms Sales to Iran and the Contras: Contact Sheets 86-14882 - 86-14883 [2 copies]; 87-6077
National Center for Public Research Demonstration Marking 25th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall: Contact Sheets 86-10896 - 86-10897
The "Great Peace March of 1986": Contact Sheets 86-14242 - 86-14250
News Conference with Dr. Charles Hyder [Fasting for 100 Days]: Contact Sheets 87-6087; 87-3831
Memorial Service for Space Shuttle Challenger Francis R. "Dick" Scobee: Contact Sheets 86-6567 - 86-6569
Save the Greyhound Terminal: Contact Sheets 86-14919 - 86-14921
Marine Corps Marathon, 1986: Contact Sheets 86-15094 - 86-15105
Billy Graham Crusade: Contact Sheets 87-6085 - 87-6086
Annual Dominique's Bastille Day Race Celebration [20th and Pennsylvania Avenue]: Contact Sheets 87-6078 - 87-6084
America's Cup Crew at Park Hyatt Hotel and White House with President Reagan: Contact Sheets 87-2159 - 87-2166
Grand Reopening of Willard Hotel: Contact Sheets 86-11966 - 86-11969
Swearing in of Rehnquist as Chief Justice: Contact Sheets 86-11958 - 86-11965; 86-12244 - 86-12245
Chief Justice Burger, Former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, and Others Participate in Inaugural of "Living Legacy" to the Constitution Program: Contact Sheets 86-15251 - 86-15252
Liberty Weekend, 1986 [New York - Renovation/Centenary of Statue of Liberty]
Contact Sheets 87-6129 - 87-6156
Box 10
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1987-1988: Book 2, 11/1987-3/1988
Contents Listing for Proofs; All Press Releases for This Book
11/1987 [actually October 1987] Don Garlits [drag racer] on the Mall: Contact Sheets Missing
11/1987 Veterans Day Ceremony: Contact Sheets 88-6897 - 88-6900
11/1987 Women's Vietnam Memorial: Contact Sheets 88-6901 - 88-6902
11/1987 [actually October 1987] Japanese Americans [Exhibit Opening]: Schedule and Contact Sheets 87-16033 - 87-16049; 88-975
11/1987 March of the Last Patrol to Support Missing in Action/Prisoners of War (MIA-POWs): Contact Sheets 87-15807 - 87-15824
11/1987 Mr. and Mrs. Ripley with Quadrangle: Contact Sheets 87-15086 - 87-15087 [Mary Livingston Ripley]
11/1987 Presentation of Certificate to Turkey Farmers: Farmer Family Fact Sheets and Contact Sheets 87-11832 - 87-11833
11/1987 Marine Corps Marathon: Contact Sheets 87-17526 - 87-17542; 88-976 - 88-980
12/1987 Summit - Gorbachev Visit: Contact Sheets 88-6929 - 88-6940
12/1987 Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews: Contact Sheets 87-17321 - 87-17332; 88-690 - 88-692
1/1988 Right to Life March: Contact Sheets 88-1478 - 88-1496 [88-1481 missing]
1/1988 Martin Luther King Capsule Implanted: Contact Sheets 88-774 - 88-782
2/1988 Redskins Parade [Super Bowl Victory]: Contact Sheets 88-1506 - 88-1537 [out of order]
2/1988 Investiture of "Renquist and Galea" [This should be "Rehnquist and Scalia;" took place in 1986]: Contact Sheets missing
2/1988 Supreme Court Swearing in of Kennedy: Contact Sheets 88-3033 - 88-3039
3/1988 Gallaudet University Demonstrations: Contact Sheets 88-5384 - 88-5391
3/1988 St. Andrews Episcopal School Students Place 25 foot Collage at Vietnam Memorial: Field Trip Sheet and Contact Sheets 88-6884 - 88-6886
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1987-1988: Book 1, 5/1987-10/1987
Contents Listing for Proofs
?/1987 Nike Three Mile Foot Race: Contact Sheets 87-17544 - 87-17549 [87-17544 and 87-17547 have duplicates]
5/1987 Roundtable Discussion on Vietnam Generation: Contact Sheet 88-6903
5/1987 Amber Waves of Grain [Depiction of United States Nuclear Arsenal]: Flyer and Contact Sheets 88-6927; 87-6977 - 87-6978
5/1987 Buckle Up America: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 88-6904 - 88-6905
6/1987 [July 1987] Bastille Day at Dominique's: Contact Sheets 88-6906 - 88-6909; 88-10729
6/1987 [July 1987] July Fourth Parade: Contact Sheets 87-10054 - 87-10055
6/1987 [July 4, 1987] Welcome Home Concert for Vietnam Veterans: Schedule, Article, and Contact Sheets 87-17285 - 87-17304
6/1987 People Waiting to Hear Oliver North's Testimony: Contact Sheet 87-11825
8/1987 Bike Aid 1987 to Raise Funds for Self Help Programs: Contact Sheets 87-11826 - [second unnumbered sheet]
8/1987 Salvage of Helicopter Crash in the Potomac River: Press Release and Contact Sheets 87-11730 - 87-11731; 87-11827 - 87-11829
8/1987 United States Polo Association (USPA) National Amateur Tournament: Contact Sheets 87-11324 - 87-11326
9/1987 American Trash Day: Contact Sheets 87-13359 - 87-13362; 88-6926
9/1987 XV-15 Tilt Rotor Demonstration: Brochure and Contact Sheets 87-12073 - 87-12075
9/1987 Prisoners of War (POWs) Still Alive News Conference: Contact Sheets 87-13326 - 87-13328
8/1987 District of Columbia National Tennis Classic: Contact Sheets 87-11536 - 87-11561; 87-11608 - 87-11610
Box 11
5?/1987 Enid Haupt Garden Opening: Contact Sheets 87-13539 - 87-13552; 87-13586 - 87-13588
9/1987 Challenger News Conference with Jane Scobee: Contact Sheets 88-6910 - 88-6911
10/1987 No Greater Love Sponsors Terry Anderson Birthday Memorial: Press Release and Contact Sheets 87-16116 - 87-16117
10/1987 24 More Names Added to the Vietnam Memorial: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 87-16067 - 87-16069
10/1987 Opening of the Navy Memorial: Contact Sheets 88-6912 - 88-6925
10/1987 National Football League (NFL) Strike: Contact Sheets 87-13442 - 87-13443; 87-13819 - 87-13820
10/1987 Bicentennial of the Constitution Celebration: Contact Sheets 87-13601 - 87-13617; 87-13810 - 87-13811
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1989-1990
International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Weekend [October 1989]: Contact Sheet 89-19957
[1989 AIDS Quilt]: Contact Sheets 89-20260 - 89-20272; 89-22598 - 89-22599; 89-2057?
"Mobilize For Women's Lives" Rally, November 12, 1989: Contact Sheets 89-23584 - 89-23589
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1989-1990
Census Bureau Workers Counting and Interviewing Homeless People, March 20-21, 1990: Press Releases, Forms, Schedule, Photographs, and Contact Sheets 90-9189 - 90-9199 [90-9192 missing]; 90-1093 - 90-1095
Earth Day, 1990: Press Release, Schedule, Photograph, and Contact Sheets 90-5641 - 90-5658; 90-5298 - 90-5301
USS Iowa Memorial/List of Names Presentation, September 7, 1989: Press Release, Brochure, and Contact Sheet 89-16633
Earth First! Rally/Protest Smithsonian Involvement in Astrophysical Project on Mount Graham, Arizona, 2/6/1990: Contact Sheet 90-2385
"Housing Now" March for the Homeless, October 6-7, 1989: Contact Sheets 90-10289 - 90-10297; 90-10917 - 90-10927; 90-13641 - 90-13655; 90-13984 - 90-13994; 89-20799 - 89-20803
Ground-Breaking Ceremonies for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial at Judiciary Square, October 30, 1989: Contact Sheets 89-20916 - 89-20924; 89-21788 - 89-21794; 89-22154 - 89-22156
Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony on Mall, 5/16/1990: Contact Sheets 90-7157 - 90-7162
The United States Army Infantry in Transition
Contact Sheets 87-15825 - 87-15887
Farm Project - Southern Agriculture, 1987
Contact Sheets 86-15143 - 86-15157; 87-16433 - 87-16498
Box 12
Contact Sheets 87-16499 - 87-16580; 87-6668; 87-17110 - 87-17121; 88-6857 - 88-6863
Southern Agriculture, 1988, 1990
Contact Sheets 88-18543 - 88-18544; 88-14688 - 88-14782
Contact Sheets 89-1307 - 89-1322; 89-13554 - 89-13566; 90-4905 - 90-4913; 90-14039 - 90-14048
1988 [History As Seen From . . . [NMAH]]
Union Station Reopening, 9/28/1988: Contact Sheets 88-17688 - 88-17725 (out of order)
The Names Project [AIDS Quilt], October 8-9, 1988: Photographs and Contact Sheets 88-17995 - 88-17998; 88-19185 - 88-19189; 89-2314 - 89-2318; 89-4074 - 89-4078; 89-20264 - 89-20272
Veterans Day, 1988: Contact Sheets 88-18830 - 88-18853; 88-19112 - 88-19115
Great March on Washington 25th Anniversary, August 27, 1988: List of Contact Sheets and Contact Sheets 88-16214 - 88-16273 [out of order]
Chinese Student Protest and March - Capitol to White House: Photographs and Contact Sheets 89-13716 - 89-13727
Box 13
Union Station Reopening, 9/29/1988: List of Contact Sheets and Contact Sheets 88-17688 - 88-17729 [88-17688 - 88-17725 are duplicates of those in box 12]
Korean Veterans - Announcement of Final Approval for Site of Korean War Veterans Memorial, 9/16/1988: Contact Sheets 88-17275 - 88-17281
Christians Rally/"Washington for Jesus," April 29-30, 1988: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 80-8605 - 80-8628; 85-8241 - 85-8249
Smithsonian Institution (SI) Buildings [Pre-Opening Shots?]: Contact Sheets 78-18205 - 78-18207; 79-13835 - 79-13837; 79-13840; 79-13842 - 79-13843; 80-17056 - 80-17063; 81-4254; 83-1933 - 83-1937 [some duplicates]; 83-8215; 84-4163; 84-11022 - 84-11023; 85-12062; 88-16368
George Bush Inauguration I [1989]
Contact Sheets 89-2500 - 89-2550
Contact Sheets 89-2551 - 89-2600
Contact Sheets 89-2602 - 89-2669
George Bush Inauguration II [1989]
Contact Sheets 89-2670 - 89-2680; 89-2701 - 89-2758
Contact Sheets 89-2778 - 89-2884
Box 14
1988 Presidential Primary Debates, Manchester, New Hampshire, and Rochester, New York
Contact Sheets 88-1577 - 88-1605; 88-8022 - 88-8034
[Events from 1982-1988]
Olympic Medal Winners?: No Contact Sheets; 1983 Marine Corps Marathon: Contact Sheets 83-14298 - 83-14965; 84-1001 - 84-1002
Football: Contact Sheets 86-1883 - 86-1887; 86-1526 - 86-1531; 86-2119 - 86-2144
Tennis - Virginia Slims Tournament: Contact Sheets 88-15558 - 88-15575; 86-1475 - 86-1506
Anti-War Protest, November 12, 1983: 83-16119 - 83-16128
Washington Monument Siege, December 1982: Contact Sheets 82-13834 - 82-13856
Various Activities, Celebrations, Demonstrations, 1988-1989
Abortion Rights Demonstration at Supreme Court, April 26, 1989: Photograph and Contact Sheets 89-15014 - 89-15022; 89-7760 [2 copies; Pro-Life "Cemetery of the Innocents"]
Olympians at White House: Photographs and Contact Sheets 89-6568 - 89-6572
White House Easter Eggs Roll: Photographs and Contact Sheets 89-5842 - 89-5843; 89-6176 - 89-6178
"100 Wondrous Years" at National Zoo, 3/2/1989: Photographs and Contact Sheets 89-4520 - 89-4522
Welcome Ceremony for President-Elect and Mrs. Bush [Barbara Bush] at Andrews Air Force Base and President Reagan's Greeting at White House, 11/9/1988: Photographs and Contact Sheets 88-19123 - 88-19132
Congressional Foot Race at Haines Point: Photograph and Contact Sheets 88-17746 - 88-17748
Andrei Sakharov Receiving the Albert Einstein Peace Prize, 11/15/1988: Event Program and Contact Sheets 89-275 - 89-277; 89-279; 88-18538 - 88-18540; 88-18748 - 88-18751
"Washington for Jesus," 3/16/1988: Photographs and Contact Sheets 88-6883 - 88-6886; 88-11757 - 88-11758; 88-14118 - 88-14125
Nordeen Funeral - Services for Navy Captain William Nordeen, Killed by Car Bomb in Athens, Greece, June 28, 1988: Contact Sheets 88-14135 - 88-14137
"Stations of the Cross in Washington, D.C.," 4/1/1988: Photographs and Contact Sheets 88-14395 - 88-14399
Memorial Vigil for the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 at Lafayette Park, 4/3/1989: Photographs and Contact Sheets 89-6261 - 89-6268
Homeless Burn Proposed 1990 Federal Budget: Brochures and Contact Sheets 89-5802 - 89-5804
Bush Inaugural Protest at Union Station: Photographs and Contact Sheet 89-2279
"Goodbye to Reagan" Protest 1/17/1989: Photograph and Contact Sheet 89-3794
4th Annual "Say No to Drugs" Rally, Washington Monument Grounds: Photographs and Contact Sheets 88-9623 - 88-9625 [some duplicates]
Blackfeet Indians Receiving Skeletal Remains [at Natural History Building], September 11, 1988: Press Release, Photographs, and Contact Sheets 88-16362 - 88-16365
Box 15
Veterans Day, 1982-1988
Vietnam Veterans Salute, 1982 [Memorial Dedication?]: Contact Sheets 82-13651 - 82-13751
Veterans Day, 1983 - 1 Year after Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication: Contact Sheets 83-507 - 83-509; 83-16033 [2 copies]
Veterans Day, 1984, 1987, 1988: Contact Sheets 84-18188; 84-18191 - 84-18192; 87-6117; 87-6119 - 87-6121; 87-6125; 88-18830 - 88-18853; 88-19112 - 88-19115
1989 Veterans Memorial Documentary
List of Contact Sheets and Contact Sheets 89-11403 - 89-11453
Contact Sheets 89-11454 - 89-11504
Contact Sheets 89-11505 - 89-11555
Contact Sheets 89-11556 - 89-11602
1990 Memorial Day - SNAP
Contact Sheets 90-12623 - 90-12672; 90-17508 - 90-17519
Box 16
Folklife Festival, 1991
List of Contact Sheets and Contact Sheets 91-15000 - 91-15049
Contact Sheets 91-15050 - 91-15100
Contact Sheets 91-15101 - 91-15151; 91-16046 - 91-16060
Folklife Festival, 1992
List of Contact Sheets and Contact Sheets 92-7200 - 92-7250
Contact Sheets 92-7251 - 92-7301
Contact Sheets 92-7302 - 92-7380; 92-7791
Folklife Festival, 1993
List of Contact Sheets, Press Release, Schedule, and Contact Sheets 93-8490 - 93-8540
Box 17
Contact Sheets 93-8541 - 93-8596
Folklife Festival, 1994
List of Contact Sheets and Contact Sheets 94-8032 - 94-8082
Contact Sheets 94-8083 - 94-8133
Contact Sheets 94-8134 - 94-8184
Contact Sheets 94-8185 - 94-8251
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1990
Delivery of Reconnaissance Aircraft SR-71 no. 972 to the National Air and Space Museum, 6 March 1990: Delivery Plan and Contact Sheets 90-3297 - 90-3320; 90-3551 - 90-3554
[Kite Festival?]: Contact Sheets 90-4291 - 90-4293
Group Burial for 7 Green Berets at Arlington National Cemetery, March 23, 1990: Press Release and Contact Sheets 90-4648 - 90-4652
Five Vietnamese Officials Visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, March 30, 1990: Press Release and Contact Sheet 90-4647
No Greater Love Ceremony of Hope for Hostages in Lebanon at Lafayette Park, 3/16/1990: Contact Sheets 90-5280 - 90-5287
Korean War Veterans Memorial Advisory Board: Contact Sheets 90-6360 - 90-6361
ADA (Advancement for Disabled Americans) Protest, 5/1990: Contact Sheet 90-7806
Summit, 1990 - Arrival Ceremony at the South Lawn of White House: Contact Sheets 90-7613 - 90-7618; 90-7671 - 90-7673; 90-7850; 90-7856 - 90-7859
Civil War Anniversary Parade "Grand Review," May 19, 1990: Press Release and Contact Sheets 90-8023 - 90-8026A
American Indian Support Committee at Vietnam Memorial: Contact Sheets 90-8948 - 90-8950
Visit of Nelson Mandela to United States: Contact Sheets 90-8562 - 90-8563; 90-8590 - 90-8593; 90-9006 - 90-9017; 90-9444
Iranian National Liberation Army Demonstration - Day after Earthquake, June 22, 1990: Contact Sheets 90-9181 - 90-9182; 90-9659
Box 18
Mitch Snyder's Funeral, 7/10/1990: Funeral Program and Contact Sheets 90-9972 - 90-9992
"Mobilize for Women's Lives" Pro-Choice March: Contact Sheets 90-10018 - 90-10028
Return of Former Hostage Robert Polhill Arriving at Andrews Air Force Base, 4/26/1990: Press Release and Contact Sheets 90-13459 - 90-13461
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) Rally and Protesters, September 2, 1990: Press Releases, Photographs and Contact Sheets 90-13898 - 90-13899; 90-13965 - 90-13969
Veterans Day 1990 Activities, 11/11/1990: Contact Sheets 90-17520 - 90-17526
Right to Life Demonstration on Mall, 4/28/1990: Contact Sheets 90-17527 - 90-17530
Earth First! Protesting Smithsonian Involvement in Astrophysical Project on Mount Graham in Southern Arizona: Contact Sheet 90-17531
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1991
Botanic Gardens: Slides 91-3088 - 91-3097
15 Elephant Salute in Front of White House and District Building for New Mayor of District of Columbia: Press Release and Contact Sheets 91-3430 - 91-3432
Mayor Dixon Inaugural: Press Release, Program, and Contact Sheets 91-354 - 91-371
White House Protest by Community for Creative Nonviolence, Regarding United States Gulf Policy: Photographs and Contact Sheets 91-776 - 91-777
USS John F. Kennedy Homecoming [from Desert Storm], Norfolk: Contact Sheets 91-5777 - 91-5787 [some duplicates]
AIDS Protest - AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)/DC outside White House: Contact Sheet 91-6437
Rick Mears Wins 4th Indy 500: Indianapolis Star Article and Contact Sheets 91-8411 - 91-8429
Anti-Gulf War Protest, 1/15/1991: Press Release and Contact Sheets 91-10013 - 91-10017
Middle East Military Action Events: Photograph and Contact Sheets 91-10018 - 91-10023; 91-10067 - 91-10081
Gulf War - First Arlington Funeral, Captain Jonathan R. Edwards: Press Release and Contact Sheets 91-10082 - 91-10084
Operation Desert Storm Troop Support Rally: Contact Sheets 91-10189; 91-10095 - 91-10098
Design for Vietnam Women's Memorial Presented to Fine Arts Commission: Press Kit, Photograph, and Contact Sheets 91-15413; 91-22067; 91-22085 - 91-22086
Dedication Ceremonies of National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, October 15, 1991: Contact Sheets 91-16085 - 91-16115; 91-16700 - 91-16701
President Bush Speaking at National Museum of American History to the National Academy of Public Administrators: Contact Sheets 91-16376 - 91-16381
"Toys for Tots" Campaign with Brooke Shields: Contact Sheets 91-20713 - 91-20714
NOTAR Helicopter (McDonnell Douglas 520N) Demonstration, 10/1/1991: Contact Sheets 91-20714 - 91-20715
Arrival of Viking Ships, Washington Harbour: Contact Sheets 91-20646 - 91-20647
Solidarity March, August 31, 1991: Contact Sheets 91-21010 - 91-21017
President Bush Presenting the Medal of Freedom to United Nations Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar and the Presidential Award for Exceptional Service to Giandomenico Picco, Who Orchestrated the Hostage Releases, 12/12/1991; Program for Lighting National Christmas Tree: Contact Sheets 91-22151; 91-22063 - 91-22066
Gulf War National Victory Celebration Parade [?]: Contact Sheets 91-22138 - 91-22150
United States Prisoners of Gulf War Return to Andrews Air Force Base, 3/10/1991: Contact Sheets 91-22172 - 91-91-22173
Native American Demonstration/Washington Redskins: Contact Sheets 91-22152 - 91-22153
Anti-Gulf War Protest: Contact Sheets 91-22175 - 91-22179
Soviet President Boris Yeltsin Addressing Washington Press Club, 6/20/1991: Contact Sheet 91-22174
John McEnroe and Andre Agassi Playing at the Sovran Bank Tennis Classic, 7/17-19/1991: Contact Sheets 91-22180 - 91-22185
Anti-Gulf War March on Washington - "Peace in Middle East": Contact Sheets 91-22186; 91-22194
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1992
Cast of Star Trek - "Star Trek" Exhibition Press Conference at National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 2/26/1992: Contact Sheets 92-1437 - 92-1456
Korean War Veterans Memorial Ground Breaking with President Bush, June 13-14, 1992: Invitation, Schedule, and Contact Sheets 92-7893 - 92-7899
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Veterans Day at the Mall - 10th Anniversary of Dedication of Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 11/11/1992: Brochure, Schedule, Press Releases, and Contact Sheets 92-15514 - 92-15524; 92-16720 - 92-16721; 92-17267 - 92-17269; 92-17283 - 92-17292; 92-17354 - 92-17387
National Police Week Activities - Candlelight Vigil at National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, [President Bush Speaking at Sylvan Theater Police Week Ceremonies?]: Contact Sheets 92-17603 - 92-17609
Stealth Bomber Landing at Andrews Air Force Base: Contact Sheets 92-17679 - 92-17680
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1993, no. 1
March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights, April 23-25, 1993: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 93-4948 - 93-4994
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Dedication, April 22, 1993: Program, Press Releases, and Contact Sheets 93-5209 - 93-5214; 93-5315 - 93-5316
Tall Ships with Recycled Plastic Sails: American Plastics Council Brochures, Press Releases, and Contact Sheets 93-5335 - 93-5336
Engraving of 8 Names at the Vietnam Memorial, May 6, 1993: Air Force Reserve Packet, Press Release, and Contact Sheets 93-5526 - 93-5527; 93-5533
White House News Photographers Association Awards Dinner, May 1993: Contact Sheets 93-5580 - 93-5582 [2 copies each]
Statue of Freedom - Removal from Capitol Dome by Sky Crane Helicopter: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 93-5640 - 93-5642 [2 copies each]; 93-5667 - 93-5668 [2 copies each]; 93-5669; 93-5686 - 93-5689
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1993, no. 2
Memorial Day Activities at Arlington Cemetery and Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Contact Sheets 93-7067 - 93-7070; 93-7109 - 93-7116; 93-7149 - 93-7154; 93-7164
Prayer Vigil in Front of the White House Held by Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition (Protesting Clinton's Removal of Lani Guinier's Nomination): Contact Sheets 93-8016 - 93-8018
Energy Education on the Mall (Independent Petroleum Association of America): Packets and Fact Sheets
Opening of National Postal Museum, July 1993: Contact Sheets 93-9720 - 93-9726; 93-9757 - 93-9767
Vietnam Women's Memorial Groundbreaking, July 29, 1993: Press Releases and Contact Sheets 93-10838 - 93-10842; 93-10876 - 93-10878 [many duplicates]
The Signing of the Israel-Palestinian Agreement, White House, September 13, 1993: Articles, Press Releases, and Contact Sheets 93-12160 - 93-12170
30th Anniversary - March on Washington, August 28, 1993: Announcement, Fact Sheets, Press Releases, and Contact Sheets 93-12829 - 93-12838
Retirement of General Colin Powell at Fort Myer, Virginia: Contact Sheets 93-13176 - 93-13178
Police Memorial Event: Photographs and Contact Sheet 93-13772
Soldier Killed in Somalia (Richard Wayne Kowalewski, Jr.) Burial at Arlington Cemetery, October 15, 1993: Contact Sheet 93-13735
Supreme Court/Capitol Statue of Freedom: Contact Sheets 93-13668 - 93-13669
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History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1993, no. 3
Presentation Ceremony for 1948 Tucker Sedan: Contact Sheets 93-13257; 93-16318 - 93-16320
Funeral of General Jimmy Doolittle at Arlington Cemetery Including Flyover: Contact Sheets 93-13973 - 93-13974; 93-13915 [2 copies]
1993 Marine Corps Marathon: Contact Sheets 93-14026 - 93-14028
Reenactment Group Parade with George Washington in Period Dress to United States Capitol West Side for Laying of Cornerstone Ceremony - 200th Anniversary of Capitol: Contact Sheets 93-14074 - 93-14075
Reenactment of George Washington's Trip (by Early Steam Vessel) across Potomac from Virginia to Georgetown En Route to Laying Cornerstone for Capitol, 10/22/1993: Contact Sheets 93-14101 - 93-14103; 93-14147; 93-14163 - 93-14165
Bicentennial of United States Capitol, 1793-1993, 10/22/1993 - Statue of Freedom's Flight to Her Rightful Perch: Program, Diagram, and Contact Sheets 93-14006; 93-14197 - 93-14198; 93-14302 - 93-14307; 93-14335 - 93-14336; 93-14344 - 93-14346
President Clinton Visiting NMAH and Giving a Speech on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to Small Business Leaders, 11/15/1993: Contact Sheets 93-15017 - 93-15023
Vietnam Women's Memorial Lifted by Crane and Placed on Its Site, 11/1/1993: Contact Sheets 93-15049 - 93-15052
Dedication of Vietnam Women's Memorial Statue and Veteran's Day Activities, November 10-12 1993: Programs, Schedule, Press Release, Photographs, and Contact Sheets 93-15097 - 93-15126; 93-15264 - 93-15287; 93-15337 - 93-15359; 93-15456 - 93-15462; 93-15610 - 93-15638; 93-15665 - 93-15669; 93-16331
History As Seen From . . . [NMAH], 1994[-1995]
1/21/1994 "March for Life" Anti-Abortion Demonstration Parade: Contact Sheet 94-1240 [4 copies]
Folk Masters from The Barns of Wolf Trap: Cover Sheets only.
Photography of NMAH Objects for Prentice-Hall History Textbook: Contact Sheets 94-3501 - 94-3504; 94-3508 - 94-3522
President Clinton Meets with Native American Tribal Leaders: Contact Sheets 94-4867 - 94-4878
Buffalo Soldier (Taylor) Memorial Service at Arlington Cemetery, 6/17/1994: Contact Sheets 94-7049 - 94-7058
Wreath Ceremony for Emperor Akihito of Japan at Arlington Cemetery: Fact Sheet and Contact Sheets 94-7059 - 94-7061
Flag Day Ceremony at the Capitol, Senator Robert Kerrey, etc.: Contact Sheets 94-7092 - 94-7093
White House Plane Crash, 9/12/1994: Press Releases, Photograph, and Contact Sheet 94-9758
Installation of the Tenth Secretary of the Smithsonian, September 19, 1994: Program, Schedule, and Contact Sheets 94-10177 - 94-10193
Disney Protest on the Mall, 9/17/1994: Contact Sheet 94-10379
USS Williamsburg and People Involved in its Restoration and Departure for Italy: Contact Sheets 94-10927 - 94-10930
38,000 Shoes Commemorating Violent Crime Victims at Capitol Hill: Contact Sheets 94-12260 - 94-12262
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) National Mall Site during Archaeological Testing: Contact Sheet 94-12733
Smithsonian Institution (SI) Castle, Aerials of Motorcade, and Arlington National Cemetery Prior to Jackie Onassis Funeral: Contact Sheets 94-13405; 94-16370
Official Portrait Photographs of SI Secretary I. Michael Heyman: Contact Sheets 95-1375 - 95-1378; 95-1381
Hillary Clinton Giving Her Inaugural Gown to SI: Press Release and Contact Sheets 95-1903; 95-1911
Stars and Stripes in Front of the Pendulum in NMAH for Consideration by the Secretary for the Cover of the 1994 SI Annual Report: Contact Sheet 95-1167
50th Anniversary of Iwo Jima Ceremonies on Sunday, February 19, 1995: Contact Sheets 95-2091 - 95-2095; 95-2210 - 95-2212
Official Launching of the Smithsonian's Website and Home Page with Newt Gingrich at the United States Capitol Building and at the Smithsonian: Contact Sheets 95-3639 - 95-3641
Kite Festival on Mall, Sunday, March 26, 1995: Contact Sheets 95-4343 - 95-4346
Vietnam Veterans of America Sponsors Candlelight Vigil to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War: Contact Sheets 95-4382 - 95-4383
Folklife Festival, 1990
Contact Sheets 90-10524 - 90-10544; 90-10594; 90-10597 - 90-10613
Mall Shots; Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Contact Sheets 86-11753; 84-18109
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