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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 16-303

National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Cultural Resources

Project Files, 2000-2007

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Cultural Resources
Title:Project Files
Dates:2000-2007
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 16-303
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of the records that document the planning, development, and execution of the exhibition, "Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast," which was at the National Museum of the American Indian Mall museum from February 3, 2006 to January 2, 2007 and at the George Gustav Heye Center from September 12, 2007-July 20, 2008. People represented in the collection include Bruce Bernstein, assistant director, Office of Cultural Resources; Karen Kramer, curatorial museum specialist; and Rachel Elizabeth Goddard Griffin, curatorial research assistant. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, exhibition charters, schedules, meeting agendas and notes, reports, contracts, budget records, exhibition scripts, notebooks, audio transcripts, press releases, and images. Some materials are in electronic format.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of the records that document the planning, development, and execution of the exhibition, Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast, which was at the National Museum of the American Indian Mall museum from February 3, 2006 to January 2, 2007 and at the George Gustav Heye Center from September 12, 2007-July 20, 2008.

People represented in the collection include Bruce Bernstein, assistant director, Office of Cultural Resources; Karen Kramer, curatorial museum specialist; and Rachel Elizabeth Goddard Griffin, curatorial research assistant.

Materials include correspondence, memoranda, exhibition charters, schedules, meeting agendas and notes, reports, contracts, budget records, exhibition scripts, notebooks, audio transcripts, press releases, and images. Some materials are in electronic format.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2023; Transferring office; 06/21/2016 memorandum, Toda to Pahn; Contact reference staff for details.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-303, National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Cultural Resources, Project Files

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Container List

Box 1

Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast

Initial NWC (Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast) project vetting, 2001

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NWC Project Charter - Drafts and final, 2001

Box 1 of 2

Potential community venues, 2001-2002

Box 1 of 2

Strategy for First Nation involvement, 2001

Box 1 of 2

Contacts in communities and concept development for community advisory group, 2001

Box 1 of 2

Budget and deliverables, 2001-2003

Box 1 of 2

Exhibition concepts from Stewart Macnair, November 2000

Box 1 of 2

Stewart Macnair - Goals and procedures, 2002-2003

Box 1 of 2

Intellectual property - Stewart Macnair and entire exhibition project, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Stewart Macnair contract - Drafts, vetting, etc., 2001-2002

Box 1 of 2

Contract deliverables, 2001-2002

Box 1 of 2

Content development, 2001-2003

Box 1 of 2

Exhibition overview narrative - General, 2001-2003

Box 1 of 2

Content development - Display unit 1, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Content development - Display unit 2, 2002

Box 1 of 2

Preliminary object selections, 2001

Box 1 of 2

Content development - Hunt Genealogies

Box 1 of 2

Project updates and status reports, 2001-2003

Box 1 of 2

Core team correspondence, 2001

Box 1 of 2

Archives survey and study plan, 2001

Box 1 of 2

Project update, January 2003

Box 1 of 2

Meetings and development, April 2003

Box 1 of 2

Stewart Macnair monthly reports, 2003

Box 1 of 2

Bruce Bernstein - Project files, 2000-2001

Box 1 of 2

Bruce Bernstein - Project files, 2002-2003

Box 1 of 2

Bruce Bernstein - Project files, 2003-2004

Box 1 of 2

NMAI report, June 2003

Box 1 of 2

Exhibit meeting - Neah Bay, Washington, September 2003

Box 1 of 2

Exhibit meeting - Prince Rupert, British Columbia, January 2003

Box 1 of 2

Exhibit meeting - NMAI, Cultural Resources Center (CRC), April 2004

Box 1 of 2

NMAI Meeting notes, January-April 2004

Box 1 of 2

Project development reports, 2001-2004

Box 1 of 2

Charter revisions for Phase 1 and 2, 2004

Box 1 of 2

Contracts, All, 2003-2004

Box 1 of 2

Exhibit development - Coast Salish, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 2

Exhibit development - Makah, 2004-2005

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Exhibit development - Nuu-chah-nulth, 2004-205

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit development - Kwakwaka'wakw, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit development - Heiltsuk, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit development - Nuxalk, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit development - Tsimshian, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit development - Nisga'a, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit development - Gitxsan, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit development - Haida, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit development - Tlingit, 2004-2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit contents - General, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 2

Miscellaneous research queries, 2004

Box 2 of 2

Meeting notes - General, 2005

Box 2 of 2

Script and script edits, 2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit introductory media piece, 2005

Box 2 of 2

Family room development, 2005

Box 2 of 2

Object list, 2005

Box 2 of 2

Exhibit budget and production calendar, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 2

Public relations, 2006

Box 2 of 2

Phase two discussions, 2005-2006

Box 2 of 2

Vancouver Island images, November 2001

Box 2 of 2

Rachel Elizabeth Goddard Griffin - General exhibits files and images, 2004-2006 (electronic records)

Box 2 of 2

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