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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 16-343

National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings

Exhibition Records, 1972-1976

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:1972-1976
Quantity:1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection:Accession 16-343
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records that document the research, planning, and execution of the exhibition "1876: A Centennial Exhibition" at the Arts and Industries Building. The exhibition recreates the Philadelphia Exposition from 1876 and featured over 25,000 objects. These materials were maintained by Rodris Roth, Curator. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, papers, clippings, and brochures.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records that document the research, planning, and execution of the exhibition 1876: A Centennial Exhibition at the Arts and Industries Building. The exhibition recreates the Philadelphia Exposition from 1876 and featured over 25,000 objects. These materials were maintained by Rodris Roth, Curator. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, papers, clippings, and brochures.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-343, National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

AA, 1973-1976

Box 1 of 1

Acknowledgment, 1974

Box 1 of 1

Administration, 1974

Box 1 of 1

Agriculture

Box 1 of 1

American Studies

Box 1 of 1

Art

Box 1 of 1

Art open, 1974

Box 1 of 1

Art promised, 1974

Box 1 of 1

Art rejected

Box 1 of 1

Art - J. J. Miller correspondence, 1974

Box 1 of 1

Awards

Box 1 of 1

Bibliography

Box 1 of 1

Book publishers

Box 1 of 1

Brochure, 1976

Box 1 of 1

Buildings, 1972

Box 1 of 1

Classification

Box 1 of 1

Ceramics, 1973

Box 1 of 1

Clippings, 1975

Box 1 of 1

Clothing

Box 1 of 1

Contemporary accounts, 1973-1974

Box 1 of 1

Correspondence, 1974-1975

Box 1 of 1

Display techniques, 1973-1976

Box 1 of 1

Education - Battle Creek, Michigan

Box 1 of 1

Education - Detroit, Michigan

Box 1 of 1

Education - Jonesville, Michigan

Box 1 of 1

Education - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Box 1 of 1

Fisheries

Box 1 of 1

Foreign

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Austria-Hungary

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Belgium

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Brazil

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Canada

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Chile

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - China

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Egypt

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - France, with Algeria

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Germany

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Great Britain

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Great Britain colonies

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Hawaii

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Italy

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Japan

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Liberia

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Mexico

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Portugal

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Russia

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Spain

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Sweden

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Switzerland

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Tunis

Box 1 of 1

Foreign - Turkey

Box 1 of 1

Fountains, 1973

Box 1 of 1

Furniture, 1975-1976

Box 1 of 1

Furniture - Supposedly shown, 1974-1989

Box 1 of 1

Glass

Box 1 of 1

Grounds

Box 1 of 1

Horticulture

Box 1 of 1

Lighting

Box 1 of 1

Maass, John - Correspondence, 1975

Box 1 of 1

Manufacturers

Box 1 of 1

Mining and metallurgy

Box 1 of 1

Music, 1974

Box 1 of 1

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1974

Box 1 of 1

NMNH - Anthropology, 1974

Box 1 of 1

NMNH - Fish

Box 1 of 1

NMNH - Mammals (land), 1974

Box 1 of 1

NMNH - Mammals (marine), 1974

Box 1 of 1

NMNH - Minerals

Box 1 of 1

Objects, 1974-1975

Box 1 of 1

Paper

Box 1 of 1

Publication proposal, 1974

Box 1 of 1

Safe, 1976

Box 1 of 1

Science

Box 1 of 1

Sewing machine, 1974

Box 1 of 1

Sands, John O. - Progress through Process: The Light-House Road, 1973

Box 1 of 1

Sellin, David - The Art Department of the Centennial 1876: A Bicentennial Study, 1973

Box 1 of 1

Shapiro, Michael S. - The Smithsonian at the Centennial: A Chapter in the History of the National Collections, 1971

Box 1 of 1

SICBA, 1974

Box 1 of 1

Silver, 1974-1975

Box 1 of 1

Smith, Leila Joyner - A Study of the Smithsonian Centennial Collection, 1972

Box 1 of 1

Smithsonian Institution, 1973

Box 1 of 1

Sotheby Parke Bernet

Box 1 of 1

States

Box 1 of 1

Souvenir, 1973-1975

Box 1 of 1

Statement, 1972

Box 1 of 1

Textiles

Box 1 of 1

To do

Box 1 of 1

Twining, Dorothy C. - 1876: Centennial Ideas and Attitudes, 1968

Box 1 of 1

U. S. government

Box 1 of 1

U. S. government - Agriculture

Box 1 of 1

U. S. government - Lighthouse, 1974

Box 1 of 1

U. S. government - Navy Department

Box 1 of 1

U. S. government - Smithsonian Institution

Box 1 of 1

U. S. government - Transit of Venus

Box 1 of 1

U. S. government - War Department

Box 1 of 1

Whaling

Box 1 of 1

Women, 1975

Box 1 of 1