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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 17-063

National Museum of American History. Division of Community Life

Exhibition Records, 1974-1980, 1987-1991

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American History. Division of Community Life
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:1974-1980, 1987-1991
Quantity:0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection:Accession 17-063
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of the records of Carl H. Scheele, Curator, and Ellen Roney Hughes, Museum Specialist, which document the planning for and installation of the exhibitions "Ten Years of Sesame Street"; "Sesame Street, 1969-1989: The First 20 Years"; and "Nation of Nations" at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and when NMAH was known as the National Museum of History and Technology. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; budget summaries; contracts; design drawings; scripts; press releases and newspaper clippings; object lists and loan information; exhibition schedules; photographs; and brochures.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of the records of Carl H. Scheele, Curator, and Ellen Roney Hughes, Museum Specialist, which document the planning for and installation of the exhibitions Ten Years of Sesame Street; Sesame Street, 1969-1989: The First 20 Years; and Nation of Nations at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and when NMAH was known as the National Museum of History and Technology. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; budget summaries; contracts; design drawings; scripts; press releases and newspaper clippings; object lists and loan information; exhibition schedules; photographs; and brochures.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-063, National Museum of American History. Division of Community Life, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

Ten Years of Sesame Street

Exhibition Proposal, 1979

Box 1 of 1

Design Development, 1979

Box 1 of 1

Correspondence, 1978-1980

Box 1 of 1

Script, 1979

Box 1 of 1

Objects List and Loans, 1979

Box 1 of 1

Exhibition Opening, 1979

Box 1 of 1

Brochure, 1979

Box 1 of 1

Press Releases, 1979

Box 1 of 1

Sesame Street, 1969-1989: The First 20 Years

Budget and Contracts, 1989

Box 1 of 1

Script

Box 1 of 1

Exhibition Opening, 1989

Box 1 of 1

Press Releases, 1989

Box 1 of 1

Correspondence, 1987

Box 1 of 1

Exhibition Photograph, 1989

Box 1 of 1

Installation Schedule, 1989

Box 1 of 1

Newspaper Clippings, 1989 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 1

Nation of Nations

Correspondence, 1974-1978, 1991

Box 1 of 1

Period Room Scripts

Box 1 of 1

Period Room Slide Show

Box 1 of 1