Accession 18-166

National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History

Exhibition Records, 1976-1997

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of the records of Ellen Roney Hughes, Museum Specialist, which document the planning, development, production activities, and various other matters for the exhibitions Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Major League Baseball, Puppets and Things on Strings, Nation of Nations, Sports Feelings: U.S./Soviet Sports Photography, and Sports and Songs in America, 1840-1940 at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), as well as for Smithsonian's America: An Exhibition of American History and Culture in Chiba (Chiba-Shi), Japan. A two-day symposium, "The Superhero in America," was produced in conjunction with Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds, which became a traveling exhibition as well. Earlier records date back to when Hughes was in the Division of Community Life at NMAH, and when the museum was known as the National Museum of History and Technology. Also represented in these records are curators Carl H. Steele and Bernard S. Finn. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; budget summaries; contracts and agreements; scripts; object lists; symposium information; press clippings and news releases; floor plans; loan information; visitor comments; installation photographs; a press kit; and brochures.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Name

• Hughes, Ellen Roney
• Scheele, Carl H.
• Finn, Bernard S., 1932-
• National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
• National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
• Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds (Exhibition) (1987-1988: Washington, D.C.)
• Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1991)
• Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Major League Baseball (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
• Puppets and Things on Strings (Exhibition) (1980: Washington, D.C.)
• Nation of Nations (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)
• Sports Feelings: U.S./Soviet Sports Photography (Exhibition) (1988-1989: Washington, D.C.)
• Sports and Songs in America, 1840-1940 (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
• Smithsonian's America: An Exhibition of American History and Culture (Exhibition) (1994: Chiba, Japan)
• The Superhero in America (Symposium) (1987: Washington, D.C.)

Subject

• Museums -- Educational aspects
• Museums -- Public relations
• Civilization -- History
• Congresses and conventions
• Traveling exhibitions
• Social history
• Museum exhibits
• Museum curators
• Museum loans
• Contracts
• United States -- History
• Chiba-shi (Japan)

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Manuscripts
• Brochures
• Clippings
• Floor plans
• Black-and-white photographs
• Black-and-white transparencies
• Color transparencies

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-166, National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History, Exhibition Records

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