Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 18-168
Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture
Program Records, 1996-1999
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records maintained by Ellen Roney Hughes, who served on the steering committee of the Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture. The records document the Tenth Yale-Smithsonian Seminar on Material Culture and the essays on material aspects of sports presented at the event, which took place at the National Museum of American History. Some of the essays were used in a post-seminar publication, The Material Culture of Sport, edited by Hughes. Materials include correspondence, a program guide, participant lists, cassette recordings of the seminar, and essays. Some materials are in electronic format.
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Name
- Hughes, Ellen Roney
- National Museum of American History (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture. Steering Committee
- Tenth Yale-Smithsonian Seminar on Material Culture
- The Material Culture of Sport (Monograph: 1997)
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-168, Smithsonian Forum on Material Culture, Program Records