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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 19-149

National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society

Exhibition Records, 1953-2008

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:1953-2008
Quantity:3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 19-149
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting staff exhibition planning, development, and production of photographic history collections, as well as works by renown contemporary American photographers, at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) and the Arts and Industries Building. Earlier records date back to when the photographic history staff and collections were in the Division of Photographic History, the Division of Graphic Arts and Photography, and the Section of Photography in the Division of Graphic Arts at NMAH, which, prior to 1980, was known as the National Museum of History and Technology and the Museum of History and Technology, respectively. Some records predate the creation of NMAH when the Section of Photography was in the United States National Museum. Also documented in these records is the traveling exhibition "The Art of Animation," created by Walt Disney and his staff of artists, which traced the history of motion in pictures and was shown at the National Museum of Natural History. Staff represented in these records include curators Alexander J. Wedderburn and Eugene Ostroff; assistant curator David Haberstich; museum technician Elliott Hawkins; and photo specialist Peter Liebhold. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; scripts; budget summaries; object lists; press releases; brochures; exhibition catalogs; opening invitations; photographs, slides, and negatives; symposium information; floor plans; newspaper clippings; Hall of Photography planning information and installation photographs; audiotapes; and drawings. Some materials are in electronic format.

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This accession consists of records documenting staff exhibition planning, development, and production of photographic history collections, as well as works by renown contemporary American photographers, at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) and the Arts and Industries Building. Earlier records date back to when the photographic history staff and collections were in the Division of Photographic History, the Division of Graphic Arts and Photography, and the Section of Photography in the Division of Graphic Arts at NMAH, which, prior to 1980, was known as the National Museum of History and Technology and the Museum of History and Technology, respectively. Some records predate the creation of NMAH when the Section of Photography was in the United States National Museum. Also documented in these records is the traveling exhibition The Art of Animation, created by Walt Disney and his staff of artists, which traced the history of motion in pictures and was shown at the National Museum of Natural History.

Staff represented in these records include curators Alexander J. Wedderburn and Eugene Ostroff; assistant curator David Haberstich; museum technician Elliott Hawkins; and photo specialist Peter Liebhold.

Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; scripts; budget summaries; object lists; press releases; brochures; exhibition catalogs; opening invitations; photographs, slides, and negatives; symposium information; floor plans; newspaper clippings; Hall of Photography planning information and installation photographs; audiotapes; and drawings. Some materials are in electronic format.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 19-149, National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

Moods in Industry Exhibition, 1961-1962

Box 1 of 3

Edison Kinetoscope, 1954, 1958, 1969

Box 1 of 3

1876: A Centennial Exhibition, 1975-1976 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 3

History-of-Photography Collection Traveling Exhibition, 1969

Box 1 of 3

Harry Garfield Exhibition, 1962-1963

Box 1 of 3

One Photographer's New York Exhibition, 1963-1964

Box 1 of 3

Photographs by Andreas Feininger Exhibition, 1962-1963

Box 1 of 3

Carbon and Gum Prints Exhibition, 1982, 1985, 1992

Box 1 of 3

Philippe Halsman Exhibition, 1963-1964

Box 1 of 3

Children of the World Exhibition, 1963-1965, 1969

Box 1 of 3

Eikoh Hosoe: Man and Woman Exhibition, 1969-1970

Box 1 of 3

James B. Johnson: A New Perspective of Washington Exhibition, 1970

Box 1 of 3

Clarence John Laughlin Exhibition, 1962

Box 1 of 3

Victor Keppler Exhibition, 1962-1963

Box 1 of 3

Russell Lee Exhibition, 1965-1966

Box 1 of 3

The Lingering Shadow: Photographs from the History of Photography Collection Exhibition, 1969

Box 1 of 3

Georges Melies: Inventor of the Magic of Films Exhibition, 1969-1970

Box 1 of 3

Light, Chemicals, and Camera Exhibition, 1969-1973

Box 1 of 3

News Photography, 1961

Box 1 of 3

Janine Niepce Exhibition, 1969-1970

Box 1 of 3

Object-of-the-Month Cases, 1970-1976, 1983

Box 1 of 3

Photographs by Irving Penn Exhibition, 1962-1963

Box 1 of 3

Photographing the Frontier Exhibition, 1977-1980

Box 1 of 3

The Hand of Man on America Exhibition, 1969-1970

Box 1 of 3

Platinum Women Exhibition, 1981-1985

Box 1 of 3

Photography and the City Exhibition, 1968-1969

Box 1 of 3

Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1963

Box 1 of 3

Photographs by Kosti Ruohomaa Exhibition, 1963-1964

Box 1 of 3

Silver and Silk Exhibition, 1975-1977

Box 1 of 3

Architectural Photographs and Color Transparencies by Ezra Stoller Exhibition, 1962

Box 1 of 3

Tanaka: Photographs of Heron Hill Exhibition, 1965-1970

Box 1 of 3

World Exposition of Photography Exhibition, 1965-1966

Box 1 of 3

Western Views and Eastern Visions Exhibition, 1980-1981 (4 folders)

Box 1 of 3

Box 2

Stephen Whealton Exhibition, 1970

Box 2 of 3

White House Festival of the Arts Exhibition, 1965

Box 2 of 3

Steven C. Wilson Exhibition, 1970

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Proposal, 1971

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Budget Summary, 1967

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Planning Information, 1967, 1972

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Correspondence, 1959-1990

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Object Lists, 1992

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Scripts, 1960, 1972-1973 (7 folders)

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Press Releases, 1973-1974

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Opening Invitation, 1973

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Photographs, Arts and Industries Building, 1953 and undated

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Photographs, Arts and Industries Building, 1962 and undated

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Photographs, 1973-1974

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Photographs, 1976

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Photographs, 1985

Box 2 of 3

Hall of Photography: Photographs, 1990, 1992

Box 2 of 3

Microfilm: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Exhibition, 1971

Box 2 of 3

Exhibition Proposals (general), 1971-1991

Box 2 of 3

Box 3

American Masters Exhibition, 1974

Box 3 of 3

The Art of Animation Exhibition, 1958-1959

Box 3 of 3

Harry K. Shgeta Exhibition

Box 3 of 3

Beguiling the Babies: Photographing Children in the 19th Century Exhibition, 1986-1987

Box 3 of 3

Images of War by Robert Capa Exhibition, 1964

Box 3 of 3

The Camera and the Human Facade Exhibition, 1969-1970

Box 3 of 3

Joseph Costa Exhibition, 1962

Box 3 of 3

Women, Cameras, and Images: Imogen Cunningham Exhibition, 1968-1969, 1976

Box 3 of 3

Women, Cameras and Images II: Betty Hahn and Gayle Smalley Exhibition, 1969-1970

Box 3 of 3

Women, Camera, and Images III: Berenice Abbott Exhibition, 1969

Box 3 of 3

Women, Camera, and Images IV: Barbara Morgan Exhibition, 1969-1970

Box 3 of 3

Alfred Eisenstaedt Exhibition, 1963

Box 3 of 3

Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974 Exhibition, 1997-2000 (includes electronic records, DATs, and cassette audiotapes) (5 folders)

Box 3 of 3

Diana Walker, Photojournalist Exhibition, 2003-2004, 2008

Box 3 of 3

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War Exhibition, 2003

Box 3 of 3

September 11: Bearing Witness to History Exhibition, 2002-2005

Box 3 of 3

Color Sells Exhibition, 1997 (includes electronic records) (2 folders)

Box 3 of 3

New Images 1839-1973 Exhibition, 1973-1974

Box 3 of 3