Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 19-232
National Museum of American History. Division of Culture and the Arts
Exhibition Records, 1993-2010
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the records of Michelle Anne Delaney, Curator, documenting her 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 and the Arts and Industries Building. Earlier records date back to when Delaney and other photographic history staff were in the Division of Information Technology and Society and the Division of Photographic History, respectively. Also represented in these records are curator Shannon Thomas Perich and photo specialist Peter Liebhold. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; proposals; budget summaries; meeting agendas and minutes; scripts; floor plans; production schedules; object lists; a report; loan information; press releases, brochures, clippings, pamphlets, and announcements; an agreement; press kits; design information; opening invitations; a speech paper; and photographs. Some materials are in electronic format.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2026. Box 1 contains copyrighted materials, see finding aid; Transferring office; 11/4/2016 memorandum, Johnstone to Bowers; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Delaney, Michelle Anne
- Perich, Shannon Thomas
- Liebhold, Peter
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information Technology and Society
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Photographic History
- Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Freeze Frame: Eadweard Muybridge's Photography of Motion (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- The Kennedys Photographed by Richard Avedon (Exhibition) (1996-1997: Washington, D.C.)
- The 1896 Washington Salon and Art Photography (Exhibition) (1996-1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Richard Avedon Memorial Photographs (Exhibition) (2004-2005: Washington, D.C.)
- I Do Solemnly Swear: Photographs of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration (Exhibition) (2009: Washington, D.C.)
- Travel Diary of a Photographer: Volkmar K. Wentzel in India, 1946-1948 (Proposed exhibition)
- Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974 (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Photo du Jour: David Hume Kennerly's Picture-a-Day Journey Through the First Year of New Millennium (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.)
- The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise (Exhibition) (2009-2010: Washington, D.C.)
- September 11: Bearing Witness to History (Exhibition) (2002-2003: Washington, D.C.)
- Visual Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- America's Voices, America's Stories (Proposed exhibition)
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: Photographs by Gertrude Kasebier (Exhibition) (2011: Washington, D.C.)
- World War II Photographic Perspectives (Exhibition) (2004-2005: Washington, D.C.)
- Diana Walker, Photojournalist (Exhibition) (2003-2004: Washington, D.C.)
- History in the News: Collecting September 11 (Exhibition) (2005-2006: Washington, D.C.)
- Photographs by John Paul Caponigro and Kendall Messick (Exhibition) (2005-2006: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Museums -- Public relations
- Museum curators
- Museum exhibits
- Photography -- History
- Camera industry
- Lectures and lecturing
- Committees
- Photographers
- Loans
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 19-232, National Museum of American History. Division of Culture and the Arts, Exhibition Records