Professional Activity Records, 1982-2011

Summary

This accession consists of records that document the professional activities of Elizabeth Broun, Director, 1989-2016. Activities documented include lectures, talks, presentations, articles, eulogies, and remarks. Some materials date to when Broun was Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Spencer Museum of Art and from when she was Chief Curator and Assistant Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, as well as from when the museum was known as the National Museum of American Art. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, notes, presentations, articles, abstracts, programs, brochures, and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format.

Subject

• Broun, Elizabeth
• National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Office of the Director
• National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Curatorial Office
• National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Assistant Director
• Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art

Notes

• Electronic List in accession file.
• Folder List in accession file.
• For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Chronologic

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1982
• 1982-2011

Topic

• Eulogies
• Art museums
• Art, American
• Women museum directors
• Speeches, addresses, etc
• Art museum directors
• Art museum curators

Form/Genre

• Manuscripts
• Collection descriptions
• Brochures
• Clippings
• Compact discs
• Electronic records

Local number

SIA Acc. 23-015

Physical description

1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)

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