Subject Files, 1967-2016

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Summary

This accession consists of the subject files of Elizabeth Broun, Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1989-2016. Among the topics covered are the museum budget, reaccreditation, research, strategic planning, and the restoration and renovation of the Patent Office Building. Some materials date to when the museum was known as the National Collection of Fine Arts and the National Museum of American Art and from before Broun was at the museum. Materials include correspondence and memoranda, proposals, reports, floor plans, schedules, architectural drawings, clippings, meeting agendas and minutes, budget records, images, brochures, and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format.

Subject

  • Broun, Elizabeth
  • Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.) Office of the Director
  • National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) Office of the Director

Notes

  • Electronic List in accession file.
  • 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

Alphabetical

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1967
  • 1967-2016

Restrictions & Rights

Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2032. Box 3 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 2/23/1988, memorandum Shaffer to McManus; Contact reference staff for details

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Museum finance
  • Art museums
  • Architecture
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Strategic planning
  • Museums
  • Accreditation
  • Women museum directors
  • Research
  • Art museum directors
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction
  • Museums--Accreditation
  • Museums--Administration

Form/Genre

  • Brochures
  • Collection descriptions
  • Clippings
  • Manuscripts
  • Electronic records
  • Compact discs
  • Floppy disks
  • Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 23-014

Physical description

7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)

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