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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 22-109

National Air and Space Museum. Space History Department

Exhibition Records, 1972, 1981, 1983-2013, and undated

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Air and Space Museum. Space History Department
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:1972, 1981, 1983-2013, and undated
Quantity:8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 22-109
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Valerie Neal, Curator, documenting the development, production, maintenance, and upgrade of National Air and Space Museum (NASM) exhibitions. Topics covered include "Space Race," "Where Next, Columbus?," "Moving Beyond Earth," and other related exhibitions, including collaborations with the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Materials include correspondence, reports, memoranda, proposals, contracts and agreements, notes, meeting minutes, schedules, scripts, floor plans, newsletters, labels, charts, documents, photographs, negatives, transparencies, slides, agendas, drawings, transcripts, brochures, budget summaries, fundraising, pamphlets, illustrations, lists, clippings, visitor comments, gallery plans, worksheets, and related materials. Some records date to when the department was known as the Department of Space Science and Exploration (1980-1986), the Department of Space History (1987-1996), and the Space History Division (1997-2013). Some records originated from other organizations at earlier dates and provide more context. Some materials are in electronic format.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records created and maintained by Valerie Neal, Curator, documenting the development, production, maintenance, and upgrade of National Air and Space Museum (NASM) exhibitions. Topics covered include "Space Race," "Where Next, Columbus?," "Moving Beyond Earth," and other related exhibitions, including collaborations with the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Materials include correspondence, reports, memoranda, proposals, contracts and agreements, notes, meeting minutes, schedules, scripts, floor plans, newsletters, labels, charts, documents, photographs, negatives, transparencies, slides, agendas, drawings, transcripts, brochures, budget summaries, fundraising, pamphlets, illustrations, lists, clippings, visitor comments, gallery plans, worksheets, and related materials. Some records date to when the department was known as the Department of Space Science and Exploration (1980-1986), the Department of Space History (1987-1996), and the Space History Division (1997-2013). Some records originated from other organizations at earlier dates and provide more context. Some materials are in electronic format.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 22-109, National Air and Space Museum. Space History Department, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

NASM Exhibits Schedules, 1989-1993

Box 1 of 8

Collections Committee, 1981, 1984, 1986-1988

Box 1 of 8

Collections Committee, 1990

Box 1 of 8

Collections Committee, 1991

Box 1 of 8

Collections Committee, 1992

Box 1 of 8

Development Committee, 1990-1995

Box 1 of 8

Docent Liaison Committee, 1993-1997

Box 1 of 8

Equity Committee, 1993-1995

Box 1 of 8

Equity and Diversity Committee, 1993-1995

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Committee, 1994-1995

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Committee, 1993-1994

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Committee, 1992-1993

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Committee, 1991-1992

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Committee, 1987, 1989-1991

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Committee, 1989-1990

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Status Committee, 1995-1997

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Status Committee, 1994

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Status Committee, 1993

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Status Committee, 1992

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Status Committee, 1991

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Status Committee, 1990

Box 1 of 8

Exhibits Status Committee, 1989

Box 1 of 8

American Alliance of Museums (AAM) - Exhibits Competition, 1993

Box 1 of 8

NASM Advisory Board, 1995

Box 1 of 8

NASM Senior Staff Retreat, 1993-1995

Box 1 of 8

Smithsonian Institution (SI) and NASM Policies, 1992

Box 1 of 8

Publications Committee, 1994-1995

Box 1 of 8

Box 2

Public Programming Advisory Committee, 1990-1991, 1993

Box 2 of 8

Research Advisory Committee, 1989-1992, 1994

Box 2 of 8

SI Council - Meetings, 1996

Box 2 of 8

"America's Smithsonian" Traveling Exhibition - 150th Anniversary Treasures Show, 1994-1996, 1998

Box 2 of 8

"The Violent Universe" Exhibition - The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, 1994-1995

Box 2 of 8

Hubble Space Telescope Video, 1994

Box 2 of 8

Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission Exhibit, 1991-1993

Box 2 of 8

Principles of Flight (Later How Things Fly) - Meeting Minutes and Notes, 1990-1993 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 8

Electric Space: Our Sun-Earth Environment, 1990-1993

Box 2 of 8

Exhibits - The United States Air Force Connection, 1996

Box 2 of 8

Exhibits - Vergeltungswaffe Zwei (V-2) Missile Update, 1990-1992

Box 2 of 8

Soviet Union Exhibits - Vega Engineering Model, "Soyuz: Beyond the Moon Race," Soviet Solar System Exploration, "Vega: Venus, Halley's Comet and Beyond," 1990-1992, 1994-1995

Box 2 of 8

Volando Script, 1998

Box 2 of 8

Exhibits Workshop - Office of Museum Programs, 1992-1993

Box 2 of 8

Docent Training - Human Spaceflight Tour, 2007, 2009-2011

Box 2 of 8

Exhibits - Guidelines, 1995

Box 2 of 8

Space Shuttle Exhibit Scripts - Draft, Correspondence, and Photographs, 1990-1992 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 8

North American Rockwell 1972 Shuttle Exhibit - Notes and Photographs, 1972

Box 2 of 8

Space Shuttle Exhibit Mural Photographs and Transparencies, undated

Box 2 of 8

Exhibit - "Soviet Solar System Exploration" - "Soyuz: Beyond the Moon Race" - "Vega: Venus, Halley's Comet and Beyond" - Topaz II Reactor, 1988, 1990-1992

Box 2 of 8

Exhibit - "25 Years of Star Trek," 1985, 1988-1990, 1992

Box 2 of 8

Space Shuttle Enterprise Specifications - Test Plan for the Shuttle Orbiter Arresting System (SOAS), 1987

Box 2 of 8

SOAS Test Report, 1987

Box 2 of 8

Space Transportation System (STS) Egress Rescue Training Video Storyboard - Photographs of STS Enterprise, Dulles International Airport Operations, 1985, 1990

Box 2 of 8

Box 3

Presentation Project - Space Shuttle Enterprise Dimensions Blueprint and Edited Script, undated

Box 3 of 8

Convair 990 (CV990) Landing Systems Research Aircraft Test Report Booklets - Phase I and II, 1994

Box 3 of 8

Correspondence and Memoranda, 1993

Box 3 of 8

Correspondence and Memoranda, 1994

Box 3 of 8

Visitor Comments, 1994

Box 3 of 8

Skylab, Spacelab, Space Station, and Beyond - Meeting Notes, 1993

Box 3 of 8

International Cometary Explorer Script, 1986

Box 3 of 8

Space Anniversaries, 1985-1986

Box 3 of 8

Ariane and Arianespace: International Launch Resources - Script, 1985-1986

Box 3 of 8

Astronaut Photography Exhibit, 1987-1988

Box 3 of 8

Spacelab Transparencies, undated

Box 3 of 8

Shuttle Exhibit - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), 1987-1990

Box 3 of 8

Shuttle and Apollo Transparencies and Negatives, undated

Box 3 of 8

SITES Photographs - "All Systems Go," 1990

Box 3 of 8

SITES "All Systems Go" - Press, 1990-1994

Box 3 of 8

Shuttle Exhibit Update - "America's Space Truck," 1985-1988

Box 3 of 8

Flight Kit and Correspondence from Senator Jake Garn, 1985-1986

Box 3 of 8

"Tooling Up for Space" - Research Report, 1985-1986

Box 3 of 8

Exhibit Photographs, Transparencies, and Negatives - Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102 and 104 - Space Shuttle Challenger and Discovery - Operations in Orbit, 1983-1985

Box 3 of 8

Exhibits - Tracking and Data Acquisition, 1985, 1988

Box 3 of 8

Tracking Deep Space Network, 1986

Box 3 of 8

"Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS)," 1986-1989

Box 3 of 8

Moving Beyond Earth

Exhibit Planning: Shuttle Era Space Stations, 2004

Box 3 of 8

Exhibit Planning: Living and Working in Orbit, 2002-2003

Box 3 of 8

Exhibit: Shuttle, Station, and Beyond, 2004, 2007-2008 (includes electronic records)

Box 3 of 8

Exhibit NASA Agreement, 2008-2009

Box 3 of 8

Valerie Neal's Exhibit Notebook 1, 2008

Box 3 of 8

Valerie Neal's Exhibit Notebook 2, 2009

Box 3 of 8

Valerie Neal's Exhibit Notebook 3, 2009-2010

Box 3 of 8

Valerie Neal's Exhibit Notebook 4, 2010

Box 3 of 8

Valerie Neal's Exhibit Notebook 5, 2010-2011

Box 3 of 8

Valerie Neal's Exhibit Notebook 6, 2011-2012

Box 3 of 8

Exhibit Brainstorming Correspondence, 2008

Box 3 of 8

Concepts and Ideas, 2008

Box 3 of 8

Exhibit Concept Maps, 2008

Box 3 of 8

Box 4

Exhibit Experiences, 2005

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Evaluation, Caren Oberg, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibition Floor Plan, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Funding and Sponsors, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Status Meetings, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Schedule - Second Stage, 2010

Box 4 of 8

Presentation Center - Meetings, Correspondence, Designs, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Presentation Stage Programs, 2010-2011

Box 4 of 8

Space Shuttle Mid-deck, 2010-2011

Box 4 of 8

SI NASM - Space Shuttle Main Engine Relocation Study, 2011

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Video Requests Correspondence, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactives Contract, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactives - Proposal, Meetings, Correspondence, Design, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit - "Design It" Design a Space Station Interactive, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

"Design It" Space Station Concepts, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactive - "Go-No Go Challenge: Be the Flight Director" Science Mission, 2008

Box 4 of 8

Designs Floor Plans and Elevations, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Object Acquisitions, 2008-2012

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactive - "Go-No Go Challenge: Be the Flight Director" - Satellite Rescue Mission, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactives - "Spaceflight Academy" and "Are You Ready for Space" Quiz, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactive - "Spaceflight Academy" Quiz Questions, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactives - "Space for You" and "Spaceflight Workforce," 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactive - "Liquid Galaxy," Google Logo, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Exhibit Interactive - "Robots: Partners in Space" - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) Project, 2010-2012

Box 4 of 8

Correspondence - Magic Planet, Global Imagination, Incorporated, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Glovebox, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Science Glovebox, 2009

Box 4 of 8

Proposals and Funding, 2008-2011

Box 4 of 8

NASA Plans to Return Humans to the Moon and Establish a Lunar Outpost, 2007

Box 4 of 8

International Space Station (ISS) Full Scale Walkthrough Destiny Lab Module, 2001-2002

Box 4 of 8

Folklife Festival - NASA, 2008

Box 4 of 8

Miscellaneous Media, 2005

Box 4 of 8

Shuttle Era Exhibit - Big Ideas, 2005

Box 4 of 8

Shuttle Era Exhibit - Unit 100, 2005

Box 4 of 8

Shuttle Era Exhibit - Unit 200, 2005

Box 4 of 8

Shuttle Era Exhibit - Perspectives, 2005

Box 4 of 8

International Space Station (ISS) Virtual Reality Tour, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Label Script - Phase 1, 2008-2009

Box 4 of 8

Label Script - Phase 2, 2008-2010

Box 4 of 8

Box 5

Unit 200 Images, 2011

Box 5 of 8

Unit 300 Images, undated

Box 5 of 8

Unit 400 Images, 2011

Box 5 of 8

"Design-It" ISS Interactive, 2009

Box 5 of 8

NASA Newsroom Project - Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum - Collaboration Proposal, 1990-1991, 2007

Box 5 of 8

Exhibit - "Moving Into Space" and "Living and Working in Space," 2012-2013

Box 5 of 8

Where Next, Columbus?

Correspondence, 1989-1990

Box 5 of 8

Correspondence, 1991

Box 5 of 8

Correspondence, 1992

Box 5 of 8

Correspondence, 1994-1997

Box 5 of 8

Correspondence - Thank You Letters, 1992

Box 5 of 8

Correspondence - Spain, 1990-1991

Box 5 of 8

Correspondence - Letters of Introduction, 1990

Box 5 of 8

Memoranda, 1989-1991

Box 5 of 8

Memoranda, 1992

Box 5 of 8

Memoranda, 1995

Box 5 of 8

Spain Trip, 1990

Box 5 of 8

International Space Year, 1989-1992

Box 5 of 8

Quincentenary, 1987-1992

Box 5 of 8

Special Events, 1991-1993

Box 5 of 8

Tennessee Valley Conference, 1990-1991

Box 5 of 8

Exhibit Evaluation Report, 1999

Box 5 of 8

Exhibition Videos - Design Papers and Checklist, 1992

Box 5 of 8

"First Contact" - Mini Video - Scripts and Correspondence, 1991-1993

Box 5 of 8

Australian, New Guinea Encounter - Master File Script, 1992

Box 5 of 8

Cortez - Aztec Encounter, Script, 1991, undated

Box 5 of 8

Hawaii - Captain Cook Encounter, 1992

Box 5 of 8

Shoshone - Lewis and Clark Encounter, 1991-1992

Box 5 of 8

Tlingit-LaPerous Encounter - Documents and Images, undated

Box 5 of 8

Drake Equation Video, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent (SETI) Conference, 1991

Box 5 of 8

"What Happens to Your Body in Space" Video, 1992

Box 5 of 8

Mars Rover Exposition - The Planetary Society, 1990-1992

Box 5 of 8

Kasei Valles Region - Barnstorming Mars Video, 1992

Box 5 of 8

NASM Interview Transcripts by Valerie Neal, Experts Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Original and Corrected, undated

Box 5 of 8

Video Script and Preparations - "What Happens to Your Body in Space?", 1992

Box 5 of 8

Science Fiction Film Group - Notes and Scripts, 1989-1990, 1992

Box 5 of 8

Box 6

"Contact" - Film Scripts, 1992

Box 6 of 8

"Other Worlds" - Solar System Tour, 1991-1992

Box 6 of 8

"Spacefaring" Film Script, 1990-1992

Box 6 of 8

John Grower Contract - Computer Graphics Report, 1991

Box 6 of 8

Press Releases, 1990-1991

Box 6 of 8

Mars Colony - Transparencies and Slides, 2000

Box 6 of 8

Script Review and Comments, 1990-1991

Box 6 of 8

Script Drafts with Comments and Notes, 1991-1992

Box 6 of 8

Scripts and Gallery Arrangement with Labels, 1992-1993 (3 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Director's Office - Memoranda and Correspondence, 1989-1997

Box 6 of 8

Secretary I. Michael Heyman - Installation, Memoranda, Correspondence, and Lectures, 1994-1996

Box 6 of 8

The Glenn-Webb-Seamans (GWS) Project - Aerospace History, 1989-1990, 1992

Box 6 of 8

Inaugural Ball, 1992-1993

Box 6 of 8

Strategic Bombing Symposium, 1989-1990, 1993

Box 6 of 8

Space Race

Object and Loan Documents, 1994-1996

Box 6 of 8

Exhibition Artifact List, 1995, 1997

Box 6 of 8

Cold War - Space Race, Funds, 1993-1997

Box 6 of 8

Gallery Designs, 1996-1997

Box 6 of 8

Meeting Notes, 1995-1997

Box 6 of 8

Correspondence - Photograph Orders, 1997

Box 6 of 8

NASA Photographs, 1995 (includes electronic records)

Box 6 of 8

Soviet Photographs, 1995-1996 (includes electronic records)

Box 6 of 8

Energia Photographs, 1996

Box 6 of 8

Press Kits, 1995, 1997

Box 6 of 8

Press Release and Preview, 1997

Box 6 of 8

Correspondence - Quotes, 1996

Box 6 of 8

Exhibition Reviews and Articles, 1997-1998

Box 6 of 8

Exhibition Scripts - Missile Threat Graphic, 1997-1998

Box 6 of 8

Box 7

Exhibition Scripts - Checklists, Updates, 1997

Box 7 of 8

Artifact Lists, 1997

Box 7 of 8

Gallery Labels and Scripts, 1997

Box 7 of 8

Original Gallery Scripts Structure, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Exhibition Script by Gallery, 1997, 1999

Box 7 of 8

Special Exhibition Funds Proposal, 1993, 1995-1996

Box 7 of 8

Space Race Exhibition on the Web, 1997

Box 7 of 8

Corona Exhibition Video Script, 1995-1996

Box 7 of 8

Exhibition Introduction Video, 1994-1996

Box 7 of 8

Subject File - Space Race, Cold War, 1991, 1993-1994

Box 7 of 8

Subject File - Race to the Moon, 1995-1996

Box 7 of 8

Subject File - Minutemen, Missile Pit, 1993, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Subject File - Satellite Reconnaissance: Secret Eyes in Space, 1995-1996

Box 7 of 8

Subject File - Hubble Space Telescope Components - Mini-Exhibit, 1997-1998

Box 7 of 8

Ross Perot Loan Documents - The Perot Foundation, 1993-1995, 1997 (2 folders)

Box 7 of 8

Space Race Opening Event, 1996-1997

Box 7 of 8

Scripts - Exploring the Moon, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Scripts - Military Origins in Space, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Scripts - Racing to the Moon, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Scripts - Satellite Reconnaissance: Secret Eyes in Space, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Scripts - A Permanent Presence in Space, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Scripts - Introduction Exhibition - Extra Labels, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Exhibition and Artifacts Slide Set, 1998

Box 7 of 8

Image logs and Correspondence, 1996

Box 7 of 8

Exhibit Script Keyed Images - Unit 200, Minutemen - Missile Pit, undated

Box 7 of 8

Exhibit Script Keyed Images - Unit 300, Race to the Moon, undated

Box 7 of 8

Exhibit Script Keyed Images - Unit 400, Satellite Reconnaissance: Secret Eyes in Space, undated

Box 7 of 8

Box 8

Exhibit Script Keyed Images - Unit 500, A Permanent Presence in Space, undated

Box 8 of 8

Photographs for Unit 200 - Minutemen - Missile Pit, 1995, undated (includes electronic records)

Box 8 of 8

Photographs for Unit 300 - Race to the Moon, undated

Box 8 of 8

Exhibition Images and Worksheets and Correspondence, 1995-1997

Box 8 of 8

Post-Apollo Object Lists and Correspondence, 2000

Box 8 of 8

NASM Film Archives Lists, undated

Box 8 of 8

Exhibition Full Script and Labels, 1997 (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Spacelab Photographs and Prints, 1998-2000, undated (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

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