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Organization:
Unarranged and alphabetic
Summary:
Consists of records documenting participation in professional associations; events for, or by, the Freer Gallery of Art or Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; development; fellowships and grants; affiliated museums, universities, and institutions; strategic plans and mission statements; acquisitions; exhibitions; special projects; analysis of gallery shops operations; staff and departments; budget; and various committees and boards on which the Director served during the tenures of directors Thomas Lawton, 1977-1987; Milo Cleveland Beach, 1987-2001; and Julian Raby, 2002-2017. Materials include correspondence; memoranda; staff newsletters; booklets, brochures, pamphlets, and other Smithsonian publications; architectural drawings; floor plans; illustrations of objects; budgets; clippings; studies; reports; committee, board, and association member lists, meeting agendas, notes, marketing materials, and supporting materials; press releases; dissertation evaluations; lists of fellows; research files; clippings; event planning files; travel files; acquisition files; grant proposals and proposal evaluation forms; purchase agreements; lecture texts; exhibition text; donor and prospective donor contact reports; Director's daily schedules; survey results; videotapes featuring collection objects; recordings of concert programs; and accounting reports of the gallery shops. Some materials are in electronic format.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520