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Publicity Records

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Object Details

Creator:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of Public Affairs
Topic
Museum exhibits
Museums -- Public relations
Art, Modern
Art museums
Creator:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of Public Affairs
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Publicity Records
Historical Note
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's (HMSG) first employee devoted explicitly to public affairs was Sidney Lawrence, first hired as a Museum Specialist (publicity) in 1976. In 1978 he became the Public Affairs Officer, Publications and Information Services Department. Lawrence became Public Information Officer, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Administrative and Museum Support Services, serving 1980- . The Office of Public Affairs is responsible for disseminating information on the Hirshhorn's various activities as broadly as possible among the audiences the Museum serves. To this end, it distributes many kinds of publicity - press kits, news releases, advertising spots, and the like. These materials are targeted at a wide variety of audiences, including professional artists and critics, knowledgeable patrons, school children, and casual visitors. The subject matter includes touring exhibits, exhibits from the HMSG's own collections, lectures, films, publications, and community-based activities which the Museum sponsors.
Extent
14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
Date
1969-1985
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Record Unit 513
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Clippings
Black-and-white photographs
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 513, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of Public Affairs, Publicity Records
Genre/Form
Manuscripts
Clippings
Black-and-white photographs
Descriptive Entry
These records include exhibition catalogs, news releases, news clippings and articles from the serious and popular press, mailings, public correspondence seeking more information on artists and art-related topics, invitations to openings and other special events, and many photographs.
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Record ID
ebl-1503511334957-1503511334970-0
Metadata Usage
CC0

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  • Purchases by the Hirshhorn Museum, 1974-1983, 1983, photographs

  • The Chac-Mool and Pre-Hispanic Mexican culture, label/layouts

  • The Noble Buyer, slides of art works

  • HMSG, Lerner quote on the importance of the museum

  • Eakins reception opening, invitation lists

  • Hans Hoffman exhibition, press

  • Inaugural catalogue checklist

  • The Golden Door, labels for photographs

  • Hilton Kramer, New York Times article, October 3, 1974

  • Hirshhorn acquisitions shows, 1974-1977

  • Architectural statistics

  • David Smith, press

  • Biography of Andrew Hudson, guest curator, 14 Canadians

  • HMSG museum shop photographs, October 1974

  • Daniel Moynihan, chairman, Board of Trustees, biographical information

  • Alfred Leslie exhibition, label copy/handout

  • David Smith: Painter, Sculptor, Draftsman, correspondence (2 folders)

  • Henry Moore film debut, 1980

  • The Chac-Mool and Pre-Hispanic Mexican culture, press

  • Hirshhorn holiday, 1978

  • HMSG, Daniel Robbins lecture, 1975

  • Film and lecture series, spring 1980

  • John Quinn: The Noble Buyer and his Friends, symposium

  • HMSG, Hirshhorn trustees, 1974

  • HMSG newsletter, 1973-1974

  • 14 Canadians, photographs

  • Public service radio spots

  • Kenneth Noland retrospective, 1977

  • Probing the Earth, wall label script

  • The Golden Door, catalogue

  • Samuel Murray: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, correspondence, 1982

  • HMSG opening, October 2, 1974

  • 14 Canadians, opening photos, contact sheets

  • HMSG, Increase and Diffusion copy, 1974

  • HMSG guest lists (2 folders)

  • Botero catalogue

  • The Noble Buyer, checklists

  • HMSG, a bicentennial issue of banners

  • Estes photographs/negatives

  • Box 6

  • The Noble Buyer, press (2 folders)

  • Purchases, correspondence

  • Canadian press list, 1974

  • TV/radio interview shows, lists and contacts, mostly D.C. area

  • HMSG opening, black artists represented in the opening exhibition

  • HMSG keys to the city for Mr. Hirshhorn, 1974

  • Hockney press, 1979

  • DiSuvero sculpture, photographs

  • HMSG opening, statues moved by helicopter, Washington Star, August 20, 1974

  • The Fifties, catalogue

  • HMSG, VIP & museum groups at Hirshhorn, 1974-1975

  • DeStijl, related events

  • HMSG opening, U.S. News & World Report, September 30, 1974

  • LBJ Foundation, 1981

  • Utopia, press release/handouts

  • Europe in the 70's, press

  • Sources of Country Music - Background information on the mural

  • Saul Steinberg exhibition, photographs

  • New York: The Artist's View, 1980

  • Calder opening, 1979

  • Box 12

  • Metaphor press release/handout

  • Press preview acceptance list, 1974

  • Register of HMSG visitors, 1974

  • The Animal in Art, miscellaneous photographs

  • Ibero-American Art, photographs

  • Directions 1981, exhibition, opening

  • David Smith, press release

  • HMSG opening, Wolf von Eckhardt review, Washington Post, September 28, 1974

  • Nadelman press coverage, 1975-1976

  • HMSG, general copy on museum for Information Please almanac, 1975

  • Film and lecture program, fall 1979

  • 14 Canadians, guest lists

  • The Noble Buyer, opening invitations

  • Dzubas, reception

  • HMSG, Artist and the Marketplace symposium, 1975

  • O'Keeffe photos, 1977

  • Contact sheets for Sources of Country Music

  • Summer film and lecture series, 1978

  • Drawings, press release/handouts

  • Peter Plagens exhibition opening

  • Europe in the 70's, invitation

  • Hockney photos, 1979

  • John Covert retrospective, 1976

  • HMSG helicopter statue move, New York Times, August 13, 1974

  • The Animal in Art, openings

  • American Motors advertising requests, 1974

  • The Fifties, correspondence

  • John Bernard Myers lecture, 1976

  • Lists of news staff and media figures (4 folders)

  • Maillol sculpture acquisition, 1979

  • Gorky press coverage

  • Jacques Lipchitz: From the Collection, 1981

  • HMSG opening, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 8, 1974

  • HMSG opening, diplomatic list

  • Sidney's Calder file

  • Films and lectures, fall 1980

  • German Expressionist Sculpture, 1983, press

  • Nakian: the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, 1981; includes photographs

  • Drawings, reception

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Friedel Dzubas at the Hirshhorn, June 1983. (Image no. SIA2016-000462)
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