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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Creator:
National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
Topic
Museums -- Public relations
Science museums
Historical museums
Museums -- Education aspects
Creator:
National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
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Records
Historical Note
In 1980 an Office of Public and Academic Programs was established at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), subsequently the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Josiah O. Hatch, a Special Assistant to the Director of the Museum, was assigned as Director of the Office. Hatch submitted reports for Public and Academic Programs to Douglas E. Evelyn, Deputy Director of NMAH. When the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Performing Arts became defunct in 1983, part of its staff was reassigned to the Office of Public and Academic Programs. In 1984, the Office was reorganized as the Department of Public Programs. It included sections of production, education, the Program in Black American History, performances, publications, and the Office of Public Affairs. Hatch became its head as the Assistant Director for Public Programs. The next year, Lonn W. Taylor succeeded Hatch. The Department of Public Programs is responsible for a variety of tasks associated with providing the public with opportunities for learning. It works with the Museum's other departments to produce educational materials such as scholarly publications, kits and guides, and information on various topics of interest that interpret NMAH exhibitions. The Department also sponsors or coordinates programs and performances using Museum collections; presents special programs on important aspects of American life and culture that cannot be exhibited through artifacts alone; and organizes colloquia, symposia, and lectures. Staff has included Josiah O. Hatch, Director of the Department of Public Programs, 1980-1983, and Assistant Director for Public Programs, 1984; Lonn Taylor, Deputy Assistant Director for Public Programs, 1984, and Assistant Director, 1985- ; Harold A. Closter, Production Director, 1983-1986, Program Manager, 1987-1990, and Deputy Assistant Director, 1991- ; Bernice Johnson Reagon, Director of the Program in Black American History, 1983-1987; James M. Weaver, Director of Performance Programs, 1983-1986; Shirley E. Cherkasky, Coordinator of Museum Programs, 1983- ; Elizabeth M. Sharpe, Education Specialist, 1985-1986, and Deputy Assistant Director for Public Programs, 1987- ; and Manuel J. Melendez, Performing Arts Production Specialist, 1984-1991.
Extent
41 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes)
Date
1968-1992
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Record Unit 584
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Floor plans
Videotapes
Black-and-white photographs
Manuscripts
Brochures
Illustrations
Clippings
Floppy disks
Electronic records
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 584, National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs, Records
Genre/Form
Floor plans
Videotapes
Black-and-white photographs
Manuscripts
Brochures
Illustrations
Clippings
Floppy disks
Electronic records
Descriptive Entry
These records mostly consist of staff correspondence and memoranda documenting administrative and program-oriented activities of the Department of Public Programs. The records pertain to fundraising, social history lectures and seminars, the Senior Series Program, budget, educational outreach proposals, grant information, planning for the Program of Hispanic American History, and the Country Music Program. In addition, there are budget reports; videotapes, audiotapes, abstracts, and planning documents from the Conference on Music in America at the Smithsonian Institution; minutes of meetings; information on educational projects for NMAH exhibitions; research material consisting of exhibition scripts, blueprints, and photographs; outline of Highlight Tours at NMAH; and brochures, articles, and newspaper clippings on NMAH special events. The record unit also includes records which date back to the Division of Performing Arts. Performing Arts records primarily consist of working files; videotapes and audiotapes of performances from the Country Music Program, Jazz at the Smithsonian, and the Festival of American Folklife; and budgetary information.
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Record ID
ebl-1503511023318-1503511023331-0
Metadata Usage
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  • Music in the Bandstand (1988)

  • Bandstand programs, 1984

  • Box 19

  • Box 41

  • Musical theater, 1979-1982

  • Truman

  • VIARC Information Center, 1987-1988

  • Senior Series Program - Outgoing correspondence, 1979-1982

  • Education Outreach proposals and grants, 1983-1985

  • Spanning Niagara: The International Bridges, 1848-1962

  • Untitled

  • Traditional Dance and Song of the Seneca (1987)

  • Jazz at the Smithsonian

  • Videotape - Jimmy Rodgers Stamps - TRT 4:00, September 15, 1982 (3/4" U-matic tape)

  • Crowd control

  • Intern Program, FY 1987

  • Senior Series Program - Quarterly reports, 1979-1980

  • Audiotape - Speedy West (1/4" audiotape)

  • Cold Springs Harbor - Correspondence

  • Labor history - Articles, papers, and clippings

  • The Commodores: United States navy Band Jazz Ensemble (1991)

  • A Material World, FY 1987

  • Performing Arts: Chamber Music Program, 1984

  • Smithsonian Institution: Yesterday and Today - Publication, 1980

  • Box 16

  • Social History Lectures/Seminars

  • Report on Hispanic Television Research Project, 1988

  • Chapter 12 - Early Beginnings - Draft

  • Education - Demonstration Areas

  • Trust Funds

  • Inaugural concerts - Finances, television, 1981

  • Smithsonian World, 1990

  • Program in African-American Culture, FY 1988

  • Collections - Trobbe, FY 1986

  • Docent Scripts, 1978 (2 folders)

  • "A Good JOB" video

  • After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800

  • Conferences - Cooperstown, 1989

  • Performing Arts: Recordings

  • Museum Advisory Committee (MAC), 1985

  • Life in America: 18th Century - Crowd control, 1985-1986

  • Ambrose Video

  • Videotapes - Voices of the Civil Rights Movement,; Buying Freedom - Life in America Series, Parts 5-8; Jack Dejohnette at the Hirshhorn; 1979 (3 VHS tapes)

  • Rehabilitation Discovery Corner/Script, 1978

  • Exhibitions - DeSmet (Father Pierre)

  • An Afternoon of Films about Asian-Americans (1991) Women and Social Reform in America, 1890-1990

  • Convention Center Groups

  • Conference participant bios

  • Education - Asian-American Programs, FY 1989

  • NMAH Space

  • Military History Demo Center, 1987-1989

  • Performing Arts: Chamber Music - Reviews and Articles

  • Conference - Music in America publication

  • Receptions & Invitations, 1981-1985

  • MNH sponsored meetings on outreach and relating to older adult audiences

  • Montana, Patsy, 1979-1983

  • Holocaust Museum

  • Monroe, Bill, 1980

  • Music of the Black American Composer (1988)

  • Black American Choral Song (1984)

  • MAC, 1982

  • Country Music Slides - 1979-1980 (1 box)

  • Labor union s- General - Clippings, news

  • Audio/Visual Programs (SI) Survey, 1983

  • Conferences - Organization of American Historians, FY 1989

  • Recording Projects

  • Museum Shops

  • Smithsonian Chamber Players, January 18, 1981, Renwick Gallery; Smithsonian Chamber Players, January 18, 1981, Renwick Gallery (2 U-matic videotapes)

  • Exhibition Reviews

  • Men and Women - High school reception, June 7, 1990

  • Italians in America

  • An American Anthology: Highlights of the Collections (2 folders)

  • After Columbus: Encounters in North America (1989-1989)

  • Follow Up

  • Correspondence: Information and Requests, 1986

  • Crowd control memoranda

  • Education, 1988

  • Budget - General Overall, 1987-1989 (2 folders)

  • Miscellaneous Memoranda, Commentary and Short Reports re: Surveys/Evaluations, 1984

  • Box 26

  • Jazz

  • Chuck Wagon Gang, 1978

  • Press releases - Comments

  • Video Proposal, 1987

  • At Home on the Road

  • Music in the Bandstand (1988)

  • Booklet - Don Reno: His Life . . . His Songs

  • All-American Music

  • American Theater Association

  • Audiocassette - Radio Smithsonian #893 - "A Century of Struggle"

  • Special education annual report, 1975-1976

  • BBC Enterprises

  • Proposal for Orientation Research in the museum of History and Technology, 1974

  • Buckley, Joseph - Correspondence, 1975

  • Box 21

  • Box 39

  • Patsy Montana, Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart

  • Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, 1980-1981

  • Education - Saturday Afternoon Programs, FY 1987-1989

  • Videotape - Allistair Anderson - "Mostly Music," March 3, 1984 (3/4" U-matic tape)

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The Jacksonville Bandstand - Dedication Program (cover): Ribbon cutting and inaugural concert program for the Jacksonville Bandstand on the west grounds of the National Museum of American History, July 4, 1984. [Image no. SIA2010-3384]
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