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Director's Records

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Creator:
National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director
Place
Africa
Topic
Art museums
Museums -- Administration
Art, African
Meetings
Art museum directors
Creator:
National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director
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Director's Records
Extent
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Date
1986-1997, 2001-2017
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Accession 18-109
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Clippings
Brochures
Color photographs
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-109, National Museum of African Art. Office of the Director, Director's Records
Rights
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2033; Transferring office; 3/30/2017 memorandum, Yowell to Holmes; Contact reference staff for details.
Genre/Form
Manuscripts
Clippings
Brochures
Color photographs
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) administrative and professional activities during the tenures of Sylvia H. Williams, Director, 1983-1996; Patricia L. Fiske, Acting Director, 1996; Roslyn A. Walker, Director, 1997-2002; Sharon F. Patton, Director, 2003-2008; and Johnnetta B. Cole, Director, 2009-2017. Topics covered include diversity, fundraisers, exhibitions, events, memorials, lectures, strategic plans, and NMAfA productivity. Materials include correspondence, notes, lectures, photographs, memoranda, project records, invitations, brochures, reports, news clippings, and related material.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1558542610725-1558542610729-0
Metadata Usage
CC0

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  • Presentation - SI Presentation of Challenges, undated

  • SI - NMAfA Office of Policy and Analysis Study, 2005

  • SI - Office of Policy and Analysis, 2002

  • Events 2009 - Nigeria Independence Anniversary

  • Events 2015 - Light of the Ancestors

  • Events 2010 - Cuban Interests Section

  • Events 2010 - Leadership Greater Washington

  • Events 2013 - Michelle Obama - National Design Awards

  • Events 2015 - Diversity and Inclusion in the 21st Century

  • SI - Director's Advisory Group Formation, 2010-2011

  • SI - JBC Letter of Application, 2008-2012

  • SI - Letter to Lawrence M. Small - Re: Roy Sieber, 2001

  • Events 2011 - Bonnie Berry

  • Presentation - Conversations, 2013 (2 folders)

  • Events 2012 - Delta Sigma Theta

  • Events 2012 - University of Maryland

  • Events 2012 - African American History in National Parks

  • Events 2010 - Many Thousand Gone: Songs of My Father

  • Sylvia Williams - Memorial Material, 1995-1997

  • Events 2017 - Queensland Bankers Equity

  • Events 2016 - Memorial Day 150th Anniversary

  • Events 2015 - Summit

  • Speech - Florida, Call for Greater Diversity, 2014

  • Events 2014 - Polk Museum of Art

  • Events 2009 - Savor South African Wine

  • SI - Board of Regents, 1986-1996, 2007-2009

  • Events 2009 - Invitations

  • Events 2010 - Invitations

  • Events 2015 - Essence Festival

  • Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) - Memorandum of Understanding - Restrictions on Archaeological Objects Trade, 2016

  • Events 2012 - (Re) Presenting America - SI Symposium

  • Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) - Diversity and Inclusion, 2010, 2015

  • Events 2010 - Arena Restaged

  • Events 2013 - Africare

  • Events 2015 - Dooky Chase

  • SI - NMAfA Office of Policy and Analysis Study, 2006 (2 folders)

  • Events 2011 - University of the Virgin Islands

  • Events 2014 - Walt Disney Imagineering

  • Events 2013 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

  • Events 2014 - Proclamation of SI NMAfA Day

  • SI - Under Secretary for History of Art and Culture, 2008

  • Events 2015 - White House Conference

  • Events 2012 - Heads of State Reception

  • Events 2010 - Laura Strombotne

  • Events 2010 - Grass Roots

  • Events 2016 - Walt Disney Imagineering

  • Speech - African Leaders Awards, 2013

  • Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) - Islamic State Crisis, 2015

  • Events 2011 - Africa Underground

  • SI - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2009

  • Events 2011 - Howard University

  • Events 2014 - Ruby Dee Eulogy

  • Events 2011 - University of Maryland

  • Events 2011 - First Lady of Gabon

  • Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) - Cuba and Arts Exchange, 2016

  • Events 2017 - Central Intelligence Agency

  • SI - Provost's Dialog, 2016

  • SI - Response to "Hide/Seek", 2010-2011

  • Presentation - Conversations, 2015 (2 folders)

  • Events 2012 - First Lady of Ghana

  • Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) - Randolph Macon College - Art Deaccession, 2015

  • Events 2014 - Maya Angelou

  • Presentation - Smithsonian Institution (SI), Presentation to Regents, 2009

  • Events 2013 - Director's Discussion Series

  • Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) - Fish and Wildlife Services - Ivory, 2014-2017

  • Speech - Minnesota, 2010

  • SI - Research Opportunity Fund, 2008

  • Events 2013 - Prince George's Community College

  • Events 2013 - Conferment of JBC

  • SI - NMAfA Office of Policy and Analysis Study, 2004

  • Speech - North Carolina Museum of Art, 2016

  • Events 2010 - South Africa-Washington Internship Program

  • Events 2012 - Black Entertainment Television (BET) Honors Invitation

  • Events 2011 - Hague Convention Training

  • Events 2009 - Washington D.C. Alumnae Chapter

  • Speech - Michigan State University (MSU), 2016

  • Events 2015 - Ford Foundation Diversity

  • Events 2017 - African Arts Awards Dinner

  • Events 2015 - AAM Conference

  • Events 2009 - Dawn McCoy

  • Events 2017 - "Senses of Time" Media Preview

  • Events 2014 - General

  • Events 2015 - Department of State

  • Speech - Pasadena Rotary Club, 2016

  • Events 2011 - Artist's in Dialogue

  • Speech - American Alliance of Museums (AAM), 2015

  • Events 2009 - Warren M. Robbins

  • Events 2014 - Maria De Fatima Velasco

  • Events 2016 - Points of Light

  • Massachusetts Review Article - Johnnetta B. Cole Writing, 2011, 2015

  • Events 2016 - Celebrating African Art

  • Events 2015 - Bennett College

  • Events 2013 - Chinua Achebe Memorial

  • Events 2009 - Life Objects: Rites of Passage in African Art

  • SI - National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), 2005-2006

  • SI - Lawrence M. Small Speech, 2004

  • Events 2014 - NMAfA 50th Anniversary

  • Events 2012 - University of Miami

  • Events 2010 - United Way

  • Events 2010 - Daniel Yohannes

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