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Director's Records

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Object Details

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.
sova.sia.fa18-109

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
SIA.FA18-109
https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_395171
Accession 18-109
SIA

Record ID

ebl-1558542610725-1558542610729-0

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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


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