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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 2011 - David Driskell Prize Dinner

Speech - NMAfA Luncheon for President Sirleaf, 2012

Box 1

Events 2012 - American Association of Museums (AAM)

Speech - Anacostia, 2009

Events 2009 - North Carolina Johnnie Fullerwinder

Events 2012 - Sackler Center First Awards

Events 2014 - Craft2Wear

Events 2015 - Abraham Lincoln's 206th Birthday Anniversary

Events 2010 - Fundraiser

Events 2016 - Board of Trustees Meeting

John Pemberton III - Memorial, 2016

Events 2015 - First Lady and White House Thank You

Events 2012 - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Events 2016 - William G. Bowen

Events 2015 - National Day of Sultanate of Oman

Events 2015 - General Correspondence

Events 2011 - Flashpoints and Fault Lines

Events 2010 - New Dialogue on Race

Events 2016 - Mary Francis Early Lecture

Events 2010 - Millennium Leadership Initiative

Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) - Executive Summary, 2015

Events 2015 - SI and WH Council on Women and Girls

SI - Collection Information Management Committee, 2008


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