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Record Unit 287
Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
Department of Exhibitions,
Exhibition Records,
1974-1979

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. EXHIBITIONS, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, 1977-1979.

  Series 2. EXHIBITION RESEARCH MATERIALS, 1974-1977.

  Series 3. MAN transFORMS, OVERSIZE MATERIALS.

  Series 4. BLUEPRINTS, DRAWINGS, AND GRAPHIC PRINTS.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These records document the Cooper-Hewitt Museum exhibitions from 1974 to 1979, especially the Museum's "museum without walls" project, "Immovable Objects / Lower Manhattan," 1975, and the Museum's first exhibition show at the Carnegie Mansion, "MAN transFORMS / Aspects of Design," 1976.

These materials were assembled by Dorothy Twining Globus, Exhibits Specialist, and Lucy Fellowes, Exhibits Researcher.

The records consist of correspondence with museum administrators, architects and designers, and interested persons concerning the exhibits, catalogues, and loans of objects. In addition, there are research notes, photographs, printed materials, budgets, newspaper and journal articles, notes taken at meetings, and blueprints and drawings. Oversize materials consist of blueprints and drawings of floor plans and layouts of the exhibits, and graphic print posters for a "metamorphic" theme ("MAN transFORMS").


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
EXHIBITIONS, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, 1977-1979.

Box 1 of 22
Folders1-10   "The Royal Pavilion at Brighton," 1977
Folders11-12   "American Federation of Art," 1977
Folder13   "200 Years of American Architectural Drawing," 1977
Folders14-16   "Andrea Palladio Exhibition," 1977

Box 2 of 22
Folders1-2   "Andrea Palladio Exhibition," 1977
Folders3-16   "More than Meets the Eyes," 1977-1978. See also oversize materials for blueprints.
Folders17-18   "Look Again," 1978
Folder19   "Artists' Postcards II," 1978

Box 3 of 22
Folders1-8   "Embroidery Through the Ages," 1978
Folder9   "Environmental Communications Looks at Los Angeles," 1978
Folder10   "Museum of Drawers," 1978
Folders11-13   "Ornament in the 20th Century," 1978-1979

Box 4 of 22
Folders1-4   "Ornament in the 20th Century," 1978-1979 (cont'd)
Folder5   "Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain, 1850-1930," 1979
Folders6-9   "The Dream King, Ludwig II of Bavaria," 1979
Folder10   "Roma Interrota," 1979

SERIES 2.
EXHIBITION RESEARCH MATERIALS, 1974-1977.

Box 5 of 22

Immovable Objects / Lower Manhattan (IO/LM)

Folder1   Action pending - 1975
Folder2   Battery Park City - 1975
Folder3   Bibliography - 1975
Folder4   Bicentennial Committee Planning Board - 1975
Folder5   Building permits - 1975
Folders6-7   Catalogue - 1975
Folder8   Contact control - 1975
Folder9   Contracts - 1975
Folders10-11   Correspondence - 1975
Folder12   Downtown Lower Manhattan Association - 1975

Box 6 of 22
Folder1   Events, Inc. - 1975
Folders2-3   Fraunces Tavern - 1975
Folder4   Fundraising - 1975
Folder5   Axel Horn: research approach - 1975
Folder6   Invitations to opening of exhibitions - 1975
Folder7   Esther Kalsmith (intern) - 1975
Folder8   Kaufman Buildings - 1975
Folder9   Lower Manhattan: important historical dates - 1975
Folder10   Lower Manhattan: origin of names and development - 1975

Box 7 of 22
Folders1-2   Lower Manhattan Development, Office of - 1975
Folder3   Mayor of the City of New York, Office of the - 1975
Folders4-5   Meetings, 1974-1975
Folder6   Merrill Lynch Building (1 Liberty Plaza, formerly 165 Broadway) - 1975
Folder7   National Park Service - Federal Hall - 1975
Folders8-9   Nets - 1975
Folder10   Newspaper articles - extracts - 1975
Folder11   New York City Bicentennial Corporation - 1975
Folder12   New York Historical Society - 1975
Folder13   New York Times - 1975
Folder14   Open Space - seminar course by Kathryn Mathewson - 1975
Folder15   Pamphlet: notes and drafts - 1975
Folders16-18   Postcard project - 1975
Folder19   Printed materials - 1975

Box 8 of 22
Folder1   Salica, Carol (intern) - 1975
Folder2   Singer Building block (1 Liberty Plaza) - 1975
Folder3   South Street Seaport Museum - 1975
Folder4   Thank-you letters - 1975
Folders5-6   Ticker Tape project - 1975
Folder7   Time Spent on Job report - 1975
Folder8   United States Customs House - 1975
Folder9   Weinstein, Richard: notes - 1975
Folder10   Woolworth Building - 1975
Folder11   Work proposal - 1975
Folder12   WORKS, Inc.: contract - 1975
Folder13   World Trade Center - 1975

Box 9 of 22

MAN transFORMS / Aspects of Design

Folder1   Audio-visual inventory - 1976
Folder2   Bread: notes - 1976
Folder3   Bread: The Blessings of Bread, by Adrian Bailey - 1976
Folder4   Bread...Bread...Bread - 1976
Folder5   Bread: labels, drafts - 1976
Folder6   Bread: lists - 1976
Folder7   Bread: text information - 1976
Folder8   Brochures for exhibition - 1976
Folder9   Caplan, Ralph: "What to Do When a Designer Comes," undated
Folder10   Catalogue: background information of exhibit contributors, Paris meeting, July, 1975
Folder11   Catalogue: Collection section: text - 1976
Folder12   Catalogue: Copy - 1976
Folder13   Catalogue: Credits - 1976
Folders14-22   Catalogue: Essays by contributors for the opening exhibition: Nader Ardalan; Peter Bode; Ralph Caplan; Hans Hollein; Arata Isozaki; Richard Meier; George Nelson; Ettore Sottsass; and Oswald M. Ungers. See also Boxes 21-22 and oversize materials. - 1976

Box 10 of 22
Folder1   Catalogue: Contributors' essays - 1976
Folders2-4   Catalogue: Galley proofs - 1976
Folder5   Catalogue: Notes - 1976
Folder6   Catalogue: Numbers - 1976
Folder7   Cloth: Abachrome, Inc. - 1976
Folder8   Cloth: Cloth as a Tool - 1976
Folder9   Cloth: Embellished cloths - 1976
Folder10   Cloth: Flags, maps, planes, ship, mummies - 1976

Box 11 of 22
Folder1   Cloth: Kerchief layout (includes color transparency slides in plastic jackets) - 1976
Folder2   Cloth: Knitting Times - 1976
Folder3   Cloth: Labels for textile exhibit - 1976
Folder4   Cloth: Master lists (S.I. collections) - 1976
Folder5   Cloth: Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1976
Folder6   Cloth: Selected textiles - 1976
Folders7-10   Cloth: Small textiles (Smithsonian and non-Smithsonian; Alice Beer notes; rejects) - 1976
Folder11   Clothing: Information sources - 1976
Folder12   Clothing: Master list - 1976
Folder13   Clothing: Small textiles (Dorothy Globus' notes) - 1976

Box 12 of 22
Folder1   Collection photographs (xeroxed copies) - 1976
Folder2   Contributors' meetings, Paris, July 6-8, 1975: minutes of meeting
Folder3   Daily routine - 1976
Folder4   Designed Being - 1976
Folders5-6   Exhibition checklists - MAN transFORMS/Aspects 1976
Folder7   Exhibitions: general correspondence and notes, 1976-1977
Folder8   Fellowes, Lucy: miscellaneous notes - 1976
Folder9   Films: "Faces" - 1976
Folder10   Films: Credits/copy - 1976
Folder11   Films: Films reviewed - 1976
Folder12   Films: Frank Film - 1976
Folder13   Films: Hillary Harris - 1976
Folder14   Films: "Igloo" - 1976
Folder15   Films: Listing researched - 1976
Folder16   Films: Peter Kubella - 1976

Box 13 of 22
Folder1   Films: Mickey Mouse - 1976
Folder2   Films: Opening exhibition show - 1976
Folder3   Films: Plans - 1976
Folder4   Films: Osterreichisches Film Museum - 1976
Folder5   Films: Outlines - 1976
Folder6   Films: Requests for films - 1976
Folder7   Films: Scripts - 1976
Folder8   Films: Viz, Inc. (Murray Grigor correspondence) - 1976
Folder9   Films: Miscellaneous correspondence - 1976
Folder10   Flags - 1976
Folder11   Follow-ups - 1976
Folder12   Furnitures - 1976
Folder13   Globus, Dorothy: daily notes, 1976
Folder14   Globus, Dorothy: notebook, 1975

Box 14 of 22
Folder1   Hammer Exhibition: Articles (xeroxed copies) - 1976
Folder2   Hammer Exhibition: Bibliography (journal articles and miscellaneous correspondence) - 1976
Folder3   Hammer Exhibition: Captions - 1976
Folder4   Hammer Exhibition: Exhibition layout - 1976
Folder5   Hammer Exhibition: Final selections - 1976
Folder6   Hammer Exhibition: Lenders and donors (non-Smithsonian Institution) 1976
Folder7   Hammer Exhibition: Master lists - 1976
Folder8   Hammer Exhibition: Notes, drawings (includes some correspondence) 1976
Folder9   Hammer Exhibition: Photographs; see also Box 15 - 1976
Folder10   Hammer Exhibition: Smithsonian Institution - 1976

Box 15 of 22

Box 16 of 22
Folder1   Hollein, Hans - 1976
Folder2   In-house purchase orders - 1976
Folder3   Installation notes - 1976
Folder4   Inventory: master lists (includes photographs) - 1976
Folder5   Invitations and announcements - 1976
Folder6   Korean Village script - 1976
Folder7   Labels: "Birdcages" - 1976
Folder8   Labels: "City Metaphors"; Meier Matamorphosis - 1976
Folder9   Labels: "Cloth" - 1976
Folder10   Labels: Films; photographs - 1976
Folder11   Labels: General labels - 1976
Folder12   Labels: Guidelines - 1976
Folder13   Labels: "Oasis"; "Hammer"; "Gravity" - 1976
Folder14   Labels: "Sacred Space"; "Stars" - 1976
Folder15   Labels: "Seamless Surface"; "Users of Cloths" - 1976
Folder16   Letter forms - 1976
Folder17   Letters of introduction to opening exhibitions -1976
Folder18   Loans: Agreements - 1976
Folder19   Loans: Agreements (draft forms) - 1976
Folder20   Loans: Agreements (not sent?) - 1976
Folder21   Loans: Agreements: items returned to lenders - 1976

Box 17 of 22
Folder1   Loans: Correspondence, general - 1976
Folder2   Loans: Correspondence: Smithsonian Institution - 1976
Folder3   Loans: Extensions - 1976
Folder4   Loans: Museum loan numbers - 1976
Folder5   Loans: Objects wanted - 1976
Folder6   Loans: Loan returned - 1976
Folder7   Loans: American Museum of Natural History - 1976
Folder8   Loans: Brooklyn Museum - 1976
Folder9   Loans: Jewish Museum - 1976
Folder10   Loans: Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1976
Folder11   Loans: Newark Museum - 1976
Folder12   National Geographic Society: reference notes - 1976

Box 18 of 22
Folder1   Opening Exhibition: Catalogue and information requests - 1976
Folder2   Opening Exhibition: Description of the exhibitions and history of the museums - 1976
Folder3   Opening Exhibition: Floor plans; see also oversize materials for blueprints of floor plans of museum - 1976
Folder4   Opening Exhibition: Follow-up procedures - 1976
Folder5   Opening Exhibition: Layout of exhibitions - 1976
Folder6   Opening Exhibition: Maintenance - 1976
Folder7   Opening Exhibition: Photography (include photographs) - 1976
Folder8   Opening Exhibition: Public relation and follow-up - 1976
Folder9   Opening Exhibition: Thanks and acknowledgements - 1976
Folder10   Photographs: taken by Lucy Fellowes for research and installation of exhibitions, 1976.
Folder11   Photographs: xeroxed copies - 1976
Folder12   Portability - 1976
Folder13   Press information kit - 1976
Folder14   Public inquiry - 1976
Folder15   Recording procedure: register notes - 1976
Folder16   Sails: plane - 1976
Folder17   Sails: tipi and windmill - 1976
Folder18   Satellite shows - 1976
Folder19   Schedule: dismantling - 1976
Folder20   Seamless Surface - 1976
Folder21   Shipping, insurance, etc. - 1976
Folder22   Slide shows - 1976
Folder23   Spaces: sacred and otherwise - 1976

Box 19 of 22
Folder1   Stars Exhibits: Correspondence (non-SI, non-museums) - 1976
Folder2   Stars Exhibits: Exhibition layouts - 1976
Folder3   Stars Exhibits: Lists - 1976
Folder4   Stars Exhibits: Loans - 1976
Folders5-7   Stars Exhibits: Research materials - 1976

Box 20 of 22
Folder1   Sun City, Arizona - 1976
Folders2-3   Ungers, Oswald Matthias - 1976
Folder4   Urban Design - 1976
Folder5   Transparency - 1976
Folder6   Travel - 1976
Folder7   Washington, D.C. trip, January, 1976 - 1976

SERIES 3.
MAN transFORMS, OVERSIZE MATERIALS.

Box 21 of 22

Box 22 of 22

SERIES 4.
BLUEPRINTS, DRAWINGS, AND GRAPHIC PRINTS.

Oversize


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