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Record Unit 337
Assistant Secretary for History and Art,
American Revolution Bicentennial Records,
1962-1982


Introduction

Historical Note

Descriptive Entry

Series Descriptions

  Series 1. BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES

  Series 2. BICENTENNIAL PROJECTS FILES

  Series 3. AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATION (ARBA) - SMITHSONIAN BICENTENNIAL FILES

  Series 4. BICENTENNIAL - THE NATIONAL SCENE

  Series 5. JOHN SLOCUM FILES

  Series 6. BICENTENNIAL GENERAL PROGRAM FILES

  Series 7. BICENTENNIAL - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTS IN AMERICA, ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART (AAA)

  Series 8. BICENTENNIAL - MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS

  Series 9. THE EXHIBITION: FEDERAL CITY - PLANS AND REALITIES

  Series 10. GENERAL BICENTENNIAL MATERIALS

  Series 11. OVERSIZE RECORDS



INTRODUCTION

This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.


HISTORICAL NOTE

The Bicentennial Coordinator's Office was created on July 1, 1971, to coordinate the work of a special Institution-wide committee intended to plan the Smithsonian's activities in observance of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. The office was abolished in 1977 at the conclusion of the Bicentennial observance.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These records document the work of Susan A. Hamilton as Bicentennial Coordinator, acting under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art. They also cover preliminary planning for Bicentennial programs carried out between 1968 and the creation of the Office in 1971. For a fuller record of such activities, researchers should also consult the records of John J. Slocum, Special Assistant to the Secretary (record unit 341).

These records consist of correspondence, memoranda, publications, photographs, videotapes, a banner, and posters documenting the work of the Coordinator and the committee, as well as proposals and planning documents for both approved and rejected projects prepared to mark the Bicentennial. Plans for "Art in America: A Bibliography" and for an exhibition, "The Federal City: Plans and Realities," are especially well represented.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1.
BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FILES

Box 1 of 45

Administration

Smithsonian Offices

Smithsonian Coordination

Box 2 of 45

Outside Coordination

Congressional

Box 3 of 45

Visitor Services

Box 4 of 45

Public Information

Box 5 of 45

Correspondence

Box 6 of 45

Bicentennial Correspondence (Information)

1977 Inauguration - Jimmy Carter

Box 7 of 45

Budget

Box 8 of 45

SERIES 2.
BICENTENNIAL PROJECTS FILES

Box 8 of 45

New Museums

Exhibitions in Washington, D.C.

Box 9 of 45

Box 10 of 45

Box 11 of 45

Box 12 of 45

Special Projects

Box 13 of 45

Major Scholarly Projects

Publications

Box 14 of 45

Other SI Bureaus

Box 15 of 45

National Program SI

Box 16 of 45

Traveling Exhibitions

Portfolio Series

Box 17 of 45

Box 18 of 45

Box 19 of 45

Box 20 of 45

Early Program Planning

Box 21 of 45

Box 22 of 45

SERIES 3.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRATION (ARBA) - SMITHSONIAN BICENTENNIAL FILES

Box 22 of 45

ARBA Publications

Box 23 of 45

ARBA Publications and Programs

Box 24 of 45

ARBA 1973

Box 25 of 45

Box 26 of 45

ARBC 1972

Box 27 of 45

ARBC 1971-1972

Box 28 of 45

ARBC 1970

Box 29 of 45

ARBC 1966-1970

Box 30 of 45

Box 31 of 45

SERIES 4.
BICENTENNIAL - THE NATIONAL SCENE

Box 31 of 45

The Federal Establishment

Box 32 of 45

D.C./Nation's Capital

Box 33 of 45

National Bicentennial Site

National Bicentennial Projects

Box 34 of 45

Box 35 of 45

National Bicentennial Media

Bicentennial Projects by State

Box 36 of 45

Box 37 of 45

International

SERIES 5.
JOHN SLOCUM FILES

Box 37 of 45

SERIES 6.
BICENTENNIAL GENERAL PROGRAM FILES

Box 37 of 45

Box 38 of 45

Box 39 of 45

SERIES 7.
BICENTENNIAL - BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTS IN AMERICA, ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART (AAA)

Box 40 of 45

Box 41 of 45

SERIES 8.
BICENTENNIAL - MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS

Box 41 of 45

Box 42 of 45

SERIES 9.
THE EXHIBITION: FEDERAL CITY - PLANS AND REALITIES

Box 42 of 45

SERIES 10.
GENERAL BICENTENNIAL MATERIALS

Box 42 of 45

SERIES 11.
OVERSIZE RECORDS

Includes some audio-visual materials.

Box 43 of 45

Box 44 of 45

Box 45 of 45

Films from ARBC Media Kit (see Box 25)

Voice of America (from Box 37)

Oversize
Folder1   NASM Construction Photographs (2 images)
Bicentennial Logo Contest - Logos #3, 21, 53, 62, 63, 67, 68
Bicentennial Posters Commemorative Set
National Bicentennial Operations Organization Chart
Mall Signage Program Illustration
Photograph of Mall Model
Bicentennial Posters
Reproductions of the Bicentennial Posters Commemorative Set
Commemorative Posters - Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
NMHT Poster - We the People
Washington Post, August 9, 1974 - "Nixon Resigns"
Folder2   "The American Revolution, 1775-1783: An Atlas of 18th Century Maps and Charts," 1972


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