Consists of Director's chronological correspondence, budget files and financial reports, exhibition files, planning reports, acquisitions committee meeting minutes, Cooper-Hewitt publications (News, Programs, and Newsletter, and other brochures), and video and audio tapes (primarily news coverage and promotional productions).

Directors documented in these records include Calvin S. Hathaway, 1951-1963; H. Christian Rohlfing, 1963-1968; Richard P. Wunder, 1968-1969; Lisa Taylor, 1969-1987; and Dianne H. Pilgrim, 1988-2000.

Box 1 of 10

• Correspondence, 1/92
• Correspondence, 2/92-3/92
• Correspondence, 4/92-5/92
• Correspondence, 6/92
• Correspondence, 7/92-9/92
• Correspondence, 10/92-11/92
• Correspondence, 12/92
• Correspondence, 1/93- 2/93
• Correspondence, 3/93
• Correspondence, 3/29/93-4/26/93
• Correspondence, 5/93
• Correspondence, 6/1/93-8/12/93
• Correspondence, 8/93-10/93
• Correspondence, 11/93-12/93
• Correspondence, 1/94-2/94
• Correspondence, 3/94-4/94
• Correspondence, 5/94-6/94
• Correspondence, 7/94-9/94

Box 2 of 10

• Correspondence, 10/94
• Correspondence, 11/94-12/94
• Correspondence, 1/95-2/95
• Correspondence, 3/95-4/95
• Correspondence, 5/95-6/95
• Correspondence, 7/95-8/95
• Correspondence, 9/95-12/95
• Correspondence, 1/96-2/96
• Correspondence, 3/96-4/96
• Correspondence, 5/96-7/96
• Correspondence, 8/96-9/96
• Correspondence, 10/96-11/96
• Cooper Hewitt Budget, FY 84-FY 85 (3 folders)
• Financial Report, 9/82
• Financial Report, 9/83
• Financial Report, 9/84 (2 folders)
• Financial Report, 10/84

Box 3 of 10

• Financial Report, 9/85
• Financial Report, 10/85
• Financial Report, 9/86
• Financial Report, 10/86
• Financial Report, 9/88
• Financial Report, 10/88
• Financial Report, 9/89
• Financial Report, 10/89
• Financial Report, 10/90
• Financial Report, 11/90
• Financial Report, 10/91
• Financial Report, 9/92

Box 4 of 10

• Capital Campaign Summary Sheets, 12/82-7/90 (2 folders)
• Capital Campaign Correspondence, 1984 (2 folders)
• Capital Campaign Correspondence, 1985 (6 folders)
• Capital Campaign Correspondence, 1986 (4 folders)
• Capital Campaign Correspondence, 1987
• CHM Council/Capital Campaign

Box 5 of 10

• Capital Campaign Background Materials and Handouts, 1985
• Gilbane & Co., 1986-1987
• Videotape, 7/31/86
• Capital Campaign Report, 8/1/86
• Progress Reports and Updates, 10/3/85-7/26/88
• Cocktail Party, 9/26/86
• Berlin Symposium, 11/10/86
• Misc. Campaign Special Events, 1984-1986
• Campaign Time Frame, n.d.
• Secretary Robert McC Adams, 11/21/84-10/23/86
• Board of Regents, 1/84-4/88
• Developers Symposium, 11/86
• Donor Prospects: Regional Lists, n.d.
• Donor Prospects, 1984-1985
• Designer Involvement, 1985-1986
• Organizational Material, 4/84-2/87
• National Board of SI Associates, 6/83-5/87 (2 folders)
• Short Case Statements, 1987
• Case Statement Preparation, n.d.
• Case Statements, 8/84-11/84
• Campaign Committee Meeting Packets, 6/3/85, 9/26/85, and 12/12/85
• Campaign Committee Meetings, 5/13/85-9/29/86
• Campaign Committee Organizational Information, 8/27/84-1/28/87
• Campaign Budgets, 9/10/84-2/4/87
• Campaign Costs, FY85
• Fund Administration, 8/23/83-9/18/84
• Brakely, John Price Jones Inc., 7/27/83-3/19/87
• Departmental Descriptions, 1971 and undated (2 folders)

Box 6 of 10

• A National Museum of Design Notebook I, n.d. (4 folders)
• A National Museum of Design Notebook II, 1972 (3 folders)
• Acquisitions Committee Meetings and Memos, 12/82-1/85
• Acquisitions Committee Meetings and Memos, 4/85-5/86
• Acquisitions Committee Meetings and Memos, 6/86-1/87
• Acquisitions Committee Meetings and Memos, 3/87-12/87
• Acquisitions Committee Meetings and Memos, 1/88-3/89
• The Competitive Edge: The Role of Design in American Corporations, 3/7/89 (2 folders)
• The Committee to Save the Cooper-Union Museum, 1963
• Cooper Union Self Evaluation, January 1958 (annotated more recently)
• Culture Bus Manhattan brochure
• Education Department Press Kit , n.d.
• Report on The Body Project, 12/78
• Art Museums on the Information Superhighway, AAMD annual meeting, 6/1-4/94
• Pottery Exhibit, 1980

Box 7 of 10

• Collections Without Curators
• Bridges, 3/5/91-2/13/96
• Royal Gift, 9/16/93-3/6/96
• Nature Observed, 12/21/94-1/16/95
• Issey Miyake, 3/94-9/96
• Good Offices, 3/94-6/94
• Fabergé, 7/94-10/94
• Field of Dreams, 1994
• Frederick Douglass, 1996
• The Doghouse, 1990
• Eleanor Hewitt's The Making of a Modern Museum, n.d. (Xerox Copy of)
• Cooper Union Legacy, 1989-1991 (6 folders)
• CHM Collection - Publicity, 1991-1992
• Robert Wilson, 1993-1994
• Angles of Repose, 1994
• Donald Deskey, 1991-1993 (5 folders)
• Packaging the New, 1993-1994 (3 folders)
• Mechanical Brides, 1992-1995 (8 folders)
• Background to Foreground, 1992-1993
• Cheryl Riley, 1992-1993
• Waist Coats, 1993-1994
• The Power of Maps, 1990-1993 (folders 1-9)

Box 8 of 10

• The Power of Maps, 1990-1993 (folders 10-19)
• Shapiro Porcelain, 1992-1993
• Soviet Porcelain: Traveling, 1993
• Shapiro Handbook, 1988
• Soviet Porcelain, 1992
• Czech Cubism, 1990-1993 (11 folders)
• Courts and Colonies: The William and Mary Style in Holland, England, and America exhibition brochure, 1988-1989
• The Intimate World of Alexander Calder exhibition brochure, 10/17/89-3/11/90
• Flora Danica and the Heritage of Danish Porcelain exhibition brochure , 4/90-9/90
• Color, Light, Surface exhibition brochure, 4/3/90-9/23/90
• Wine Tasting Brochure, Summer/Fall 1985
• Membership Brochures, n.d. (2 folders)
• Master's Program Leaflets, n.d.
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 1977
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Winter 1977-1978
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Spring 1978 (Summer 1978 missing)
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 1978 (Winter 1979 missing)
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Spring 1979 (Summer 1979 missing)
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 1979
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Winter 1980
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Spring 1980 (Summer 1980 missing)
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 1980
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Winter 1981
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Spring 1981 (Summer 1981 missing)
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 1981
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Winter 1982
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Spring 1982
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Summer 1982
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 1982
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Winter 1983
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Spring 1983
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Summer 1983
• Cooper-Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 1983
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Winter 84
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Spring 84
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Summer 84
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 84
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Winter 85
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Spring 85
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Summer 85
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Fall 85
• Cooper Hewitt Newsletter, Winter 86
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Winter 1986
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Spring 1986
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Fall 1986
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Spring 1987
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Summer 1987
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Winter 1988
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Spring 1988
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Fall 1988
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Summer 1989
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Fall 1989
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum News, Spring 1990
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Summer 1978
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Spring 1984
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Summer 1984
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Fall 1984
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Spring 1985
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Summer 1985
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Fall 1985
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Winter 1986

Box 9 of 10

• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Spring 1986
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Fall 1986
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Summer 1987
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Fall 1987
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Winter 1988
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Spring 1988
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Summer 1988
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Fall 1988
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Winter/Spring 1989
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Summer 1989
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Fall 1989
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Winter/Spring 1990
• Cooper Hewitt Museum Programs, Summer 1990

Box 10 of 10

• Acoustiguide Tape of Historic Sites, n.d. (audio cassette)
• CBS news videos featuring Michael Graves and Robert Stern, n.d. ("Night Watch") - 2 video tapes
• NYC Gardens, 7/12/79 (video tape)
• Smithsonian's Fantastic Journey, 1/25/96 (video tape)
• More Than Meets the Eye, n.d. (Cousino Cartridge)
• CBS News' Buildings on Parade, 6/18/75 (video tape)
• Peter Cascone's Cooper Hewitt Museum, 1/5/82 (video tape)
• Media Factory Design Fire, n.d. (2 video tapes)
• Unidentified Video Tape