Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Institution. Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities
SI Records
Records
1989-1993
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Accession 94-110
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-110, Smithsonian Institution, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities, Records
Historical Note
Claudine K. Brown came to the Smithsonian Institution (SI) on January 15, 1990, as Project Director of the African American Institutional Study. In the one-year appointment,
she led a 22-member advisory board in the investigation of issues related to the establishment of an African American presence on the Mall and reported to the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Museums. Brown was formerly Assistant Director for Government and Community Relations at The Brooklyn Museum in New York City.
After Elaine Heumann Gurian left the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Museums in August 1990, Brown was named her acting successor. Between July and September
1991, she was formally appointed to the position, which was renamed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities in FY 1992.
Descriptive Entry
The bulk of these records document the administration and activities of Brown's office from 1991 to 1992, although some files were created in 1989 while she was still
at the Brooklyn Museum and some extend into 1993. Subject files were created for administrative matters; Smithsonian staff, bureaus, and offices with which Brown had contact;
and for outside organizations, issues, and events. The records also contain a limited correspondence file from 1991 to 1992.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Brown, Claudine K.
Gurian, Elaine Heumann, 1937-
Smithsonian Institution. African American Institutional Study
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Subject
Museums -- Administration
African Americans -- Museums -- Washington (D.C.) -- Planning
Advisory boards
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Box 1
Box 1 of 5
Cultural Diversity in Africa and Its Diaspora, 1991
Box 1 of 5
AIDS
Box 1 of 5
Air and Space
Box 1 of 5
Akbar Ali, 1992
Box 1 of 5
Alaska - Darkened Waters
Box 1 of 5
First Amendment Issues, 1992
Box 1 of 5
American Art Study Center - Proposed
Box 1 of 5
American Association of Museums (AAM), 1991 (2 folders)
Box 1 of 5
AAM Annual Meeting, 1992 (2 folders)
Box 1 of 5
AAM Governance Working Group, 1993
Box 1 of 5
AAM, 1992
Box 1 of 5
American Association of Museums
Box 1 of 5
American Association of Museums, 1993
Box 1 of 5
AAM National Program Committee
Box 1 of 5
American Association of Museums, 1990
Box 1 of 5
American Association of State and Local History (AASLH)
Box 1 of 5
African American Publications
Box 1 of 5
Nubian Artifacts
Box 1 of 5
American Festival in Japan, 1992
Box 1 of 5
American Indian Committee, 1991
Box 1 of 5
American Indian Committees
Box 1 of 5
African American Resources Brochure
Box 1 of 5
African American Scholars and Administration, 1992
Box 1 of 5
African American Scholars
Box 1 of 5
African American Studies Round Table
Box 1 of 5
African Connection
Box 1 of 5
African Travel
Box 1 of 5
Afro History
Box 1 of 5
Anacostia Museum
Box 1 of 5
Anacostia Disposition
Box 1 of 5
APEX - African American Panoramic Experience
Box 1 of 5
Archives of American Art
Box 1 of 5
Arena Players
Box 1 of 5
Art Education
Box 1 of 5
Art Matters Inc., 1992
Box 1 of 5
Art Matters Inc. (3 folders)
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, A-C, 1991-1992
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, D-F, 1991-1992
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, G-J, 1991-1992
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, K-N, 1991-1992
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, O-R, 1991-1992
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, S-V, 1991-1992
Box 1 of 5
Correspondence, W-Z, 1991-1992
Box 1 of 5
AAM Spring Legislative Conference Reception, 1991
Box 1 of 5
AASLH/NMAH (National Museum of American History) Common Agenda
Box 1 of 5
Access African International Inc.
Box 1 of 5
Advisory Council on Education
Box 1 of 5
Affirmative Action
Box 1 of 5
Africa, 1990
Box 1 of 5
African/African American Diaspora
Box 1 of 5
African American Museums Association (AAMA), 1992
Box 1 of 5
African American Focus Group, 1992
Box 1 of 5
African American Human Remains
Box 1 of 5
African American and Latino Museums Symposium
Box 1 of 5
AAM Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992
Box 1 of 5
AAM Chicago
Box 1 of 5
AAMA Conference, 1990
Box 1 of 5
AAM Institutional Study
Box 1 of 5
African American Media, 1992
Box 1 of 5
African American Media Advisory Committee, 1992
Box 1 of 5
African American Museums
Box 1 of 5
African American Museums Association (2 folders)
Box 2
Box 2 of 5
Afro-American Music
Box 2 of 5
African American Performing Arts, 1992
Box 2 of 5
African American Programs
Box 2 of 5
African American Programs - SI 1990
Box 2 of 5
African American Programs - SI 1989
Box 2 of 5
Art Matters Inc.
Box 2 of 5
Art Matters - AMI/NTVA Board, 1991
Box 2 of 5
Art Pride, 1992
Box 2 of 5
Art Table Inc., 1991
Box 2 of 5
Art Table
Box 2 of 5
Art Table Inc., 1990
Box 2 of 5
Art Table Inc., 1989
Box 2 of 5
Audit Deficiency
Box 2 of 5
United States Information Agency (USIA) American Participant Program/Claudine Brown
Box 2 of 5
Association of American Cultures
Box 2 of 5
Association of Science and Technology Centers
Box 2 of 5
Australia, 1991
Box 2 of 5
Australia, October 1991
Box 2 of 5
Australia BIS Shrapnel, 1991
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet (Kathy Tevyaw)
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet College, 1992
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet (Karen Jarmon), 1992
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet, 1989-1990
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet (Henry Joyce)
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet (Ruth Muller)
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet (Cindy Johnson)
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet College of Education
Box 2 of 5
Bankstreet Board Meeting, 1992
Box 2 of 5
Basic Ethical Principles for Trustees of Museums
Box 2 of 5
Black History Month
Box 2 of 5
Black Memorabilia
Box 2 of 5
Black Women Artist
Box 2 of 5
Black Male Organizations
Box 2 of 5
Black Photographers Bear Witness: 100 Years of Social Protest
Box 2 of 5
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1992
Box 2 of 5
Boston Museum of Fine Arts (3 folders)
Box 2 of 5
Calendar of Exhibitions
Box 2 of 5
Cardis Collins Report
Box 2 of 5
Career Opportunities - External
Box 2 of 5
Career Opportunities - Internal
Box 2 of 5
The Center for African Art
Box 2 of 5
Charles Sumner School
Box 2 of 5
Chicago Historical Society
Box 2 of 5
Chicago Historical Society (Kimberly Kelly)
Box 2 of 5
Child Welfare League of America Annual Report, 1991
Box 3
Box 3 of 5
Children's Museum of the Arts
Box 3 of 5
City History, 1992
Box 3 of 5
City History Museums Newsletter
Box 3 of 5
Collections Information Systems Management Committee, 1992
Box 3 of 5
Collections Management
Box 3 of 5
Advisory Committee - Boston
Box 3 of 5
Brazil
Box 3 of 5
The Bronx Museum
Box 3 of 5
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Box 3 of 5
Brooklyn Law School
Box 3 of 5
Brown, Claudine K.
Box 3 of 5
Building Partnerships: Museums and Their Communities
Box 3 of 5
Conferences, 1990
Box 3 of 5
Congressional Correspondence - Outgoing
Box 3 of 5
Consultant Contracts
Box 3 of 5
Construction
Box 3 of 5
Coopers & Lyrand, 1992
Box 3 of 5
Corcoran Gallery
Box 3 of 5
Correspondence
Box 3 of 5
Crawford, Evelyn
Box 3 of 5
Creative Concerns
Box 3 of 5
Cultural Education Committee
Box 3 of 5
Cultural Equity Task Force
Box 3 of 5
Cultural Pluralism Focus Group
Box 3 of 5
Cultural Programs, Washington, DC
Box 3 of 5
Cultural Transition Task Force
Box 3 of 5
Curatorial Advancement
Box 3 of 5
Cultural Arts, Washington, DC
Box 3 of 5
Curatorial Review
Box 3 of 5
Development Board
Box 3 of 5
Development Plan, 1991
Box 3 of 5
Diasporan Studies, 1992
Box 3 of 5
Disaster Preparedness
Box 3 of 5
DC Board of Education
Box 3 of 5
DC Art/Works
Box 3 of 5
The Discovery Museum: Connecticut's Adventure in Art and Science (Quilting)
Box 3 of 5
K. C. Dalton - Black in Western Art
Box 3 of 5
Discovery Center of the Southern Tier
Box 3 of 5
Jim Dodd
Box 3 of 5
Educational Outreach Fund
Box 3 of 5
Eisenhower Math and Science National Conference, 1992
Box 3 of 5
Elaine
Box 3 of 5
Ethnic Symbols
Box 3 of 5
ETS - Sensitivity Review Process
Box 3 of 5
Evaluations
Box 3 of 5
National Art Educators Association
Box 3 of 5
National Arts Stabilization Fund
Box 3 of 5
National Capital Planning Commission
Box 3 of 5
National Conference Artists, 1992
Box 3 of 5
National Demo Lab
Box 3 of 5
National Demo Lab Blue Binder
Box 3 of 5
National Demo Lab, 1991
Box 3 of 5
National Endowment for the Arts
Box 3 of 5
National Gallery
Box 3 of 5
National Gallery of Art
Box 3 of 5
National Museum of Natural History
Box 3 of 5
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Campaign Corp. Fundraising/Ad Hoc Committee
Box 3 of 5
NMAI
Box 3 of 5
The National Training Center for Afro-American Museum Professionals Act
Box 3 of 5
Native American
Box 3 of 5
Native American Projects
Box 3 of 5
National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI), 1992
Box 3 of 5
Negro Burial Ground
Box 3 of 5
New York City Arts Coalition
Box 3 of 5
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) African-American Project, 1990
Box 4
Box 4 of 5
New York Times Magazine, Food Allergies
Box 4 of 5
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Museums (OASM)
Box 4 of 5
OASM Personnel
Box 4 of 5
OASM Policy Memos
Box 4 of 5
OASM Memos, 1990-1991
Box 4 of 5
Office of Design and Construction (ODC), 1991
Box 4 of 5
Office of Environmental Awareness
Box 4 of 5
Office of Equal Opportunities
Box 4 of 5
Property Pass Authorization, 1992
Box 4 of 5
Office of Facilities Services Group
Box 4 of 5
Office of Human Resources
Box 4 of 5
OMNA Media Caribbean Ltd.
Box 4 of 5
Outside Employment
Box 4 of 5
The Parrish Art Museum, 1992
Box 4 of 5
Parrish Art Museum
Box 4 of 5
Photography Sesquicentennial Project Conference, Bucks County Community College, June 7-10, 1990
Box 4 of 5
Pindell, Howardena
Box 4 of 5
Planning Advisory Committee
Box 4 of 5
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Appropriations Memos, 1990
Box 4 of 5
Planning Retreat, May 1992
Box 4 of 5
Potential College Program
Box 4 of 5
Pratt, 1992
Box 4 of 5
Proposal Development Workshop, 1990
Box 4 of 5
Procurement Contracts
Box 4 of 5
Profile of Black Museums - Survey Commissioned by AAMA
Box 4 of 5
Program Analyst GS9
Box 4 of 5
Program in African American Culture, NMAH, 1991
Box 4 of 5
Public Affairs - Advisory Committee
Box 4 of 5
Public Affairs - Educational Outreach Committee
Box 4 of 5
Public Art, 1991
Box 4 of 5
Public Information - Press Releases and Articles
Box 4 of 5
Quilt, 1992
Box 4 of 5
Quincentenary Funding, 1993
Box 4 of 5
Quincentenary, 1992
Box 4 of 5
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM), 1992
Box 4 of 5
QEM (2 folders)
Box 4 of 5
Lila Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund
Box 4 of 5
Reagon, Bernice
Box 4 of 5
Regents Audit and Review Committee, October 1, 1992
Box 4 of 5
Regents Fellowship, 1991
Box 4 of 5
QEM Conference, March 1992
Box 4 of 5
Repatriation, 1992
Box 4 of 5
Resident Associate Program (RAP)
Box 4 of 5
Roberson Research Project African American
Box 4 of 5
Safe Neighborhoods Plan
Box 4 of 5
Sauer, Peter
Box 4 of 5
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1991
Box 4 of 5
Science
Box 4 of 5
Science Learning Inc., 1992
Box 4 of 5
Smithsonian Institution (SI) at Spelman
Box 4 of 5
SI Council Meeting
Box 4 of 5
SI Council, October 25-26, 1991
Box 4 of 5
SI Council Committee on Cultural Diversity
Box 4 of 5
SI Council Membership
Box 4 of 5
SI Design Issues
Box 4 of 5
Smithsonian Institution Press (SIP) Educational Publishing Division/Viola, 1991
Box 4 of 5
Storage Space - General
Box 4 of 5
Stewart, Jeffery
Box 4 of 5
State Museum in Albany
Box 4 of 5
Stann, Jeff
Box 4 of 5
Sponsored Projects, 1992
Box 4 of 5
Spelman Seminar
Box 4 of 5
Special Exhibition Fund
Box 4 of 5
Space Planning
Box 4 of 5
Society for Photo Education Conference, March 21-24, 1991
Box 4 of 5
Smithsonian Press
Box 4 of 5
Smithsonian Institution Council
Box 5
Box 5 of 5
Smithsonian Institution Council
Box 5 of 5
Smithsonian Correspondence
Box 5 of 5
South Africa
Box 5 of 5
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)
Box 5 of 5
SITES, 1991
Box 5 of 5
Smithsonian Integrated Curriculum Development Project
Box 5 of 5
SI Fundraising Policies
Box 5 of 5
SI Zimbabwe Projects
Box 5 of 5
Weeksville
Box 5 of 5
Worldnet, 1992
Box 5 of 5
Who's Who
Box 5 of 5
Studies of African Americans
Box 5 of 5
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Box 5 of 5
Suitland Master Plan
Box 5 of 5
Turner, Vincent
Box 5 of 5
Travel Reimbursement - AAAIS
Box 5 of 5
Travel - Abigail Adams Smith House; Williamsburg
Box 5 of 5
WCA National Conference
Box 5 of 5
Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant History
Box 5 of 5
Weeksville, 1990
Box 5 of 5
Washington Historical Society
Box 5 of 5
Weeksville Self Study
Box 5 of 5
Youth Services Coalition
Box 5 of 5
USA/USSR Airlie House Meeting
Box 5 of 5
U.S. Capitol - George M. White, Architect
Box 5 of 5
Voluntary Donations
Box 5 of 5
Volunteers, AAIS (African American Institutional Studies)