Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for the Arts and Humanities
SI Records
Records
1977-1994
21.5 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Accession 96-007
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-007, Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Provost for the Arts and Humanities, Records
Historical Note
The position of Assistant Secretary for Museums was created in February 1986, then renamed the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities in fiscal year 1992, and
became the Assistant Provost for Arts and Humanities in October 1994. Tom L. Freudenheim has served in the position since its inception in 1986.
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document the official functions and activities of the Assistant Provost for Arts and Humanities from 1982 to 1994, although
the bulk of the records date from 1990 to 1993. They consist mostly of memoranda, correspondence, and reports generated both within and outside of the Smithsonian Institution
which reflect the operations of bureaus and offices over which the Assistant Provost had oversight. The records also document Smithsonian-wide issues or initiatives that the
Assistant Provost was involved with or had interest in. In addition, Freudenheim served as an ex officio board member of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and
his tenure is documented in these records by correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Freudenheim, Tom L.
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
Subject
Museums -- Educational aspects
Arts
Humanities
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Books
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Box 1
Box 1 of 22
Attendance, 1992
Box 1 of 22
Austria, 1989-1990
Box 1 of 22
Accessibility, 1990-1993 (4 folders)
Box 1 of 22
Accessibility Study
Box 1 of 22
National Museum of African Art, 1991-1993 (3 folders)
Box 1 of 22
African American Institutional Project
Box 1 of 22
National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1991-1993 (3 folders)
Box 1 of 22
National Museum of American Art (NMAA), 1993
Box 2
Box 2 of 22
NMAA, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
Box 2 of 22
National Museum of American History (NMAH), 1993
Box 2 of 22
NMAH - Japan Project, 1992
Box 2 of 22
NMAH, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
Box 2 of 22
National Postal Museum (NPM), 1991
Box 2 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994
Box 3
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994 - Search Committee Meeting, November 5, 1993
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994 - NMAH Staff Responses
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994 - NMAH Staff Meeting, October 13, 1993
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994 - Search Suggestions
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994 - Candidates
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994 - Follow-up
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - Director Search, 1993-1994 - Recruit
Box 3 of 22
NMAH - National Postal Museum, 1991-1993 (2 folders)
Box 3 of 22
National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), 1992-1993 (5 folders)
Box 4
Box 4 of 22
NMAI, 1990-1992 (6 folders)
Box 4 of 22
NMAI - Custom House
Box 4 of 22
American Studies, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 22
Anacostia Museum, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
Box 4 of 22
Anacostia Museum - Steven Newsome, Candidate
Box 4 of 22
Architectural History and Historic Preservation, 1991-1993
Box 4 of 22
Archives of American Art (AAA), 1993
Box 5
Box 5 of 22
AAA, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
Box 5 of 22
AAA - Barney Studio House, 1987-1992 (2 folders)
Box 5 of 22
Barnes Foundation, 1991
Box 5 of 22
A & I Building South Group, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 5 of 22
Capital Program Planning Board, 1993
Box 5 of 22
National Capital Planning Commission, 1991-1993
Box 5 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Museums (OASM) - Collection Acquisition Program, 1987-1991 (4 folders)
Box 5 of 22
Collecting Activities - NMAH (Negotiations), 1979-1982
Box 5 of 22
Collection Management Policy - NMAA
Box 5 of 22
Conservation Analytical Laboratory, 1993
Box 5 of 22
Congressional, 1992
Box 5 of 22
Cooper Hewitt Museum, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 5 of 22
Curatorial Advancement/Travel, 1988-1992
Box 6
Box 6 of 22
Design and Construction, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 6 of 22
Development, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 6 of 22
Office of Environmental Management and Safety, 1990-1993 (2 folders)
Box 6 of 22
Equal Employment Opportunity, 1992
Box 6 of 22
Executive Resources Board, 1990
Box 6 of 22
Experimental Gallery, 1993
Box 6 of 22
Exhibit Process - General/Proposed
Box 6 of 22
Office of Exhibits Central (OEC), 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 6 of 22
Facilities Services, 1992
Box 6 of 22
Office of Fellowships and Grants, 1991-1992
Box 6 of 22
Freer/Sackler, 1991-1993 (3 folders)
Box 6 of 22
Sackler "Knowledge & Access Study," 1989
Box 6 of 22
Sackler Visiting Committee, 1985-1993
Box 6 of 22
Fundraising, 1992
Box 6 of 22
Office of General Counsel, 1988-1993 (2 folders)
Box 6 of 22
Office of Government Relations, 1993
Box 6 of 22
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 7
Box 7 of 22
Office of Horticulture, 1991
Box 7 of 22
Office of International Relations, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
Box 7 of 22
International Council of Museums (ICOM), 1989-1993
Box 7 of 22
International Cultural Assistance Network, 1989-1993
Box 7 of 22
International Gallery - Austrian Armor, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 7 of 22
International Gallery, 1991-1993 (3 folders)
Box 7 of 22
International Gallery - "Degenerate Art" Forum, 1991
Box 7 of 22
International Gallery - "Degenerate Art," Peter Kovler Dinner, 1991
Box 7 of 22
International Gallery - "Degenerate Art"
Box 7 of 22
International Gallery - Galileo Exhibition, 1992
Box 7 of 22
International Exhibitions - Unit Responses
Box 7 of 22
Information Resources Management (IRM) Planning, 1993
Box 7 of 22
Israel, 1989-1992 (2 folders)
Box 7 of 22
Institute of the Americas, 1992
Box 7 of 22
Italy, 1989
Box 7 of 22
Joseph Henry Papers, 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 8
Box 8 of 22
Latino Working Committee, 1988-1994
Box 8 of 22
Management Report, 1991-1993 (2 folders)
Box 8 of 22
Monte Carlo, 1989
Box 8 of 22
GCA - Buckler Contract, 1988-1991 (3 folders)
Box 8 of 22
Office of Human Resources (OHR), 1992-1993 (2 folders)
Box 8 of 22
OHR - Senior Pay Determinations, 1991
Box 8 of 22
Office of Inspector General, 1990-1993 (3 folders)
Box 8 of 22
Office of Information Resource Management, 1989-1993 (3 folders)
Box 8 of 22
Assistant Secretary for Institutional Initiatives, 1993
Box 8 of 22
Office of Institutional Studies, 1990-1993
Box 9
Box 9 of 22
Maryland Institute, College of Art
Box 9 of 22
Material Culture Forum, 1993
Box 9 of 22
Memberships, 1992
Box 9 of 22
Museum Shops, 1990-1993 (2 folders)
Box 9 of 22
Museum Programs (OMP), 1990-1992 (3 folders)
Box 9 of 22
Museum Support Center (MSC), 1989-1992
Box 9 of 22
Smithsonian National Associates, 1991-1992
Box 9 of 22
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1990
Box 9 of 22
National Arts and Humanities Month, 1994
Box 9 of 22
National Gallery of Art, 1993-1994
Box 9 of 22
National Portrait Gallery (NPG), 1991-1993 (3 folders)
Box 9 of 22
NPG Commission
Box 9 of 22
NPG - Deaccessioning/Disposal
Box 9 of 22
National Postal Museum (NPM), 1993
Box 10
Box 10 of 22
NPM, 1992 (2 folders)
Box 10 of 22
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1991-1993 (3 folders)
Box 10 of 22
(Old) General Post Office Building (GPOB), 1983-1993 (3 folders)
Box 10 of 22
Old Post Office - Legislation
Box 10 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Museums (OASM), 1990-1991
Box 10 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs, 1993
Box 10 of 22
Office of Public Affairs, 1990-1992
Box 10 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service, 1991-1993 (2 folders)
Box 10 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Finance and Administration, 1991-1993 (2 folders)
Box 10 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities, 1992-1993
Box 10 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science, 1991-1993
Box 10 of 22
Office of Plant Services, 1991
Box 10 of 22
Organizational Review, 1990-1992
Box 11
Box 11 of 22
Peru, 1989
Box 11 of 22
Poland, 1989
Box 11 of 22
Puerto Rico, 1989
Box 11 of 22
Product Development and Licensing, 1990
Box 11 of 22
Protection Services, 1990-1993 (2 folders)
Box 11 of 22
Quad, 1989-1991 (2 folders)
Box 11 of 22
Quincentenary/Institute of the Americas, 1990-1992 (2 folders)
Box 11 of 22
Quincentenary, 1989-1992 (2 folders)
Box 11 of 22
Research Policy Committee, 1993
Box 11 of 22
Reading Public Museum, 1993
Box 11 of 22
Regents - General, 1991-1992
Box 11 of 22
Office of the Registrar, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
Box 11 of 22
Renwick, 1990-1993
Box 11 of 22
Repatriation Issues, 1990
Box 11 of 22
Resume Received, 1991-1993
Box 11 of 22
Soviet Union, 1989-1991 (3 folders)
Box 11 of 22
Spain, 1989
Box 11 of 22
Sweden, 1989
Box 11 of 22
Switzerland, 1989
Box 11 of 22
SI Archives, 1990-1991
Box 11 of 22
SI Council, 1993
Box 12
Box 12 of 22
SI Council, 1991-1992 (2 folders)
Box 12 of 22
SI Libraries, 1991-1993 (2 folders)
Box 12 of 22
SI Press, 1990-1991
Box 12 of 22
SI Year, 1991-1993
Box 12 of 22
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), 1991-1993 (3 folders)
Box 12 of 22
Smithsonian Magazine, 1990
Box 12 of 22
Smithsonian National Board, 1992
Box 12 of 22
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), 1992
Box 12 of 22
Special Exhibition Fund, 1989-1990 (2 folders)
Box 12 of 22
The Smithsonian Associates, 1986-1993
Box 12 of 22
User Fee, 1990-1991
Box 12 of 22
Under Secretary, 1991-1993
Box 12 of 22
Reorganization (Under Secretary), 1991
Box 12 of 22
US Information Agency (USIA), 1989
Box 12 of 22
Visitors, 1993-1994
Box 12 of 22
White House Historical Association, 1989-1993
Box 12 of 22
World Arts Council, 1992
Box 12 of 22
National Zoological Park, 1989-1991 (2 folders)
Box 13
Box 13 of 22
Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), 1988
Box 13 of 22
Art Museum Association of America (AMAA), 1986-1987 (3 folders)
Box 13 of 22
Center for the Arts, 1992
Box 13 of 22
Center for International Exhibition, 1992
Box 13 of 22
College Art Association (CAA), 1990-1991
Box 13 of 22
Eldridge Street Project, 1991-1993 (2 folders)
Box 13 of 22
Friends of the Art Museum of the Americas, 1992-1993
Box 13 of 22
Independent Curators Inc., 1991-1993 (2 folders)
Box 13 of 22
Institute of Museum Services, 1992
Box 13 of 22
T. L. Freudenheim's Personal Correspondence, 1986
Box 13 of 22
American Association of Museums (AAM), Accreditation - Master of Answers
Box 14
Box 14 of 22
AAM
Box 14 of 22
AAM, 1991
Box 14 of 22
San Luis Obispo, California, 1987
Box 14 of 22
AAM, 1986-1989 (2 folders)
Box 14 of 22
AAM Meeting Preliminary Program, 1994
Box 14 of 22
AAM, June 1987
Box 14 of 22
AAM, 1986
Box 14 of 22
AAM Volunteers, 1986
Box 14 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities - Correspondence, A-W, 1990 (18 folders)
Box 15
Box 15 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities - Correspondence, XYZ, 1990
Box 15 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities - Correspondence, A-Z, 1991 (17 folders)
Box 15 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities - Correspondence, A-Z, 1992 (18 folders)
Box 15 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities - Reading Files, January-August 1989 (8 folders)
Box 16
Box 16 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities - Reading Files, September 1989-March 1991 (19 folders)
Box 17
Box 17 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities - Reading Files, April 1991-October 1992 (19 folders)
Box 18
Box 18 of 22
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Arts and Humanities - Reading Files, November-December, 1992 (2 folders)
Box 18 of 22
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC), 1988 (2 folders)
Box 18 of 22
PADC - General Post Office (GPO) Study
Box 18 of 22
PADC, 1987-1988 (4 folders)
Box 18 of 22
PADC - Board of Directors Meeting, 1987
Box 18 of 22
PADC, 1989-1991
Box 18 of 22
PADC - Board of Directors Meeting, 1991
Box 18 of 22
PADC, 1987 (2 folders)
Box 19
Box 19 of 22
PADC - Board of Directors Meeting, 1987
Box 19 of 22
PADC - Lansburgh's Summary of Development Proposals, 1987
Box 19 of 22
PADC, March 1987
Box 19 of 22
PADC, 1986-1987
Box 19 of 22
PADC - Events on the Avenue, 1986
Box 19 of 22
PADC, 1986
Box 19 of 22
PADC - Board of Directors Meeting, June 18, 1986
Box 19 of 22
PADC, 1986
Box 19 of 22
PADC - Board of Directors Meeting, April 16, 1986
Box 19 of 22
PADC, 1985-1986 (2 folders)
Box 19 of 22
Seventh Street Arts Walk, 1986
Box 19 of 22
PADC, 1985
Box 19 of 22
PADC, November-December, 1984
Box 20
Box 20 of 22
PADC, January-October 1984
Box 20 of 22
PADC, 1982-1983
Box 20 of 22
PADC - Annual Report, 1981
Box 20 of 22
Evening Star Building Development Proposal, 1981
Box 20 of 22
Pennsylvania Avenue Triangle Project, 1981
Box 20 of 22
Cadillac Fairview Annual Report, 1980
Box 20 of 22
PADC - Energy Guidelines
Box 20 of 22
101 Pennsylvania Avenue Development Proposal (Draft), 1980
Box 20 of 22
PADC - Annual Report, 1979
Box 20 of 22
Design Competition - Old Post Office Building, 1977
Box 20 of 22
PADC, 1990 (2 folders)
Box 20 of 22
PADC - Board of Directors Meeting, September 26, 1990
Box 20 of 22
PADC, 1989-1990 (4 folders)
Box 21
Box 21 of 22
PADC, 1989 (5 folders)
Box 21 of 22
PADC, 1991-1993 (8 folders)
Box 22
Box 22 of 22
PADC, 1991 (3 folders)
Box 22 of 22
PADC, 1988
Box 22 of 22
PADC - Annual Report, 1987