Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
National Museum of American Art. Office of Public Programs
SI Records
Audiovisual Records
circa 1979-1985
10.58 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (1 tall document box)
Record Unit 455
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 455, National Museum of American Art. Office of Public Programs, Audiovisual Records
Historical Note
The Office of Public Programs was created in 1983 as part of the Division of Museum Programs (previously the Department of Education and later the Office of Educational
Programs) established during the general reorganization of 1982 under Director Charles C. Eldredge. Alison R. Abelson served as Audiovisual Specialist in the Office of Education,
1980-1981. In 1982 she became Media Program Head; and in 1983 her title changed to Producer, Art Documentaries, where she served, 1983- .
Descriptive Entry
This record unit consists of audiotaped and videotaped interviews primarily conducted by Alison R. Abelson. In addition to extensive interviews with sculptor Reuben
Nakian, the records also include interviews with former curator Jacob Kainen by Joshua C. Taylor, as well as various tapes on other art subjects, some produced by groups outside
the Museum. Also included are a few edit notes and logs.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Abelson, Alison
Nakian, Reuben, 1897-1986
Kainen, Jacob
Taylor, Joshua C. (Joshua Charles), 1917-1981
Eldredge, Charles C.
National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Office of Educational Programs
National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Office of Museum Programs
National Museum of American Art (U.S.). Department of Education
Subject
Art museums
Art -- Interviews
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Interviews
Videotapes
Audiotapes
Box 1
Box 1 of 12
A70 T.C. 06:30
Box 1 of 12
T.C. on #1 00:00 - 8:00
Box 1 of 12
A57 T.C. 00:00
Box 1 of 12
Jacob Kainen Painting
Box 1 of 12
Jacob Kainen Painting/Interview I
Box 1 of 12
30 Kainen 4 Interview 19:00 - 22:30
Box 1 of 12
31 Kainen 5 Interview 6:30 - 14:30
Box 1 of 12
32 Unfinished Kainen End
Box 1 of 12
Kainen 10 Abelson Sound on channel 2
Box 1 of 12
A71 T.C. 07:00
Box 1 of 12
A59 T.C. 01:00
Box 1 of 12
A60 T.C. 01:30
Box 1 of 12
A61 T.C. 02:00
Box 1 of 12
A62 T.C. 02:30 Note: Anni Switched from Channel #2 to Channel #1
Box 1 of 12
A64 T.C. 03:30
Box 1 of 12
A65 T.C. 04:00
Box 1 of 12
A66 T.C. 04:30
Box 1 of 12
A68 T.C. 05:30
Box 1 of 12
A69 T.C. 06:00 National Museum of American Art Ahsou Abelson
Box 2
Box 2 of 12
Nakian #8 T.C. 03:30
Box 2 of 12
Nakian #6 T.C. 02:30
Box 2 of 12
Nakian #5 T.C. 02:00
Box 2 of 12
A7 Nakian Tape #2 Nakian Interview/Gallery
Box 2 of 12
Nakian #2 T.C. 00:30
Box 2 of 12
A5 Nakian Interview Courtyard #1
Box 2 of 12
Nakian #1 T.C. 00:00
Box 2 of 12
Kainen Taylor Interview
Box 2 of 12
Kainen-29
Box 2 of 12
Nakian #7 T.C. 03:00
Box 2 of 12
Kainen - Phillips 5
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Kainen - Phillips 4
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Kainen - Phillips 3 Sound on Channel 2
Box 2 of 12
Kainen - Phillips 2
Box 2 of 12
Kainen - Phillips 1, 12/12/1980
Box 2 of 12
Abelson Kainen 15
Box 2 of 12
Kainen Studio 14
Box 2 of 12
Kainen Studio 11
Box 3
Box 3 of 12
Nakian 3rd shoot photos
Box 3 of 12
Nakian Stills U6 2nd shoot
Box 3 of 12
Stills second shoot
Box 3 of 12
Nakian Stills second shoot UU
Box 3 of 12
#42 Nakian Stills, 1/22/1985
Box 3 of 12
#41 Nakian Stills, 1/22/1985
Box 3 of 12
Nakian Stills #40, 1/22/1985, Reuben's photos
Box 3 of 12
Nakian - Slides Reel 36E, 1/14/1985
Box 3 of 12
Nakian Tape 28 Still photographs
Box 3 of 12
Nakian Stills 51
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #21 T.C. 10:00
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #18 T.C. 08:30
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #17 T.C. 08:00
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #16 T.C. 07:30
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #15 T.C. 07:00
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #11 T.C. 05:00
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #10 T.C. 04:30
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #9 T.C. 04:00
Box 3 of 12
Nakian #9 T.C. 04:00
Box 4
Box 4 of 12
A12 Nakian #4 Gallery follow thru
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#27 Kainen - Lunn
Box 4 of 12
#25 Kainen - Lunn
Box 4 of 12
Kainen #13
Box 4 of 12
Kainen Studio Painting
Box 4 of 12
Adam's Art Photos #7
Box 4 of 12
Adam Slides #4
Box 4 of 12
Nakian U9
Box 4 of 12
A46 Nakian Slides 16:30
Box 4 of 12
Nakian #4 T.C. 01:30
Box 4 of 12
A8 Nakian Interview Tape #3
Box 4 of 12
Nakian #3 T.C. 01:00
Box 4 of 12
National Museum of American Art "NAKIAN" Master Dub, 4/22/1985
Box 4 of 12
A67 T.C. 05:00
Box 4 of 12
A63 T.C. 03:00
Box 4 of 12
A58 T.C. 00:30
Box 4 of 12
Adam Paintings #3
Box 5
Box 5 of 12
Werner Drewes
Box 5 of 12
Dissolve B Roll R/N
Box 5 of 12
Demo Tape 1. "Horse Races on the Mall"; 2. "Living with the Eskimos"; 3. "A Modern Noah's Ark"; 4. "Raphael Soyer: An Art of Real Life"
Box 5 of 12
Callaway Interviews, Gordon Parks, 2/10/1983
Box 5 of 12
Boris Anisfeld, 1879-1973, "I Am An Artist" Mack Gilman Producer/Director
Box 5 of 12
Labor Video Bulletin #20 Patricia Nix "Box Assemblages" The Work of Patricia Nix, 10/26/1981
Box 5 of 12
Straight Talk, Koffler - Art Collection, 10/22/1979
Box 5 of 12
DUB "Why Not a Woman"
Box 6
Box 6 of 12
American Artists in France
Box 6 of 12
Checkerboard Foundation, Inc. "Aaron Siskind," 10/18/1983
Box 6 of 12
Appalachian Art Air, 11/27/1981
Box 6 of 12
KTVU News Tape
Box 6 of 12
Photoprofiles Preview
Box 6 of 12
Photoprofiles, Ralph Steiner
Box 6 of 12
Reuben Nakian 27:50 offline fine cut
Box 6 of 12
Nakian Tape 27 Interview with Hilton Kramer, 11/1/1984
Box 6 of 12
"Nakian" Tape 30 Al Lerner (A), 11/1/1984
Box 6 of 12
"Nakian" Slides Tape 32, 11/2/1984
Box 6 of 12
"Nakian" Tape 26 Interview with Hilton Kramer, 11/1/1984
Box 6 of 12
"Nakian" Tape 29 Interview with Mr. Lerner
Box 6 of 12
"Nakian" Tape 31 Interview with Al Lerner, 11/1/1984 14:30
Box 7
Box 7 of 12
Visual Pioneers of the 19th Century: The World of Theodore Wores
Box 7 of 12
A Sense of Discovery; The National Museum of American Art Print #10
Box 7 of 12
Artists in France #3 in Time Code Burtin
Box 7 of 12
Artists in France #3
Box 7 of 12
Artists in France #4 Time Code Burn in Dub
Box 7 of 12
Visual Pioneers of the 19th Century: The World of Theodore Wores
Box 7 of 12
Kainen Master, Version 3
Box 7 of 12
Artist in Britt Dub #3
Box 7 of 12
Artist in Britt #1
Box 7 of 12
Artist in Britt #2
Box 7 of 12
Kainen - Lunn 28
Box 7 of 12
Kainen Visuals IV
Box 7 of 12
Kainen - Lunn 24
Box 7 of 12
Kainen Studio 12
Box 7 of 12
A20 "Nakian" Tape 33 Slides
Box 7 of 12
National Museum of American Art "Nakian" Tapes #13, 14, 15; Burn in Dub, 7/6/1984
Box 7 of 12
National Museum of American Art "State of the Arts"/Nakian; Tapes 4 & 5, Burn in Dub, 12/27/1984
Box 7 of 12
National Museum of American Art "Nakian" Tapes #7, 8, 9; Burn in Dub, 7/6/1984
Box 8
Box 8 of 12
A42 Nakian Tape 34 Slides 66-71
Box 8 of 12
AA Sample Children's Day-2
Box 8 of 12
Smithsonian Duplicate #10
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Nakian #13 T.C. 06:00
Box 8 of 12
Nakian #19 T.C. 09:00
Box 8 of 12
Nakian #22 T.C. 10:30
Box 8 of 12
Nakian #24 T.C. 11:30
Box 8 of 12
Nakian Master Soundbites
Box 8 of 12
Nakian #12 T.C. 05:30
Box 8 of 12
Nakian #14 T.C. 06:30
Box 8 of 12
Nakian #20 T.C. 09:30
Box 8 of 12
Nakian #23 T.C. 11:00
Box 8 of 12
Nakian #25 T.C. 12:00
Box 8 of 12
Nakian Narr.
Box 8 of 12
Children's Day
Box 9
Box 9 of 12
Seven tapes of - Gypsies in Life, American Artist in Brittany Normandy
Box 9 of 12
The Making of the Blue and the Gray
Box 9 of 12
Children's Day-1
Box 9 of 12
Appalachian Art
Box 9 of 12
The Blue and the Gray - The Way It Was
Box 10
Box 10 of 12
Artist in France Log 5
Box 10 of 12
AA/B & N Editing Log
Box 10 of 12
RN Editing Logs
Box 10 of 12
Current Edit Notes, 2/1985
Box 10 of 12
Isham Mix-2, Smithsonian "East & West - NMAA"
Box 10 of 12
"Seymour Lipton"
Box 10 of 12
Stamford, Conn "Nakian" - Audio only Roll #1
Box 10 of 12
Stamford, Conn "Nakian" Roll #2
Box 10 of 12
"Nakian" Stamford, Conn Roll #3
Box 10 of 12
Nakian Edited V.O.
Box 10 of 12
Tape 5 - Lipton 2
Box 10 of 12
King #2
Box 10 of 12
Smithsonian Institution - Credit Roll
Box 11
Box 11 of 12
Nakian-Abelson, narration 15 IPS - Tails
Box 11 of 12
Gypsies of Life Master 15ips Tails, Alison Abelson, Producer NMAA, c. 1983
Box 11 of 12
Nakian Narr., 3/23/1985
Box 11 of 12
Nakian - Abelson, EFX - Bird Noises
Box 11 of 12
Nakian 15 IPS Mono Tails
Box 11 of 12
Nakian Music
Box 11 of 12
Nakian - Abelson
Box 12
Box 12 of 12
Bono P1881 "Smithsonian" 1 Roll WTS-Parade
Box 12 of 12
Interview with Dr. Harry Rand, Curator and Chairman, Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture, National Museum of American Art
Box 12 of 12
"Celebration" Reel 1
Box 12 of 12
"Celebration" Reel 2