Indian Arts and Crafts Board Accession Records, 1870-2010 [1962-1985]
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Indian Arts and Crafts Board Accession Records, 1870-2010 [1962-1985] Rachel Menyuk and Grant Czubinski 2015 National Museum of the American Indian 4220 Silver Hill Rd Suitland 20746-2863 [email protected] http://nmai.si.edu/explore/collections/archive/ Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 2 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 2 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 4 Series 1: Original Accession Notes, 1952-1970 (bulk 1965-1970)........................... 4 Series 2: Accession Information, 1870-2003 (bulk 1962-1985)............................... 5 Series 3: Miscellaneous Accession Information, 1904-2010 (bulk 1972-1998)...... 72 Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records NMAI.AC.072 Collection Overview Repository: National Museum of the American Indian Title: Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records Identifier: NMAI.AC.072 Date: 1870-2010 (bulk 1962-1985) Creator: United States. Indian Arts and Crafts Board Extent: 39 Slides (photographs) 35 Negatives (photographic) 257 Photographic prints 14 Linear feet Language: English . Summary: The Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records collection includes documents and photographs related to works of art accessioned into the IACB collection from it's inception in 1935 to 1999. The collection also includes docuements related to objects accessioned into the IACB's run Southern Plains Indian Museum. The collection is nearly comprehensive and includes works of art from Alaska Native artists to Catawba pottery, and includes artwork from several renowned artists including, Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo), James Kivetoruk Moses (Inupiaq), and Don Morse "Lelooska" Smith (Cherokee). Administrative Information Acquisition Information Transferred from the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior, in 2000. Processing Information Processed by Rachel Menyuk, Archives Technician in 2014, and Grant Czubinski, Contractor in 2015. Preferred Citation Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution. Restrictions Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: [email protected]). Page 1 of 73 Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records NMAI.AC.072 Conditions Governing Use Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to [email protected]. Biographical / Historical The Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), a federal agency within the Department of the Interior, was created by Congress through the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1935. Its creation stemmed from the Indian Reorganization Act, often called the Indian New Deal, which sought to reverse assimilative government policies towards Native Americans and promote tribal self-governance. Since its inception, the IACB has fulfilled its mission of promoting the economic development of federally recognized American Indians and Alaska Natives through the expansion of the Indian arts and crafts market by commissioning and purchasing works of art, while also supporting regional and tribal arts projects. Initially, the IACB did not catalog works of art, and little documentation exists for some of the first objects that the entity acquired. Starting in the 1960s, the IACB began cataloguing the works of art within its collection and began acquiring objects on a grander scale, which it did throughout the 1980s. In 2000, the IACB transferred its Headquarters Collection and associated accession documentation to the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. This collection does not include objects from the IACB's three regional museums in Oklahoma, Montana, and South Dakota.The collection contains a vast array of art from ceramics to works on paper from a diverse number of Native American artists. Scope and Contents The records in this collection consist of the original accession records for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Headquarters Collection. The bulk of the records are made up of original catalog cards, purchase orders, invoices, and correspondence between artists, IACB field representatives, commercial entities, and various directors of the IACB, including Robert G. Hart. There is also documentation detailing purchases and transactions with the IACB's Southern Plains Indian Museum of objects that are housed within that institution. Additionally, the records include brochures, business cards, object tags and labels, object lists and descriptions, newspaper clippings, journal articles, negatives, photographs, and slides. Objects that were stolen during a 1980 theft in Washington, D.C. are noted within the records as well. Artists that can be found within the records include, Papovi Da, Allan Houser, Oscar Howe, Fred Kabotie, Julian Martinez, Maria Martinez, James Kivetoruk Moses, Ronald Senungetuk, Don Morse Smith (Lelooksa) Pablita Velarde, Amos Wallace, Lincoln Wallace, and many other prominent artists. Arrangement Arranged in three series: Series 1: Original Accession Notes, Series 2: Accession Information, Series 3: Miscellaneous Accession Information. All material is arranged by catalog number and chronologically when date is known. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Page 2 of 73 Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records NMAI.AC.072 Subjects: American Indians -- arts and crafts Indians of North America Cultures: Indians of North America Types of Materials: Accession records Correspondence Negatives (photographic) Newspaper clippings Photographs Purchase orders Slides (photographs) Names: Da, Popovi, 1923-1971 Houser, Allan, 1914-1994 Howe, Oscar, 1915-1983 Kabotie, Fred Lelooska, 1933-1996 Martinez, Julian, -1943 Martínez, María Montoya Moses, James Kivetoruk, 1900-1982 Senungetuk, Ronald W., 1933- Velarde, Pablita, 1918-2006 Page 3 of 73 Series 1: Original Accession Notes Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records NMAI.AC.072 Container Listing Series 1: Original Accession Notes, 1952-1970 (bulk 1965-1970) 1 Linear foot Scope and Original accession notes for objects transferred from the IACB to NMAI in 2000. Includes Contents: information on catalog numbers from 1952 through 1970. The bulk are from 1965 to 1970. Box 1, Folder 1 Accession Information, 1952-1964 Box 1, Folder 2 Accession Information, 65.1-65.104, 1965 Box 1, Folder 3 Accession Information, 66.1-66.84, 1966 Box 1, Folder 4 Accession Information, 67.1-67.37, 1967 Box 1, Folder 5 Accession Information, 68.1-68.26, 1968 Box 1, Folder 6 Accession Information, 68.27-68.55, 1968 Box 1, Folder 7 Accession Information, 69.1-69.20, 1969 Box 1, Folder 8 Accession Information, 69.21-69.29, 1969 Box 2, Folder 1 Accession Information, 69.30-69.35, 1969 Box 2, Folder 2 Accession Information, 69.36-69.59, 1969 Box 2, Folder 3 Accession Information, 70.1-70.21, 1970 Box 2, Folder 4 To be Cataloged, X.1-X.108, 1965-1970 Return to Table of Contents Page 4 of 73 Series 2: Accession Information Indian Arts and Crafts Board accession records NMAI.AC.072 Series 2: Accession Information, 1870-2003 (bulk 1962-1985) 255 Photographic prints 28 Slides (photographs) 12.5 Linear feet 15 Negatives (photographic) Scope and This series makes up the bulk of the collection. The records within consist of the original Contents: accession records for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Headquarters Collection. The majority of the records are made up of original catalog cards, purchase orders, invoices, and correspondence between artists, IACB field representatives, commercial entities, and various directors of the IACB, including Robert G. Hart. There is also documentation detailing purchases and transactions with the IACB's Southern Plains Indian Museum of objects that are housed within that institution. Additionally, the records include brochures, business cards, object tags and labels, object lists and descriptions, newspaper clippings, journal articles, negatives, photographs, and slides. Objects that were stolen during a 1980 theft in Washington, D.C. are noted within the records as well. Artists that can be found within the records include, Papovi Da, Allan Houser, Oscar Howe, Fred Kabotie, Julian Martinez, Maria Martinez, James Kivetoruk Moses, Ronald Senungetuk, Don Morse Smith (Lelooksa) Pablita Velarde, Amos Wallace, Lincoln Wallace, and many other prominent artists. Box 3, Folder 1 W.40.1, 1939-1940 Notes: Artist Note: Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez. Box 3, Folder