2001 Collection Statistics National Collections Program Smithsonian Institution Archives 2 Contents List of Reporting Units ...............................................................................................................................5 Abbreviations..............................................................................................................................................6 SUMMARY Introduction .............................................................................................................................................9 2001 by the Numbers ............................................................................................................................11 Institutional Highlights..........................................................................................................................13 I. MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE A. MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Collection Totals............................................................................................................................17 Collections Distribution.................................................................................................................19 Collection Activity.........................................................................................................................20 Collections Growth ........................................................................................................................21 Acquisitions ...................................................................................................................................23 Acquisitions by Method.................................................................................................................25 Deaccessions..................................................................................................................................26 Deaccessions: Unit Highlights.......................................................................................................27 Deaccessions and Disposals...........................................................................................................29 B. ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS Collection Totals............................................................................................................................31 Acquisitions ...................................................................................................................................32 C. LIBRARY COLLECTIONS Collection Totals............................................................................................................................35 Volumes Added .............................................................................................................................36 Current Journals.............................................................................................................................37 D. DIGITIZATION ....................................................................................................................................39 3 II. PUBLIC IMPACT A. MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Loans..............................................................................................................................................43 Incoming Loans .............................................................................................................................44 Incoming Loans by Purpose..........................................................................................................45 Outgoing Loans..............................................................................................................................47 Outgoing Loans by Purpose...........................................................................................................49 Geographic Distribuition: Domestic and International............................................................ 50-53 Collections-Based Research...........................................................................................................54 B. ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS Research and Reference Transactions ..........................................................................................55 Research Highlights................................................................................................................. 56-61 C. LIBRARY COLLECTIONS Interlibrary Loans...........................................................................................................................63 Research Highlights.......................................................................................................................64 D. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE .........................................................65 E. DIGITIZATION.....................................................................................................................................67 III. 2001 ACQUISITION HIGHLIGHTS Museums.................................................................................................................................. 71-85 Archives ................................................................................................................................... 87-95 Libraries .........................................................................................................................................97 IV. QUESTIONNAIRE.......................................................................................................................... 99-100 4 List of Reporting Units AM& CAAHC Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture AAA Archives of American Art AC Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Behring Center AMSG Arthur M. Sackler Gallery CEROS Center for Research and Outreach Services, National Portrait Gallery C-HNDM Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum CFCH Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage CWPP Charles Willson Peale Papers, National Portrait Gallery EEPA Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art FGA Freer Gallery of Art FSGA Freer & Sackler Galleries Archives FGA/AMSG Library Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Library HMSG Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden HMSG Library Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library HSD Horticultural Services Division HSFA Human Studies Film Archives, National Museum of Natural History NAA National Anthropological Archives, National Museum of Natural History NASA National Air & Space Archives, National Air & Space Museum NASM National Air & Space Museum NMAfA National Museum of African Art NMAH National Museum of American History, Behring Center NMAI National Museum of the American Indian NMNH National Museum of Natural History NPG National Portrait Gallery NPM National Postal Museum NZP National Zoological Park OAHP Office of Architectural History & Historic Preservation SAAM Smithsonian American Art Museum (formerly National Museum of American Art) SAAM/NPG Library Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library SIA Smithsonian Institution Archives SITES Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service SIL Smithsonian Institution Libraries 5 Abbreviations N/A Not Applicable N/R Not Reported NCP National Collections Program SI Smithsonian Institution TRANS Transactions 6 Summary 7 8 2001 Collection Statistics Summary Introduction This report presents a wealth of information regarding collection size, growth, and transaction activity in the museums, archives and libraries of the Smithsonian. First published in 1987, this statistical report has become an important indicator of progress in collections management, informing Smithsonian management and staff of unique events occurring in a given year and significant trends reflected over time. The combined data of this year’s report and previous editions provides baseline information useful in benchmarking. It also supports the Institution’s accountability and oversight of the collections held in trust for the American people. In comparison to previous editions, this report has a few new format changes and additions: • The report is divided into three sections: Management Excellence, Public Impact, and Acquisition Highlights. Within each section, information is organized and presented for the museum, archive, and library communities to appropriately reflect their differences and uniqueness. • Digitization statistics are presented for the first year. • A questionnaire has been added to solicit user comments and suggestions. Management Excellence Public Impact “We intend … to bring [the following] to a level of quality and “We want to enlarge dramatically our audiences and our degree of sophistication appropriate to a contemporary organization of the size engagement with the public … by offering them compelling and and complexity of the Smithsonian Institution: absolutely first-class exhibits … using the Web to bring the Smithsonian to the nation – and the world.” Collections management and storage … Management information … Information technology …” The Smithsonian Institution in the 21st Century – The First Decade’s Work Lawrence M. Small 9 2001 Collection Statistics Summary 10 2001 Collection Statistics Summary 2001 by the Numbers 142.4 million 49 The number of artifacts, works of art, and specimens of nature in The number of U.S. states and territories where the Smithsonian Smithsonian museum collections at the close of FY 2001. initiated new outgoing loan transactions. 88% 53 Nearly