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titleMuseum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records
repositoryNational Museum of the American Indian
descriptionThese records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.
extent400 Linear feet
formatsCorrespondence Artist Files Exhibition Files Research Files Clippings
accessAccess 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: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
record linkhttps://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/archives/components/sova-nmai-ac-001-ref5221?destination=edan_searchtab/archives%3Fpage%3D5%26edan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dset_name%253ATextile%2520fabrics%2520--%2520Andes%2520Region%26edan_fq%255B1%255D%3Dset_name%253A%2522Museum%2520of%2520the%2520American%2520Indian/Heye%2520Foundation%2520records%2520/%2520Series%25201%253A%2520Directors%2520/%25201.5%253A%2520Roland%2520W.%2520Force%2520/%25201E.2%253A%2520Subject%2520Files%2522%26view%3Dgrid
finding aidhttps://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.001?s=0&n=10&t=C&q=*&i=0
acquisition informationThe collection was originally part of the MAI Archives at Audobon Terrace in New York City. Title and custody of the collections were formally transferred to NMAI in 1990. Upon completion of the NMAI Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, MD, the collection was physically transferred to the NMAI Archive Center in 1998.
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