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Series XII: Projects,, 1979-1997

 Series — Box: 28-39

Scope and Contents

The twelfth series of the Lloyd H. New Papers consists of 111 folders from 1959-2008 and is divided into 5 sub-series: Foundations, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Conferences, Museums, and Lloyd Kiva New American Indian Design Association.

The first sub-series, Foundations, contains 12 folders of documents relating to Mr. New’s service on various museum and arts associations advisory boards, such as the American Indian Institute’s Elders Circle, the Native American Preparatory School, Native Roots & Rhythms, the National Endowment for the Arts, and SWAIA’s Indian Market.

The second sub-series, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, contains 18 folders and is divided into 3 sub-series: Administration, Catalogues, and Newsletters. The first sub-series, Administration, contains 10 folders of program planning, meeting minutes, correspondence, press, and miscellaneous. The second sub-series, Catalogues, contains 6 folders of IACB Indian Art exhibition brochures. The third sub-series, Newsletters, contains 2 folders of newspapers “Indians at Work” and “Smoke Signals.”

The third sub-series, Conferences, contains 21 folders of various documents relating to conferences and symposia around the world where Mr. New was an attendee, a speaker, or a panel member. Most notably, Mr. New attended the Harvard Summer Institute and the UNESCO’s World Crafts Council, spoke at the US International Communication Agency Conferences in South America, and was part of roundtable discussions at the Ontario Educational Communications Authority and the Australian Council for the Arts Aboriginal Symposia

The fourth sub-series, Museums, contains 43 folders and is divided into 5 sub-series: General, the Heard Museum, the Native American Center for the Living Arts, the Plains Indian Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. The first sub-series, General, contains 7 folders of documents about various museums and cultural arts organizations, such as the Museum of Northern Arizona, the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, the Denver Art Museum’s Indian Chic exhibition, and the Venice Biennale. The second sub-series, the Heard Museum, contains 3 folders of brochures, correspondence, and press. The third sub-series, Native American Center for the Living Arts (The Turtle Museum), contains 6 folders of architectural drawings, exhibition participants and catalogue documentation, correspondence, invoices, and promotional materials. The fourth sub-series, the Plains Indian Museum, contains 5 folders of correspondence, events, press, promotional materials, and miscellaneous documents. The fifth sub-series, the Smithsonian Institution, contains 22 folders and is divided into 3 sub-series: Administration, The Gustav Heye Center, and The National Museum of the American Indian. The first sub-series, Administration, contains contracts, invoices, correspondence, memoranda, press, photographs, as well as Mr. New’s Senate Testimony about the NMAI and the Board of Trustees rosters. The second sub-series, The Gustav Heye Center, contains 7 folders about the Customs House Renovation, promotional materials, and the inaugural exhibitions and catalogue. The third sub-series, The National Museum of the American Indian, contains 5 folders of documents about the Vision Workshop, the two architectural firms, promotional materials, and an Allan House Drawing for an outdoor dance circle.

The fifth sub-series, The Lloyd Kiva New American Indian Design Association, or LKNAIDA, contains 17 folders of documents about the Mission Statement, the Proposal, the Business Plan, the Rationale, the Board of Directors, meeting minutes, letterhead, contracts, correspondence, fundraising, potential donors, product designs, handwritten notes, and press, as well as files on the organization’s manager and fundraising consultant.

Dates

  • 1979-1997

Access Restrictions

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Extent

6.0 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Undetermined

Arrangement

Sub-Series XII.A Foundations; Arranged by categorical subject, alphabetical and chronological order

Sub-Series XII.B Indian Arts and Crafts Board; Arranged by categorical subject and artist name Sub-Series XII.B.a Administration; Arranged by categorical subject Sub-Series XII.B.b Catalogues; Arranged in alphabetical order Sub-Series XII.B.c Newsletters; Arranged by title Sub-Series XII.C Conferences; Arranged by chronological order

Sub-Series XII.D Museums; Arranged by categorical subject and chronological order Sub-Series XII.D.a General; Arranged by chronological order Sub-Series XII.D.b The Heard Museum; Arranged by categorical subject Sub-Series XII.D.c Native American Center for the Living Arts; Arranged by categorical subject Sub-Series XII.D.d Plains Indian Museum; Arranged by categorical subject Sub-Series XII.D.e Smithsonian Institution; Arranged by categorical subject Sub-Series XII.D.e.1 Administration; Arranged by categorical subject Sub-Series XII.D.e.2 The Gustav Heye Center; Arranged by categorical subject Sub-series XII.D.e.3 The National Museum of the American Indian; Arranged by categorical subject

Sub-Series XII.E LKNAIDA-Lloyd Kiva New American Indian Design Association; Arranged by categorical subject

Repository Details

Part of the Institute of American Indian Arts Repository

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