National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History.
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Cultural history as a category of historical studies at the Smithsonian has applied to different levels of organization at different times. In 1994 as a result of major reorganization in the National Museum of American History a Division of Cultural History was created as one element of a new Department of History. It includes such fields as ethnic studies, music, painting and sculpture, and theater and film. James Merle Weaver was Chairman, 1995-1997, succeeded by Ramunas Kondratas, 1998, and Rex M. Ellis, 1999- .
Other staff have included Richard E. Ahlborn, Curator, 1994- ; Dwight Blocker Bowers, Historian and Artistic Director, American Song Program, 1994- ; Anthony Brown, Curator 1994-1996; Rayna Green, Director American Indian Program, 1994- ; John Edward Hasse, Curator, 1994- ; Cynthia A. Hoover, Curator, 1994- ; James Oliver Horton, 1994- ; Niani Kilkenny, Director, Program in African American Culture, 1994- ; Charles McGovern, Curator, 1994- ; Marvette Perez, Curator, 1994- ; Harry Rand, Curator, 1994- ; Kenneth Slowik, Director, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, 1994- ; Alonzo Smith, Research Historian, 1994- ; Gary Sturm, Executive Director, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, 1994- ; and Susan Ostroff, Museum Specialist.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Agency History. Record 221104
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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creatorOf | Account Book | National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center | |
creatorOf | Movie Poster Collection | National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center | |
creatorOf | Russian Easter Egg Patterns | National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center |
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associatedWith | Ahlborn, Richard E. |
associatedWith | Bowers, Dwight Blocker |
associatedWith | Brown, Anthony L |
associatedWith | Ellis, Rex M., 1951- |
associatedWith | Green, Rayna |
associatedWith | Hasse, John Edward, 1948- |
associatedWith | Hoover, Cynthia A. |
associatedWith | Horton, James Oliver |
associatedWith | Kilkenny, Niani. |
associatedWith | Kondratas, Ramunas |
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