Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation audio and video collection, item #, NMAI.AC.001.003; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Scope and Contents
This series includes non-exhibition related video and audio materials created by and for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation between 1962 and 1988. This includes ¼ inch open reel sound tapes, sound cassettes, and videotapes (U-m documenting—staff meetings, docent tours and docent training sessions, lectures, and radio interviews. The recordings feature staff members such as E. K. Burnett, Frederick Dockstader, Vincent Wilcox, William Stiles, Robert Venables, Roland Force, Suzanne Aurelio, and Susan Martin, among others.
Collection Restrictions
Collection is closed until the materials have been digitized.