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Public relations

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander M. White public relations correspondence and papers, 1952-1969

 Collection
Identifier: DR 169
Abstract

Contains papers related to public relations created by Andrew M. White, during his term as President of the AMNH, and the Public Relations office. Includes press releases, speech transcripts, new personnel policy, and letters to donors. Includes correspondence between White and Ruth Norton, then Supervisor of Public Relations.

Dates: 1952 - 1969

American Museum of Natural History Centennial Celebration papers, 1964-1972

 Collection
Identifier: DR 041-044
Scope and content

Papers related to the American Museum of Natural History's Centennial Celebration, held April 9, 1969: development, research, financial records and correspondence, press kits, convocation materials, and files of Garnder Stout, President of the Museum at the time of the Centennial Celebration. Also includes entries for the "Windows on the World" essay contest submitted by elementary and college students.

Dates: 1964 - 1972

American Museum of Natural History oversize press material, 1877-1993.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 154
Abstract

Newspaper clippings and museum press releases, including press release from the museum's opening, programs from Works Progress Administration (WPA)-sponsored orchestral concerts. Bulk of press releases are from 1950s.

Dates: 1877 - 1993

American Museum of Natural History publicity material and publications, 1963-1987

 Collection
Identifier: DR 155
Abstract Publicity materials, including clippings and press releases. The majority of press clippings highlight AMNH events about African culture and Asian cultures. Press releases on Margaret Mead's lectures and "An Afternoon with R. Buckminster Fuller" (May 3, 1977). This collection also contains some publications: National Geographic, Behind New York's Window on Nature, The American Museum of Natural History (1963), Curator (Volume 30, Number 3, 1987) and St. Catherine's Island Research...
Dates: Majority of material found within ( 1974-1977).

Department of Education Natural Science Center program photographs and press clippings, 1954-1974.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 149
Scope and Contents

Photographic and press materials related to Department of Education's Natural Science Center program. Includes scrapbooks of press clippings, albums of black and white photographs of educational exhibits and lab workshops, mounted photographs, some negatives and Kodachrome slides.

Dates: 1954 - 1974

Hayden Planetarium press releases and public relations papers, circa 1970s-1980s.

 Collection
Identifier: DR-H 02
Abstract

Memoranda, photographs, public relations information and correspondence. Press releases for the following temporary exhibitions: "Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation" (1983)"The Planets" (1980), Sonja Eisenberg's "New Horizons" (1980)"Cosmic Art" (1979) and "Images of Earth from Space" (1979). Press information for the Hall of the Sun opening (1976) and astronomical events such as Halley's Comet and those affecting the moon and the planets.

Dates: 1970 - 1989

Office of Public Affairs correspondence and press releases, 1985-1987

 Collection
Identifier: DR 035
Scope and content

Correspondence between the Department of Public Affairs and the Museum of the American Indian as well as department press releases. Informational materials about the Museum of the American Indian.

Dates: 1985 - 1987

Office of Public Affairs financial records and press clippings, 1974-1984.

 Collection
Identifier: DR 136
Abstract Contains financial records and public relations materials, mostly from the late 1970s. Financial records include requisitions, receipts, and statements for payroll, utilities, supplies, as well as printing and photography services for the museum. Public relations materials include press releases, mounted press clippings about exhibitions and events, including three folders on an exhibition about the creation of a replica dinosaur skeleton titled "The Making of a Dinosaur." Also, includes...
Dates: 1974 - 1984