Smithsonian Institution
name: label: Collection Collector
content: McCormick, Mack
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content: Robert "Mack" McCormick Collection
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content: Robert "Mack" McCormick Collection / Series 3: Projects Files
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1966-1980, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1485, Subseries 3.4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subseries documents McCormick's work for the Smithsonian's Division of Performing Arts. This office was responsible for the planning, creation, and execution of the yearly Festival of American Folklife (FAF) program. Materials include concept and design documents, plans and feasibility studies, fact sheets, programs, promotion and publicity materials, fieldwork kits, operational manuals, participant forms, contracts, reports, photographs, contact sheets, correspondence, blueprints, maps, and ephemera. Of note is information relating to President Lyndon Baines Johnson's participation in the 1968 festival. In addition, there are administrative files pertaining to McCormick's travel including authorizations, vouchers, living arrangement papers, and travel receipts. Materials are arranged in chronological order.