Archives Center Portrait Collection

Summary

Collection ID:: NMAH.AC.0392
Creators:: Brogi, Giacomo
Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
Memmert, Heinrich
Reichard & Lindner.
Dates:: 19th-20th centuries
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 0.1 Cubic feet
1 box
Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous portraits of scientists and other prominent persons, including original engravings, photoprints, and copy photoprints.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

Biographical / Historical

This is an artifical collection of photographic portraits of a variety of personages.

Administration

Processing Information

This collection was processed by David E. Haberstich, curator, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Author

David Haberstich

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Unidentified sources. Found in collections, 1991.

Digital Content

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Using the Collection

Preferred Citation

Archives Center Portrait Collection, National Museum of American History.

Conditions Governing Use

There may be usage or copyright restrictions on some material in this collection. Reproduction fees for commercial use.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Custodial History

Items apparently have been acquired by various curators throughout the Museum over a period of years. Except for a few items which may have come from the Hammer or Clark Collections, no other provenance information may be available. Additional portraits may be added to this artificial collection in the future.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
Engravings	Type	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Portraits -- Scientists	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Scientists	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Gilbert, William	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Gelatini	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Gorsh-Beraner	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Gooch, Frank Austin	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Gauss	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Galilei, Galileo	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Herschel, John F. W., Sir	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Land, Edwin H.	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Grimaldi, Francesco Marie, 1618-1663	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Graefe	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Helvetius	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Hell, Maximillian	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Von Guericke, Otto	Personal Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid

Repository Contact

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

P.O. Box 37012

Suite 1100, MRC 601

Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

archivescenter@si.edu

http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives