Smithsonian Institution Archives

Exhibition Records, 1981-1991

Summary
Collection ID:
SIA.FA95-164
Creators:
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Registrar
Dates:
1981-1991
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Descriptive Entry
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of the files created by the Office of the Registrar in the course of their work on fifteen exhibitions shown between 1982 and 1991, including Peace and Friendship: Indian Peace Medals in the United States, on view from January through July 1985; Charles Willson Peale and His World, November 1982 through January 1983; Miguel Covarrubias: Caricatures, November 1984 through January 1985; A Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits, April through September 1985; William Edward West, 1788-1857: Kentucky Painter, April through June 1985; Joseph Wright: American Artist, February through June 1985; and U.S. Grant: The Man and the Image, July through November 1985.
The files include information about the transport of objects, such as insurance documents and bills of lading; facilities and condition reports and photographs; object checklists and photographs; documentation of security arrangements; and information on the development of the catalogue.
The bulk of the records consist of lender files containing loan agreements, memoranda, object photographs, and correspondence between the museum and the lender.
Administration
Author
Finding aid prepared by Smithsonian Institution Archives
Using the Collection
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-164, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of the Registrar, Exhibition Records
Access Restriction
Box 6 restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; Contact reference staff for details.
More Information
Notes
SI Records
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Wright, Joseph, 1756-1793 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Charles Willson Peale and His World (Exhibition) (1982-1983) Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Joseph Wright: American Artist, 1756-1793 (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peace and Friendship: Indian Peace Medals in the United States (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
U.S. Grant: The Man and the Image (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
William Edward West, 1788-1857: Kentucky Painter (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gentleman from Indiana: Booth Tarkington, 1869-1949 (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Portraits by Brady: Imperial Photographs from the Harvard College Library (Exhibition) (1986: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Studies from Life: Portrait Photogrphs by Julia Margaret Cameron from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Metropolitan Opera Centennial: A Photographic Album (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Baseball Immortals: The Photographs of Charles Martin Conlon, 1905-1935 (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eric Knight and Lassie (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dwight D. Eisenhower Centennial (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Repository Contact
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