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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Painting and Sculpture
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1960-1994
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-058
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the career of Robert G. Stewart, Senior Curator in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), and art historian. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1954, Stewart worked for the National Park Service as historical architect. From 1961 to 1964 he was Director of Properties for the ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Design and Production
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1989-1992
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3.43 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-093
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of files from the Department of Design and Production, National Portrait Gallery (NPG). Included are correspondence between the NPG curatorial staff and other Smithsonian bureaus and offices. There is also correspondence between the NPG staff and other external art museums, including individual artists and art experts ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Registrar
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1981-1991
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-164
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 198...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1970-1990
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-051
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the various exhibitions that were shown at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) between 1973 and 1988, such as Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940, The Art of Henry Inman, The Artist's Mother: Portraits and Homages, Robert Edge Pine: A British Portrait Painter in America, 17...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1972-1994
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-158
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document two exhibitions held at the National Portrait Gallery: In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Prologue to the American Revolution, 1760-1774, on view from June 14 through November 17, 1974; and To Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss, which was on view from October 27, 1989 through Apri...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Design and Production
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1994-1996
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-140
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of checklists, schedules, correspondence, memoranda, floor plans, blueprints, and drawings, and pertain to the design and production of exhibitions.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Public Affairs
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1982-1986
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-165
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the publicity generated for several National Portrait Gallery exhibitions from 1982 to 1986. They contain press clippings, press releases, and press kits; photographs and proof sheets of openings and other events associated with exhibitions; memoranda between museum staff, and between the museum...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
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circa 1970-1979, 1982-1994
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-078
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the administrative and exhibit files of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), Office of the Director. Most of the records date from 1982 to 1994, and document the tenure of Alan Fern, who became Director in 1982. The administrative files primarily concern the development of reports on NPG activities for central S...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Registrar
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1985-1994
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-141
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of exhibition loan information and include loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, condition reports (with photographs of objects), receipts, and notes. Exhibitions include: American Colonial Portraits; On the Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting; First Federal Congress; Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Scul...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Public Affairs
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1988-1991
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-092
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the work of the Office of Public Affairs in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from 1988 through 1990, and include a file of general press clippings from fiscal year 1991. The records describe many aspects of the Museum's publicity efforts, and include memoranda to Museum staff regarding p...
