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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Public Affairs
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1977-1989, 2000-2011
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13.5 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-203
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that publicize the exhibitions, acquisitions, events, lectures, symposia, and other related public programs of the National Portrait Gallery. Also included are materials produced when the office was known as the Office of External Affairs. Materials include press releases, brochures, and media clippings.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of External Affairs
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1979-1990
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-212
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting National Portrait Gallery exhibitions in the press. Materials include clippings, press releases, black and white photographs, brochures, and postcards advertising exhibitions.
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National Portrait Gallery. 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...
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National Portrait Gallery. 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. Office of the Director
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1969-1995
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-021
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, departmental, and Smithsonian Institution files of the Office of the Director and spans the tenures of Marvin Sadik, former Director, and Alan M. Fern, Director. Materials include correspondence, reports, minutes, and memoranda, and pertain to exhibits, development, publications, programs, and me...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Director
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1937-1990
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38 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 426
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The first NPG director, Charles Nagel, was appointed in 1964. Most of the records document the director's efforts to initiate programs to fulfil the second mission of the Gallery: to provide a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. To achieve this objective, Charles Nagel established the Catalogue of American Po...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Public Affairs
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1968, 1974-1977, 1982-1998
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that describe all aspects of the National Portrait Gallery's publicity efforts through the former Office of Public Affairs, now called the Office of External Affairs, particularly the planning and execution of events associated with exhibitions or portrait presentations, such as receptions, dinners, performan...
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National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Public Programs. Publications Office
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2004
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-260
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a reference set of guidebooks and other publications issued for the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian.
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National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Public Programs. Publications Office
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1994, 2003, 2005
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-027
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of publications of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Areas of coverage include NMAI, exhibitions, and Native American identity and culture. Publications include: National Museum of the American Indian: A Postcard Book; Meet Mindy: A Native Girl from the Southwest by Susan Secakuku; James Luna: Emen...
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National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Special Events
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2001-2002
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-376
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the National Powwow held in 2002. Particularly well documented are the arts and crafts vendors at the event as well as the dance competitions and their participants. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, floor plans, press releases, budget records, reports, registration forms, release ...