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National Portrait Gallery. 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. Office of Exhibitions
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1980-1996
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-083
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Office of Exhibitions on exhibitions that were mounted by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from 1980 to 1995. Major exhibitions undertaken by the NPG in this period, and documented in these records, include Benjamin West and His American Students (1980-1981); Charles Wil...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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circa 1966-1994
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1.2 cu. ft. (8 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-094
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of photographic materials of non-Smithsonian Institution objects loaned by institutions and private owners for National Portrait Gallery (NPG) exhibitions. Materials include color transparencies and black and white negatives. The images relate to exhibition records in found in Accessions 87-156, 91-030, 91-093, 93-008, ...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1983-1994
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-139
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records pertaining to the planning and development of nine exhibitions (Blessed Are the Peacemakers; U.S. Grant: The Man and the Image; Portraits by Brady: Imperial Photographs from the Harvard College Library; Noble Heritage: Five Centuries of Portraits from the Hosokawa Family; The Spirit of the Party: Hamilto...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1977-1998
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-161
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of outgoing loans and pertain to accepted, denied, and withdrawn loan requests. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, original loan conservation examination reports with the loan committee's comments, and copies of loan agreements.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1974-1976
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-106
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records pertaining to The Dye is Now Cast: The Road to American Independence, an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from April 19-November 16, 1975. Materials include photographs, loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, notes, scripts, labels, and reports.
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National Portrait Gallery. Historian's Office
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1972-1984
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 556
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the activities of the Office's first three Historians. Most of the records were created during Marc Pachter's tenure. They include much correspondence between Pachter and art historians, artists, national and international art institutions, and funding organizations. There is also correspondence with Amy E. Henderson...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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circa 1977-1990
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-030
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that pertain to the Facing the Lights: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes exhibition. Materials Include loan agreements with individuals, historical societies, university archives/libraries, and outside museums; lists of incoming loans, which register name of lender and transportation arrangements ...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
- Dates:
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1972-1977
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-093
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence; exhibition scripts and captions; excerpts from books, journals, articles and other published sources; news releases; loan agreements; newspaper clippings; brochures; pamphlets; photographs and prints; and negatives for the exhibition The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution, 1770-...
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National Portrait Gallery. 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 ...