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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1972-1977
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-093
- Repository:
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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. Office of Education
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1970-2003
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-086
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the program records of the Office of Education at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and documents their work on educational programming for the museum and its exhibitions. Programming documented includes "Face to Face: Adventure with History!;" "Discover Portraits: Learning to See;" "Those Inventive Americans;" ...
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National Portrait Gallery, Editor of Publications
- Dates:
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1968-1982
- Size:
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1.2 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 553
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These illustrated catalogs document major and minor exhibitions, providing detailed discussions of exhibition themes. Additional catalogs, pamphlets, and booklets highlight specific features of the permanent collection such as the NPG's presidential portraits. The catalogs also document special exhibitions which contain the Gallery's portrait...
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Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service
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1968-2010
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-021
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, press kits, photographs, slides, transparencies, scripts, itineraries, floor plans, checklists, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes, and other related records. Rec...
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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undated
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0.4 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-047
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition exploring the role of the black soldier in the American Revolution. The exhibit was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and exhibited there from July 1970 through September 1970.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Publications
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1972-2005
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-103
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of contracts and permissions administered by the Office of Publications for various publications, including gallery guides, exhibition catalogs, and brochures. Publications covered include Abroad in America: Visitors to the New Nation, 1776-1914; American Portrait Drawings; American Portrait Prints: Proceedings of ...
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Exhibition Records
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National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
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1957-1992
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35.58 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 551
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of exhibition design, production, and installation information including proposals and narratives, scripts, schedules, graphic designs, construction contracts and specifications, floor plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and photographs. The records also include Department of Exhibits administrative files such as corre...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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circa 1955-1990 and undated
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31.73 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 363
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains a variety of records documenting the planning, design, and production of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the NMNH. It also contains smaller amounts of records concerning exhibitions held at the National Museum of History and Technology, National Air and Space Museum, National Collection of Fine Arts, Anacostia ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1962-1982
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44.54 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 12x17 box) (2 16x20 boxes) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 337
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the work of Susan A. Hamilton as Bicentennial Coordinator, acting under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art. They also cover preliminary planning for Bicentennial programs carried out between 1968 and the creation of the Office in 1971. For a fuller record of such activities, researchers should ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Military History
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circa 1968-1981
- Size:
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 396
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of public inquiries from museums, universities, historical societies, and private collectors regarding gun models, saber types, military heraldry, uniform insignia, history of the United States Army, the preservation of artifacts, and paintings illustrating scenes from American military history. Also included are copies ...