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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
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1993-2000
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-105
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the Director's involvement in many aspects of exhibition development at the National Portrait Gallery during the tenure of Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000). Exhibitions documented include Drawings by Hugo Gellert; Tete a Tete: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson; A Durable Memento: Portraits by A...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Design and Production
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1981-2002
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-054
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of two series. Series 1 consists of graphics records and documents the work of the department on such aspects of exhibitions as gallery guides, posters, invitations, label text, banners, letterhead, case labels, brochures, murals, and advertisements. Series 2 consists of installation records and documents the work ...
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Farber, Joan C., Dr.
Farber, Joseph C., 1903-1994
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circa 1930-1990
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15 Cubic feet (90 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0520
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Farber collection documents images of celebrated American buildings by photographer Joseph C. Farber.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Publications
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1965-1999
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-011
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition catalogs (both traveling and in-house), brochures, pamphlets, illustrated checklists, and other publications created around a specific themes or genres drawn from the collections in the National Portrait Gallery.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Deputy Director
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1985-2000
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-092
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the exhibition research, planning, and execution activities of the Deputy Director of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG). Records also document the Deputy Director's interaction within and among the offices under her direction, as well as outside contacts and dealings. These records were c...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1974-1999
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29.5 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-102
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records of general exhibition (show) files documenting the planning and execution of exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery. Materials include proposals, budgets, label copy, scripts, production schedules, drawings, floor plans, memoranda, correspondence, catalogs, publicity materials, bibliographies, financial...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Registrar
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1994-1999
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-128
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition loan records. Materials include loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, condition reports (with photographs of objects), receipts, and notes.
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Scurlock Studio Records, Subseries 4.2: Black and white negatives in freezers arranged by job number
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Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Custom Craft
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1931-1971
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320 Boxes
The materials in the subseries are black and white silver gelatin negatives.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.02
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The vast majority of the negatives are individual portrait sittings but there are some family and group portraits. The box numbers in the finding aid are the old freezer box numbers and are not reflective of the physical number of boxes; when the negatives were rehoused, the physical number of boxes were reduced and the old freezer box numbers were...
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Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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1928-1994
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320 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.05
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The materials document the orders placed by the clients of the Scurlock Studio. The photographs primarily depict individual portrait sittings but there are also portraits of children, groups, and other subjects.
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Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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1929-1989
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87 Boxes
The subseries consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives.
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.06
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Subseries 4.6 consists of black and white silver gelatin negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
