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National Portrait Gallery. 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
- Repository:
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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; Tête à Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson; A Durable Memento: Portraits by A...
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National Portrait Gallery. Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
- Dates:
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1986-2004
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-055
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management in the preparation and development of exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, particularly the movement of art objects on loan both to and from the museum. Exhibitions documented include Andy Warhol's Flash - November ...
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National Portrait Gallery. Department of Design and Production
- Dates:
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1981-2002
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-054
- Repository:
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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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Brandon Fortune
- Dates:
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1977-1993
bulk 1987-1991
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6.75 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- NPG.CAP.00004
- Repository:
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National Portrait Gallery
Research material gathered by Brandon B. Fortune regarding two exhibitions and one exhibition catalog about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago; including correspondence with museums and collectors, and photocopied book pages. The exact title of the first exhibition is now unknown, but it was likely similar to "World's Columbian Exhibition, 1893: Department of Fine Arts." The second exhibition was entitled "American Art at the 1893 World's Fair-Revisiting the White City," which was accompanied by a book with the same title.
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Charles M. Kurtz papers
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Kurtz, Charles M. (Charles McMeen), 1855-1909
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1843-1990
bulk 1884-1909
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27.74 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kurtchar
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of arts administrator, museum director, collector, dealer, and editor Charles M. Kurtz (1855-1909), measure 27.74 linear feet and date from 1843-1990 (bulk dates 1884-1909). The bulk of the collection consists of detailed chronological correspondence between Kurtz and his wife and family, friends, colleagues, and business associates that documents many notable exhibitions, galleries, museums, private collections, as well as cities, people, and events of the period. Also found in the collection are Kurtz's diaries, scrapbooks, printed materials, and photographs.
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Department of Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
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1965-1975
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23.02 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 microfilm reel)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 315
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain exhibition material, including staff research notes on artists and artwork; administrative records concerning the shipment of exhibited artwork, loan correspondence, security and display of the exhibited material, photographs of display items, and installation photographs; staff correspondence including correspondence ...
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Hemphill, Herbert Waide
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1776-1998
bulk 1876-1998
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26.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hempherb
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of folk art collector and museum curator Herbert Waide Hemphill date from 1776-1998, bulk 1876-1998, and measure 26.7 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials, personal business records, files documenting his collecting, writings, art work, minutes of meetings, a scrapbook, printed material including exhibition and auction announcements and catalogs, and miscellaneous artifacts. The collection also contains numerous photographs of Hemphill, family members, his residences, friends and colleagues, exhibitions, travel, and art work. Sound and video recordings include interviews of Hemphill.
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Taylor, Frances Long, Mrs.
Long, Crawford Williamson, Dr., 1815-1878
- Dates:
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1897
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0120
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Crawford W. Long's use of sulphuric ether on a patient. The materials include glass plate negatives, correspondence, printed documents, and photprints.
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Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
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circa 1840-1993
bulk 1935-1961
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88 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kentrock
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Rockwell Kent papers measure 88.0 linear feet and date from circa 1840 to 1993 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1935 to 1961. The collection provides comprehensive coverage of Kent's career as a painter, illustrator, designer, writer, lecturer, traveler, political activist, and dairy farmer.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Publications
- Dates:
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1965-1999
- Size:
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-011
- Repository:
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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.