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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). 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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1892-1960
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22 cu. ft. (44 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 311
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration of William Henry Holmes, first Curator of the National Gallery of Art (NGA), 1907-1920, and Director of the Gallery, 1920-1932. To a lesser extent, it also documents the administration of Ruel P. Tolman, Acting Director of NGA, 1932-1937, and the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA), 1937-1946, ...
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Mitchell, Alfred R. (Alfred Richard), 1888-1972
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1925 Aug. 10-Aug. 18
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2 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mitcalfl
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Archives of American Art
A letter from Mitchell to the director of the National Gallery of Art seeking information regarding the gallery's policy on copying works of art; and a response informing Mitchell that the gallery does not permit copies to be made of its works.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1975-1979
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-156
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the exhibition Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940. Materials include correspondence with lenders, lender information sheets, photographs of works of art exhibited, photocopies of exhibition labels, exhibition catalog reproduction rights requests/forms, catalog photo orders, e...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). 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 (Smithsonian Institution). 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 (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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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Registrar
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1981-1991
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-164
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the files created by the Office of the Registrar in the course of their work on fifteen exhibitions shown between 1982 and 1991, including Peace and Friendship: Indian Peace Medals in the United States, on view from January through July 1985; Charles Willson Peale and His World, November 1982 through January 198...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). 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
- Repository:
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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 (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Public Affairs
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circa 1962-1983
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26.16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (14 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 554
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of records documenting the publicity and planning of exhibitions and the museum as well as special events held at the museum, usually in connection with an exhibition. Materials include newspaper clippings; press releases; histories of the Patent Office Building; files on designation of the American Art/Portrait Galle...
