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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
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1968-2001
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-016
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of subject files documenting the administration of the National Portrait Gallery during the tenures of directors Charles Nagel (1964-1969), Marvin S. Sadik (1969-1981), Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000), and Marc Pachter (2000- ). Materials include correspondence, memoranda and related information.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
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1971-2001
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-091
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of subject files documenting the administration of the National Portrait Gallery during the tenures of directors Marvin S. Sadik (1969-1981) and Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000). Materials include correspondence; memoranda; clippings, invitations; cards; reports; color photographs and transparencies; black-and-white p...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
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1958-2007
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-092
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) during the tenure of Director Marc Pachter (2000-2007), but also includes records from the tenures of Directors Charles Nagel (1964-1969), Marvin S. Sadik (1969-1981), and Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000). Topics covered include cultural affairs, ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
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1937-1990
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38 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 426
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The first NPG director, Charles Nagel, was appointed in 1964. Most of the records document the director's efforts to initiate programs to fulfil the second mission of the Gallery: to provide a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. To achieve this objective, Charles Nagel established the Catalogue of American Po...
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Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001, interviewee
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1977-1993
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48 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9591
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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circa 1968-1991, 1997
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-068
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the personal papers of Lisa Taylor, Director, Smithsonian Associates (TSA), 1966-1968, and Director, Cooper-Hewitt Museum (CHM), 1969-1987. These materials document her personal correspondence and professional activities as well as her transition from TSA to CHM and the administration of CHM. Materials include c...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
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1965-1984
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-003
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of photographs and slides from the Office of Public Affairs on assorted subjects. Subjects include S. Dillon Ripley, Smithsonian Institution Administrators, Lady Bird Johnson's birthday party, Uncle Beazley, and assorted pictures of Secretaries including Alexander Wetmore, Leonard Carmichael, and Charles Greeley Ab...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1950, 1964-1984
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 84-219
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of photocopies of S. Dillon Ripley's speeches, and includes three audiotapes; subject personal/confidential files including correspondence, reports and memoranda; draft copies of the Secretary's Statement; journal articles for various publications by Ripley; and Administrative Assistant to the Secretary Mary L...
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Lerner, Abram, interviewee
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1998
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4 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9600
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
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1927, 1956-1988
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-136
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
In this accession, series one consists of miscellaneous biographical files, mainly of persons affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution (SI), and is comprised of newspaper clippings, obituaries, biographies from Who's Who, SI announcements and press releases, curriculum vitae, and accompanying memoranda, c. 1968-1987. Series two consists of...
