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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of External Affairs
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1960-1990
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-166
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the National Portrait Gallery, especially its acquisitions, and relations between the National Portrait Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery Commission. The National Portrait Gallery Commission is an oversight body for the National Portrait Gallery. Materials include incomin...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of External Affairs
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1962-1997
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-167
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the semiannual meetings of the National Portrait Gallery Commission. The National Portrait Gallery Commission is an oversight body for the National Portrait Gallery. Materials include member lists, agendas, minutes, supporting documents, reports, acquisitions recommendations, memoranda, correspond...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of External Affairs
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1992-2010
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-227
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Commission which is responsible for the promotion, development and utilization of the museum and as well as the acquisition of artwork. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, membership lists, commission votes, meeting minutes, acquisition information, ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of External Affairs
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1964, 1981, 1994-2012
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-228
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Commission which is responsible for the promotion, development and utilization of the museum and as well as the acquisition of artwork. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, membership lists, commission votes, meeting agendas and minutes, acquisition ...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
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2005-2006, 2010-2017
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-088
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) Commission which is responsible for the promotion, development and utilization of the museum and as well as the acquisition of artwork. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, membership lists, commission votes, meeting minutes, acquisition information, ...
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1908-1974
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59 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (116 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 313
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records pertain to the administration of David W. Scott, director, 1965-1968, Robert Tyler Davis, interim director, 1969, and Joshua C. Taylor, director, 1970- . Some records, most noticeably correspondence with Smithsonian Art Commission members, have been pulled up into the files from previous administrations. Also included are Smithson...
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of External Affairs
- Dates:
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1992-1997
- Size:
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-168
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials that document the activities and decisions of the National Portrait Gallery Commission. The National Portrait Gallery Commission is an oversight body for the National Portrait Gallery. Materials include press clippings and brochures.
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Fendrick Gallery
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1952-2001
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106.4 Linear feet
0.008 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fendgall
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Fendrick Gallery measure 106.4 linear feet and 0.008 GB and span the years 1952 to 2001. The bulk of the collection is comprised of artist's files that document the gallery's relations with and representation of over 300 contemporary artists and sculptors, including Robert Arneson, William Bailey, Daniel Brush, Wendell Castle, Robert Cottingham, James Drake, John Dreyfuss, Walter Dusenbury, Roger Essley, Helen Frankenthaler , Sam Gilliam, Jasper Johns, Raymond Kaskey, Claude and Francois Lalanne, Albert Paley, Joseph Raffael, Carol Summer, and numerous other artists. Also found are subject, exhibition, commission, administrative, and financial files, as well as files documenting the gallery's relationship with other museums and galleries.
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1892-1960
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22 cu. ft. (44 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 311
- Repository:
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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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Falkenstein, Claire, 1908-1997
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circa 1914-1997
bulk 1940-1990
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42.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.falkclai
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor, painter, jewelry designer, and teacher Claire Falkenstein measure 42.8 linear feet and date from 1917 to her death in 1997. There is extensive correspondence with fellow artists, collectors, critics, friends, museums, and galleries. The collection also contains biographical materials, much of it collected and organized by Falkenstein, personal and business records, writings, diaries, exhibition files, commission files, teaching files, photographs, original artwork, scrapbooks, and printed materials. There is a short motion picture film of an interview with Falkenstein featuring the windows she designed for St. Basil's Church in Los Angeles.