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National Portrait Gallery. 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. Office of Education
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1970-2003
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-086
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the program records of the Office of Education at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and documents their work on educational programming for the museum and its exhibitions. Programming documented includes "Face to Face: Adventure with History!;" "Discover Portraits: Learning to See;" "Those Inventive Americans;" ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Plant Services
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1965-1986
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9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 89-092
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of fiscal year budgetary/estimate reports, museum maintenance operation attendants, blueprints and drawings, museum exhibit records, correspondence, memoranda, fiscal year employment plans, and construction records pertaining to museum repairs. Museums, buildings and events documented in this collection include: the Na...
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Custom Craft
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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1902-1995, undated
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18 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S12
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC 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). Series 12 primarily includes historical and background information about the family and studio, reference materials relating to the photography trade, and information pertaining to publications and exhibitions that used Scurlock photographs. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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Cleff, Bernie, b. 1927
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1975-1976
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0.5 Linear feet ((ca. 1300 photonegatives))
- Collection ID:
- SAAM.Photo.CLE
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center
The collection is comprised of approximately 1,300 photonegatives taken by noted Philadelphia photographer Bernie Cleff (b. 1927) documenting the work of American sculptor Daniel Chester French.
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Jervis, Ida
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1951-1996
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2.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jervida
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of photographer and puppeteer Ida Jervis measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1951 to 1996. Found are files concerning Washington D.C. area artists, collectors, exhibitions, festivals, institutions and museums.
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Anacostia Neighborhood Museum. Office of the Director
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1966-1975
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 265
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of materials documenting the following exhibitions: "Blacks in the Westward Movement;" "Buy Now Pay Later" (consumer problems exhibition); "Country Store;" "Drug;" "Sage of Anacostia;" and "The Rat: Man's Invited Affliction." In addition, there is John Kinard's correspondence; memoranda from William Warner, Assistant ...
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National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
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circa 1959-1993
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40 oversize folders.
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-021
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of architectural blueprints of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), mostly of its interior, plus original exhibition floor plans of the Museum. Some of the floor plans date as early as 1959, when exhibition halls were being conceived for what was then called the Museum of History and Technology. The floo...
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Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Custom Craft
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
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undated
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320 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.01
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC 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 4.1 includes black and white silver gelatin negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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National Portrait Gallery, Editor of Publications
- Dates:
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1968-1982
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1.2 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 553
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These illustrated catalogs document major and minor exhibitions, providing detailed discussions of exhibition themes. Additional catalogs, pamphlets, and booklets highlight specific features of the permanent collection such as the NPG's presidential portraits. The catalogs also document special exhibitions which contain the Gallery's portrait...