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Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
circa 1977-1990
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records that pertain to the Facing the Lights: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes exhibition. Materials Include loan agreements
with individuals, historical societies, university archives/libraries, and outside museums; lists of incoming loans, which register name of lender and transportation arrangements
for objects; travel vouchers; lender sheets; photocopies of articles; correspondence and memoranda; exhibition scripts; photographs (mostly 8 x 10, black and white) of historic
personages, permission forms to reproduce prints from originals, typeset labels to be photographed, and photo orders; notes; and lists of famous quotations (to the exhibit
photographs). Additional materials can be found in Accession 99-094.
Restrictions:
Boxes 1-2 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Contact reference staff for details.