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Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions  Search this
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.
Topic:
Art museums  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Photography  Search this
Portraits, American  Search this
Daguerreotype  Search this
Genre/Form:
Brochures
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 91-030, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
Identifier:
Accession 91-030
See more items in:
Exhibition Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa91-030