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Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions  Search this
Extent:
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1983-1994
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records pertaining to the planning and development of nine exhibitions (Blessed Are the Peacemakers; U.S. Grant: The Man and the Image; Portraits by Brady: Imperial Photographs from the Harvard College Library; Noble Heritage: Five Centuries of Portraits from the Hosokawa Family; The Spirit of the Party: Hamilton and Jefferson at Odds; In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860; White City: American Art at the 1893 World Fair; From Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II: Master Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery, London; and Contemporary Self-Portraits from the James Goode Collection). Materials include checklists, scripts, labels, loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, lender sheets, funding and budget information, photographs, and research notes.
Restrictions:
Box 8 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 5/2/1985 memorandum, Massa to Cox; Contact reference staff for details.
Topic:
Art museums  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Portraits, American  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-139, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
Identifier:
Accession 98-139
See more items in:
Exhibition Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa98-139