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Collection Citation:
Esta Nesbitt papers, circa 1942-circa 1981, bulk 1964-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Council on Library and Information Resources' Hidden Collections grant program.
"THE SPIRIT OF FACT: THE DAGUERREOTYPES OF SOUTHWORTH AND HAWES, 1843-1862." Exhibition Dates: July 30 through December 19, 1976
Collection Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Note:
This series contains records of 106 items used in the exhibition. The items included photographic portraits by Albert Augustus Southworth (1811-1894) and Josiah
Hawes (1808-1901). Organized by the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, with the assistance of the National Endowment for the
Arts, the exhibition included, among others, photographs of Daniel Webster, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Sumner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lola Montez,
Jenny Lind, Zachary Taylor, Edward Everett and Louis Kossuth. In addition to these celebrated figures, the exhibition also included lesser known individuals as well as unidentified
subjects, landscapes, harbor scenes and architectural views. The records consist of National Portrait Gallery correspondence and memoranda, exhibition checklists, plans and
notes, receipts, a catalog and an assortment of photographs.
The exhibition was sponsored by the International Museum of Photography at The George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 361, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
1989.0438.3153, Poster commemorating the Crystal Palace exhibition held in 1850; an exhibit of historic photographs by Phillip Henry Delamolle (1820-1899) and prints and objects from the Larry Zim World's Fair Collection held March 28-June 33, 1980 at ...
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987 Search this
Container:
Map-folder 112
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1980-03-28-1980-11-15
Scope and Contents:
17 1/8 x 23 in.; 43.4975 x 58.42 cm
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Amateurs, photography, and the mid-Victorian imagination / Grace Seiberling with Carolyn Bloore in association with the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House
American photography in the 1960s : checklists of several exhibitions held at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, the Hartnett Gallery at the University of Rochester, and the Visual Studies Workshop to complement the Seminar on American Photography, Culture and Society (November 14-November 18, 1990) / sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History, University of R...
An index to American photographic collections : compiled at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House / James McQuaid, editor ; Paulette Privitera Wilson, assistant editor