Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 01-102
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
Exhibition Records, 1974-1999
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records of general exhibition (show) files documenting the planning and execution of exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery. Materials include proposals, budgets, label copy, scripts, production schedules, drawings, floor plans, memoranda, correspondence, catalogs, publicity materials, bibliographies, financial records, checklists, research materials, permissions, installation information, lender files, pamphlets, and brochures. This collection also includes three oversize folders of exhibition posters (179 posters - two of each poster except where noted on list). See the end of the finding aid for a listing of oversized materials.
Restrictions
Access RestrictionBoxes 2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-15, 17, 19-23, 25, 27 and 30 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 3/3/1999 memorandum, Lee to Cox; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
- Van Der Zee, James, 1886-1983
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- Kasebier, Gertrude, 1852-1934
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953
- Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
- Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006
- Douglass, Frederick, 1817?-1895 -- Exhibitions
- Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
- Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
- Smithsonian Associates. James Smithson Society
- Time, Inc.
- American Portrait Drawings (Exhibition) (1980: Washington, D.C.)
- Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)
- Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)
- VanDerZee, Photographer (1886-1983) (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Magical Mixtures: Marisol Portrait Sculpture (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Passionate Observer: Photography by Carl Van Vechten (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- To the President: Folk Portraits by the People (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and Places (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- 1846: Portrait of the Nation (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Rebels: Painters and Poets (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Arnold Genthe: The Celebrity Portraits (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)
- Mathew Brady's Portraits: Images as History, Photography as Art (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Old Hickory: A Life Sketch of Andrew Jackson (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Noble Heritage: Five Centuries of Portraiture from the Hosokawa Family (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872) (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- Selections from the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection (Exhibition) (1982: Washington, D.C.)
- Godlike Black Dan: Daniel Webster (Exhibition) (1982: Washington, D.C.)
- Masterpieces from Versailles: Three Centuries of Portraiture (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- Masterpieces from Gripsholm Castle: The Swedish National Portrait Collection (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- Hollywood Portrait Photographers, 1921-1941 (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- We Never Sleep: The First Fifty Years of the Pinkertons (Exhibition) (1981: Washington, D.C.)
- Portraits from the New Deal (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- To Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- George C. Marshall: Soldier of Peace (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Franklin & His Friends: Portraying the Man of Science in Eighteenth Century America (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Telling Image: Portrait Photographs from the Archives of American Art (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- George and Martha Washington: Portraits from the Presidential Years (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Annie Liebovitz Photographs 1970-1991 (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- White House Families: Portraits from Life (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- The Elephant in Politcal Cartoons (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- Recent Acquisitions (Exhibition series) (1992-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Brushes with the Literary: Portraits by Washington Artist Marcella Comes Winslow (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Edward Sorel: Unauthorized Portraits (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Saint-Memin (Exhibition) (1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Federal Profiles: Saint-Memin in America, 1793-1814 (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Truthful Likeness: Chester Harding and His Portraits (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Benjamin West and His American Students (Exhibition) (1980: Washington, D.C.)
- U.S. Grant: The Man and the Image (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution 1770-1800 (Exhibition) (1973: Washington, D.C.)
- Lazzaroni: Science and Scientists in the Mid-19th Century America (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- Private Lives of Public Figures: The Nineteenth-Century Family Portrait (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Peace and Friendship: Indian Peace Medals in the United States (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Joseph Wright, American Artist, 1756-1793 (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Artists by Themselves (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)
- Instant Likeness: Polaroid Portraits (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- John Muir (Exhibition) (1970: Washington, D.C.)
- Facing the Light: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes (Exhibition) (1978: Washington, D.C.)
- Time of Our Lives (Exhibition) (1978: Washington, D.C.)
- Time: Art and Entertainment (Exhibition) (1979: Washington, D.C.)
- Abroad in America: Visitors to the New Nation 1776-1914 (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)
- Arnold Newman's Americans (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Artists and Models (Exhibition) (1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Variations: Musicians in Caricature, 1920-1960 (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)
- William Edward West: Kentucky Painter (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Zelda and Scott: The Beautiful and the Damned (Exhibition) (1980: Washington, D.C.)
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Reliefs (Exhibition) (1969: Washington, D.C.)
- Auguste Edouart Silhouettes (1840's Lounge Installation) (Exhibition) (1986: Washington, D.C.)
- The Dye is Now Cast: The Road to the American Revolution (Exhibition) (1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Majestic in His Wrath: The Life of Frederick Douglass (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- Portraits from The Americans: The Democratic Experience (Exhibition) (1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Red, Hot, and Blue: A Salute to American Musicals (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Return to Albion: Americans in England 1776-1940 (Exhibition) (1979: Washington, D.C.)
- Spirit of the Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth and Hawes, 1843-1862 (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)
- Wedgewood Portraits of the American Revolution (Exhibition) (1976: Washington, D.C.)
- Adventurous Pursuits: Americans and the China Trade, 1784-1844 (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)
- American Colonial Portraits: 1700-1776 (Exhibition) (1987-1988: Washington, D.C.)
- American Icon: The Eighteenth Century Image of George Washington in Prints and Illustrations (Exhibition) (1982: Washington, D.C.)
- If Elected… Unsuccessful Candidates for the Presidency 1797-1968 (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- Jo Davidson Portrait Sculpture (Exhibition) (1978: Washington, D.C.)
- Robert Edge Pine: A British Portrait Painter in America (Exhibition) (1979: Washington, D.C.)
- Great Crash (Exhibition) (1979: Washington, D.C.)
- Charles Willson Peale and His World (Exhibition) (1982: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- Museum exhibits
- Museums -- Collection management
- Art museums
- Museum loans
- Photography
- Musicals
- Museums -- Public relations
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 01-102, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records