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Accession 05-016

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director

Subject Files, 1968-2001

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
Title:Subject Files
Dates:1968-2001
Quantity:8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 05-016
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of subject files documenting the administration of the National Portrait Gallery during the tenures of directors Charles Nagel (1964-1969), Marvin S. Sadik (1969-1981), Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000), and Marc Pachter (2000-2007). Materials include correspondence, memoranda and related information.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of subject files documenting the administration of the National Portrait Gallery during the tenures of directors Charles Nagel (1964-1969), Marvin S. Sadik (1969-1981), Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000), and Marc Pachter (2000- ). Materials include correspondence, memoranda and related information.

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Subject

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-016, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of the Director, Subject Files

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Container List

Box 1

A - General, 1989-1993 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 8

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., 1992-1993

Box 1 of 8

Art in the Parks, 1989-1992

Box 1 of 8

Art Services International, 1990-1998

Box 1 of 8

Auctions, 1994-2000

Box 1 of 8

Australia, 1987-1999 (3 folders)

Box 1 of 8

B - General, 1990-1998 (4 folders)

Box 1 of 8

Leonard Baskin, 1991-1995

Box 1 of 8

Bingham Family, 1992-1997

Box 1 of 8

British Embassy, 1993-1995

Box 1 of 8

Business Committee for the Arts, 1982-1998

Box 1 of 8

C - General, 1990-1994

Box 1 of 8

Cafritz Foundation, 1978-2001

Box 1 of 8

Canadian Embassy, 1996

Box 1 of 8

Carnegie Institution, 1999

Box 1 of 8

College Art Association, 1990-1991

Box 1 of 8

China, 1990-1995

Box 1 of 8

Commission of Fine Arts, 1989-1992

Box 1 of 8

Capitol, U.S., 1991

Box 1 of 8

Christie's, 1994

Box 1 of 8

Alistair Cooke, 1999

Box 1 of 8

Cosmos Club, 2000

Box 1 of 8

C-SPAN, 1995-1999

Box 1 of 8

Box 2

Accessibility for the Disabled, 1989-1998

Box 2 of 8

Appreciation Letters, 1993-2001 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 8

Staff Thank Yous

Box 2 of 8

Administrative Officer, 1991-2000

Box 2 of 8

Associate Director - Administration, 1991-2000

Box 2 of 8

Captioning for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Visitors, 1993-1994

Box 2 of 8

Chargebacks, 1993-1994

Box 2 of 8

Christmas, 1995-2000

Box 2 of 8

Copley Medal/Dinner List, 1988-2000 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 8

Cross Referencing Project, 1993-1998

Box 2 of 8

Catalog of American Portraits, 1984-2001

Box 2 of 8

Computer Online Services, 1994-2000

Box 2 of 8

Computer Specialist, 1994-1996

Box 2 of 8

Computer Illustrated Checklist - CD ROM, 1982-1996

Box 2 of 8

Conservation, 1982-1996

Box 2 of 8

Curatorial Acquisitions, 1988-2001

Box 2 of 8

Prints and Drawings, 1975-2001

Box 2 of 8

Marcella Comes Winslow, 1994-1995

Box 2 of 8

Painting & Sculpture, 1989-2000

Box 2 of 8

Box 3

Photographs, 1990-2000

Box 3 of 8

Andrew Jackson, 1990-1994

Box 3 of 8

Smithsonian Congress of Scholars - Ellen Miles, 1994-1997

Box 3 of 8

NPG Delegation of Authority, 1993-2001

Box 3 of 8

Deputy Director, 1989-2000

Box 3 of 8

DeAccessioning, 1993

Box 3 of 8

Design & Production, 1989-2001

Box 3 of 8

Director's Circle, 1993-1997

Box 3 of 8

Director, 1989-1998

Box 3 of 8

Development, 1991-2001

Box 3 of 8

Education, 1994-2001

Box 3 of 8

Education Base Analysis Review, 1989

Box 3 of 8

Gallery Tours, 1994

Box 3 of 8

Interns, 1990-2000

Box 3 of 8

Baseball Event, 1999

Box 3 of 8

Docents, 1987-2000

Box 3 of 8

Programs, 1991-1999

Box 3 of 8

Book Signings, 1995-1999

Box 3 of 8

Exhibits, 1994-2001

Box 3 of 8

Rights & Reproductions, 1986-1998

Box 3 of 8

Facilities Management, 1990-2000

Box 3 of 8

History Roundtable, 1991-1993

Box 3 of 8

History, 1971-1999

Box 3 of 8

History Job Projects, 1990-1991

Box 3 of 8

Mail Services Receipts, 1991-1997

Box 3 of 8

Storage Space, 1982-1993

Box 3 of 8

AAM Accreditation Visiting Committee, 1995-1996

Box 3 of 8

NPG 10th Anniversary, 1978

Box 3 of 8

NPG Lobby, 1995

Box 3 of 8

NPG 25th Anniversary, 1987

Box 3 of 8

Box 4

NPG Organization & Procedures, 1978-1987

Box 4 of 8

Patent Office Building, 1985-2000

Box 4 of 8

Patent Pending Restaurant, 1989-1992

Box 4 of 8

Property Passes, 1991-2001

Box 4 of 8

Peale Papers, 1990-1993 2 folders

Box 4 of 8

Peale Legacy Exhibition, 1993-1994

Box 4 of 8

Lillian Miller, 1997-1998

Box 4 of 8

Annenberg Foundation, 1989-1993

Box 4 of 8

Performance Plan, 1998-2000

Box 4 of 8

Personnel Policies, 1994-1999

Box 4 of 8

Compressed Time, 1994

Box 4 of 8

Affirmative Action, 1985-1998

Box 4 of 8

AIDS, 1989-1994

Box 4 of 8

Health Unit, 1996-1997

Box 4 of 8

Retirements/Departures, 1994-1999

Box 4 of 8

Salaries, 1989-1991

Box 4 of 8

Sexual Harassment, 1987-1994

Box 4 of 8

Training, 1991

Box 4 of 8

Buy Outs, 1994-1996

Box 4 of 8

FY 1996 Government Furlough, 1996

Box 4 of 8

Photo Lab, 1991-2000

Box 4 of 8

Development Policy, 1992-1997

Box 4 of 8

Disclaimer Policy

Box 4 of 8

Special Events Policy, 1993-2000

Box 4 of 8

Mission Statement, 1999-2000

Box 4 of 8

Research Staff Policy, 1994-1998

Box 4 of 8

Standards of Conduct, 1993-1996

Box 4 of 8

NPG Policy, 1993-2001

Box 4 of 8

Protection Services, 1988-2000

Box 4 of 8

Box 5

Public Affairs, 1986-2000

Box 5 of 8

Publications List, 1968-1997

Box 5 of 8

Publications, 1994-2001

Box 5 of 8

Calendars, 1982-2000

Box 5 of 8

1846: Portrait of a Nation Catalog, 1996

Box 5 of 8

NPG Brochure, 1994

Box 5 of 8

Calendars, 1995-1998

Box 5 of 8

Illustrated Checklist, 1994-1995

Box 5 of 8

American Characters Publication R.W.B. Lewis, 1991-1999

Box 5 of 8

NPG Registrar, 1982-2000

Box 5 of 8

Indemnification, 1995-1998

Box 5 of 8

Signage, 1977-1998

Box 5 of 8

Staff Art Shows, 1995-1998

Box 5 of 8

Staff Meetings

Box 5 of 8

Memos to Staff, 1974-2000

Box 5 of 8

Safety & Occupational Health, 1984-2001

Box 5 of 8

Special Events by Others at NPG, 1995-2000 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 8

Catherine Filene Shouse Event, 1998

Box 5 of 8

Carol Channing Event (canceled)

Box 5 of 8

Roosevelt History Month, 1996

Box 5 of 8

Saul Bellow, 1997

Box 5 of 8

Bush Reception, 1995

Box 5 of 8

Sackler Reception, 1996

Box 5 of 8

Box 6

WETA, 1990-1992

Box 6 of 8

W - General, 1988-2001 (3 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Warhol Foundation, 1994-1995

Box 6 of 8

Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, 1992

Box 6 of 8

Visitors to NPG, 1993-1999

Box 6 of 8

V - General, 1989-2001

Box 6 of 8

Very Special Arts, 1990-1992

Box 6 of 8

Victoria and Albert Museum, 1989-1996

Box 6 of 8

Edward Sorel, 1991-2000

Box 6 of 8

Sotheby Park Bernet, 1995-1998

Box 6 of 8

Paul Strand Foundation, 1982-1988

Box 6 of 8

Strange Correspondence, 1998-1999

Box 6 of 8

T - General, 1990-2000 (2 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Trust for Museum Exhibitions, 1993

Box 6 of 8

U - General, 1989-1999

Box 6 of 8

United States Mint, 1998

Box 6 of 8

University of Chicago, 1991-1998

Box 6 of 8

USIA, 1983-1992

Box 6 of 8

S - General, 1989-1998 (4 folders)

Box 6 of 8

Services, 1995

Box 6 of 8

Shakespeare Theater, 1991-1998

Box 6 of 8

George Rowe, 1997-1998

Box 6 of 8

Russia, 1997

Box 6 of 8

Box 7

R - General, 1990-2000 (3 folders)

Box 7 of 8

Resumes, 2000

Box 7 of 8

Restaurants/Caterers

Box 7 of 8

S. Dillon Ripley, 1988-2001

Box 7 of 8

Questionnaires, 1998-1999

Box 7 of 8

Q - General, 1974-1993

Box 7 of 8

P - General, 1989-2001 (3 folders)

Box 7 of 8

Marianna Pineda, 1992-1996

Box 7 of 8

Print Council of America, 1989-1998

Box 7 of 8

O - General, 1982-2000

Box 7 of 8

Oxford University Press, 1987

Box 7 of 8

Stationary, 1987-1990

Box 7 of 8

Equipment - Furniture, 1982-1993

Box 7 of 8

Requisitions, 1991-1997

Box 7 of 8

Special Events by NPG, 1992-2000

Box 7 of 8

Box 8

Library of Congress, 1985-1999 (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

L - General, 1989-2000 (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Lesher Communications, 1995

Box 8 of 8

Herman Liebaers, 1990-1995

Box 8 of 8

K - General, 1988-2001 (2 folders)

Box 8 of 8

Michael Kammen, 1987-1998

Box 8 of 8

Martin Luther King Library, 1982-1989

Box 8 of 8

Japan, 1992-1999

Box 8 of 8

Japan Suntory Exhibition on 1920's, 1994-1995

Box 8 of 8

T. Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1990-1994

Box 8 of 8

J - General, 1982-1999

Box 8 of 8

I - General, 1984-2000

Box 8 of 8

International Sculpture Center, 1991-1992

Box 8 of 8

Institute of Museum's Library Services, 1995-1996

Box 8 of 8

White House, 1989-2000

Box 8 of 8

Billy Dee Williams, 1993-1995

Box 8 of 8

X - General, 1993

Box 8 of 8

Y - General, 1989-1996

Box 8 of 8

Z - General, 1989-1999

Box 8 of 8

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