Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 426
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director
Records, 1937-1990
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | 1937-1990 |
| Quantity: | 38 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 426 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These records document the administrations of Directors Charles Nagel, 1964-1969; Marvin Sadik, 1969-1981; and Alan M. Fern 1982- . Appointed in 1964, Charles Nagel initiated programs to provide a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. To achieve this objective, he established the Catalog of American Portraits and the Charles Willson Peale Papers. During his tenure, Nagel acquired small collections such as portraits set aside by Andrew Mellon, to be transferred to a national portrait gallery once one was established, transfers from the National Museum of History and Technology, and the National Collection of Fine Arts. In addition to documenting these actions, the records also contain information about NPG's move from the Arts and Industries Building in 1967 to its present quarters in the old Patent Office Building. Records for the tenures of Marvin Sadik and Alan M. Fern mostly document major programmatic innovations, such as the Living Self-Portrait and Portrait in Motion series, as well as general expansion in the Gallery's educational, scholarly, and acquisition activities. The records also document exhibition schedules, the donation in 1974 of Paul Mellon's 761 engraved portraits by C. B. J. F. de Saint-Memin, the donation by Time, Incorporated, of 850 pieces of art used on Time magazine covers, and the 5,419 glass negatives from the Mathew Brady Studio, which were acquired in 1981 from the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection. This record unit contains internal correspondence between the Directors and NPG staff; correspondence with other Smithsonian bureaus as well with local, national, and international art institutions and artists; numerous public inquiries about artists, works of art, exhibitions, donations of art and bequests; color and black and white photographs; exhibition records including exhibition designs, catalogs, installation photographs, checklists, names and addresses of financial and art donors, shipping and loan forms, insurance forms, reports concerning the security of the collections and the Gallery, and condition reports which mostly document loan exhibitions; information about new acquisitions; and NPG committee minutes. |
Historical Note
These records document the administrations of three directors of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) - Charles Nagel, 1964-1969; Marvin Sadik, 1969-1981; and Alan M. Fern, 1982-2000.
The records document the history and routine operations of the NPG since 1937 when the National Gallery of Art Commission was the designated official body to accept donations of portraits for the Gallery's future opening. The United States Congress officially established the National Portrait Gallery in 1962 as a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution, "a free and public museum for the exhibition and study of portraiture and statuary depicting men and women who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the people of the United States, and of the artists who created such portraiture and statuary."
The Smithsonian Board of Regents appointed the first NPG Commission in 1963, which elected John Nicholas Brown as its chairman. The Commission's two main objectives for the NPG were based on its congressional mandate: the acquisition and exhibition of portraits and statuary of people who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the United States; and the establishment of the Gallery as a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. Before the appointment of the Gallery's first director in 1964, the Commission established guidelines for accepting portraits, among which were the best likeness possible; original portraits from life, if possible; exhibitions of the United States presidents and first ladies as well as permanent collection portraits of subjects who have been dead for at least ten years.
Descriptive Entry
The first NPG director, Charles Nagel, was appointed in 1964. Most of the records document the director's efforts to initiate programs to fulfil the second mission of the Gallery: to provide a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. To achieve this objective, Charles Nagel established the Catalogue of American Portraits and the Charles Willson Peale Papers. During his tenure, Nagel acquired additional small collections such as a few Andrew Mellon portraits and transfers from the National Museum of History and Technology and the National Collection of Fine Arts. Also, the records document NPG's move from the Arts and Industries Building in 1967 to its present quarters in the Old Patent Office Building.
Records for the tenures of Marvin Sadik and Alan M. Fern mostly document major programmatic innovations, such as the Living Self-Portrait and Portrait in Motion series, that resulted in colloquia. The records also document special exhibition schedules, the donation in 1974 by Paul Mellon of 761 engraved portraits by C. B. J. F. de Saint-Memin, the donation by Time Incorporated of 850 pieces of art used on Time magazine covers, and 5,419 glass negatives from the Mathew Brady Studio, which were acquired in 1981 from the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.
Included in the records are internal correspondence between the directors and NPG staff; correspondence with other Smithsonian bureaus as well as with other local, national, and international art institutions and artists; and numerous public inquiries about artists, works of art, exhibitions, donations of art, and bequests. These records also include color and black and white photographs, color slides, exhibition designs, exhibition materials such as catalogues, installation photographs, check lists, names and addresses of financial and art donors, shipping and loan forms, insurance forms, reports concerning the security of the collections and the Gallery, and condition reports that mostly document loan exhibitions and some new acquisitions. There are also minutes from various committee meetings within and outside NPG.
Restrictions
Access RestrictionBoxes 15 and 30 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid. 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
- Nagel, Charles, 1899-1992
- Sadik, Marvin S.
- Fern, Alan Maxwell, 1930-
- Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937
- Mellon, Paul
- Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852
- Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
- Brown, John Nicholas, 1900-1979
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Catalog of American Portraits
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Charles Willson Peale Papers
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
- Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.)
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Living Self-Portrait Series
- National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Portrait in Motion Series
- Time, inc.
- Frederick Hill Meserve Collection
- National Portrait Gallery Commission (Smithsonian Institution)
- Time
Subject
- Museums -- Administration
- Art museum directors
- Art museums
- Museums -- Acquisitions
- Museum exhibits
- Museums -- Public relations
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 426, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of the Director, Records
Container List
Box 1
Council of Directors and Executive Committee, FY 1981-FY 1983
Council of Directors and Executive Committee, 1969-1981
D - General, 1972-1980
Davidson, Jo Gallery, FY 1978-FY 1983
Donations to NPG, 1972-1981
E - General, 1971-1980
Education Department, 1971-1981
Ehrlich, Thomas, FY 1979
Einstein: 1979 Celebration, FY 1978-FY 1979
Evans, Dorinda, FY 1978
Exhibits - Proposed, 1966-1978
F - General, 1971-1981
Facing the Light Exhibit, FY 1977-FY 1982
Facing the Light Lecture Series, FY 1978-FY 1979
Hollywood Portraits, FY 1982-FY 1983
NPG/NMAA Issues, FY 1979-FY 1980
NPG/NMAA NCFA Relations, 1964-1980
NPG Symposium on Presidential Personality, October 30, 1980
O - Genera1, 1974-1979
Office of Design and Construction, FY 1982-FY 1983
Office of Exhibits Central, FY 1977
Office of Protection Services, FY 1979-FY 1981
Office of Senator Morgan, FY 1980
P - General, 1972-1981
Payson Gallery of Art, Joan Whitney, FY 1977-FY 1979
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Centennial, FY 1981-FY 1983
Sully Exhibition, FY 1981-FY 1983
Fifty American Faces, FY 1977
Foundation for Art Education, FY 1978
G - General, 1972-1981
Goldmark Communications, FY 1978
Goldwater, Senator Barry, FY 1977, FY 1982
Gullagher, Christian Exhibit, 1975-1977
Box 2
H - General, 1971-1981
Holography, 1971-1976
Hugo, Harold Festschrift, FY 1976-FY 1979
I - General, FY 1973-FY 1980
Indian Masks Book, FY 1975-FY 1977
J - General, FY 1974-FY 1981
Japanese Mission to the U.S. Photos and Drawings, FY 1977
Jefferson, Thomas Miniature, FY 1976-FY 1980
K - General, 1971-1980
Kenin, Richard, 1971-1983
L - General, FY 1974-FY1981
Lansburgh/Trade Commission Building, FY 1978-FY 1980
Lansdowne Portrait, 1968-1981
Legal and Legislative, 1971-1982
Legal and Legislative - Hearings & Reports, 1977
Lincoln Miniature and Bust, FY 1975-FY 1978
London, England Correspondence, 1965-1978
M - General, 1971-1980
Massachusetts Historical Society, FY 1978
Meade Brothers Material, FY 1981-FY 1982
Miles, Ellen, FY 1974-FY 1977
Miller, Helen, FY 1978
Mount, Charles M., 1979
Museum Management, FY 1976-FY 1979
N - General, 1972-1981
NCFA National Collection of Fine Arts, FY 1974-FY 1980
Peale, the World of Charles Willson, FY 1980-FY 1984
Permissions Granted to NPG, FY 1978
Pinkerton Exhibition, FY 1981
Pope Paul II Exhibition, FY 1979
Posing for the Presidency, FY 1978-FY 1979
Presidential Portraits Catalog, FY 1978
President's Medal Exhibit, FY 1976-FY 1980
Press, SI, 1969-1977
R - General, 1972-1981
Box 3
Registrar, FY 1975-FY 1982
Renovation, FY 1975
Requests for Information, FY 1979
Restaurant, FY 1977
Restaurant, FY 1978-FY 1979
Restaurant, FY 1980
Return to Albion, FY 1977-FY 1981
Return to Albion Reprint Edition, FY 1982
Ripley correspondence, 1969-1981
S - General, 1971-1979
S - General, FY 1980-FY 1981
Schaefer, Gilbert (Foundation for Art Education), FY 1976-FY 1979 (2 folders)
Chase Studios Photographic Portraits of U.S. Government Officials, 1966-1968
Cultural Affairs/Downtown Issues, FY 1979-FY 1980
Establishment of the National Portrait Gallery, 1961-1964
Mellon, Andrew, 1968-1978
ODC, FY 1978-FY 1981
Research and Publications Program, 1965-1967
Sheraton Carlton, FY 1979
Shuptrine, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert, FY 1977
Silver Jubilee of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II, FY 1977-FY 1978
Smithson, James Society, FY 1977-FY 1981
Smithsonian Year, 1965-1974
Box 4
Staff Meeting Agenda, FY 1981
Stuart, Gilbert Portraits, FY 1975-FY 1977
Supreme Court portraits, etc.
T - General, FY 1973- fy1981
Travel - Harold F. Pfister, FY 1979- FY1981
Travel - Marvin S. Sadik, FY 1979- FY 1981
U - General, FY 1974- FY 1978
Utilities Cost Contribution, FY 1980
V - General, FY 1974-FY 1979
Von Eckhardt, Wolf, FY 1977-FY 1978
Von Steuben Exhibition, FY 1980-FY 1981
Washington, George - correspondence re: White House Portrait, 1972-1980
Washington, George Portraits - General, FY 1975-FY 1979
West, Benjamin Exhibition, FY 1978-FY 1980
West, Benjamin Exhibition (D. Evans), FY 1975-FY 1981
White House, FY 1975-FY 1980
Y - General, FY 1975-FY 1979
Zahn, Carl (Stationery Design), FY 1975
A - General, FY 1977-FY 1981
American Association of Museums (AAM) - Museum News Listings, FY 1975-FY 1978
AAM Trustee Conference, FY 1982
AAM, FY 1977-FY 1978
AAM, FY 1979
AAM - Publications Committee, FY 1978
An American Icon: 18th Century Image of George Washington, FY 1980-FY 1982
American Indian, Museum of, 1973-1980
American Portrait Drawing Shop, FY 1979-FY 1980
American Portraiture in the Grand Manner, FY 1979-FY 1982 (2 folders)
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, FY 1973-FY 1979
Anniversary, NPG's 10th, FY 1978-FY 1979
Assistant Secretary for History and Art, FY 1976-FY 1980
Athenaeum Portraits - Possible Donors, FY 1978-FY 1979
Box 5
B - General, 1971-1980
Barra Foundation, The, FY 1975-FY 1979
Before Washington Monarchs, Pre-USA Presidents, 1972
Bellows Exhibition, FY 1981
Benedictives, FY 1979
Brandon, Mrs. Henry, FY 1978
Budget, FY 1980-FY 1981
Building Management, 1971-1979
C - General, 1971-1981
Cabinet Photos - Carter, FY 1980
Chadwick-Healey, FY 1980-FY 1983
Museum Attendance Reports, FY 1973-FY 1980
Champions of American Sport - Invitation Correspondence, FY 1981
Champions of American Sport - Exhibit, FY 1979-FY 1981
Champions of American Sport - Book, FY 1980-FY 1983
Charlottesville/Albemarle Foundation for the Encouragement of the Arts, FY 1981
Committee of Religion and Art in America, 1972-1980
Congressional Portraiture Exhibition, FY 1980
Conservation, FY 1977-FY 1982
Copley - Self-Portrait Article, FY 1977-FY 1978
Reading File, November 1-5, 1976
Reading File, November 8-12, 1976
Reading File, December 13-17, 1976
Reading File, December 27-31, 1976
Reading File, January 3-7, 1977
Reading File, January 10-14, 1977
Reading File, January 17-21, 1977
Reading File, January 24-28, 1977
Reading File, January 31-February 4, 1977
Reading File, February 7-11, 1977
Reading File, February 14-18, 1977
Reading File, February 21-25, 1977
Reading File, February 28-March 4, 1977
Reading File, March 7-11, 1977
Box 6
Reading File, March 14-18, 1977
Reading File, March 21-25, 1977
Reading File, March 27-April 1, 1977
Reading File, April 4-8, 1977
Reading File, April 11-15, 1977
Reading File, April 18-22, 1977
Reading File, April 25-29, 1977
Reading File, May 2-6, 1977
Reading File, May 9-13, 1977
Reading File, May 16-20, 1977
Reading File, May 23-27, 1977
Reading File, May 30-June 3, 1977
Reading File, June 6-10, 1977
Reading File, June 13-17, 1977
Reading File, June 20-24, 1977
Reading File, June 27-July 1, 1977
Reading File, July 4-8, 1977
Reading File, July 11-15, 1977
Reading File, July 25-29, 1977
Reading File, August 1-5, 1977
Reading File, August 8-12, 1977
Reading File, August 15-19, 1977
Reading File, August 22-26, 1977
Reading File, August 29-September 2, 1977
Reading File, September 5-9, 1977
Reading File, September 12-16, 1977
Reading File, September 19-23, 1977
Reading File, September 26-30, 1977
Reading File, October 3-7, 1977
Reading File, October 10-14, 1977
Reading File, October 17-21, 1977
Reading File, October 24-28, 1977
Reading File, October 31-November 4, 1977
Reading File, November 7-11, 1977
Reading File, November 14-18, 1977
Reading File, November 21-25, 1977
Reading File, November 28-December 2, 1977
Reading File, December 5-9, 1977
Reading File, December 12-16, 1977
Reading File, December 19-23, 1977
Reading File, December 26-30, 1977
Reading File, January 2-6, 1978
Reading File, January 9-13, 1978
Reading File, January 16-20, 1978
Reading File, January 23-27, 1978
Reading File, January 30-February 3, 1978
Reading File, February 6-10, 1978
Reading File, February 13-17, 1978
Reading File, February 20-24, 1978
Box 7
Reading File, February 27-March 3, 1978
Reading File, March 6-10, 1978
Reading File, March 13-17, 1978
Reading File, November 2-6, 1981
Reading File, November 16-20, 1981
Reading File, November 23-27, 1981
Reading File, November 30-December 4, 1978
Reading File, December 7-11, 1981
Reading File, December 14-18, 1981
Reading File, December 21-25, 1981
Reading File, December 28-31, 1981
Reading File, January 4-8, 1982
Reading File, January 8-12, 1982
Reading File, January 11-15, 1982
Reading File, January 18-22, 1982
Reading File, January 25-29, 1982
Reading File, February 1-5, 1982
Reading File, February 16-19, 1982
Reading File, February 22-26, 1982
Reading File, March 1-5, 1982
Reading File, March 8-12, 1982
Reading File, March 15-19, 1982
Reading File, March 22-26, 1982
Reading File, March 29-April 2, 1982
Reading File, April 5-9, 1982
Reading File, April 12-16, 1982
Reading File, April 19-23, 1982
Reading File, April 26-30, 1982
Reading File, May 3-7, 1982
Reading File, May 10-14, 1982
Reading File, May 17-21, 1982
Reading File, May 24-28, 1982
Reading File, June 1-4, 1982
Reading File, June 7-11, 1982
Reading File, June 19-26, 1982
Reading File, June 28-July 2, 1982
Reading File, July 5-9, 1982
Reading File, July 12-16, 1982
Reading File, July 19-23, 1982
Reading File, July 26-30, 1982
Reading File, August 2-6, 1982
Reading File, August 9-13, 1982
Reading File, August 16-20, 1982
Reading File, August 23-27, 1982
Box 8
Reading File, August 28-September 3, 1982
Reading File, September 6-10, 1982
Reading File, September 13-17, 1982
Reading File, September 20-24, 1982
Reading File, September 27-October 1, 1982
Reading File, October 4-8, 1982
Reading File, October 12-15, 1982
Reading File, October 17-22, 1982
Reading File, October 25-29, 1982
Reading File, November 1-5, 1982
Reading File, November 8-12, 1982
Reading File, November 15-19, 1982
Reading File, November 22-26, 1982
Reading File, November 29-December 3, 1982
Reading File, December 7-10, 1982
Reading File, December 13-17, 1982
Reading File, December 20-23, 1982
Reading File, December 27-30, 1982
Reading File, January 3-7, 1983
Reading File, January 10-14, 1983
Reading File, January 17-21, 1983
Reading File, January 24-28, 1983
Reading File, January 31-February 4, 1983
Reading File, February 7-11, 1983
Reading File, February 14-18, 1983
Reading File, February 21-25, 1983
Reading File, February 24-28, 1983
Reading File, February 28-March 4, 1983
Reading File, March 3-11, 1983
Reading File, March 14-18, 1983
Reading File, March 21-25, 1983
Reading File, March 28-April 1, 1983
Reading File, April 4-8, 1983
Reading File, April 11-15, 1983
Reading File, April 18-22, 1983
Box 9
Reading File, April 25-29, 1983
Reading File, May 2-6, 1983
Reading File, May 9-13, 1983
Reading File, May 16-20, 1983
Reading File, May 23-27, 1983
Reading File, May 31-June 3, 1983
Reading File, June 6-10, 1983
Reading File, June 13-17, 1983
Reading File, June 20-24, 1983
Reading File, June 27-July 1, 1983
Reading File, July 5-8, 1983
Reading File, July 18-22, 1983
Reading File, July 25-29, 1983
Reading File, August 1-5, 1983
Reading File, August 8-12, 1983
Reading File, August 15-19, 1983
Reading File, August 22-26, 1983
Reading File, August 29-September 2, 1983
Reading File, September 5-9, 1983
Reading File, September 12-16, 1983
Reading File, September 19-23, 1983
Reading File, September 26-30, 1983
Reading File, October 3-7, 1983
Reading File, October 10-14, 1983
Reading File, October 17-21, 1983
Reading File, October 24-28, 1983
Reading File, October 31-November 4, 1983
Reading File, November 7-10, 1983
Reading File, November 14-18, 1983
Reading File, November 21-25, 1983
Reading File, November 28-December 2, 1983
Reading File, December 5-9, 1983
Reading File, December 12-16, 1983
Box 10
Reading File, December 19-23, 1983
Reading File, December 27-30, 1983
Reading File, January 1-6, 1984
Reading File, January 9-13, 1984
Reading File, January 16-20, 1984
Reading File, January 23-27, 1984
Reading File, January 30-February 3, 1984
Reading File, February 6-10, 1984
Reading File, February 13-17, 1984
Reading File, February 21-24, 1984
Reading File, February 27-March 2, 1984
Reading File, March 5-9, 1984
Reading File, March 12-16, 1984
Reading File, March 19-23, 1984
Reading File, March 26-30, 1984
Reading File, April 2-6, 1984
Reading File, April 9-13, 1984
Reading File, April 16-20, 1984
Reading File, April 23-27, 1984
Reading File, April 30-May 4, 1984
Reading File, May 7-11, 1984
Reading File, May 14-18, 1984
Reading File, May 21-25, 1984
Reading File, May 28-June 1, 1984
Reading File, June 4-8, 1984
Reading File, June 11-15, 1984
Reading File, June 18-22, 1984
Reading File, June 25-29, 1984
Reading File, July 2-6, 1984
Reading File, July 9-13, 1984
Reading File, July 16-20, 1984
Reading File, July 23-27, 1984
Reading File, July 30-August 3, 1984
Reading File, August 6-10, 1984
Reading File, August 13-17, 1984
Reading File, August 20-24, 1984
Box 11
Reading File, August 27-31, 1984
Reading File, September 4-7, 1984
Reading File, September 10-14, 1984
Reading File, September 17-21, 1984
Reading File, September 24-28, 1984
Reading File, October 1-5, 1984
Reading File, October 8-12, 1984
Reading File, October 15-19, 1984
Reading File, October 22-26, 1984
Reading File, October 29-November 2, 1984
Reading File, November 5-9, 1984
Reading File, November 13-16, 1984
Reading File, November 19-23, 1984
Reading File, November 26-30, 1984
Reading File, December 3-7, 1984
Reading File, December 10-14, 1984
Reading File, December 17-21, 1984
Reading File, December 24-28, 1984
Reading File, December 31-January 4, 1985
Reading File, January 7-11, 1985
Reading File, January 14-18, 1985
Reading File, January 21-25, 1985
Reading File, January 28-February 1, 1985
Reading File, February 4-8, 1985
Reading File, February 11-15, 1985
Reading File, February 18-22, 1985
Reading File, February 25-March 1, 1985
Reading File, March 4-8, 1985
Reading File, March 11-15, 1985
Reading File, March 18-22, 1985
Reading File, March 25-29, 1985
Reading File, April 1-5, 1985
Reading File, April 8-12, 1985
Box 12
Reading File, April 15-19, 1985
Reading File, April 22-26, 1985
Reading File, April 29-May 3, 1985
Reading File, May 6-10, 1985
Reading File, May 13-17, 1985
Reading File, May 20-24, 1985
Reading File, May 28-31, 1985
Reading File, June 3-7, 1985
Reading File, June 10-14, 1985
Reading File, June 17-21, 1985
Reading File, June 24-28, 1985
Reading File, July 1-5, 19895
Reading File, July 8-12, 1985
Reading File, July 15-19, 1985
Reading File, July 22-26, 1985
Reading File, July 29-August 2, 1985
Reading File, August 5-9, 1985
Reading File, August 12-16, 1985
Reading File, August 19-23, 1985
Reading File, August 26-30, 1985
Reading File, September 3-6, 1985
Reading File, September 9-13, 1985
Reading File, September 16-20, 1985
Reading File, September 23-27, 1985
Reading File, September 30-October 4, 1985
Reading File, October 7-11, 1985
Reading File, October 21-25, 1985
Reading File, October 28-November 1, 1985
Reading File, November 4-8, 1985
Box 13
Reading File, November 12-15, 1985
Reading File, November 18-22, 1985
Reading File, November 25-29, 1985
Reading File, December 2-6, 1985
Reading File, December 9-13, 1985
Reading File, December 16-20, 1985
Reading File, December 23-27, 1985
Reading File, December 30-January 3, 1986
A - General, FY 1982-FY 1985
Adams, Robert McC. - Correspondence, FY 1984-FY 1985
Adams, Robert McC., Secretary, SI, FY 1984-FY 1985
American Antiquarian Society, FY 1979-FY 1985
Assistant Secretary for History and Art, FY 1982-FY 1985
Associates, Smithsonian, 1966-1984
Association of Art Museum Directors Correspondence, FY 1978-FY 1980
B - General, FY 1982-FY 1984 (2 folders)
Brochures, NPG, 1965-1983
C - General, FY 1982-FY 1984
Catalog of American Portraits, 1973-1983
Box 14
Catalog of American Portraits, FY 1982-FY 1984
Commission Clippings Sent, 1976
Commissioners - Medal List, 10th Anniversary
Council of Directors and Executive Committee, FY 1985 (2 folders)
Council of Directors and Executive Committee, FY 1984 (2 folders)
Cultural Affairs/Downtown Issues, FY 1985 (2 folders)
Cultural Affairs/Downtown Issues, FY 1984 (3 folders)
Cultural Affairs/Downtown Issues, FY 1982-FY 1983 (2 folders)
D - General, FY 1982-FY 1985 (2 folders)
Design and Production, Office of, FY 1982-FY 1985 (2 folders)
E - General, FY 1982-FY 1985
Box 15
Education Department, FY 1982-FY 1984
F - General, FY 1982-FY 1985
Fellowships and Grants, FY 1980-FY 1984 (2 folders)
Friends of American Art, FY 1979
G - General, FY 1982-FY 1984
General Counsel, Office of, FY 1982-FY 1984 [RESTRICTED]
H - General, FY 1982-FY 1985 (2 folders)
K - General, FY 1982-FY 1984
L - General, FY 1982-FY 1983
Library, FY 1973-FY 1984
Library of Congress, 1971-1984
Longacre Room and Publication, FY 1981-FY 1983
M - General, FY 1982-FY 1984
Museum Programs, 1972-1984
N - General, FY 1982-FY 1984
National Museum of History and Technology - Loan Requests, FY 1974-FY 1980
Office of Plant Services, FY 1981-FY 1984
Box 16
Peale, Charles Willson and His World Book, FY 1981-FY 1984 (2 folders)
C. Kingsley Adams, 1963-1966
Art Screening Committee, 1969
Awards, 1965-1971
Catalogue of Presidents, 1968
Catalogue Requests, opening exhibition, "This New Man," 1968-1969
Collaboration with other government agencies, 1968
Elizabeth Del Donna Trip to New York City, 1963
Educational Program, 1961
Establishment of the National Portrait Gallery, 1961-1964
Faculty Administration Committee, 1968
Ben Grey, 1965
Richard H. Howland Visit to Portrait Galleries in London, Edinburgh, and Amsterdam, 1962
Alexander Sandor Ince, 1966-1967
Alexander Sandor Ince and Billy Rose, 1964-1965
International Symposium: Cultural Styles and Social Identities; Interpretations of Protest and Change, 1967-1970
Erick Kauders. The Ramdoolal Dey Portrait of Washington, 1963-1969 (2 folders)
Legislation, 1937-1964
Legislation, 1960
Loan Possibilities (holdings of other institutions), 1964
MacMillan Publishing Company - Book on the NPG Collection, 1966-1967
Charles Nagel correspondence from St. Louis, 1963-1964 (2 folders)
Charles Nagel correspondence, 1964
Charles Nagel correspondence, 1965
Charles Nagel appointment to NPG; Leaving City Art Museum, St. Louis, 1964
Charles Nagel correspondence, Refurnishing of Independence Hall, 1955-1962
Charles Nagel and C. K. Adams article on the NPG for Museums Journal, 1968-1969
NCFA and NPG Library, 1961-1962
NCFA Quarterly Report, 1969
National Park Service, 1958-1964
Box 17
NPG Background Material, c. 1960-1963
NPG Building, 1956-1966
NPG Building, 1960-1962 (4 folders)
NPG Building, 1963 (2 folders)
NPG Building Remodeling, 1961-1964
NPG Building, 1965-1968
NPG Building, 1966-1971
NPG Commission, 1961-1963
NPG Commission, 1962-1964
NPG Correspondence, 1962
NPG Correspondence, 1963-1964
NPG Correspondence, Book I, 1959-1962
NPG Correspondence, Book II, 1963 (2 folders)
NPG Correspondence, Book III, 1964 (2 folders)
NPG Correspondence, Book IV, 1965
NPG Correspondence, Book V, 1966
Box 18
NPG Opening, November 1966-December 1967
NPG Opening, January-November 1968 (2 folders)
NPG Opening Exhibition Catalogue, "The New Man"
NPG Research Projects, 1965
Haven Parker, 1965
Merrill Peterson, 1970-1971
Photography, 1967
Policies and Procedures in Old Patent Office Building (F St. Building), 1964
Publicity, 1961-1962, 1963-1965 (2 folders)
Research and Education, 1967-1968
Research and Publication, 1965-1966
Billy Rose Foundation, 1966-1967
Marvin Sadik - Correspondence to, 1968
Marvin Sadik - Voice of America Interview, February 10, 1970 (1/4" audiotape)
Box 19
Security - NPG, 1968-1970
Smithsonian Institution, Commission on the Humanities, 1964-1965
Smithsonian Institution, Education Advisory Committee, 1964-1965 (2 folders)
Smithsonian Institution, Staff Meeting Minutes, 1964
Smithsonian Institution, Staff Meeting Minutes, 1965
Soliciting (Funds, Gifts), 1965
Symposium, 1967-1968
Guggenheim Productions
Guggenheim Correspondence, 1975-1976
Guggenheim Productions, Inc. FC-4-63474
Guggenheim/Corcoran Restoration, 1975
A Film Proposal for The National Portrait Gallery
"An American Pantheon" - A Motion Picture Script for The National Portrait Gallery; May 17, 1974; December 10, 1974; and February 3, 1975 (3 copies)
"An American Pantheon" - A Motion Picture Script for The National Portrait Gallery, 3 undated early versions
Narration Script for The National Portrait Gallery
Exhibits: China Trade, FY 1983-FY 1984
Exhibits: Conlon, the Photographs of Charles Martin, FY 1984-FY 1985
Exhibits: Covarrubias, FY 1983-FY 1985
Exhibits: Field, E. S., FY 1982-FY 1984
Exhibits: Genthe, Arnold: The Celebrity Portraits, FY 1984
Exhibits: Harding, Chester, FY 1982-FY 1985
Exhibits: Lachaise, Gaston, FY 1983-FY 1986
Exhibits: Lawrence, D. H. in New Mexico, FY 1985
Exhibits: Metropolitan Opera Centennial, FY 1984-FY 1985
Exhibits: Portraits from Life, FY 1985-FY 1986
Exhibits: Reinstallation, FY 1986-FY 1987
Exhibits: Vanity Fair/Vogue, FY 1983-FY 1984
Exhibits: West, William Edward, FY 1984-FY 1985
Exhibits: Women on TIME, FY 1984-FY 1985
Exhibits: Wright, Joseph, FY 1982-FY 1985
Harold Pfister - Chron File, January-June 1981
Harold Pfister - Chron File, July-December 1981
Box 20
Harold Pfister - Chron File, January-June 1982
R - General, FY 1982-FY 1984
Regents, FY 1976-FY 1985
Registrar, FY 1984-FY 1985
Registrar, FY 1983
Reading File, July 28-August 1, 1986
Reading File, August 18-22, 1986
Reading File, August 25-29, 1986
Reading File, September 8-12, 1986
Reading File, September 22-26, 1986
Reading File, October 13-17, 1986
Reading File, October 27-31, 1986
Reading File, November 17-21, 1986
Reading File, November 24-28, 1986
Reading File, December 15-19, 1986
Reading File, December 22-24, 1986
Reading File, December 29-January 2, 1987
Reading File, February 9-13, 1987
Reading File, February 17-20, 1987
Reading File, February 23-27, 1987
Reading File, March 2-6, 1987
Reading File, March 16-20, 1987
Reading File, March 23-27, 1987
Reading File, March 30-April 3, 1987
Reading File, April 6-10, 1987
Reading File, April 13-17, 1987
Reading File, April 20-24, 1987
Reading File, April 27-May 1, 1987
Box 21
Reading File, May 4-8, 1987
Reading File, June 1-5, 1987
Reading File, June 22-26, 1987
Resident Associate Program, FY 1982-FY 1984
Restaurant, Patent Pending, FY 1981-FY 1985
Ripley Correspondence, FY 1982-FY 1985
S - General, FY 1982-FY 1983
S - General, FY 1984-FY 1985 (2 folders)
Space survey, FY 1978
Design & Construction, Office of, FY 1984-FY 1985 (2 folders)
Exhibits: Artists by Themselves, FY 1983-FY 1984
Exhibits: Portraits of the New Deal, FY 1983
Exhibits: Treaty of Paris, FY 1982-FY 1987
L - General, FY 1984-FY 1985
Loan Outs, FY 1977-FY 1985
National Museum of American Art, FY 1982-FY 1985
National Portrait Gallery/National Museum of American Art Relations, FY 1982-FY 1984
P - General, FY 1982-FY 1985
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, FY 1975-FY 1982
Pinkerton's Photo Archives, FY 1982
Public Relations/Special Events Talent, FY 1982
Publications, FY 1977-FY 1984
Safety Committee, FY 1980-FY 1981
W - General, FY 1982-FY 1984
Box 22
Exhibits, Inactive Ideas & Proposals, 1968-1983
Exhibits: Champions of American Sport, FY 1981-FY 1984 (2 folders)
Exhibits: Frazee, John, FY 1984-FY 1987
Exhibits: Versailles, Masterpieces from, FY 1982-FY 1987 (3 folders)
Food Services Proposals, FY 1984 (3 folders)
HVAC Renovation, FY 1981-FY 1983
B - General, FY 1985-FY 1986
Building Management, FY 1982-FY 1984
Box 23
C - General, FY 1985-FY 1986
Collections/Management, FY 1977-FY 1982
College Art Association, FY 1983-FY 1986
Council of Directors and Executive Committee/Management Committee, FY 1986
Cultural Affairs/Downtown Issues, FY 1986
Development, FY 1984-FY 1985
Education Department, FY 1985-FY 1986
Exhibition Planning Schedules, FY 1980-FY 1985
A - General, Sadik, 1974-1976
Abeles, Sigmund
Abroad in America
Abroad in America - Publication Cont.
Academic Studies
Adams, The Life Portrait of John Quincy
Altmayer, Jay P.
Amendment - re: Photography to original NPG, Congressional Action
American Art Journal
Box 24
American Association of Museums #1
American Association of Museums - Council
American Federation of Arts
American Heritage Magazine, 1967-1968
American Institute of Architects, FY 1983
American Portrait Prints: American Print Conference
American Presidency - Political Cartoons
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
American Scenic & Historic Preservation Society
American Self-Portraits Exhibit
Americans: The Democratic Experience
Americans: The Democratic Experience - Thank-you letters
American Works Project
Animalier Art
Archives of American Art, FY 1967-FY 1976
Archives of American Art, FY 1977-FY 1983
Art Dealers Association of America, Inc.
Art Quarterly, The
Associates, Smithsonian, FY 1985-FY 1986
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1987 (3 folders)
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1985-1986 (4 folders)
Box 25
Association of Art Museum Directors, January 22-24, 1986
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1976 (2 folders)
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc.
Museum Attendance Reports - FY 1981
Museum Attendance Reports - FY 1982
Museum Attendance Reports - FY 1983
Museum Attendance Reports - FY 1984
Museum Attendance Reports - FY 1985
Museum Attendance Reports - FY 1986
Museum Attendance Reports - FY 1987
Museum Attendance Reports - FY 1988
Beard, Rick - Clarence King Show
Belmont Conference on SI Goals & Priorities - 1974
Belmont Conference on SI Goals & Priorities - 1973 (2 folders)
Bicentennial of American Revolution, 1968-1972
Bicentennial - British/American
Bicentennial Exhibit of American Art Abroad
Bicentennial - General
Bicentennial - "Kin & Communities: The Peopling of America" Symposium
Black Presence and Black America
Black Presence - Travel Exhibition Requests
Board of Regents Meeting, 1961-1970
Brant, Chief Joseph
Cabinet Officers Invitations - 10th Anniversary
Cartwright, Mrs. Harold
CBS
Center for Advanced Study at the NPG, 1967
Chanticleer Press
China-America
Christopher Closeup
Civil Rights
College Art Association, 1975-1978
Committee - Future of Exhibits, 1969
Complaints, 1968-1974
Computer File Project, FY 1982
Congressional - Budget Hearings, etc., 1975
Box 26
Congressional Correspondence, FY 1975-FY 1987 (2 folders)
Congressional Wives' Committee - 10th Anniversary
Connecticut Public TV
Conservation Lab and Other Conservation Matters
Coolidge (Mrs. T. Jefferson & Mr. T. J. Jr.)
Copyright Information
Cultural Affairs/Downtown Issues, FY 1987
Cushman, Charlotte
Delegation of Authority
Development Office
Dye Is Now Cast, The - Portraits borrowed, etc.
Eakins House
Edinburgh
Edouart Dinner
Edouart Silhouettes
Education - SI (Including Panel, Research, etc.)
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1971
Events - Public, 1974
Exhibits - General, 1965-1974 (2 folders)
Exhibition - Southworth and Hawes
Film Review Group
Finley, David - "Medal of Freedom" Award, 1951-1973
Frankenstein, Alfred
Franklin Mint
Fund-Raising, 1965-1974
Grants, Adair, William
Grossman Publishing, Inc.
Harvard Chair
Hicks, Robert H.
Houdon Exhibit (Arntson correspondence)
Houdon Busts
Jefferson, Thomas - Consultant
Kennedy, J. F. Library
Knopf, Alfred A., Inc.
Lazzaroni (AAAS)
Legislation (old)
Losses (1974 Watson Portraits)
McFeely, William S. M.
Meetings - Sadik, 1966-1971
Miller, Marc
Minds and Hearts
Minutes of the Secretary's Meetings with Bureau Directors, 1967-1972 (2 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1966-1967 (2 folders)
Box 27
Miscellaneous, 1969
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Museums - General, 1967-1970
Museum Procedures, Records, Donors, Insurance
Museum (Proposed) on Mall (Man, etc.)
National Portrait Gallery - General, 1965-1973
National Portrait Gallery - Publications, 1970-1971
Nixon, President & Family
Olsen, Sue
Penson, Boris (Artist in Soviet Prison)
Policies and Procedures, 1966-1975
Printers, Miscellaneous
Program Reports, FY 1981-FY 1987 (2 folders)
Public Affairs, Office of - SI and NPG, 1977-1986
Public Information Working Group
Publications, Distributions, Inventory
Saint Gaudens
Sharples - Portraits
SI Priorities Conferences
SITES - Bicentennial Matters
SITES - Council for the Development & Operation of the (SI Traveling Exhibition Service)
Smithsonian Council, 1965-1973
Smithsonian Council, 1966-1981
Smithsonian Council, 1974-1977 (2 folders)
Smithsonian Council, 1982
Smithsonian Council, 1983-1984
Smithsonian Council, 1984-1985
Box 28
Smithsonian Year, 1974-1981 (2 folders)
Smithsonian Year, 1982-1983
Smithsonian Year, 1984
Smithsonian Year, 1985
Stamps - Commemorative and Postal
Straus, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Support Activities - Office of Director, 1975
Talks and Trips (Nagel)
UNESCO - Cultural Property Convention, 1971
Visitors and Tours, 1973
W - General, 1970-1981
Washburn, Dr.
White House Conference on Aging, 1971
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1991 (3 folders)
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1990 (2 folders)
Audits and Investigations, Office of, 1987-1988
Budget, FY 1990
Budget, FY 1982
Budget, FY 1983
Budget, FY 1984 (2 folders)
Box 29
Budget, FY 1985 (2 folders)
Budget, FY 1986 (3 folders)
Budget, FY 1987
Budget, FY 1988 (2 folders)
Budget, FY 1989 (2 folders)
C - General, 1987-1989
Council of Bureau Directors (COBD), 1990
Council of Information and Education Directors (CIED), 1987-1989
Culcon (Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange), 1988
Curator, 1975-1988
Curator for Photographs, 1975-1988
Design & Production, 1987-1989
Development, 1986-1989
Environmental Management & Safety, 1988-1989
Box 30
Environmental Management & Safety, 1990
F - General, 1986-1988
Fellowships & Grants, 1985-1987
Food Service, 1982-1986
Fundraising, 1979-1987
G - General, 1985-1987 (2 folders)
Gallery Checks, 1983-1989
Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1987
Gilcrease Museum, 1983
General Council, 1985-1987 [RESTRICTED]
Groce and Wallace Dictionary of Artists in America, 1982-1983
H - General, 1986-1987
Hall of Fame, 1971-1988
Hawaii Exhibition Possibilities
Heppner, Irene Bibliography, 1972-1976
Hughes, Langston - The Dream Keeper Speaks, The World of..., 1989
Inman Indian Portraits (Harvard Deaccession), 1978-1985
Institute of Museum Services, 1991
Interdisciplinary Studies, 1988
Interior Department, 1982-1985
International Art Exhibits, 1979-1985
International Congress/History of Art, 1985-1986
Jenrette, Richard H. (Dick), 1982-1985
K - General, 1985-1987
Katz, Leslie Project, 1983-1984
King Kalakaua, 1982-1983
L - General, 1986-1987
L - General, 1988
Library, 1965-1972
Lloyd, Valerie, 1989
Loan Collection, 1989
Loan-outs, 1986-1987
Loan-outs, 1988
Luce Foundation, 1984
M - General, 1984-1986
Box 31
M - General, 1987-1988
Magazine - SI, 1973-1984
Major Acquisitions Fund Program, 1980
Major Collections Support Fund Program, 1984
Major Exhibition Fund, 1984
Management Analysis Office, 1984-1986
Management Analysis Office, 1991
Maryland Committee for the Humanities, 1983
Medals - NPG, 1978-1983
Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, 1986-1988
Middleton, Arthur and Family by Benjamin West, 1987-1988
Morse S. F. B., 1981-1983
Museum Programs, 1985-1988
Museum Shops, 1973-1982
Museum Support Center, 1983-1985
Museum Services, 1984
N - General, 1985-1987
Nast, Thomas Drawings, 1983
National Academy of Design, 1988
National Endowment of Arts, 1974-1987
National Endowment for the Humanities, 1973-1987
National Gallery of Canada, FY 1982
National Park Service, 1975-1983
New York Chamber of Commerce, 1984
New York City Ballet, 1984
Northeast Museum Conference, 1983-1984
Opportunities for Research & Study, 1976-1985
Outreach, 1980
P - General, 1988-1989
Plant Services, 1985-1987
Presidential Design Awards, 1984-1985
R - General, 1988-1989
Regents, 1985-1989
Registrar, 1986-1989
Research Policy, 1973-1987 (2 folders)
Seminar in American Biography, 1978-1985
Box 32
Smithsonian Institution Council, 1985-1986
Smithsonian Institution Council, 1987-1988 (2 folders)
Smithson Society, The James, 1987-1989
Smithson Society, The James, 1990
Special Events, 1988-1990 (2 folders)
T - General, 1987-1989
T - General, 1982-1986
Telecommunications, 1984-1989
Transformer Project, 1982-1985
Treasurer's Office, 1975-1988
Truman Centennial, 1983
U - General, 1982-1988 (2 folders)
University of the Air, 1986-1987
V - General, 1982-1988
W - General, 1985-1987 (2 folders)
Women's Committee, 1981-1989
Woodrow Wilson Center, 1974-1988
Y - General, 1983-1988
Yale Smithsonian collaboration, 1987
Box 33
Z - General, 1975-1987
A - General Correspondence, 1973-1981
A - General Correspondence, 1986-1988
Academic Hiring & Appraisal Committee, 1987
Adams, Robert McC., Secretary, SI, 1985-1988
Afro-American Programming, 1988-1989
American Association of Museums, 1986-1989
Assistant Secretary for Museums, 1985-1988
Assistant Secretary for Research, 1987-1990 (2 folders)
Associates, 1987-1989
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1988 (3 folders)
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1989 (2 folders)
Association of Art Museum Directors, 1990 (2 folders)
Box 34
Athenaeum Portraits - General File (3 folders)
Automation, SI, 1984-1985 (2 folders)
Automation - Vernon Systems Collection Management System, c. 1987 (Accession 16-071)
Awards
B - General Correspondence, 1969-1981
B - General Correspondence, 1987-1989
Babbidge correspondence
Baskin, Leonard
Bates College
Becker, David
Biographical Material - Marvin Sadik
The Blue and the Gray, CBS, 1982
Bond, Randy
Book Reviews & Publications
Bowdoin College
Building Management, 1985-1990
C - General Correspondence, 1969-1981
Catalog of NPG Collection (proposed)
Catholic University, 1987
College Art Association
College Art Association - Commission on Preservation and Access, 1987-1989 (3 folders)
Council of Bureau Directors, 1986
Council of Bureau Directors, 1987 (2 folders)
Box 35
Council of Bureau Directors, 1988 (3 folders)
Council of Bureau Directors, 1989 (2 folders)
D - General Correspondence, 1970-1981
D - General Correspondence, 1986-1987
Design and Production Office, 1986-1987
Design Working Group, 1982
Donations to NPG, 1982
Donations to NPG, 1983
Donations to NPG, 1984
Donations to NPG, 1985
Donations to NPG, 1986
Donations to NPG, 1987
Donations to NPG, 1988
Donative Sales and Gifts, 1983
Dunlap Society, 1985
E - General Correspondence, 1969-1981
E - General Correspondence, 1986-1988
Editor, 1981-1984
Education Department, 1987
Box 36
Education Department, 1988-1989
Elementary and Secondary Education, 1983
Embassy correspondence
Evans Gallery (Procedures, etc.), 1982
F - General Correspondence, 1971-1981
Faces of Freedom, 1978-1982
G - General Correspondence, 1969-1981
H - General Correspondence, 1970-1981
Hawthorne, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, 1980
I - General Correspondence, 1974-1979
Introductions: NPG Talks
Isaacson, Phillip
J - General Correspondence, 1974-1980
Journal of Biography
K - General Correspondence, 1970-1981
Kaplan, Sidney
L - General Correspondence, 1970-1980
M - General Correspondence, 1970-1981
Miscellaneous Prints & Transparencies (SIF-2-0386) (2 folders)
Mongan/French Ambassador
N - General Correspondence, 1974-1981
Nagel, Charles - Correspondence
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
NPG Correspondence, 1959-1963
NPG Correspondence, 1960-1964
NPG Correspondence, 1963-1967
NPG Meetings, 1963-1964
O - General Correspondence, 1970-1979
Obrien, Francis
P - General Correspondence, 1969-1975
Pfister, Harold - Correspondence, 1981 (2 folders)
Photographs
Photography, 1974
Polaroid, 1987
Portraitists, 1976
Box 37
Portrait Competition, London, 1982
Portrait Project, 1984
Press, SI, 1982-1987 (3 folders)
Print Conference, North American, 1983
Print Council of America, 1982-1987 (2 folders)
Puzzle Proposals, 1982
R - General Correspondence, 1970-1981
R - General Correspondence, 1985-1987 (2 folders)
Ramsbotham, Sir Peter
Recommendations
S - General Correspondence, 1969-1981
S - General Correspondence, 1986-1987
S - General Correspondence, 1988
Sadik/Pfister Correspondence, 1979-1981 (2 folders)
Safety Committee, 1982-1990
Scandinavia Today, 1982
Security, 1974-1986
Security, 1987
Security Incidents, FY 1980-FY 1987
SITES, 1982-1988
Box 38
Smithsonian Year, 1986
Smithsonian Year, 1987
Smithsonian Year, 1988 (2 folders)
Smithsonian Year, 1989 (2 folders)
Smithson Society, 1982-1986
Stein, Fred, Archive, 1983
Staff Meetings, 1982-1987 (2 folders)
Stationery
Szold Presentation, 1982
T - General Correspondence, 1969-1981
Talks: Invitations
Travel: Pfister, FY1982
Two Hundred Great Americans
V - General Correspondence, 1976-1980
W - General Correspondence, 1969-1980
Wells, Charles - Correspondence
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