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Record Unit 463, National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery, Library, Records, 1916, 1922, 1929-1930, 1946-1984
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
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| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery, Library |
| Title: | Records |
| Dates: | 1916, 1922, 1929-1930, 1946-1984 |
| Quantity: | 3.3 linear meters. |
| Collection: | Record Unit 463 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These records document the opening of the National Collection of Fine Arts and the National Portrait Gallery in the Patent Office Building in 1968. Included are press kits; photographs; development files; pamphlets of the opening; catalogs from the Henry Ward Ranger Exhibition, 1929-1930; an annotated copy of The National Gallery of Art, Catalog of Collections I, 1922, by William Henry Holmes; and minutes of the Smithsonian Art Commission, 1963-1964. There are a few records predating 1964 in this record unit, including House and Senate bills and congressional records relating to Smithsonian interests and activities; and one folder devoted to the bequest of Reverend Bruce Hughes of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, to establish the "Hughes Alcove" and fund efforts to amass "a reference library of art works" for study. Also included are newsletters, association information, library count sheets, policies, minutes of meetings, surveys, a variety of reports, brochures, volunteer and internship information, and other general administrative records. |
Historical Note
The Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery Library was established in 1965 as a joint operation of the National Collection of Fine Arts and the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and was originally housed in the Arts and Industries Building. In 1968, the two museums moved into the newly-renovated Old Patent Office Building, renamed the Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery Building, where the Library continued as before. In 1980, the Library became the National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery Library (AA&PG) as a result of the name change.
William B. Walker was hired as Librarian in 1965 and held that position until 1979. Katherine Ratzenberger was named Acting Librarian in 1980 followed by Acting Librarian Susan Gurney in 1981. Cecilia H. Chin served as Librarian of AA&PG Library, 1982- .
Descriptive Entry
These records document the opening of the National Collection of Fine Arts and the National Portrait Gallery in the Patent Office Building in 1968. Included are press kits; photographs; development files; pamphlets of the opening; catalogs from the Henry Ward Ranger Exhibition, 1929-1930; an annotated copy of The National Gallery of Art by William H. Holmes; and minutes of the Smithsonian Art Commission, 1963-1964. There is also one folder devoted to the bequest of Reverend Bruce Hughes of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, to establish the "Hughes Alcove" and fund efforts to amass "a reference library of art works" for study.
Also included are newsletters, library count sheets, policies, minutes of meetings, surveys, a variety of reports, brochures, volunteer and internship information, and other records.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Chin, Cecilia H.
- Gurney, Susan.
- Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
- Ratzenberger, Katherine.
- Walker, William Bond, 1930-
Subject
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 463, National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery, Library, Records
Container List
Box 1
List Posters: Acceptances/Regrets
Box 1 of 7
Opening Invitations: Correspondence
Box 1 of 7
Media Contacts: Pre-Opening
Box 1 of 7
Contact - Miscellaneous
Box 1 of 7
Material: NCFA background
Box 1 of 7
Post-Opening Correspondence
Box 1 of 7
Pre-Opening Dinner Parties
Box 1 of 7
Opening Teas: April 2 & 3, 1968
Box 1 of 7
NCFA Opening Publications
Box 1 of 7
Lists: Post-Opening Thank-You Notes
Box 1 of 7
Contributors to Exhibits
Box 1 of 7
NPG Photos
Box 1 of 7
"Johnson Wax" label information and mediums
Box 1 of 7
NPG Opening
Box 1 of 7
Complete File of "Artyfacts"
Box 1 of 7
Meeting of Smithsonian Art Commission, December 1, 1964
Box 1 of 7
Smithsonian Art Commission Forty-First Annual Meeting, December 3, 1963
Box 1 of 7
"Directions for the National Collection of Fine Arts"
Box 1 of 7
Press Kits
Box 1 of 7
Ford's Theater Celebration Photos
Box 1 of 7
Presentation of a Portrait of Joseph Smith Photos
Box 1 of 7
John J. Lewis Unveiling, June 16th, 1971 Photos
Box 1 of 7
NPG Opening Symposium
Box 1 of 7
NPG Adams Exhibit, December 8, 1970
Box 1 of 7
NPG Opening, A & I Building, October 4, 1966
Box 1 of 7
NCFA Fellows, May 1978
Box 1 of 7
Staff Photographs, NPG and NCFA
Box 1 of 7
NCFA Opening, May 1968. Includes photographs of President and Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Box 1 of 7
NPG Opening - clippings
Box 1 of 7
NCFA - Supplementary list and photos
Box 1 of 7
NCFA opening exhibition archival materials
Box 1 of 7
NCFA Archives
Box 1 of 7
NPG Archives
Box 1 of 7
National Gallery of Art Archive (folder 1 of 2)
Box 1 of 7
Box 2
National Gallery of Art Archive (folder 2 of 2)
Box 2 of 7
Bureau of Fine Arts
Box 2 of 7
House & Senate Bills
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1960
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1961
Box 2 of 7
Legislative Calendar, 1969
Box 2 of 7
Congressional Record, January 30, 1956
Box 2 of 7
Congressional Record, July 18, 1956
Box 2 of 7
Congressional Record, July 20, 1956
Box 2 of 7
H.R. 4347 (Copyright law)
Box 2 of 7
Smithsonian Institution General Hearings before the Sub-Committee on Library & Memorials (vol. 1)
Box 2 of 7
Smithsonian Institution General Hearings before the Sub-Committee on Library & Memorials (vol.2)
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1959
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1959
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1963
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1959
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1960
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1958
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1957
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1961
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1950, 1953, 1954
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1955
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1956
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1957
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1959
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1959
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1961
Box 2 of 7
House Bills, 1960
Box 2 of 7
Senate Bills, 1963
Box 2 of 7
Public Laws
Box 2 of 7
Acts; passed the House, 1955; passed the Senate, 1956
Box 2 of 7
Senate Reports
Box 2 of 7
Hearings
Box 2 of 7
Box 3
SI General & Facilities for Special Events
Box 3 of 7
SI Interoffice Memos, FY 1972 & Earlier
Box 3 of 7
Pending - Other SI
Box 3 of 7
SI Libraries - general
Box 3 of 7
SI Policy, 1980
Box 3 of 7
Director of SI Libraries
Box 3 of 7
SI Libraries ADCON, 1980
Box 3 of 7
SI Libraries ADCON, 1978-1979
Box 3 of 7
SI Libraries ADCON, 1976-1977
Box 3 of 7
SI Libraries ADCON, 1974-1975
Box 3 of 7
SI Libraries ADCON, 1968-1973
Box 3 of 7
SIL Bureau Libraries, 1979-1980
Box 3 of 7
SIL Bureau Libraries, 1977-1978
Box 3 of 7
SIL Branch Meetings thru 1976/User survey, 1974/1975
Box 3 of 7
SIL Acquisitions/Selections Committee
Box 3 of 7
Pending SIL - Acquisitions & Serial records
Box 3 of 7
SIL Tech Processing, 1976
Box 3 of 7
SIL Tech Processing, 1974-1975
Box 3 of 7
SIL Tech Processing, 1970-1973
Box 3 of 7
Correspondence re: Book Values & Miscellaneous re: Appraisals
Box 3 of 7
Library Preservation/Conservation
Box 3 of 7
Tech Processing - Serials
Box 3 of 7
SIL - Cataloging
Box 3 of 7
SIL - Databases
Box 3 of 7
SIL - Cooper-Hewitt
Box 3 of 7
SIL - Branches
Box 3 of 7
Box 4
1978/1979 Form Inventory
Box 4 of 7
Other Libraries - Forms
Box 4 of 7
Exchanges
Box 4 of 7
Library Inventory, 1976-1979
Box 4 of 7
Library Inventory - Missing Books
Box 4 of 7
Library Questionnaires, 1979-1982
Box 4 of 7
Library Questionnaires, 1977-1978
Box 4 of 7
Library Questionnaires, 1974-1976
Box 4 of 7
Library Questionnaires, 1973
Box 4 of 7
NPG Library resources
Box 4 of 7
Study of NPG/NCFA Library
Box 4 of 7
NCFA/NPG Library: Art Works
Box 4 of 7
NCFA/NPG Library Collections: Pre 1967 move
Box 4 of 7
General Budget
Box 4 of 7
General Budget, 1971-1975
Box 4 of 7
Budget, 1976 (July-September)
Box 4 of 7
Budget, 1976
Box 4 of 7
Budget, 1977
Box 4 of 7
Budget, 1978
Box 4 of 7
Budget, 1979
Box 4 of 7
Work typed by GD April, 1982
Box 4 of 7
Budget
Box 4 of 7
Library Accounting, 1977-1979
Box 4 of 7
Accounting Classification Codes
Box 4 of 7
"Five Year" Reports, 1968-1973; 1974-1979
Box 4 of 7
Statistics - General, 1974+
Box 4 of 7
Annual Report, FY 1976, 1977
Box 4 of 7
Annual Report, FY 1974, 1975
Box 4 of 7
Library Reports - Monthly
Box 4 of 7
Box 5
Statistics, 1965-1967
Box 5 of 7
Statistics, 1968-1974
Box 5 of 7
Monthly Statistics, 1971-1974
Box 5 of 7
NCFA/NPG Monthly Reports, 1975-1977
Box 5 of 7
Monthly Statistics, 1978-1981
Box 5 of 7
Library Visitors, FY 1978-1980
Box 5 of 7
Library Visitors, FY 1975-1977
Box 5 of 7
Library Visitors, FY 1973-1974
Box 5 of 7
Library Visitors, FY 1970-1972
Box 5 of 7
Semi-Annual Reports, 1971-1973
Box 5 of 7
Library Reports - Annual
Box 5 of 7
Staff - General
Box 5 of 7
NCFA/NPG Staff - Current
Box 5 of 7
NCFA/NPG Staff - Prospective
Box 5 of 7
Personnel Office - General
Box 5 of 7
Box 6
Library Volunteers/Interns
Box 6 of 7
Summer Interns, 1978-1979
Box 6 of 7
NCFA - General
Box 6 of 7
NPG - General
Box 6 of 7
NCFA/NPG Correspondence
Box 6 of 7
SI Staff - Staff Exhibit Committee
Box 6 of 7
Associations - ALA
Box 6 of 7
Affiliations
Box 6 of 7
College Art Association (CAA)
Box 6 of 7
Council on Library Resources
Box 6 of 7
CNLA - General
Box 6 of 7
Associations - DCLA
Box 6 of 7
Associations - ICFA
Box 6 of 7
Associations - SLA (General)
Box 6 of 7
Associations - SLA Conferences (1977-1980)
Box 6 of 7
Associations - SLA Conferences (1973-1975)
Box 6 of 7
Box 7
Associations - SLA Conferences (1970-1972)
Box 7 of 7
Associations - SLA Conferences (1975-1978)
Box 7 of 7
Associations - SLA - DC Chapter
Box 7 of 7
Associations - SLA - Museums
Box 7 of 7
Associations - SLA - Pictures
Box 7 of 7
Washington Art Library Resources Committee
Box 7 of 7
The Hughes Alcove
Box 7 of 7
NPG Opening Ceremonies Programs, October 1968
Box 7 of 7
Washington Star, May 5, 1968
Box 7 of 7
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