Agency history, 1979-

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Subject

  • Stapp, William F. 1945-
  • Panzer, Mary
  • Voss, Frederick
  • Shumard, Ann M

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Guide to the Smithsonian Archives
  • Smithsonian Institution, "The National Portrait Gallery," [http://www.npg.si.edu], accessed October 27, 1999.
  • National Portrait Gallery, About Us, Staff Profiles, Ann Shumard, https://npg.si.edu/staff/ann-shumard, accessed August 25, 2021.
  • The Curatorial Department of the National Portrait Gallery was formed in 1964. In 1979, the department was divided into three departents: Department of Prints and Drawings, Department of Painting and Sculpture, and Department of Photographs.
  • The Curatorial Departments oversee the conservation of art work, the authenticating of sitters and artists, and research in American portraiture. Research by staff is incorporated into exhibitions and catalogs or transferred to the research file of the Catalog of American Portraits. Permanent collection records document portraits in the permanent and study collections, artists and their collected works, and associative and decorative objects.
  • The Department of Photographs is a curatorial office that has custody of the Gallery's portrait photographs. Its work includes acquiring, researching, cataloging, and storing these respective objects.
  • Professional staff of the department include: Mary Panzer, Curator of Photographs, 1992-2000; William F. Stapp, Curator of Photographs, 1979-1991; Frederick Voss, senior historian and curator of the Time Magazine covers collection, 1971-2004; and Ann M. Shumard, Assistant Curator of Photographs, 1979-2000, Senior Curator of Photographs, 2001- .

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1979
  • 1979-

Topic

  • Portrait photography
  • Art museums
  • Art museum curators

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00092

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