Agency history, 1968-

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Subject

  • Stewart, Robert G
  • Wein, Frances Stevenson
  • Dowdy, Dru
  • Conlon, Rhys
  • National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Editor of Publications
  • National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Office of Publications

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 1996
  • Smithsonian Institution, "The National Portrait Gallery," [http://npg.si.edu], 12/22/99
  • E-Mail from Michael Willens to Frances Stevenson Wein, 12/22/99
  • Phone call from Michael Willens to Robert Gordon Stewart, 12/22/99
  • Dru Dowdy, LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dru-dowdy-27001a1/, accessed September 26, 2022
  • Smithsonian Directory, 1997-2002
  • Rhys Conlon, LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhys-conlon-a7027890/, accessed September 27, 2022
  • The Office of Publications is responsible for editing and producing books, catalogues, and brochures for the National Portrait Gallery (NPG). The publications also include the documentation of NPG's exhibitions, some of which were displayed prior to the agency's creation. Sometime after 1997, the office changed its name to Department of Publications
  • In 1968 National Portrait Gallery Director Marvin S. Sadik appointed Robert G. Stewart as the first Editor of Publications for the NPG. He was followed by Frances Stevenson Wein, Editor of Publications, 1975-1994, and Publications Officer, 1995-2000. Dru Dowdy was Head of Publications from 2001-2017 and Rhys Conlon was appointed Head of Publications in June 2017.

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1968
  • 1968-

Topic

  • Publishers and publishing
  • Art museums
  • Editors
  • Museums
  • Museum publications

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00107

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