Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 00-044
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
Exhibition Records, 1972-1996
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of exhibition records pertaining to In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James McNeill Whistler (1995); Majestic in His Wrath: The Life of Frederick Douglass (1995); Federal Profiles: Saint-Memin in America, 1793-1814 (1994); Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture (1995); and Lazzaroni: Science & Scientists in Mid-19th Century America (1972). All were exhibitions held at the National Portrait Gallery. Materials include photographs, loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, notes, scripts, labels, and reports.
Restrictions
Access RestrictionBoxex 1-7 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid. Transferring office; 3/3/1999 memorandum, Lee to Cox; 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
- Lazzaroni: Science and Scientists in Mid-19th Century America (Exhibition) (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- Federal Profiles: Saint-Memin in America, 1793-1814 (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Majestic in His Wrath: The Life of Frederick Douglass (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James McNeill Whistler (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-044, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records