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Accession 00-044, National Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records, 1972-1996
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 Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions |
| Title: | Exhibition Records |
| Dates: | 1972-1996 |
| Quantity: | 7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 00-044 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | 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. |
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 Restriction
Boxes 1-6 restricted for 15 years; Box 7 restricted for 30 years, until Jan-01-2027; 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
- 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.)
- In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James McNeill Whistler (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- Lazzaroni: Science and Scientists in Mid-19th Century America (Exhibition). (1972: Washington, D.C.)
- Majestic in His Wrath: The Life of Frederick Douglass (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.)
- National Portrait Gallery (U.S.) -- Exhibitions.
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-044, National Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
Container List
Box 1
In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James McNeill Whistler; 4/7/1995 - 8/13/1995
General Files
General
Box 1 of 7
Brochure
Box 1 of 7
Budget
Box 1 of 7
Catalogue
Box 1 of 7
Catalogue Manuscript
Box 1 of 7
Permissions-Catalogue
Box 1 of 7
Catalogue Photographs from Non-Lenders
Box 1 of 7
Checklists
Box 1 of 7
Database Printout
Box 1 of 7
De-Installation
Box 1 of 7
Education
Box 1 of 7
Exhibition Credits
Box 1 of 7
Labels
Box 1 of 7
Opening
Box 1 of 7
In-House Photo Orders
Box 1 of 7
Public Relations (PR)
Box 1 of 7
Whistler Research
Box 1 of 7
Script
Box 1 of 7
Special Exhibition Fund (SEF)
Box 1 of 7
Signage
Box 1 of 7
Symposium: National Gallery of Art (NGA) and Freer
Box 1 of 7
Travel
Box 1 of 7
Lender Sheets
Box 1 of 7
Lender Files
Art Institute of Chicago
Box 1 of 7
Birmingham City Council
Box 1 of 7
Boston Public Library
Box 1 of 7
British museum
Box 1 of 7
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Box 1 of 7
Cannon, Paul
Box 1 of 7
Cincinnati Art Museum
Box 1 of 7
Cleveland Museum of Art
Box 1 of 7
Denker, Eric
Box 1 of 7
Fine Arts Society
Box 1 of 7
National Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions
Box 1 of 7
Exhibition Records
Box 1 of 7
Freer Gallery
Box 1 of 7
Freer Gallery - Research Photos
Box 1 of 7
Glasgow University Library
Box 1 of 7
Goldsmith, Charles
Box 1 of 7
Harvard University Art Galleries
Box 1 of 7
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (Dublin)
Box 1 of 7
Hunterian Gallery, University of Glasgow
Box 1 of 7
Lasner, Mark
Box 1 of 7
Library of Congress (facsimile only)
Box 1 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Lindsay, Lady Annabel)
Box 1 of 7
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Box 1 of 7
Box 2
Michael Parkin Gallery
Box 2 of 7
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Box 2 of 7
National Gallery of Art
Box 2 of 7
National Museum of American Art
Box 2 of 7
National Portrait Gallery, London
Box 2 of 7
National Portrait Gallery, SI
Box 2 of 7
New York Public Library
Box 2 of 7
Palmer, Michael (Esq.)
Box 2 of 7
Parrish Art Museum
Box 2 of 7
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Box 2 of 7
Pocock, Thomas
Box 2 of 7
Princeton University Libraries
Box 2 of 7
Sadik, Marvin
Box 2 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Saint Phalle, Elene)
Box 2 of 7
Tate Gallery
Box 2 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Thune, Dick)
Box 2 of 7
Victoria and Albert Museum
Box 2 of 7
Lender Files - Items not in exhibition
Atlas Galleries, Inc. - Dropped
Box 2 of 7
Browse and Darby - Dropped (see F. Shar)
Box 2 of 7
Christies - Dropped
Box 2 of 7
Detroit Institute of art - Denied
Box 2 of 7
Kennedy Galleries, Inc. - Dropped
Box 2 of 7
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) - Withdrawn
Box 2 of 7
Rosenbach Museum and Library - Dropped
Box 2 of 7
Sotheby's - Dropped
Box 2 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Varr, Van - Catalogue Only)
Box 2 of 7
Whistler-Pickford Waller scrapbook
Box 2 of 7
Majestic in His Wrath: The Life of Frederick Douglass; 2/10/1995 - 11/19/1995
General Files
General
Box 2 of 7
Booklet
Box 2 of 7
Brochure
Box 2 of 7
Waldo Martin
Box 2 of 7
Conference
Box 2 of 7
Exhibition Contract - National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and National Park Service (NPS)
Box 2 of 7
SEF
Box 2 of 7
Centennial
Box 2 of 7
Opening
Box 2 of 7
Database Printout
Box 2 of 7
De-Installation
Box 2 of 7
Educational Poster
Box 2 of 7
Funding/Budget
Box 2 of 7
Monument
Box 2 of 7
West Chester University - Douglass Project
Box 2 of 7
Education
Box 2 of 7
In-House Photo Orders
Box 2 of 7
Poster
Box 2 of 7
Research
Box 2 of 7
Script
Box 2 of 7
WETA Film
Box 2 of 7
Typeset Labels
Box 2 of 7
Box 3
Lender Files
Anacostia Museum
Box 3 of 7
Boston Public Library
Box 3 of 7
Clements Library, University of Michigan
Box 3 of 7
Gelman Library, George Washington University
Box 3 of 7
Grey, Jerome
Box 3 of 7
Harris, Ronald
Box 3 of 7
Harvard University Art Museums
Box 3 of 7
Harvard University, Moorland-Springarn
Box 3 of 7
Library Company of Philadelphia
Box 3 of 7
Library of Congress
Box 3 of 7
Madison County Historical Society
Box 3 of 7
Massachusetts Historical Society (Photo Only)
Box 3 of 7
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester (Photo Only)
Box 3 of 7
National Museum of American History (NMAH)
Box 3 of 7
National Park Service
Box 3 of 7
National Park Service: Photos
Box 3 of 7
NPG
Box 3 of 7
New York Public Library
Box 3 of 7
Old Dartmouth Historical Society
Box 3 of 7
Providence Public Library
Box 3 of 7
Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester
Box 3 of 7
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Box 3 of 7
Sears, Mrs. William
Box 3 of 7
Smith College
Box 3 of 7
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Box 3 of 7
Syracuse University
Box 3 of 7
Lender Files - Items not in exhibition
Carnegie Museum of Art - Denied
Box 3 of 7
Chicago Historical Society - Denied
Box 3 of 7
J. Paul Getty Museum - Denied
Box 3 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Heinz, Mrs. H. John III - Denied)
Box 3 of 7
Cecilia Beaux and the Art of Portraiture; 10/6/1995 - 1/28/1996
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Dropped
Box 3 of 7
Mead Art Museum - Denied
Box 3 of 7
White House - Denied
Box 3 of 7
General Files
General
Box 3 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Tappert, Tara - Negotiations)
Box 3 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Tappert, Tara)
Box 3 of 7
Permission Letters from Vendors to Tara
Box 3 of 7
Brochure
Box 3 of 7
Budget
Box 3 of 7
Conservation and Fees
Box 3 of 7
Database Printouts
Box 3 of 7
De-Installation
Box 3 of 7
Education
Box 3 of 7
Funding
Box 3 of 7
Labels
Box 3 of 7
Luncheon
Box 3 of 7
Box 4
Photo Orders
Box 4 of 7
In-House Photo Orders
Box 4 of 7
Possible Venues
Box 4 of 7
Publicity
Box 4 of 7
Padwe, Alice - Research
Box 4 of 7
Unknowns (owners)
Box 4 of 7
SEF
Box 4 of 7
Scripts
Box 4 of 7
Shimbun, Yomiuri
Box 4 of 7
Possible Substitutions
Box 4 of 7
Symposium
Box 4 of 7
Text Panels
Box 4 of 7
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Box 4 of 7
Ruthann Uithol's Beaux Thesis
Box 4 of 7
Traveling Exhibition
Box 4 of 7
Traveling Venue: West-Mooreland Museum of Art
Box 4 of 7
Lender Files
Allegheny College Library
Box 4 of 7
H. V. Allison galleries
Box 4 of 7
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Box 4 of 7
American red Cross
Box 4 of 7
Amon Carter
Box 4 of 7
Art Institute of Chicago
Box 4 of 7
Arthur, Elizabeth
Box 4 of 7
Ballard, Alice
Box 4 of 7
Ballard, Ernesta D.
Box 4 of 7
Bank One, Springfield
Box 4 of 7
Bryn Mawr
Box 4 of 7
Bryson, Mrs. John (Not in exhibition)
Box 4 of 7
Buswell, Peter
Box 4 of 7
Butler Institute of American Art
Box 4 of 7
Cape Ann Historical Association
Box 4 of 7
Chapin, Mr. And Mrs. Robert
Box 4 of 7
Chapman, Sarah (thru Williams, Mrs. Andrew)
Box 4 of 7
Churchill, Mrs. Pete
Box 4 of 7
Clay, Ms. Vidal C
Box 4 of 7
Clement, Dr. Stephen M., III
Box 4 of 7
Columbus Museum of Art
Box 4 of 7
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Box 4 of 7
Cornelius, Vistor
Box 4 of 7
Davis Museum/Wellesley
Box 4 of 7
Box 5
Drinker, Mary S.
Box 5 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Gilder, Mary Ellen)
Box 5 of 7
Harper, Charles
Box 5 of 7
Historical Society of Old Newbury
Box 5 of 7
Orvitz, Mr. And Mrs. William D.
Box 5 of 7
Humphreys, Mrs. Landsdale
Box 5 of 7
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Box 5 of 7
Sally Stretch Keen Memorial Library
Box 5 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Kennedy, Mrs. Moorhead)
Box 5 of 7
Kushner, Ellen Saltonstall
Box 5 of 7
Library of Congress
Box 5 of 7
Littleton, Mrs. J. E.
Box 5 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Matthews, Christina)
Box 5 of 7
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Box 5 of 7
National Academy of Design
Box 5 of 7
National Library of Medicine
Box 5 of 7
National Museum of American Art (NMAA)
Box 5 of 7
NPG
Box 5 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Palmer, W. DeKay, estate of)
Box 5 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Palmer, Gilder)
Box 5 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Pappenheimer, Mrs. Helena)
Box 5 of 7
PAFA
Box 5 of 7
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Box 5 of 7
Rhode Island School of Design
Box 5 of 7
Saltonstall, Mrs. Henry
Box 5 of 7
Schweitzer, M. R.
Box 5 of 7
Scudder, Mary Eliza Drinker
Box 5 of 7
Smith College Museum of Art
Box 5 of 7
Society of the Cincinnati at Anderson House
Box 5 of 7
Tappert, Tara (lender file)
Box 5 of 7
Terian, Peter
Box 5 of 7
U.S. House of Representatives - Fine Arts Board
Box 5 of 7
Alfred J. Walker Fine Art
Box 5 of 7
Weigl, Lois (c/o Robert Weigl)
Box 5 of 7
Wellesley College Library
Box 5 of 7
Richard York Gallery
Box 5 of 7
Lender Files - Items not in exhibition
Beveridge, Mrs. Albert J. III (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Braun, Dan (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Bush, Mrs. Donald F. (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Cross, Margaret (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Drinker, Nicholas (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Dropped)
Box 5 of 7
Goddard, Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Hart, George Harrison (withdrawn)
Box 5 of 7
Harvard University (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Indianapolis Museum of Art (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Lewis, Mr. & Mrs. John (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Ludington, Professor Townshend (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Meigs, Dr. J. Wister (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Mink, Mrs. S. Russell, Jr.(not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Musee d'Orsay (withdrawn)
Box 5 of 7
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Natvig, Anne (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
New York Academy of Medicine (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Page, Priscilla Drinker (denied)
Box 5 of 7
Saltonstall, Dr. Kent (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Saunders, Mr. & Mrs. Richard (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Skinner, Mariah (gave to PAFA)
Box 5 of 7
Smolev, Dr. & Mrs. Joseph (drop)
Box 5 of 7
Sotheby's (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Sullivan, Melinda (Martin) (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Suvek Gallery (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Toledo Museum of Art (denied)
Box 5 of 7
U.S. Naval Academy (not in exhibit)
Box 5 of 7
Velie, Mrs. John Deere (drop)
Box 5 of 7
Yale University Art Gallery (not in exhibition - 1 denied, 1 dropped)
Box 5 of 7
Federal Profiles: Saint-Memin in America, 1793-1814; 12/2/1994 - 5/29/1995
General Files
General
Box 5 of 7
Brochure
Box 5 of 7
Catalogue
Box 5 of 7
Education
Box 5 of 7
Exhibition Schedules/deadlines
Box 5 of 7
Labels
Box 5 of 7
Opening
Box 5 of 7
Publicity
Box 5 of 7
Scripts
Box 5 of 7
Lender Files
American Art/Portrait Gallery (AAPG) Library
Box 5 of 7
American Philosophical Society
Box 5 of 7
Baltimore City Life Museums - Peale
Box 5 of 7
Baltimore Museum of Art
Box 5 of 7
Carson, Mrs. Joseph
Box 5 of 7
Colonial Williamsburg
Box 5 of 7
Box 6
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Box 6 of 7
Duke University of Art
Box 6 of 7
Gibbes Museum of Art
Box 6 of 7
Hayes, Virginia Wickham
Box 6 of 7
Howard, Mrs. Frank T.
Box 6 of 7
Maryland Historical Society
Box 6 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (McNeil, Robert)
Box 6 of 7
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Box 6 of 7
Missouri Historical Society
Box 6 of 7
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Box 6 of 7
National Museum of American History
Box 6 of 7
National Portrait Gallery
Box 6 of 7
New York Historical Society
Box 6 of 7
New York Public Library
Box 6 of 7
Peabody Essex Museum
Box 6 of 7
Porter, Julia Wickham
Box 6 of 7
Princeton University Library
Box 6 of 7
Stedman, Theodore
Box 6 of 7
Sterling, Mr & Mrs. Charles
Box 6 of 7
Wilson Library, University of North Carolina
Box 6 of 7
Voorhees, Mr. & Mrs. Alan
Box 6 of 7
Washington Cathedral
Box 6 of 7
RESTRICTED FILE MOVED TO BOX 7 (Weber, John C. c/o Yates & Philips Collection)
Box 6 of 7
Lender Files - Items not in exhibition
Dibner Library, NMAH (dropped)
Box 6 of 7
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art (Withdrawn)
Box 6 of 7
Winterthur Museum (denied)
Box 6 of 7
Worcester Art Museum (denied)
Box 6 of 7
The Lazzaroni: Science & Scientists in Mid-19th Century America; 12/1/1972 - 5/30/1973
General Files
General
Box 6 of 7
Photographs
Box 6 of 7
Installation Shots
Box 6 of 7
Charles Darwin Letter
Box 6 of 7
Lectures
Box 6 of 7
Labels
Box 6 of 7
Complimentary Copies - Catalogue
Box 6 of 7
Script
Box 6 of 7
Subject Files
Agassiz, Louis
Box 6 of 7
Bache, Alexander Dallas
Box 6 of 7
Baird, Spender Fullerton
Box 6 of 7
Dana, James Dwight
Box 6 of 7
Draper, John W.
Box 6 of 7
Davis, Charles Henry
Box 6 of 7
Eliot, Charles William
Box 6 of 7
Felton, C. C.
Box 6 of 7
Frazier, John Fries
Box 6 of 7
Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott
Box 6 of 7
Gould, Benjamin A.
Box 6 of 7
Gray, Asa
Box 6 of 7
James Hall by Huntington
Box 6 of 7
Henry, Joseph
Box 6 of 7
Leidy, Joseph
Box 6 of 7
Maury, Matthew
Box 6 of 7
Pierce, Benjamin
Box 6 of 7
Rogers, William Baron
Box 6 of 7
Wilson, Henry
Box 6 of 7
Lender Files
Dedication of the Dudley Observatory
Box 6 of 7
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Box 6 of 7
American Philosophical Society
Box 6 of 7
National Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions
Box 6 of 7
Harvard University Archives
Box 6 of 7
Gray Herbarium
Box 6 of 7
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Box 6 of 7
Massachusetts Historical Society
Box 6 of 7
Library of Congress
Box 6 of 7
Museum of Cooperative Zoology
Box 6 of 7
National Academy of Sciences
Box 6 of 7
National Archives
Box 6 of 7
National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), Division of Photography
Box 6 of 7
Box 7
Smithsonian Libraries
Box 7 of 7
Geology of North American/Unites States Geological Survey
Box 7 of 7
Omits
Box 7 of 7
Miscellaneous Files Relating to Previously Archived Shows
Box 7 of 7
Photographs of Catalogue Illustrations
On the Air: Catalogue Illustrations (See also: Accession 97-083)
Box 7 of 7
First Federal Congress: Catalogue Illustrations (See also: Accession 95-163)
Box 7 of 7
Portrait of the American Law: Catalogue Illustrations (See also: Accession 97-083)
Box 7 of 7
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