Agency history, 1962-

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Subject

  • Brown, John Nicholas 1900-1979
  • Goldwater, Barry M (Barry Morris) 1909-1998
  • Garn, Jake
  • Clark, Jeannine Smith 1928-
  • Morgan, Robert 1925-
  • Novak, Barbara
  • Okrent, Daniel 1948-
  • Walker, Mallory
  • Watson, Jack H
  • Hamp, Steven K
  • Ujobai, Joseph P
  • Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents
  • National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

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.
  • Accession 01-167, 1962-1997.
  • Smithsonian Year, 1998.
  • Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Information, http://www.npg.si.edu/musinfo/index.htm, July 25, 2002
  • 20 United States Code 3
  • Profile: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery News, 2000-2009, https://permanent.fdlp.gov/lps79594/lps79594.htm, accessed January 21, 2022
  • National Portrait Gallery, Annual Report, 2007-2014
  • Understanding Polarization in American Politics, MiXX atelier, Jack Watson, July 21, 2016, https://www.mixxatelier.com/2016/07/the-mixx_politics-with-jack-watson/, accessed January 24, 2022
  • The National Portrait Gallery Commission was authorized under the Act of Congress, April 27, 1962, establishing the National Portrait Gallery. The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution was empowered to appoint such a Commission, determining its membership, tenure, and duties. The Commission was involved in planning many elements of the initial operation of the museum, such as recruiting a Director, developing rules and regulations for the Gallery, and reviewing the program of operation which the Director, when chosen, should propose. On an ongoing basis members of the Commission recommend accepting or declining items offered to the National Portrait Gallery collection. Its members also undertake, corporately and individually, to encourage gifts of funds, portraiture, statuary and other items which enable the National Portrait Gallery to commemorate the men and women who have made important contributions to the history and culture of the United States.
  • The members of the Commission are drawn from prominent figures in the arts, literature, and other areas of American public life. The chairs of the Commission have included: John Nicholas Brown, 1962-1979; Senator Robert Morgan, 1980; Senator Barry M. Goldwater, 1981-1982; Senator Jake Garn, 1983-1988; Jeannine Smith Clark, 1989-1997; Barbara Novak, 1998-2003; Daniel Okrent, 2003-2007; Mallory Walker, 2008-2009; Jack H. Watson, 2009-2014; Steven K. Hamp, 2015-2017; Joseph P. Ujobai, 2017- .

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1962
  • 1962-

Topic

  • Art museums
  • Advisory boards
  • Arts boards

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00360

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