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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 98-141

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Registrar

Exhibition Records, 1985-1994

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Registrar
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:1985-1994
Quantity:6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 98-141
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists primarily of exhibition loan information and includes loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, condition reports (with photographs of objects), receipts, and notes. Exhibitions include: "American Colonial Portraits," "On the Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting," "First Federal Congress," "Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture," "Portraits of the American Law," "Five of Hearts: A Washington Friendship," "Old Hickory: A Life Sketch of Jackson," "Annie Leibovitz Portrait Photographs," "Group Portrait: First American Avant Garde," "Washington Print Club Member's Exhibition," "Spirit of the Party: Hamilton and Jefferson at Odds," "In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale 1778-1860," and "American Art at the Chicago World's Fair, 1893."

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists primarily of exhibition loan information and include loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, condition reports (with photographs of objects), receipts, and notes. Exhibitions include: American Colonial Portraits; On the Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting; First Federal Congress; Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture; Portraits of the American Law; Five of Hearts: A Washington Friendship; Old Hickory: A Life Sketch of Jackson; Annie Leibovitz Portrait Photographs; Group Portrait: First American Avant Garde; Washington Print Club Member's Exhibition; Spirit of the Party: Hamilton and Jefferson at Odds; In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale 1778-1860; and American Art at the Chicago World's Fair, 1893.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-141, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of the Registrar, Exhibition Records

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Container List

Box 1

History of the Patent Office Building, November 1985-November 1986

General Information

Box 1 of 6

Champions on Time, June 1986-February 1990

General Information

Box 1 of 6

Lender File

Box 1 of 6

Time: Man of the Year, January 1987-June 1988

General Information

Box 1 of 6

Lender Files (7 folders)

Box 1 of 6

American Colonial Portraits, August 1987-February 1988

General Information

Box 1 of 6

Loans Denied

Box 1 of 6

Lender Files (57 folders)

Box 1 of 6

On the Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting, August 1988-January 1989

General Correspondence

Box 1 of 6

Lender Files (51 folders)

Box 1 of 6

Box 2

First Federal Congress, January-August 1989

Lender Files (69 folders)

Box 2 of 6

Isamu Noguchi: Portrait Sculpture, March-August 1989

Lender Files (32 folders)

Box 2 of 6

The Deaf Way: Albert Newsman Lithographs, June-September 1989

Lender File

Box 2 of 6

Portraits of the American Law, September 1989-January 1990

Lender Files (41 folders)

Box 2 of 6

Box 3

NPG Photographic Treasures, February-March 1990

General File

Box 3 of 6

Irving Penn: The Master Images at the Smithsonian, March-August 1990

General

Box 3 of 6

Oliphant's Presidents, March-November 1990

General File

Box 3 of 6

Lender Files (5 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Five of Hearts: A Washington Friendship, April-November 1990

General

Box 3 of 6

Lender Files (20 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Icons of Invention: American Patent Models, May-June 1990

General Information

Box 3 of 6

Old Hickory: A Life Sketch of Jackson, September 1990-May 1991

General Information

Box 3 of 6

Tennessee Venue

Box 3 of 6

Lender Files (45 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Camera Portraits, November 1990-February 1991

Correspondence

Box 3 of 6

Contract with National Portrait Gallery London

Box 3 of 6

Customs Documentation

Box 3 of 6

Annie Leibovitz Portrait Photographs, April-August 1991

General

Box 3 of 6

Marisol, April-August 1991

General

Box 3 of 6

Lender Files (12 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Group Portrait: First American Avant Garde, April-November 1991

Lender Files (10 folders)

Box 3 of 6

Box 4

Lender Files (19 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Presidential Scholars, June 1991

General

Box 4 of 6

Portraits from the Daguillard Collection, May-July 1991

General

Box 4 of 6

Marcella Comes Winslow, July-December 1991

Lender Files (4 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Ralph Earl: Face of the Young Republic, December 1991-May 1992

General

Box 4 of 6

Condition Reports

Box 4 of 6

Shipping

Box 4 of 6

Outgoing Shipping

Box 4 of 6

Time Covers the War: Personalities from WW II, October 1991-May 1992

General

Box 4 of 6

Lender Files (9 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Washington Print Club Member's Exhibition, October 1991-May 1992

Lender Files (33 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Frank Family Portraits, January-May 1992

Contract and General

Box 4 of 6

Lender File

Box 4 of 6

National Portrait Gallery Poster Exhibit, March-August 1992

General

Box 4 of 6

Nobel Heritage: Five Centuries of Portraiture from the Hosokawa Family, June-December 1992

Loan Agreement

Box 4 of 6

Insurance

Box 4 of 6

Indemnity

Box 4 of 6

Damage Claim

Box 4 of 6

General

Box 4 of 6

Condition Reports, crates 1, 3, 5, 7

Box 4 of 6

Condition Reports, crates 2, 4, 6

Box 4 of 6

Black and White Photos

Box 4 of 6

Arnold Newman's Americans, April-August 1992

Shipping: Meridan-Stinehour

Box 4 of 6

Possible Tour

Box 4 of 6

Tour: General

Box 4 of 6

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (January-March 1993)

Box 4 of 6

LBJ Library and Museum, Austin, Texas (April-August 1993)

Box 4 of 6

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia (October 1993-January 1994)

Box 4 of 6

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts (April-July 1994)

Box 4 of 6

Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina (January-March 1994)

Box 4 of 6

Condition Reports (2 folders)

Box 4 of 6

Box 5

Spirit of the Party: Hamilton and Jefferson at Odds, August 1992-February 1993

Lender Files (21 folders)

Box 5 of 6

In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale 1778-1860, November 1992-January 1993

Peale Travel General Information

Box 5 of 6

Lender Files (71 folders)

Box 5 of 6

American Art at the Chicago World's Fair, 1893, March-August 1993

Lender Files (42 folders)

Box 5 of 6

Box 6

Lender Files (45 folders)

Box 6 of 6

James Goode's Collection of Self-Portraits, July-December 1993

General

Box 6 of 6

James Vanderzee Photographs, October 1993-February 1994

General File

Box 6 of 6

Lender Files (19 folders)

Box 6 of 6

Presidential Portrait Gifts, December 1993-September 1994

Lender Files (12 folders)

Box 6 of 6

Gertrude Kasebier: Photographer, July-October 1994

General

Box 6 of 6