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Creator::
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Director  Search this
Extent:
38 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Floor plans
Exhibition catalogs
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Illustrations
Manuscripts
Color transparencies
Date:
1937-1990
Descriptive Entry:
The first NPG director, Charles Nagel, was appointed in 1964. Most of the records document the director's efforts to initiate programs to fulfil the second mission of the Gallery: to provide a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. To achieve this objective, Charles Nagel established the Catalogue of American Portraits and the Charles Willson Peale Papers. During his tenure, Nagel acquired additional small collections such as a few Andrew Mellon portraits and transfers from the National Museum of History and Technology and the National Collection of Fine Arts. Also, the records document NPG's move from the Arts and Industries Building in 1967 to its present quarters in the Old Patent Office Building.

Records for the tenures of Marvin Sadik and Alan M. Fern mostly document major programmatic innovations, such as the Living Self-Portrait and Portrait in Motion series, that resulted in colloquia. The records also document special exhibition schedules, the donation in 1974 by Paul Mellon of 761 engraved portraits by C. B. J. F. de Saint-Memin, the donation by Time Incorporated of 850 pieces of art used on Time magazine covers, and 5,419 glass negatives from the Mathew Brady Studio, which were acquired in 1981 from the Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.

Included in the records are internal correspondence between the directors and NPG staff; correspondence with other Smithsonian bureaus as well as with other local, national, and international art institutions and artists; and numerous public inquiries about artists, works of art, exhibitions, donations of art, and bequests. These records also include color and black and white photographs, color slides, exhibition designs, exhibition materials such as catalogues, installation photographs, check lists, names and addresses of financial and art donors, shipping and loan forms, insurance forms, reports concerning the security of the collections and the Gallery, and condition reports that mostly document loan exhibitions and some new acquisitions. There are also minutes from various committee meetings within and outside NPG.
Historical Note:
These records document the administrations of three directors of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) - Charles Nagel, 1964-1969; Marvin Sadik, 1969-1981; and Alan M. Fern, 1982-2000.

The records document the history and routine operations of the NPG since 1937 when the National Gallery of Art Commission was the designated official body to accept donations of portraits for the Gallery's future opening. The United States Congress officially established the National Portrait Gallery in 1962 as a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution, "a free and public museum for the exhibition and study of portraiture and statuary depicting men and women who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the people of the United States, and of the artists who created such portraiture and statuary."

The Smithsonian Board of Regents appointed the first NPG Commission in 1963, which elected John Nicholas Brown as its chairman. The Commission's two main objectives for the NPG were based on its congressional mandate: the acquisition and exhibition of portraits and statuary of people who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the United States; and the establishment of the Gallery as a research center for American biography, iconography, and history. Before the appointment of the Gallery's first director in 1964, the Commission established guidelines for accepting portraits, among which were the best likeness possible; original portraits from life, if possible; exhibitions of the United States presidents and first ladies as well as permanent collection portraits of subjects who have been dead for at least ten years.
Restrictions:
Boxes 15 and 30 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid. Contact reference staff for details.
Topic:
Museums -- Administration  Search this
Art museum directors  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Museums -- Acquisitions  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Museums -- Public relations  Search this
Genre/Form:
Floor plans
Exhibition catalogs
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Illustrations
Manuscripts
Color transparencies
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 426, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of the Director, Records
Identifier:
Record Unit 426
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Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0426

Museum management and marketing / edited by Richard Sandell and Robert R. Janes

Author:
Sandell, Richard 1967-  Search this
Janes, Robert R  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 420 p. : ill ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
Topic:
Museums--Management  Search this
Museums--Marketing  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_838565

Museum philosophy for the twenty-first century / edited by Hugh H. Genoways

Author:
Genoways, Hugh H  Search this
Physical description:
x, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2006
C2006
Topic:
Museums--Philosophy  Search this
Museums--Historiography  Search this
Museums--Management  Search this
Museum techniques--Historiography  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_799585

The archive / edited by Charles Merewether

Author:
Merewether, Charles  Search this
Physical description:
207 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2006
Topic:
Archives  Search this
Art archives  Search this
Archival resources  Search this
Museums--Collection management  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_827049

Agency history, 1965-

Creator:
Smithsonian Associates Office of the Director  Search this
Subject:
Potter, Mary Grace  Search this
Solinger, Janet W  Search this
Taylor, Lisa 1933-1991  Search this
Mayor, Mara  Search this
Lindsay, G. Carroll  Search this
Mason, Robert W  Search this
Hamilton, Susan A  Search this
Angle, Robert H  Search this
Austin, Jacqueline  Search this
Jameson, John F  Search this
Carper, Joseph  Search this
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Tuceling, Barbara  Search this
Adelman, Frederica R  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1965
1965-
Topic:
Associations, institutions, etc--Membership  Search this
Museums--Educational aspects  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00213
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_221306

Agency history, 1979-

Creator:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.) Office of the Director  Search this
Subject:
Robbins, Warren M  Search this
Williams, Sylvia H  Search this
Walker, Roslyn A  Search this
Reinhardt, John E  Search this
Fiske, Patricia L  Search this
Patton, Sharon F  Search this
Kreamer, Christine Mullen  Search this
Cole, Johnnetta B  Search this
Casely-Hayford, Gus  Search this
Mack, Deborah L (Deborah Lynn) 1952-  Search this
Blankenberg, Ngaire  Search this
Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of African Art (U.S.) Founding Director Emeritus  Search this
National Museum of African Art (U.S.) Acting Director  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1979
1979-
Topic:
Art museums  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Museum directors  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00362
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_234939

The Papers of Joseph Henry: January 1858-December 1865, The Smithsonian Years

Author:
Rothenberg, Marc 1949-  Search this
Millikan, Frank R  Search this
Jeffries, Deborah Y  Search this
Dorman, Kathleen W  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867  Search this
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp  Search this
Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865  Search this
Henry, Harriet A. 1808-1882  Search this
Henry, William Alexander 1831-1862  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
United States Congress  Search this
United States Navy  Search this
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)  Search this
Dudley Observatory  Search this
Edition:
Volume 10
Physical description:
Number of pages: 670; Page numbers: i-lvii; 1-613
Date:
2004
Topic:
National Collections  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Controversies  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
SI, Early History  Search this
United States Congress, Relations with SI  Search this
Letters  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Museum publications  Search this
Major Events in Smithsonian History  Search this
Publisher:
Sagamore Beach, MA: The Smithsonian Institution and Science History Publications/USA
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12392

Joseph Henry and Salmon Portland Chase's Letter to the Congress of the United States (May 1, 1868)

Author:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Chase, Salmon Portland  Search this
Rhees, William Jones 1830-1907  Search this
Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this
Subject:
United States Congress  Search this
Supreme Court  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
National Collections  Search this
Regents Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
Chief Justice of the United States  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 5 ; Color: Color ; Size: 7 3/4w x 12 1/4h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Date:
May 1, 1868
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Judges  Search this
Management--Museums  Search this
Letters  Search this
Clerks  Search this
Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2012-3566 and SIA2012-3567 and SIA2012-3568 and SIA2012-3569 and SIA2012-3570
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13141
Online Media:

Museums, Monuments, and National Parks: Toward a New Genealogy of Public History

Author:
Meringolo, Denise D. 1968-  Search this
Subject:
United States. National Park Service  Search this
Smithsonian Institution General History  Search this
Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service  Search this
Edition:
First
Physical description:
Number of pages: 265; Page numbers: 1-265
Date:
2012
Topic:
Antiquities: Law and legislation: United States  Search this
Ethnologists  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Professions  Search this
Public history  Search this
Museum techniques  Search this
Publisher:
Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13659

A Well-Watched War: Images from the Russo-Japanese Front, 1904-1905

Subject:
Ulak, James T  Search this
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this
A Well-Watched War: Images from the Russ-Japanese Front, 1904-1905 (Exhibition) (2000: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery)  Search this
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Japan
Russia
Manchuria (China)
Korea
Date:
June 11, 2000
Topic:
Art museums  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905  Search this
Journalism  Search this
Graphic arts  Search this
Photographs  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_14385

An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes

Author:
51st Congress, Sess. 2, 1891  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Astrophysical Observatory  Search this
Capron Collection of Japanese Works of Art  Search this
National Zoological Park (U.S.)  Search this
United States Fish Commission  Search this
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this
United States Dept. of the Treasury  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology  Search this
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 5; Page Numbers: 948, 963, 965-66, 988
Type:
Public Law
Place:
North America
Date:
1891
03/03/1891
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Animals  Search this
Annual Reports  Search this
Expenditures, Public  Search this
Art, Japanese  Search this
Astronomy  Search this
Astrophysics  Search this
Boilers  Search this
Bridges  Search this
Buildings--Repair and reconstruction  Search this
Electricity  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Floors  Search this
Grounds maintenance  Search this
Heating  Search this
International exchanges  Search this
Lighting  Search this
Museum labels  Search this
Museums--Furniture, equipment, etc  Search this
Officials and employees--Salaries  Search this
Postage stamps  Search this
Postcard  Search this
Preservation of materials  Search this
Roads  Search this
Sewerage  Search this
Sidewalks  Search this
Telegraph  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Water-supply  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_4265

Agency history, 1891-2019

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this
Uniform title:
Guide to the Smithsonian Archives (Monograph : 1996)  Search this
Guide to the Smithsonian Archives (Monograph : 1978)  Search this
Guide to the Smithsonian Archives (Monograph : 1983)  Search this
Subject:
Suratt, Samuel T  Search this
Lytle, Richard H  Search this
Deiss, William A  Search this
Moss, William W. 1935-  Search this
Reingold, Nathan 1927-  Search this
Henson, Pamela M  Search this
Jameson, John F  Search this
Hedlin, Ethel W  Search this
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Soapes, Thomas F  Search this
Van Camp, Anne  Search this
Peters, Tammy L  Search this
Miller, Scott E (Scott Everett)  Search this
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Rhees, William Jones 1830-1907  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of the Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of the Smithsonian Institution Archives Archives Division  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of the Smithsonian Institution Archives Institutional History Division  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of the Smithsonian Institution Archives National Collections Program  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Archives Archives Division  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Archives Technical Services Division  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Institutional History Division  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Archives National Collections Program  Search this
Joseph Henry Papers Project  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Archives Collections Care Division  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Archives Electronic Records Program  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Archives Digital Services Division  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Smithsonian Videohistory Program  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Chief Clerk  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Keeper of the Archives  Search this
Smithsonian Center for Archives Conservation  Search this
Capital Gallery Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Photographic Services  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Photographic Services  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Photography Initiative  Search this
Smithsonian Photography Initiative  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1891
1891-2019
Topic:
Museum archives  Search this
Archives--Collection management  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Archives--Acquisitions  Search this
Archives--Administration  Search this
Archives--Processing  Search this
Archives--Reference services  Search this
Archives and education  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Records--Management  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00381
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_235470

The Papers of Joseph Henry: January 1866-May 1878, The Smithsonian Years

Author:
Rothenberg, Marc 1949-  Search this
Millikan, Frank R  Search this
Jeffries, Deborah Y  Search this
Dorman, Kathleen W  Search this
Shoenfeld, Sarah  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this
Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
United States Congress  Search this
United States Navy  Search this
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)  Search this
United States Light House Board  Search this
Corcoran Gallery of Art Early History  Search this
United States Coast Survey  Search this
Library of Congress Relations with the Smithsonian  Search this
Philosophical Society of Washington  Search this
Meteorological Project  Search this
United States Army Signal Corps  Search this
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Edition:
Volume 11
Physical description:
Number of pages: 792; Page numbers: i-lxvi; 1-726
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2007
Topic:
National Collections  Search this
Scientists  Search this
Controversies  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
SI, Early History  Search this
United States Congress, Relations with SI  Search this
Letters  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Museum publications  Search this
Major Events in Smithsonian History  Search this
Publisher:
Sagamore Beach, MA: The Smithsonian Institution and Science History Publications/USA
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12395

Stebich Becomes SAAM Director

Subject:
Broun, Elizabeth  Search this
Stebich, Stephanie A  Search this
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
April 3, 2017
Topic:
Museum directors  Search this
Art History--American  Search this
Art historians  Search this
Appointments  Search this
Women  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_14666

Arctic Studies Center Opens

Subject:
Anchorage Museum of History and Art  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Arctic Studies Center  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Date:
April 1994
Topic:
Arctic regions--Research  Search this
Cooperation  Search this
Firsts  Search this
Museum techniques  Search this
Research  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_2236

Agency history, 1966-

Creator:
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Subject:
Kinard, John 1936-1989  Search this
Newsome, Steven C. 1952-2012  Search this
Akeju, Camille Giraud  Search this
Yarrish, Lori D  Search this
Sasaki, Lisa  Search this
Adams, Melanie A 1969-  Search this
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Blitzer, Charles  Search this
Warner, William W  Search this
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this
Anacostia Museum  Search this
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Place:
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1966
1966-
Topic:
African American museums  Search this
Historical museums  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00014
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_217775

Agency history, 1971-

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Office of Visitor Services  Search this
Subject:
Potter, Mary Grace  Search this
Ridgley, Katherine Neill  Search this
Wheeler, Sherri  Search this
Smithsonian National Associates Program  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Associates' Reception Center  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1971
1971-
Topic:
Museums--Administration  Search this
Museum visitors  Search this
Volunteer workers in museums  Search this
Museum outreach programs  Search this
Museum visitors--Services for  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00346
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_229093

The secret museum / Molly Oldfield

Author:
Oldfield, Molly  Search this
Physical description:
351 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2013
Topic:
Museum exhibits  Search this
Curiosities and wonders  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1035631

A Scientist in American Life: Essays and Lectures of Joseph Henry

Author:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Editor:
Molella, Arthur P  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Priestly, Joseph  Search this
American Museum of Natural History  Search this
American Association for the Advancement of Science  Search this
Metropolitan Mechanics' Institute  Search this
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)  Search this
Date:
1980
Topic:
Architecture  Search this
Bibliography  Search this
Crystal Palace Exhibition  Search this
Education  Search this
Geology  Search this
Museums  Search this
Philosophy  Search this
Philosophy of Science  Search this
Museum publications  Search this
Religion  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
SI, Early History  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Institution Press
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_3205

Agency history, 1968-

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs  Search this
Uniform title:
The Torch (Serial)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Research Reports (Serial)  Search this
Blue Bulletin (Serial)  Search this
Subject:
Jacobs, Madeleine  Search this
Johnson, Meredith  Search this
Larsen, Carl W  Search this
Lindsay, G. Carroll  Search this
Morris, James R  Search this
Philips, Frederic M  Search this
Rosenfeld, Alvin  Search this
St. Thomas, Linda  Search this
Umansky, David J  Search this
Lieberman, Evelyn S. 1944-2015  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Information  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Museum Service  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of Information  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1968
1968-
Topic:
Museums--Public relations  Search this
Museums--Press coverage  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00202
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_221293

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