National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions Search this
Extent:
29.5 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Brochures
Clippings
Pamphlets
Posters
Floor plans
Drawings
Ephemera
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1974-1999
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records of general exhibition (show) files documenting the planning and execution of exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery. Materials
include proposals, budgets, label copy, scripts, production schedules, drawings, floor plans, memoranda, correspondence, catalogs, publicity materials, bibliographies, financial
records, checklists, research materials, permissions, installation information, lender files, pamphlets, and brochures. This collection also includes three oversize folders
of exhibition posters (179 posters - two of each poster except where noted on list). See the end of the finding aid for a listing of oversized materials.
Restrictions:
Boxes 2-4, 6-8, 10, 12-15, 17, 19-23, 25, 27 and 30 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; 3/3/1999 memorandum, Lee to Cox; Contact reference staff for details.
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions Search this
Extent:
1.2 cu. ft. (8 3x5 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color transparencies
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
circa 1966-1994
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of photographic materials of non-Smithsonian Institution objects loaned by institutions and private owners for National Portrait Gallery (NPG)
exhibitions. Materials include color transparencies and black and white negatives. The images relate to exhibition records in found in Accessions 87-156, 91-030, 91-093, 93-008,
93-051, and 95-158; and Record Unit 361.
