Overview of the Collection
Smithsonian Institution Archives,
Washington, D.C.,
osiaref@si.edu
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
SI Records
Exhibition Records
circa 1977-1990
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Accession 91-030
English
Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 91-030, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of Exhibitions, Exhibition Records
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that pertain to the Facing the Lights: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes exhibition. Materials Include loan agreements
with individuals, historical societies, university archives/libraries, and outside museums; lists of incoming loans, which register name of lender and transportation arrangements
for objects; travel vouchers; lender sheets; photocopies of articles; correspondence and memoranda; exhibition scripts; photographs (mostly 8 x 10, black and white) of historic
personages, permission forms to reproduce prints from originals, typeset labels to be photographed, and photo orders; notes; and lists of famous quotations (to the exhibit
photographs). Additional materials can be found in Accession 99-094.
Access Restriction
Boxes 1-2 contains materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Name
Facing the Light: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes (Exhibition) (1978: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
Art museums
Museum exhibits
Photography
Portraits, American
Daguerreotype
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Brochures
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Box 1
Box 1 of 2
Dbase Printout
Box 1 of 2
General File (2 folders)
Box 1 of 2
Lender Sheets
Box 1 of 2
Exhibition Script
Box 1 of 2
Brochure
Box 1 of 2
Catalogues Sent
Box 1 of 2
Typeset Labels
Box 1 of 2
Prep Room Log
Box 1 of 2
Permission to Reproduce Forms
Box 1 of 2
Publicity Photo Orders
Box 1 of 2
Catalog Illustrations
Box 1 of 2
Quotes
Box 1 of 2
Record Photo Orders and Catalog Photo Orders
Box 1 of 2
Catalog Copy
Box 1 of 2
Sound Tape Correspondence, Notes
Alphabetical File, by Lender
Box 1 of 2
American Antiquarian Society
Box 1 of 2
Amherst College
Box 1 of 2
Boston Athenaeum
Box 1 of 2
Boston Public Library
Box 1 of 2
Chicago Historical Society
Box 1 of 2
Lender Files (2 folders) [PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED]
Box 1 of 2
Dartmouth College Library
Box 1 of 2
Lender File - PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED
Box 1 of 2
Harvard University Archives
Box 1 of 2
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Box 1 of 2
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Box 1 of 2
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House
Box 1 of 2
Library of Congress
Box 1 of 2
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Box 1 of 2
Mcloughlin House
Box 1 of 2
Missouri Historical Society
Box 1 of 2
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Box 1 of 2
Museum of Modern Art
Box 1 of 2
Museum of the Confederacy
Box 1 of 2
NMHT (Now NMAH) Loan from Bartlett, Mrs. Margaret Johnson
Box 1 of 2
National Portrait Gallery
Box 2
Box 2 of 2
New Hampshire Historical Society
Box 2 of 2
New York Historical Society
Box 2 of 2
New York Public Library
Box 2 of 2
Oakland Museum
Box 2 of 2
Oregon Historical Society
Box 2 of 2
Lender File - PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED
Box 2 of 2
Polk Memorial Auxiliary
Box 2 of 2
Lender File - PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED
Box 2 of 2
Rutherford B. Hayes Library and Museum
Box 2 of 2
Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Box 2 of 2
Society of Preservation of New England Antiquities
Box 2 of 2
Southern Oregon Historical Society
Box 2 of 2
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University
Box 2 of 2
Stowe Day Foundation
Box 2 of 2
University of California Library
Box 2 of 2
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Library
Box 2 of 2
Lender File - PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED
Box 2 of 2
Walt Whitman House
Box 2 of 2
Wichita State University Library
Box 2 of 2
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Box 2 of 2
Lender Files [PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED]