SI Records
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 95-164, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of the Registrar, Exhibition Records
This accession consists of the files created by the Office of the Registrar in the course of their work on fifteen exhibitions shown between 1982 and 1991, including
The files include information about the transport of objects, such as insurance documents and bills of lading; facilities and condition reports and photographs; object checklists and photographs; documentation of security arrangements; and information on the development of the catalogue.
The bulk of the records consist of lender files containing loan agreements, memoranda, object photographs, and correspondence between the museum and the lender.
Box 6 restricted indefinitely; see finding aid; Transferring office; Contact reference staff for details.
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.