Object Details
Summary
This show featured 36 portraits--27 oil paintings and 9 color photo reproductions--selected from the Harmon Foundation collection, from the National Portrait Gallery, as well as biographical information and memorabilia. Likenesses of blacks who made significant contributions in the fields of civil rights, law, education, medicine, the military, and the arts are on display. Included are Marian Anderson, Joe Lewis, W.E.B. DuBois, Thurgood Marshall, George Washington Carver, Charles Drew, William Ayres Campbell, and Richard Barthe. It was exhibited at the Anacostia Neigborhood Museum from April 17, 1983 to August 21, 1983.
Scope and Contents note
These records document the planning, organizing and execution of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, exhibit scripts, administrative records, and artists files.
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Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Names
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Topic
Museum exhibits
Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin exhibition records
Extent
0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
Date
1983
Archival Repository
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Identifier
ACMA.03-002
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Research
Exhibit scripts
Correspondence
Exhibition records
Citation
Portraits in Black: Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Genre/Form
Photographic prints
Research
Exhibit scripts
Correspondence
Exhibition records -- 1967-1989
Restrictions
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
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Record ID
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