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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Little Shield
Wolf Bear
White Breast
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1910
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187 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2708
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National Anthropological Archives
Arapaho stories collected by Truman Michelson from Little Shield, Wolf Bear, White Breast, and John Goggles, who also served as translator. There are stories handwritten in Arapaho, some of which include interlinear translations in English by Goggles. There are also free English translations by Goggles and Michelson in handwritten and typed form. T...
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Haenlein, Paul, 1835-1905
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1867
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0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1206
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a letter, and a multipage description of a "Balloon Locomotive," from inventor Paul Haenlein to U. S. Minister to the Court of St. James's, Charles Francis Adams, asking him to share the balloon locomotive plans with the U. S. government. There is also a letter from Benjamin Moran (U. S. Embassy in London) to Edward Stanton, Secretary of War under the Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson presidencies, in which the letter and description were forwarded.
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Warden, Cleaver
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1928
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70 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3087
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National Anthropological Archives
Handwritten Arapaho linguistic and ethnological notes and texts from Truman Michelson's fieldwork in Concho, Oklahoma, during the summer of 1928. These notes are primarily from Michelson's work with Cleaver Warden. Max Van Horn and Mike [possibly Mack?] Haag, two Cheyenne men from Calumet, Oklahoma, may have also provided some information. Michelso...
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Jones, William, 1871-1909
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undated
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3 Notebooks
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3022
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National Anthropological Archives
These notebooks contain 36 of the 59 published stories. Volume I: pages in notebook 4-13, 14-18, A thunderer comes to the Home of a Man and Wife, pages in published text page 175. 19-26, A youth that was Fasting was killed by the Sioux, page 187. 27-29, One that had fasted overlong became a Fish, page 183. 30-33, One that fasted overlong, page 185....
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Howe, Thomas Carr, 1904-1994
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1932-1984
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4.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.howethom
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Archives of American Art
The Thomas Carr Howe papers measure 4.4 linear feet and date from 1932 to 1984. Howe was director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco for nearly 40 years, and he served as one of the Monuments Men in the Monuments, Fine Art and Archives (MFAA) Section of the U.S. Army during World War II. The collection documents Howe's MFAA work in Germany and Austria locating and recovering cultural artifacts and artwork stolen by the Nazis. There is significant correspondence with friends and colleagues, as well as fellow Monuments Men such as Samson Lane Faison, Edith Standen, and George Stout. The papers also includes reports, inventories of stolen artwork, maps, annotated photographs, a scrapbook, and photographs. The papers also document Howe's later work at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director
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1964-1969
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5.29 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (3 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 320
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the various programs carried out by Special Services; NCFA art collection material; exhibition material; lecture materials; budget; reports; staff biographies; newspaper clippings; magazine articles; radio and television material; tour information; and information on the White...
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director
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1912-1965
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28.5 cu. ft. (57 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 312
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 312 was transferred from the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) Archives to the Smithsonian Institution Archives in October 1984. The NMAA Archives, which was created in January 1975, and located in the Fine Arts and Portrait Gallery Building, came under the daily administration of the NMAA, with technical supervision and ...
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director
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1892-1960
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22 cu. ft. (44 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 311
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration of William Henry Holmes, first Curator of the National Gallery of Art (NGA), 1907-1920, and Director of the Gallery, 1920-1932. To a lesser extent, it also documents the administration of Ruel P. Tolman, Acting Director of NGA, 1932-1937, and the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA), 1937-1946, ...
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Danieli, Fidel
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1962-1987
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8.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.danifide
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Los Angeles art critic and writer, art historian, professor, collector, and artist Fidel Danieli (1938-1988) measure 8.4 linear feet and date from 1962 to 1987. Found within the papers are writing and research files, and 108 sound recordings of interviews with or about 45 Los Angeles artists conducted by Danieli in 1974-1975 for the U.C.L.A. oral history project "L.A. Community Artists." There are also sound recordings of art performances and art talks, and printed materials, including numerous exhibition announcements.
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Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007
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circa 1900-2004
bulk 1930-1995
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4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.smithass
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Southern California painter and instructor Hassel Smith measure 4 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 2004 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1930-1995. Found within the papers are correspondence, a transcript of an interview conducted by Jan Butterfield in the 1980s, personal business files, teaching files, writings by Smith and others, sketches, printed materials, and photographs of Smith, his family and friends, and his artwork. There are audio recordings of a lecture series organized by Smith and of reviews of Smith's work. Correspondents include Paule Anglim, Elmer Bischoff, Andre Emmerich, Clyfford Still, Wayne Thiebaud, and many others.