Breck Girls Collection
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Williams, Ralph William
Breck Company.
Dial Corporation.
American Cyanamid Company
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circa 1936-1995
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6.5 Cubic feet (15 boxes, 188 pieces of original artwork)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0651
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the development and evolution of the Breck Girl, a highly successful and long-lived advertising campaign whose hallmark was its vision of idealized American womanhood through correspondence, photographs, paintings, and print advertisements.
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Feinblum, Sandi
Fauci, Anthony S.
Fera, Joe
Feldblum, Chai R.
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1901-2008
bulk 1995-1999
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10 Cubic feet (31 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1128
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John-Manuel Andriote interviewed numerous individuals involved in the AIDS crisis for his book, Victory Deferred: how AIDS changed gay life in America, this collection contains his interview tapes, transcripts, and materials related to the research and writing of his book.
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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circa 1847-1989
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36 Cubic feet (84 boxes, 16 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0069
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original documents and papers generated by William J. Hammer and by various companies and individuals with whom he was associated. Includes material related to the research and inventions of Edison, Bell, Tesla, the Curies, etc.
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1863–1872
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111 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M1905
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 111 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M1905. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the staff officers of the Assistant Commissioner and the subordinate field offices of the Louisiana headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1872. These records consist of bound volumes and unbound records containing materials that include letters sent and received, monthly reports, registers of complaints, labor contracts, and other records relating to freedmen's claims and bounty payments.
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Henri Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
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circa early 1900s
1940-1996
bulk 1957-1995
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55.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.henrgall
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Archives of American Art
The records of Henri Gallery, a Washington, D.C. gallery that showed painters from the Washington Color School and emerging artists, measure 55.4 linear feet and date from circa early 1900s, 1940 to 1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1957 to 1995. The gallery's relationship with artists and clients, exhibitions, sales, and other business is documented in alphabetical files containing a wide variety of materials, including correspondence, sales records, printed materials, photographs, slides, and motion picture film. Additional correspondence, newspaper clippings, 114 exhibition posters, scattered drawings, illustrated cards, and photographic materials are also found in the collection.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 25-July 6, 2014
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2014
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Ankrum Gallery
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circa 1900-circa 1990s
bulk 1960-1990
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41.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ankrgall
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Archives of American Art
The Ankrum Gallery records measure 41.5 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to circa 1990s, with the bulk of the records dating from 1960 to 1990. The papers include over 395 artists files, general gallery correspondence, project files, administrative records, exhibition files, collector and client files, financial material, printed material, 1 unbound scrapbook, and photographs. Also included are personal papers of gallery founder Joan Ankrum and her nephew, artist Morris Broderson.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 27-July 8, 1990
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1990
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 27-July 8, 1984
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1984
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Camuzzi, M.
Harris & Ewing
Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956
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circa 1850-1997
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25.54 Linear feet (46 boxes; 3 cabinet drawers)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-016
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives