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Smithsonian Institution
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2018
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-215
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the GitHub account of the Smithsonian Institution as it existed on July 11, 2018. The account provides a space to share open-source technologies developed in-house. This accession consists of informational pages but may not include all of the downloadable software. Materials are in electronic format.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Museums, Education, and Research/Provost
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2018
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-217
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "Provenance in the World War II Era, 1933-1945" website as it existed on August 22, 2018. The website both provides and seeks information about World War II era collections. It provides access to searchable databases as well as resources about cultural property provenance research. The crawl was performed shortly...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Communications and External Affairs
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2009-2018
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-214
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "The Torch," a blog maintained by the Office of Communications and External Affairs for staff, volunteers, and the entire Smithsonian Community. The blog was crawled on February 27, 2018, shortly after it was redesigned. It launched in April 2009. Materials are in electronic format.
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James McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903
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1863-1906, circa 1940
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.whisjame2
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Archives of American Art
The collection measures 0.2 linear feet and provides scattered documentation of the career of American-born British-based painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) through 39 items from Whistler to various recipients, including 25 letters, 9 telegraphs, 3 invitations, one thank you card and a postcard. The collection also contains 4 letters from others, 7 catalogs of Whistler exhibitions, a note from the back of Whistler's painting The Beach at Selsey Bill, and a 1906 copy of Wilde v. Whistler: being an acromonious correspondence on art between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler, a pamphlet containing letters originally published in London newspapers between 1885 and 1890.
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West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
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1771-circa 1879
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0.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.westbenj
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Archives of American Art
This collection measures 0.3 linear feet and consists of 19 items dated 1771-circa 1879, relating to expatriate painter Benjamin West. West, who settled in London and was renowned for his portraits and his paintings of historical events, was the first internationally known American painter. The collection provides scattered documentation of West's activities including during the time of his appointment as historical painter to King George III, and contains letters from West, artwork including 2 engravings of the artist, 2 pages of West's accounts, and a ticket to a lecture at the Royal Academy of Art.
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
Gay Officers Action League. GOAL
Becker, John M.
Gay Officers Action League. GOAL
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1825-2020, undated
bulk 1960-2019
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60 Cubic feet (181 boxes, 20 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1146
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains a variety of periodicals, photographs, correspondence, business and advertising ephemera (corporate and non-profit, personal), organizational records and ephemera, created by, for, and in reaction to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community.
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Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988
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1914-1983
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2.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bishisab
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Archives of American Art
The papers of realist painter Isabel Bishop date from 1914 to 1983 and measure 2.6 linear feet. The collection documents Bishop's painting career, her friendship with other artists, and her participation in several arts organizations. There are scattered biographical documents, correspondence with fellow artists such as Peggy Bacon, Warren Chappell, Edward Laning, and R. B. Kitaj, and with writers, curators, museums, galleries, arts organizations, and others. Also found are arts organization files, Bishop's writings about Warren Chappell and friend Reginald Marsh, notes, exhibition catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material, photographs of Bishop and her artwork, and photographs of Reginald and Felicia Marsh. Original artwork includes 8 sketchbooks, loose sketches, prints, and watercolor figure studies.
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Allen, George A.
Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908
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March 28, 1892
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3 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7036
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National Anthropological Archives
Describes the construction of sweat houses, with sketches.
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Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Asch, Patsy
Wood, Richard Carver
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1935-1978, undated
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2 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0964
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs taken by Wood including persons prominent in the New York City social, literary, and theatrical fields. Other subjects include architecture, landscapes, still life, dunes, military, and theater in the United States and other countries.
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Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-
Catano, Eduardo
Barr, A.
Helguera, Jesus de
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circa 1938-1998
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8 Items (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0660
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Eight poster-sized pieces of calendar art, reproductions of paintings by artists Jesus de Helguera, Eduardo Catano, and A. Barr. Several show the signature of Helguera in the painting, and the signatures of Catano and Barr are seen in two other items; no signatures can be found in others. Several include the printer or publisher credit, Galas de ...