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National Portrait Gallery, Dept. of Design and Production
- Dates:
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1989-1992
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3.43 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-093
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of files from the Department of Design and Production, National Portrait Gallery (NPG). Included are correspondence between the NPG curatorial staff and other Smithsonian bureaus and offices. There is also correspondence between the NPG staff and other external art museums, including individual artists and art experts ...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum. Office of Design and Production
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1996-2000
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-019
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the design, fabrication and installation of exhibitions at the Renwick Gallery which is part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, formerly known as the National Museum of American Art. Exhibitions include Glass! Glorious Glass!; Shaker: Furnishings for the Simple Life; and USA Clay. Materi...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
- Dates:
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1977-1992
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42 cu. ft. (42 record storage boxes) (6 drawers oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-138
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession documents in-house projects of the Office of Design and Construction for various Smithsonian buildings. Documentation includes blueprints and architectural drawings, specifications, correspondence with contractors, and work progress reports. Museums and buildings documented in this collection include: Arts and Industries Buildin...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Exhibitions
- Dates:
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1969-1992
- Size:
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25 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 531
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the conceptualization, development, design, and execution of several exhibitions held by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum from 1973 through 1992, and of exhibitions rejected or cancelled by the museum. Exhibition files include proposals; research files; correspondence with object lenders, scholars, and exhibition designers; ...
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National Portrait Gallery, Dept. of Design and Production
- Dates:
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circa 1977-1988
- Size:
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4.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 552
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records consist of departmental correspondence; memoranda; manuscripts; exhibition layouts, gallery floor plans, and blueprints of interior spaces; drawing notes and sketches; lighting designs; production schedules; exhibition project submittals; photographs, slides, and negatives; exhibition catalogs; and newspaper clippings. The rec...
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Samuel P. Langley Collection
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Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906
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1891-1914
bulk 1891-1900
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24.28 Cubic feet (64 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0494
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes information about Samuel P. Langley and his colleagues, as well as documentation of Langley's work. The collection includes biographies of Langley and his assistant Charles Manly, newspaper clippings, correspondence, manuscripts regarding Langley's aircraft, photographs and drawings, work requisitions for the Aerodromes, a sketchbook, specifications and measurements for Langley's experiments, the Langley Memoirs on Mechanical Flight and the Langley "Waste Books."
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Nelson, Scott
Bobcat Company
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1940s-2009
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24 Film reels
56 Cubic feet (128 boxes, 8 oversized folders)
10 electronic discs (cd)
5 electronic discs (dvd)
14 videocassettes (betacamsp)
38 videocassettes (u-matic)
9 videocassettes (vhs)
1 videocassettes (digital betacam)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Bobcat Company Records document a post-war invention process and American manufacturing system through the case study of a dynamic machine, the Bobcat skid-steer loader. The records focus primarily on Bobcat's products, marketing, and advertising through product literature, photographs, advertisements, posters, newsletters, and audiovisual materials.
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Freer Gallery of Art. Superintendent of Construction
- Dates:
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1917-1927
- Size:
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-033
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accessions consists of records created and maintained by John Bundy, Superintendent, 1921-1939, documenting ideas, designs, and finishing touches and presenting information on available products. Materials include correspondence, notes, sketches, and advertisements.
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Fellows Gear Shaper Co., Springfield, Vermont
Regency Savings Bank (Houston, Texas)
- Dates:
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1896-1999
bulk 1915-1970
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31 Cubic feet (62 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0856
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document primarily the financial aspects of the Fellows Gear Shaper Company and consist of meticulously maintained journals and ledger books. Fellows Gear Shaper Company was a leader and dominant figure in the manufacturing of precision gear production, gear cutting tools, and optical inspection machines in the first half of the 20th century. The company's contribution to the industry enabled the manufacture of gears for textile, automobiles, factory machinery, and other industries.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
- Dates:
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1986-1987
- Size:
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32.48 cu. ft. (25 record storage boxes) (17 blueprint storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-068
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession documents various Office of Design and Construction projects. Materials include blueprints and specifications. Buildings and museums documented in this collection include: Quadrangle Building, the National Mall, National Museum of American History (formerly National Museum of History and Technology), Conservation Analytical ...