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Digitized Content Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
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Creators:
National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
Dates:
circa 1880-circa 1970
Size:
10 Cubic feet (29 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0200
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection consists of postcards gathered by Dr. Victor A. Blenkle, a twentieth century physician. The postcards primarily concern geographical locations and landmarks in the United States and Western Europe, but also include materials from six other continents.

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Digitized Content Charles Richardson Pratt Papers
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Creators:
Pratt, Charles Richardson, 1860-1935
Dates:
1860-1935
bulk 1910-1924
Size:
6 Cubic feet (13 boxes, 8 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0958
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The papers document the professional career of mechanical engineer, Charles Richardson Pratt. The papers include correspondence, patents, patent application materials, agreements, photographs, publications, and blueprints for many of Pratt's inventions, especially his work on elevators.

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Paul Edward Garber Oral History Interviews
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Creators:
Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992, interviewee
Dates:
1974
Size:
8 audiotapes (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9592
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...

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Digitized Content Photoprints
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Dates:
cicra 1880-1989
Level:
subseries
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0320
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The PHOTOPRINTS, ca. 1880 1989, document Pratt, Read's factory sites, its connection with the African ivory trade, its employees, and its manufacturing procedures. While the majority of these photoprints are the originals assembled for Pratt Read's Ivory Museum, several are reproductions made from original photographs and negatives made available ...

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Digitized Content Washington -- Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
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Creators:
Ripley, Mary Livingston.
Jacobsen, Hugh Newell
Draper, Janet.
Folger, Kathrine Dulin.
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Level:
file
Collection ID:
AAG.SGI
Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
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Digitized Content Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bridges
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Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
1818-1941
Size:
1 Cubic foot (consisting of 2 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Bridges
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Bridges forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

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Digitized Content Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Clothing
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Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
circa 1833-1944
Size:
0.59 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 4 folders, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material. )
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Clothing
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Clothing forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

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Digitized Content Marcia Tucker papers
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Creators:
Tucker, Marcia
Dates:
1973-1994
Size:
2.4 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.tuckmarc
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of curator and museum director Marcia Tucker measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1973-1994. The collection documents Tucker's tenure as the Director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York through artists' files, correspondence, project files, printed material, and photographs. The papers also reflect Tucker's activities as an advocate for women in the arts.

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Carol H. Krinsky papers
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Creators:
Krinsky, Carol Herselle
Dates:
1964-2004
Size:
2.92 Linear feet ((7 boxes))
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.008
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

These papers consist of research materials collected and used by Professor Carol Herselle Krinsky for her book Contemporary Native American Architecture: Cultural Regeneration and Creativity.

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Percy B. Eckhart films
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Creators:
Eckhart, Percy B. (Percy Bernard), 1877-1969
Dates:
1925-1954
Size:
23 Film reels (14,300 feet, 16mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.2017.05
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Percy B. Eckhart was a lawyer, a prolific oil painter, and a supporter of the arts. Most of the film footage in this collection is of travel, but there is also film footage of his family, and of a fiction film.

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