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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1865-1939
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105 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S26
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 26 contains materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards collecting in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 14: Calendar, Time, and Weather
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1811-1980
undated
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17 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S14
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 14, Calendar, Time, and Weather contains approximately 1,800 pieces of sheet music, documenting attitudes toward and consequences of natural events. The four seasons comprise the larger part. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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undated
1812-1978
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49 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S18
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 18, Dance contains approximately 3,330 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards dance in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Federico, P. J.
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1789-1841.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0298
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two notebooks: One is marked "Patent Office" and contains materials 1789-1841, relating to the Patent Office's early years and copies of official reports to the Congress. The second notebook is marked "Elliot" and consists mainly of the Elliot controversies.
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Ryan, Francis Carroll (elementary school student)
Herosian, Rocky (former NMAH guard)
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1910-1943
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0295
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes pictorial greeting cards for Christmas, Valentine's Day, etc., and picture post cards, some with written messages; and grade school report cards, health reports, perfect attendance certificates, a Routt College High School commencement program (1937), and other school documents. Most of the material relates to or is addressed to Francis Ca...
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Hittinger, Joseph J.
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1921-1923
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0288
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Five letters from Joseph J. Hittinger, Eugene, Oregon to a friend named Belote indicate that Belote was a staff member of the National Museum in Washington, D.C. and that the two men have mutual professional and personal friends. The letters, to which no replies are available, include professional gossip, numerous references to Mr. Hittinger's inte...
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St. Felix Sisters
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1880-1904
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0294
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This scrapbook contains newspaper reviews & theatre programs in which the St. Felix Sisters are named, and which covers the period from April, 1880 to November, 1898. The scrapbook also contains a newspaper article on the death of President Garfield, and article about Greenwood Cemetery where many "stage artists" were buried in the public lots, an...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1945-1959
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10.3 Cubic feet (Includes 31 vertical boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0290
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of over 2,516 items, housed in 31 document boxes. The material is arranged into chronological order and covers the project dates of l945- l959. The items were originally classified Secret, Confidential, and Unclassified. The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1, Summary Reports; Series 2, Bi-weekly Reports; Se...
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Mooney, Philip F.
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ca. 1920's
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 vertical box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0284
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents photoprints of large road-side billboards advertising products and services ranging from radios to a health sanitarium to house paints.
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Moglie, Albert F., 1890-1988
Moglie, Loretta
Harris & Ewing
Mishkin
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1916-1987
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1 Cubic foot (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0283
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The largest number of items in the collection are publicity portrait photoprints, autographed by the subjects and presented to Albert Moglie; obviously they were professional musicians for whom Moglie did repair and restoration work. Most of the musicians are violinists, such as Fritz Kreisler and Rubinoff, although cellists, including Pablo Casal...
