Division of Cultural History Judaica Collection
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Cohen, Henry, Reverand
Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
Harris, Michael
Deinard, Ephraim
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1639-1980
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22 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1160
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An extensive collection of Judaica collected by the Division of Cultural History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian.
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Borden Company
- Dates:
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1939
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1063
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Material relating to the Borden Company display at the 1939 New York World's Fair (New York, New York).
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Daniel, Pete
- Dates:
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1986-1991, undated
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27.2 Cubic feet (83 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0773
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An extensive collection of oral histories conducted by Lu Ann Jones throughout the southern United States between 1985-1991. A few oral histories were conducted by Pete Daniel in the early 1980s. Subjects include all facets of agriculture in the south.
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Ramsay, William, 1716-1785 (minister)
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1749-1924; 1957
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3.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0088
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An extensive range of papers relating to the Ramsay family of Alexandria, Virginia.
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McIntire, Lani Ellen
Mayo, Jean Alice, 1897-?
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1920-2011, undated
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1.25 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1511
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs and ephemera collected by the McIntire Family of Hawaiian musicians documenting their careers throughout the United States, and those of other performers.
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Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
- Dates:
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1906-2008
bulk 1951-1995
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26 Cubic feet (57 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1326
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
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1862-2004, undated
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120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )
2,000 Photographs
450 Cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0078
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff (1920-2013) relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.
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1930-1978
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15 Film reels
2 Videocassettes (BetacamSP)
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0358
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An artificial collection of film and video on various subjects, created for the purpose of controlling the acquisition of single items or small groups of films and videotapes.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1832-1966
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34.05 Cubic feet (consisting of 60 boxes, 14 half boxes, 9 folders, 38 oversize folders, 12 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.PatentMedicines
- Repository:
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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: Patent Medicines 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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Railway Express Agency.
Karl, Roger F. R.
- Dates:
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1860-1970
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3 Cubic feet (10 boxes, 7 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0260
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Mainly forms, manuals, federal regulations, accounting instructions, and personnel materials. Included are labor agreements, an employee handbook, and information on the employees' sick benefit association. Other materials include drawings of property owned; and photographs, engineering drawings, technical publications relating to railroad passenge...
