Todd M. Brennan Collection
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Brennan, Todd M.
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Dates:
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1970s
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes, 10 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0076
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Comprehensive collection of fan material from the television series "Charlie's Angels"; represents aspects of fan clubs in 20th Century popular culture: seven scrapbooks of the TV series, ten posters of the stars, and four magazines on the tv series.
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Goodspeed's Book Shop
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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1742-1794.
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1 Volume (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0082
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Account book of an unidentified merchant living in an unknown location; includes entries for dry goods and other items purchased and sold.
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Stoyanoff, Esther
Corson, Mille Gade , 1898- (swimmer)
- Dates:
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1920-1930.
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0063
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Three scrapbooks and two albums containing photographs of Corson; news clippings about the swim; a Certificate of Life Membership in the Danish American Athletic Club; a certificate from the American Red Cross; sheet music; a tribute to her which contains a picture of her and her children; programs with images of her; advertisements; and a Navy cha...
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Smith, Alexander, fl. 1790s
Dodd, Jean M., Mrs.
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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1792-1797
- Size:
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1 Volume (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0083
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
In 1792-1797, Alexander Smith, a merchant living in Alexandria, Va., kept a record of dry goods purchased and sold. Most of the 1797 correspondence is copies of his letters to other merchants. Of particular interest is a letter dated 9 November 1796, from Smith to George Washington concerning Smith's loan repayment. Washington's response of 14 Nove...
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Sparnon, Arabella S.
Sparnon, Kenneth H., 1895-1972
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1912-1961
- Size:
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0.33 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0064
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Kenneth Sparnon, entertainer, musician and arranger was also an orchestra leader and musical director of radio station WSYR in Syracuse and WHEC in Rochester, New York. This collection includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs of himself and other performers, advertising, programs, some correspondence, and broadcast transcriptions (acetate).
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Garbo (Chicago)
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Laverne, Gene (Buffalo, NY)
Kriegsmann, James J.
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late 1920's-1967
- Size:
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0.33 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0065
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Newspaper clippings; advertising brochures; and photoprints of performers at the Palace Theatre (including studio publicity portraits). The majority of the items are silver gelatin photoprints. Some photographers are listed below as index terms. Subjects of photographs include strippers and comedians; photographs of women include portraits as well ...
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Sullivan family
Sullivan, W. Oscar, 1891-
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1900-1960
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2.6 Cubic feet (8 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0072
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers and photographs document the careers in show business (traveling medicine shows, vaudeville acts and acting in stage shows) of Mr. Sullivan, members of his family and associates.
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Graphic Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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circa 1889-1900
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0234
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook of comics depicting practical jokes, accidents, and a number of amusing and sometimes violent real- life situations. Inscription inside the front cover: "To Darling Effie from Does"(?). These comics probably satirize events of the time. The cartoons were produced in publications such as "Fliegende Blatter," "Puck," "Judge," "Life," "Picto...
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Hoak, Bill
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
- Dates:
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1909-1972
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0236
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents major-league baseball players, circa 1909-1912, through photographs and newspapers.
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Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Hamily, David
- Dates:
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1912-1949
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0207
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of statistics on electric train operation, drawings, blueprints, technical papers, train classifications, research and development reports, business and financial correspondence (1933, 1939-1948, 1940-1941), installation and operation instructions, locomotive system test procedures, locomotive operations data and calculatio...