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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
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1942-2001
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-276
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the planning, development, and installation of Science in American Life, a major permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). This exhibition demonstrates how science has changed the way Americans have lived over the past 125 years. Opening on April 27, 1994, Sci...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
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1985-1989
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-087
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Jeffrey K. Stine, Curator, and document his activities as principle investigator of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (TTW) history project, in which he researched and wrote a history of the construction of TTW for the Historical Division of the United States Corps of Engineers. Materials include c...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Domestic Life
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1983-1991
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-072
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document planning for and installation of New & Different: Home Interiors in Eighteenth-Century America, a small, temporary exhibition supplementing the larger, long-term installation of After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800 at the National Museum of American History. The exhibit...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
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1927, 1953-1987
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-085
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the exhibition records of Robert M. Vogel during his tenure as Assistant Curator, 1958-1961, Associate Curator, 1962-1966, and Curator, 1967-1985, of the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; and as Curator of the Division of Engineering and Industry, 1986- . The accession also includes some records that date...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History
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1966-2001
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-057
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Richard E. Ahlborn, Curator in the Division of Cultural History, with some earlier material dating back to when he served as Curator in the Division of Community Life. The records primarily consist of correspondence, memoranda, and notes documenting exhibition planning at the National Museum of Am...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Ceramics and Glass
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circa 1938-1987, with related records from 1914
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 406
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include the correspondence and memoranda of Paul V. Gardner, J. Jefferson Miller II, and Susan H. Meyers pertaining to private donations, loans, exhibition planning, identification of ceramic and glass pieces, conferences and seminars, staff research, and administrative matters. Also included are inquiries from collectors, museum...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
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1926-1930, 1954-1988
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10.5 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 383
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include correspondence and memoranda documenting research activities, planning exhibitions for the Hall of Naval History, construction of ship models such as the USS Constitution, arrangements for acquiring the gunboat Philadelphia, studies of the submarine Nautilus and the Sperry Gyro-compass, presentation in 1965 of Sir Fr...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
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circa 1912-1965, 1990 and undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-097
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that primarily document Naval Division, Department of Armed Forces History, planning for the Hall of Naval History in the Museum of History and Technology; Division of History exhibition plans for naval artifacts in the Arts and Industries Building and the United States National Museum; and one file of r...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
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1947-1992
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-128
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records produced and/or maintained by Harold D. Langley, which date from when he was Curator of the Division of Armed Forces History, 1984- , and the Division of Naval History, prior to 1984. The records consist of correspondence documenting Langley's preparations for the research and eventual publication of So ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Community Life
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1966-1983
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-021
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession primarily includes records documenting the exhibition The Afro-American Tradition in the Decorative Arts, which was organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and staged by Richard E. Ahlborn, Curator in the Division of Community Life, at the National Museum of History and Technology. Materials include the correspondence, mem...