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National Museum of American History. Division of the History of Technology
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1964-1978, 1982, 1987-1989, 1995, 1998, undated
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1.27 cu. ft. (1 document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-183
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials documenting the Foucault Pendulum exhibit at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), previously known as Museum of History and Technology (MHT), 1957-1969, and the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), 1969-1980. Materials include correspondence and memoranda; picture postcards; black-an...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Chief Information Officer
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1949-2005
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2.53 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-047
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the technological advances in computing systems, software and hardware used across the Smithsonian Institution. Many of the records were created by predecessor units of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, including the Information Systems Division, 1968-1974; the Office of Computer S...
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National Air and Space Museum. Exhibits Design Department
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circa 1965-2015
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31.20 cu. ft. (64 blueprint storage boxes) (3 16x20 boxes) (15 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-013
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the design and update of galleries and exhibitions for the National Air and Space Museum as well as the design or redesign on the building itself and its office spaces. A small number of drawings document design projects at the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian Institution Building ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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1969, 1982-2006, 2011
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4.03 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-133
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administration of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH), previously known as the Office of Folklife Programs, 1978-1991, and the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, 1992-1999, during the tenure of Richard Kurin. Kurin served as the Deputy Director, 1985-1987; ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Political History
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circa 1960-1982
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18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 473
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of curatorial correspondence and memoranda pertaining to acquisitions, collections management, restoration of specimens, and exhibition proposals and installation. Also included are public inquiries concerning exhibits, political campaign items, presidential information, American politicians, and inaugural gowns of t...
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National Museum of American History. Department of History of Science
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1923-1980
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15.5 cu. ft. (31 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90005
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of miscellaneous correspondence, fiscal records, annual reports, incoming and outgoing curatorial correspondence, personnel files, and records pertaining to the Computer History Project. Staff documented include Susan Faye Cannon.
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National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
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1968-1992
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41 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 584
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records mostly consist of staff correspondence and memoranda documenting administrative and program-oriented activities of the Department of Public Programs. The records pertain to fundraising, social history lectures and seminars, the Senior Series Program, budget, educational outreach proposals, grant information, planning for the...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
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circa 1973-1982, 1988-1991
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-101
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document Jeffrey K. Stine's involvement in the conceptual phase of the Science in American Life (SAL) exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Stine served as coordinator of the feasibility study for the exhibition, and was lead Curator from July 1989 to October 1990. He was Cur...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Political History
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circa 1969-1985
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-123
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document Division of Political History planning for the Bicentennial exhibition We the People, which opened at the National Museum of American History on June 4, 1975. The exhibition focused on the American people and their government since the late eighteenth century. It consisted of three major se...
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National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
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circa 1959-1993
- Size:
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40 oversize folders.
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-021
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of architectural blueprints of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), mostly of its interior, plus original exhibition floor plans of the Museum. Some of the floor plans date as early as 1959, when exhibition halls were being conceived for what was then called the Museum of History and Technology. The floo...