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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 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. 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. 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. Department of Exhibits
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circa 1959-1993
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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...
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National Museum of American History. Office of Public Services
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1980-1995
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-158
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Elizabeth M. Sharpe, former Deputy Assistant Director for Public Programs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), and Project Manager for the Science in American Life (SAL) exhibition. In 1994 the Department of Public Programs was reorganized as the Office of Public Services. The records p...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Political History
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circa 1978-1982
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-122
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document arrangements for the exhibition George Washington: A Figure Upon the Stage, in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the birth of George Washington, which took place at the National Museum of American History in 1982. Materials consist of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to proposals ...
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National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
- Dates:
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circa 1977-1994
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-001
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Shirley E. Cherkasky, who served as Coordinator of Performance Programs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Department of Public Programs, from 1983 to 1995. Also includes records that date back to when Cherkasky was Director of Museum Programs in the Division of Performing Arts, 19...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Political History
- Dates:
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circa 1946-1982
- Size:
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-090
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Margaret Brown Klapthor, former Scientific Aide in the Civil Section of the Division of History, United States National Museum (USNM), 1944-1946; Assistant Curator of the Section of Civil History, in the Division of History, USNM, 1947-1948; Assistant Curator, 1949-1953, and Associate Curator, 1954-195...