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Benjamin, Marcus, 1857-1932.
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1886-1929
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2.93 cu. ft. (5 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7085
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee.
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Vasey, George
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1889-1893
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7087
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of appointment letters to special posts and functions, and honors and awards. Official files of Vasey may be found in Record Unit 220.
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Stimpson, William, 1832-1872
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1852-1861
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7093
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of manuscripts; a catalog; a financial notebook, 1852-1857; and general correspondence and receipts regarding publications based on the North Pacific Exploring Expedition and Stimpson's manuscripts, 1858-1861.
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Ernst, Wallace Roy, 1928-
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1946-1971
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2 cu. ft. (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7096
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection contains papers documenting the professional and personal life of Ernst, especially during his tenure at the Smithsonian Institution. Included are field notebooks, 1956-1961 and 1964-1966, documenting his collecting activities in California, Baja California, Dominica, Mexico, and his researches in Europe in 1964; correspondence...
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Center for Short-lived Phenomena (Cambridge, Mass.)
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1968-1974
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 607
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the operations of CSLP under Citron. They include budget and personnel records, applications for grants in support of CSLP projects, publicity, and event reports documenting specific short-lived phenomena. There are also some records dealing with the Smithsonian Environmental Alert Pilot Program in 1972. For additional...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Committee to Save the Cooper Union Museum
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1963-1971, with related material from 1932
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 633
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These files were assembled by the management and staff of the Cooper Union Museum, and later the Cooper Hewitt Museum, to document their activities during discussions about the Museum's future and its transfer from the Cooper Union to the Smithsonian Institution from 1963 to 1970. The records contain correspondence and memoranda of Museum ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Buildings Management Department. Engineering and Construction Branch
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1963-1974
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1.61 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 tall document box) (1 folder oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 639
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of exterior construction progress photographs and some blueprints documenting construction of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Air and Space Museum, and the National Museum of History and Technology, as well as the renovation of the Patent Office, Civil Service Commission, and Natural History ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
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1948-1965
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 623
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains some information on post-World War II exhibition planning at the Smithsonian. However, in the main, they document the involvement of the Office of the Director in exhibition planning at the Museum of History and Technology (MHT) from its creation in 1957 through 1965. Directors represented in this collection include ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
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1964-1985
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 640
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records were maintained by James M. Murphy. He served as Chief Engineer, Engineering and Construction Branch, BMD, 1964-1974; Chief, Engineering and Design Branch, OFPES, 1974-1977; Chief, Facilities Data Branch, OFPES, 1978-1980; Supervisory Engineer, ODC, 1981; and Quality Control Senior Engineer, ODC, 1982- . This record unit primar...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Planning and Engineering Services
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1899-1913, 1949, 1960-1978
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (13 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 637
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain project files, blueprints, contract and work files, photographs, and correspondence related to several renovation projects. Included are renovation and restoration plans for the Arts and Industries Building, the Patent Office Building (home to the National Collection of Fine Arts and National Portrait Gallery), and the ...