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Volunteer Program Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center
Dates:
1989
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 20-030
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of videotapes of a series of docent training sessions. The series covered a variety of topics over the course of three days in April and May 1989. Materials also include an index to the videotapes.

Curatorial Records
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Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
Dates:
1953-1996
Size:
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 20-029
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting lichen research, including specimen identification, collection and professional activities of Mason E. Hale, Curator. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, photographs, slides, negatives, field notes, charts, diaries, publications, lists, newsletters, collecting cards, news clippings, ...

J. Elfreth Watkins Collection
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Creators:
Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
Dates:
1869, 1881-1903, 1953, 1966 and undated
Size:
1.25 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7268
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection consists of Watkins' official and personal correspondence concerning the efforts of the Smithsonian to obtain federal appropriations for the establishment of a section of steam transportation in the USNM, the construction of ship models for an exhibit at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Watkins' research on the ...

Records
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Creators:
Washington Conservation Guild
Dates:
1967-2006
Size:
4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7477
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Washington Conservation Guild (WGC) is a nonprofit organization of conservation professionals, based in Washington, D.C. While serving primarily as a forum for exchange of information among its members, the Guild also seeks to help non-conservators learn more about caring for their own art and artifacts. This collection includes newslette...

Records
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Creators:
Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.)
Dates:
circa 1888-1972
Size:
21.5 cu. ft. (43 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7099
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The records of the Academy include proceedings of the Joint Commission, minutes of general Academy and Board of Managers meetings, correspondence, membership applications, scrapbooks, photographs, and publications.

Digitized Content C. Malcolm Watkins Papers
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Creators:
Watkins, C. Malcolm
Dates:
1935-1979 and undated
Size:
12.59 cu. ft. (23 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 7322
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The papers of C. Malcolm Watkins provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career from 1934 to 1980. The collection documents his interest in early American culture; his research on ceramics, historic archeology, and early California history; his curatorial and administrative activities in the Department of Anthropology, USNM, ...

Vermont Structural Slate Company Videohistory Collection
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Dates:
1989
Size:
3 videotapes (Reference copies). 5 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9547
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...

New United Motor Manufacturing Videohistory Collection
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Dates:
1990
Size:
3 videotapes (Reference copies). 6 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9550
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...

Waltham Clock Company Videohistory Collection
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Creators:
Waltham Clock Company
Dates:
1989
Size:
4 videotapes (Reference copies). 5 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9548
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...

Margaret J. Geller Videohistory Interviews
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Creators:
Geller, Margaret J., interviewee
Dates:
1989-1990
Size:
4 videotapes. 7 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
Collection ID:
Record Unit 9546
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...

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