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Marvin, Ursula B.
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circa 1928-2012
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-001
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Ursula Marvin's professional career and personal life. Materials include correspondence with friends, family and colleagues; biographical information about Marvin; detailed dairy-like journals of her work and travels; and photographs and slides of her family, work, lectures, and travels. Of special note are journals detai...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Photographic History
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circa 1883-1984
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 529
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist mostly of curatorial and staff correspondence and memoranda documenting activities of the Division and its predecessors, especially during the tenures of Thomas W. Smillie, Alexander J. Wedderburn, and Eugene N. Ostroff. The records also include information on the Hall of Photography, organized by Ostroff; newspaper ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Musical History
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circa 1954-1994
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64.08 cu. ft. (49 record storage boxes) (26 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 485
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of curatorial and staff correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the Tower Concert series, exhibitions at the Hall of Musical Instruments, staff research and publications, organ building, acquisition of musical instruments, and funding for seminars and musical performance recordings. Also included are inquiries ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Photographic History
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circa 1985-1989
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-050
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence between the Division of Photographic History curatorial staff and outside museums, college professors, professional/amateur photographers, publishers, and photographic equipment manufacturers. Most of the correspondence refers to famous photographers, collections of the Division, pioneers of photograph...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
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1965-1999
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-138
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Elizabeth M. Harris, Curator Emeritus of Graphic Arts in the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Division of Information Technology and Society. Materials include Harris' correspondence and memoranda documenting her work on the Hall of Graphic Arts, the Ceremonial Court at NMAH, and a small ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Military History
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circa 1968-1981
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 396
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of public inquiries from museums, universities, historical societies, and private collectors regarding gun models, saber types, military heraldry, uniform insignia, history of the United States Army, the preservation of artifacts, and paintings illustrating scenes from American military history. Also included are copies ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Medical Sciences
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1957-1986
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2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 471
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of curatorial correspondence and memoranda pertaining to exhibition planning, acquisitions, curatorial research, and collections management. In addition there are minutes of meetings with organizations including the American Association of Health and Medical Museums, as well as the American Academy of the History of ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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circa 1955-1985
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-116
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document research, exhibition planning, and collecting activities of the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering for the Hall of Civil Engineering and the Hall of Heavy Machinery in the National Museum of American History. Materials include the correspondence and memoranda of Robert M. Vogel, Assistant Curator, 1958-1960, ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- Dates:
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1956-1988 and undated
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12 cu. ft. (24 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 332
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include administrative files of the Division of Mathematics and its predecessors; Merzbach correspondence with computer industries, university professors, and pioneers or experts in the field of computing science; exhibition scripts, research material, and blueprints for the Hall of Mathematics; Computer History Project research ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Dates:
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1965-1985
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-086
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes the records of Robert M. Vogel, Curator, relating to the field of industrial archaeology and documents his role as an officer of the Society for Industrial Archaeology. Materials include correspondence with scholars, professional societies, universities, and museums. Also includes some articles, clippings, and phot...
