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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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2012-2017
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-110
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of several websites and social media accounts documenting the promotion and marketing of the National Museum and African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) which opened to the public on September 24, 2016. NMAAHC's primary website was crawled on August 26 (twice) and 28, September 16, 22, 23 (twice), 24 (three times...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture
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2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-265
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "Provenance in the World War II Era, 1933-1945" website as it existed on March 9, 2016. The website both provides and seeks information about World War II era collections. It provides access to searchable databases as well as resources about cultural property provenance research. Object data is not included ...
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Archives of American Art
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2009-2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-266
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of one website and two blogs maintained by the Archives of American Art. The Archives of American Art website, crawled on January 8, 2016, and again on April 18, 2016, consists of general information, collection information, exhibition descriptions, event information, news, and related materials. In these captured vers...
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Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840
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1815-1834 and undated
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7250
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of notebooks kept by Rafinesque on his many trips, containing natural history notes and observations; ichthyological and botanical drawings; sketches of landscapes and places visited; itineraries; and trip journals. Some of the notebooks are in French
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Preble, Edward Alexander, 1871-1957
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1887-1957 and undated
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8.5 cu. ft. (16 document boxes) (2 half document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7252
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Preble's personal life and careers with the Bureau of Biological Survey and the American Nature Association, and include general correspondence, primarily incoming; published and unpublished manuscripts for scientific and conservation work; addresses and reports by others; field notebooks, diaries, lists and checklists ...
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Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962
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1922-1929
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2.02 cu. ft. (4 document boxes) (1 microfilm reel)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7287
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists chiefly of photographs of landscapes and plants taken by Rock on collecting trips to China and Tibet, 1922-1929. The Rock Specimen Catalog, located in the Botany Library of the National Museum of Natural History, includes a list of plants collected, 1921-1924, and identification of plants taken, 1928-1929. Also in...
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Smithson, James, 1765-1829
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1796-1951, circa 1974, 1981-1983
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5.37 cu. ft. (8 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7000
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The James Smithson Collection lacks a great deal of his original papers. Richard Rush brought Smithson's personal effects to the United States in 1838, along with the proceeds from his estate. A fire in the Smithsonian building in 1865 destroyed many of the manuscripts originally acquired by the Institution. Correspondence among individuals ...
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Smith, Frank, 1857-1942
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1893-1942 and undated
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7262
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of Frank Smith document his research on earthworms. They consist of correspondence with biologists and USNM administrators and staff, including Paul Bartsch, Nathan A. Cobb, Gordon Enoch Gates, Chancey Juday, James Arthur MacNab, John Percy Moore, Brayton Howard Ransom, Mary Jane Rathbun, Richard Rathbun, William deC. Ravenel, ...
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Smithsonian Institution
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2013
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-231
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of two websites maintained by the Smithsonian Institution. The "Smithsonian Commons Prototype," crawled May 17, 2013, demonstrates a new planned digital presence dedicated to stimulating learning, creation, and innovation through open access to Smithsonian Institution research, collections, and communities. The prototy...
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Smithsonian Institution
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1997-2013
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-191
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of two websites related to Smithsonian Productions as they existed on April 9, 2013. "Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk about Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation" was created in 1997 to accompany the "Remembering Slavery" radio series produced by Smithsonian Productions. It includes audio e...