Ruth Koenig Mississippi Summer Project Collection
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Koenig, Ruth
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
- Dates:
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1964-1966
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0558
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials related to the Civil Rights struggle, voter registration drive in Holly Springs, summer 1964: includes diaries, correspondence, business records, periodical articles, newsletters, and ephemera.
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Archivo General de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
- Dates:
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1955-2005, undated
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1 Cubic foot (32 folders 378 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0615
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 378 posters documenting important public service issues including education, health and safety, and cultural programs. These posters were widely displayed throughout the island and reflect key trends in the social history of Puerto Rico for nearly fifty years.
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Jones, Caroline Robinson, 1942-2001 (advertising executive)
- Dates:
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1942 - 1996
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15 Sound tape reels
4 motion picture films
54 Cubic feet (127 boxes; one oversize folder)
129 video recordings
70 cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0552
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Caroline R. Jones (1942-2001), an African-American advertising executive, worked for a number of prominent New York ad agencies and and founded her own firm in 1986. She is best known for her work in assisting clients in marketing to minority consumers. The collection includes client files, print advertisements, and radio and television commercials created for a wide range of commercial and public service campaigns.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Modjeski and Masters
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1870-1979
bulk 1900-1940
- Size:
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60 Cubic feet (139 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0976
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the work of consulting engineers and bridge builders, Ralph Modjeski (1861-1940) and Frank Masters (1883-1974) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Shepard, Matthew, 1976-1998
Shepard, Judy
Shepard, Dennis
- Dates:
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1976-2019, undated
- Size:
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14.1 Cubic feet (43 boxes, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1463
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers of Matthew Shepard (1976-1998) a gay man who was a victim of a hate crime in Laramie, Wyoming October 1998 resulting in his death. His death gained national and international attention leading to the formation of the Matthew Shepard Foundation and eventual passage of federal hate crime legislation (The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act), signed into law in October 2009.
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Davis, Norman
- Dates:
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circa 1930 - 1977
- Size:
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0.06 Linear feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-070
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from circa 1930 to 1977 and measures .17 linear feet, includes images of African American baseball players from the Anacostia community, as well as documents the youth activities organized by the Metropolitan Police Boys Club #11 in the neighborhood. The collection is comprised of photographic prints.
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Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
- Dates:
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1926-1986
bulk 1948-1986
- Size:
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841 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.ASCH
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection, which dates from 1926-1986, documents the output of Moses Asch through the various record labels he founded and co-founded, and includes some of his personal papers. The Asch collection includes published recordings, master tapes, outtakes, business records, correspondence, photographs, and film.
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Geary, Christraud M.
- Dates:
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1995
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511 slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)
511 copy slides (color corrected, 35 mm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Christraud M. Geary during a research trip to South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in 1995.
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Thaden, Louise (McPhetridge), 1905-1979
- Dates:
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1925-1949
- Size:
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2.18 Cubic feet (2 records center boxes)
2.08 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0006
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of photographs, news clippings, and correspondence documenting Thaden's aviation career.
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Krainik, Cliff
- Dates:
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1859-1934
- Size:
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3.19 Cubic feet (2 shoeboxes; 3 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1990.0009
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This 19th and 20th century ballooning memorabilia collection contains the following items, which have been meticulously inventoried: 112 stereoscopic photographs; 107 photographs; 84 postcards, trade cards, valentines, and similar items; 80 prints; and 23 miscellaneous items.