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2014-2015
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6.4 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1377
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Exiles in America: Cuban Pedro Pans and Balseros was an oral history project designed to research and document the journeys and experiences of two distinct immigration/migration experiences of the Cuban diaspora. Steve Valesquez of the National Museum of American History Division of Home and Community Life conducted twelve oral history interviews 2014-2015. The project was funded by the Consortium for the American Experience.
Robert Ledley Papers
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Ledley, Robert S.
National Biomedical Research Foundation. Georgetown University
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1972-1990
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3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1135
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Robert Ledley Papers document the development of the first whole-body diagnostic imaging system, the Automatic Computerized Transverse Axial (ACTA) X-ray Scanner by Ledley in 1973. Also included is material relating to Ledley's company, Digital Science Information Corporation (DISCO), as well as the public and medical communities' reactions to the scanner.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1850-1957
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55 Boxes (approximately.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S02
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. Series 2 materials include cinema lobby cards, fire insurance maps, photographs and scrapbooks of liquor and wine labels. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
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Pullman Palace Car Co.
Pullman-Standard
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circa 1882-1955
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128.5 Cubic feet (147 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1175
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of approximately 13,500 images (original photographs, copy prints, and film and glass plate negatives) for freight, passenger, private, and street and rapid transit cars manufactured by the Pullman Palace Car Company. The collection contains primarily early railroad Americana, including interior and exterior views of private and business cars as well as passenger and street cars. The collection is an important part of the historical record of the railroad car-building industry as well as the history of architecture and interior design.
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Fournet, Fred G.
Hallmark.
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
Fournet Drugstore.
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1950-1977, undated
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3 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 8 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0346
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of advertising and promotional materials for products sold by the Fournet Drugstore. In addition, there are photographs of the African American community in St. Martinville, Louisiana.
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Gaskin, Mary
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
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undated
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30 Cubic feet (129 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0900
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting the life and career of bass player Leonard Gaskin, as well as documenting the numerous other musicians he was associated with in his long career. Gaskin's career encompasses a wide range of musical genres, including gospel, rock, folk, and Caribbean music. The papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, diaries, music manusc...
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Driggs, Frank, 1930-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
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1923-1972
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0389
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of 157 8" x 10" black-and-white photographic copy prints of photographs in Frank Driggs's collection: Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Some copy prints have Smithsonian negative numbers.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical History
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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1903 - 1989
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400 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0301
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1818-1943
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1.17 Folders (consisting of 2.5 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Museums
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Museums forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Magana, Antonio
Serros, Michele M.
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1968-2012
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4 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1481
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Michele M. Serros was a Chicana writer who grew up in Oxnard, California. She is best known for Chicana Falsa: And Other Stories of Death, Identity, and Oxnard and How to be a Chicana role model. The papers cover her childhood, high school work, undergraduate courses, published works, and speaking and workshop engagements. The collection also includes photographs, drawings, and her high school yearbook.