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Cooney, Debbie
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circa 1890
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1 Folder
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0141
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The photoprints which comprise this collection apparently were contact-printed from original negatives. The negatives seem to date from about 1890, but the prints are much more recent. A variety of subjects is included, as described in the container list, but the theme seems to be educational. Education in crafts, veterinary medicine, and mathemati...
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Dunn, Charlie, 1898- (bootmaker)
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1972-1984.
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0186
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Newspaper and magazine articles, radio broadcast transcripts, and advertisements relating to Dunn's career. In addition there is a documentary of Dunn's craft on video tape, photographs, miscellaneous business stationery, and a research project titled "Charlie and Cecile Dunn: A Study in Retirement" (1978) by Linda Gann.
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Roy C. Kulp Collection of Account Books
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Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Dibner Library (NMAH, SI).
Kulp, Roy C.
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1755-1904
- Size:
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3.66 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0149
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Thirty-nine account books of farmers, store owners, and artisans living in Pennsylvania, 1755-1904. The books mainly record daily transactions with customers or suppliers and are handwritten in varying conditions of legibility and preservation.
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LaVoy, Merl
- Dates:
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circa 1910-1920
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254 copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R92-40
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of photographs made by Merl Lavoy in modern Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, and Turkey diring the first World War. They document soldiers (mostly British, French, and Serbian) and war machinery, as well as images of cities and villages, and local people (Transylvanians, Macedonians, Serbs, and Turks). The collection also includes a series...
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Hill, Richard W., Sr.
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circa 1972-1978
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25 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.83-35
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National Anthropological Archives
Informal photographic portraits depicting Iroquois, Seminole, and other American Indians. Images document the preparation of fry bread, a lacrosse player, a corn-husk doll maker, an Iroquois dancer, a longhouse wedding party, a Seneca wood carver making a water drum, a Seneca basketmaker, and a Seneca flute maker.
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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circa 1935-1978
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14000 negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)
30000 slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.
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Nakashima, George, 1905-1990
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1950-1991
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.nakageor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of architect, craftsman, woodworker, and furniture designer George Nakashima measure 1.0 linear foot and date from 1950 to 1991. The collection is comprised of biographical material, correspondence, writings, subject files, and printed material that mostly relate to Nakashima's work in furniture design.
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Walker, John Brown, 1815-1908
Coats, Helen Hotchkiss
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1815-1908
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 Box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0249
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
John B. Walker was an itinerant artist who made paper cut-out designs that he sent to his friends as presents, decorations, and commemorations. His collection did not come to light until the early 1960s in Geauga County, Ohio.
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Bennett, Edwin, 1818-1908 (potter)
Edwin Bennett Pottery Company
Ceramics and Glass, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1844-1881
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4 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0213
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Early Bennett family histories, Edwin Bennett's autobiography, correspondence, 1914-1981, Bennett Pottery Company records, photographs, notebooks of clay and glaze formulae and other miscellaneous items, 1844-1981.
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Fedoroff, George
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1939-1980
- Size:
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2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fedogeor
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of craftsman and administrator George Fedoroff measure 2.0 linear feet and date from 1939-1980. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, professional files, printed materials, and photographs. Many of the documents concern Fedoroff's work with the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs.