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circa 1860s-1970
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1 Print (photogravure)
8 Prints (halftone (including one newspaper clipping))
124 Prints (circa, silver gelatin, albumen, and platinum)
50 copy prints (circa)
3 copper printing plates
1 color print
1 Print (wood engraving)
3 copy negatives (glass)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.33
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection is an artificial collection of photographs, copper plates, and a few notes, all of which depict or relate to anthropologists, many of which were associated with the Bureau of American Ethnology. Included are portraits of Franz Boas, Q. M. Bond, Arno B. Cammerer, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Edwin Hamilton Davis, J. Woodbridge Davis, Fra...
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Alice Pike Barney Papers
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Barney, Alice Pike, 1857-1931
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1861-1965
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12.27 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (3 12x17 boxes) (3 16x20 boxes) (0.91 non-standard size box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-153
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the personal papers of Alice Pike Barney (1857-1931). The papers include a large collection of photographs of Alice and her children, Laura Dreyfus-Barney and Natalie Barney; correspondence to and from the Barney family; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and memorabilia; and original patents received by Alice Ba...
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James, H. Rhett, Rev.
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circa 1961-2004
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1.18 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-037
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which measures 1.18 linear feet and dates from circa 1961-2004, documents the personal life and professional activities of Rev. H. Rhett James. The collection is comprised of awards, photographs, books, newspaper clippings, correspondence, invitations, newsletters, oral histories, resumes, audio- and videocassettes, and ephemera.
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Davis, Luther
Davis, Joan Bassie
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1916-2007, undated
bulk 1936-2007
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14 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1148
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Luther Davis (1916-2008) was an awarding winning writer, playwright and screenwriter. He won a Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award in 1954 for the musical Kismet. He was the playwright for Lady in a Cage, and Grand Hotel and many other productions.
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Keystone View Company
Shinn, Walter Scott
Underwood & Underwood, Inc.
Fotograms (New York (N.Y.)
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1890s-1933
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0.67 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0299
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is divided into two series: (a) Silver gelatin prints; and (b) xerographic copy prints made in the museum. The collection consists of approximately 340 photoprints (count to be verified) documenting the life of Thomas Alva Edison, especially the later period, beginning in his early fifties, continuing until his death in 1931 at age ...
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Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent), 1934-2013
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1944-2012
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9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kinglbre
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Archives of American Art
The papers of influential blacksmith, sculptor, metalsmith and educator, L. Brent Kington, measure 9 linear feet and date from 1944 to 2012. The collection provides a valuable overview of Kington's career through correspondence relating primarily to exhibitions, subject files, drawings, photographs of Kington and his artwork, printed matter and audiovisual material. An additional 5.2 linear feet of papers was accessioned from 2007 to 2012 and remains unprocessed.
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Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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undated
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10 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0315
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Although the obvious intention of the organizers of this file was to produce a comprehensive, alphabetical file of images of important scientists, inventors, engineers, and other figures in the history of science and technology, the resulting representation of significant subjects is somewhat haphazard. Also, there are some portraits of subjects o...
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Information, Technology and Society, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1890 - 1930
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6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0715
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic negatives and some glass plate negatives depicting subjects relating to the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics' artifact collections and research interests. Negatives include portrait photographs of engineers (Marconi, Tesla, Bell, and Zworykin), images of radios, telegraphy equipment, and phonographs.
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Rathbone, Perry Townsend, 1911-2000
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1929-1985
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4.3 Linear feet (5 boxes, 1 OV)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rathperr
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Archives of American Art
The papers of museum director Perry Townsend Rathbone measure 4.3 linear feet and date from 1929 to 1985. The papers document Rathbone's career as museum director of the City Art Museum of St. Louis and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and his later work with Christie's New York office. Found within the papers are biographical materials, correspondence with friends and colleagues, writings, professional and project files, printed materials, and photographs, mostly of exhibitions.
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Smith family (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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1793-1977
bulk 1826-1977
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5.12 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.smitfami
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Archives of American Art
The Russell, Xanthus, and Mary Smith family papers comprise 5.12 linear feet and are dated 1793-1977, bulk 1826-1977. Correspondence, writings, artwork, financial records, printed material, miscellaneous items and photographs provide documentation of the lives and works of painter, illustrator and poet, Russell Smith, and his son, painter Xanthus Smith, and scattered documentation of the lives of his wife, painter and educator Mary Priscilla Smith, and daughter and painter Mary Russell Smith.