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Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
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1927-1933
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1.15 Cubic Feet ((5 flatboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0282
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
These scrapbooks consist of press clippings covering Byrd's Antarctic expedition of 1928-30, as well as items relating to his transatlantic flight and League activities. The items cover all aspects of the expeditions from planning through public recognition after Byrd's return.
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Gray, Adelaide
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1928-1930
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1999.0003
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of newspaper articles, letters with envelopes, New Zealand postcards, radiograms, and Christmas cards from Konter to his New York Landlady, Mrs. Adalaide Gray (who Konter called 'Ma'), and to Mr. Ed Iovanna. The envelopes and postcards bear the postmarks and stamps of the expedition. There are also three photographs: one of...
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Johnston, Myriam Lahaurine
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1917-1935
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0.21 Cubic feet ((2 flatboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0630
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This scrapbook consists of photographs of Sergeant Johnston, his fellow servicemen and a few aircraft (including a Junkers and the USS Akron). Most of the scrapbook commemorates personal events in Myriam Lahaurine Johnston's life, such as her relations with family and friends, her wedding to H. W. Johnston, the birth and childhood of their daughter...
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Votaw, William I.
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1921-1983
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0.68 Cubic Feet ((1 legal document box) (1 slim legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0052
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of several manuscripts by William I. Votaw relating to the infancy of the air mail service. Also included are biographical information relating to Jack Knight, Richard Byrd and William McCandless, copies of the Air Mail Pioneers newsletter as well as a large amount of newspaper clippings.
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Shakir S. Jerwan Scrapbooks
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Jerwan, Shakir S., 1881-1942
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1911-1919
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0.87 Cubic feet (2 boxes; 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0231
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Shakir S. Jerwan Scrapbooks Collection contains material from the period 1911-1919. During this period, Jerwan was Chief Pilot at the Moisant School of Aviation, Garden City, New York, and Director of Military Aviation for the government of Guatemala.
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Tusch, Mary E. "Mother"
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1915-1937
bulk 1917-1924
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5.51 Cubic feet (6 document boxes; 1 legal-size document box; 5 flat boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0128
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Mary E. "Mother" Tusch Collection reflects her interest in aviation. It consists of 12 boxes that contain photography, family documentation, news clippings and scrapbooks.
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United States National Museum
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1877-1975
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87.4 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 192
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Systematic Entomology Laboratory
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1797-1988 and undated
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9.19 cu. ft. (17 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7323
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection was created by combining two separate accessions of biographical information on and photographs of entomologists. Series 1 consists mostly of biographical materials on dipterists (entomologists who specialize in the study of flies) but also includes information about other entomologists and scientists in general. The material,...
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Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991
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1885-1991
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20.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.taylpren
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Archives of American Art
The collection measures 20.4 linear feet, dates from 1885 to 1991 (bulk dates 1908-1986) and documents the career of Harlem Renaissance lithographer, teacher, and painter Prentiss Taylor. The collection consists primarily of subject/correspondence files (circa 16 ft.), reflecting Prentiss' career as a lithographer and painter, his association with figures prominent in the Harlem Renaissance, notably Carl Van Vechten and Langston Hughes, his activities as president of the Society of Washington Printmakers and other art organizations, his work in art therapy treating mental illness, and his teaching position at American University. The subject files contain mostly correspondence, but many include photographs and printed material. Also included are biographical, financial, legal and printed material; several hundred photographs; notes and writings; sketchbooks, drawings and a few prints by Taylor; and scrapbooks dating from 1885-1956.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 16-September 6, 1976
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1976
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.