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Weber, Alice
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1945-1948
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1144
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of two photograph albums documenting Alice Weber's work and travels to California, Japan (specifically Okinawa), Hawaii, China and Guam from 1945-1948. The images depict base housing and facilities, Weber's co-workers, aircraft, sheet metal shops, historic sites, agriculture (including cane, pineapple and coffee cultivation in Hawaii), native people, cities, and other subjects.
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Armed Forces History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Rosenau, Fred Simon
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1944-1945
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0478
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains both the personal papers of Fred Rosenau and examples of air-dropped psychological warfare literature created by the O.W.I. Amongst his personal papers, which constitute the first series, there are information guidebooks and language aids for India and Burma, a large number of Indian newspaper articles, and photographs take...
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Chaplain A.C. Oliver Jr. Lantern Slide Collection
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Oliver, Alfred Cookman, 1885-1952
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circa 1920's and 1930's
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306 lantern slides (black and white and color)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1997.06
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Lantern slides and stereopticons, black and white and hand-colored, assembled by Chaplain Oliver (he appears in several), depicting monuments and scenes, especially in Beijing, such as Ming tombs, temples, the Summer Palace, landscapes, place views, military soldiers, Chinese people, Western visitors, and daily life. Also includes images of the Gre...
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Ceramics and Glass, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Magdoff, Sam
Piette, Andre, 1934-1984 (ceramic designer, artist)
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1954-1979
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8 Cubic feet (8 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0129
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Andre Piette's career as an illustrator and designer. The materials include sketches, drawings, tracings, photographs (color transparencies, slides, and prints), and samples of wallpaper, designs for gift wrap, and a few textiles.
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Gatter, Carl
Fisher, Richard, Mrs.
Fisher, Richard
Fisher, Bruce & Company.
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1920-1940s
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3 Cubic feet (1 box
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0370
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Fisher, Bruce & Company, importers of china, earthenware, and glassware, were located on Market Street, Philadelphia. The collection contains catalog pages and price lists for china, earthenware, and glassware imported from Belgium, Britain, France, and Italy, and some American ceramics.
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Ostroff, Eugene, d. 1999 (NMAH Curator)
Salo, Matt, Dr.
Haberstich, David E., 1941-
Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
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1985 - 1986
1930 - 1943
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0.25 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0204
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains 273 silver gelatin photoprints (Series 1), most of which apparently were made during the 1930s and early 1940s, contemporaneously with the original negatives. All are 8" x 10" or slightly smaller, unmounted except for flush mounted linen on the backs of some prints. The photographs were made primarily in two locations, Ne...
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Len, Victor K.
Lai-Len, David
Len, Edwin K.
Len, Aurora Alay
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1922-1999
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3 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1493
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Archival materials documenting the family of Aurora Alay (Tang) Len and Edwin K. Len.
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Mowry, Eli, 1880-1970
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undated
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151 Photographs (black and white silver gelatin prints)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2010.04
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
One hundred fifty one photographic prints and postcards, compiled by the family of Eil Mowry during their residence in Pyongyang between 1909 and 1940. Photographs were taken mostly by Eli Mowry and son David Mowry, although a number of the photographs apparently derive from commercial sources. Prints are primarily black and white silver gelatin pr...
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Hamelecourt, Juliette Elkon
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1911-2000
bulk 1940s-2000
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3.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hamejuli
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Juliette Elkon Hamelecourt papers measure 3.1 linear feet and date from 1911-2000, with the bulk of the records dating from 1940s-2000. The papers document Hamelecourt's career through resumes, personal business records, and writings, as well as general correspondence, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs. The collection also contains a series of interviews conducted by Hamelecourt with artists at the Chelsea Hotel in New York.
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Oppenheim, Dennis, 1938-2011
Richards, Judith Olch
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2009 June 23-24
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49 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.oppenh09
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Dennis Oppenheim conducted 2009 June 23-24, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art, at Oppenheim's studio, in New York, N.Y. Oppenheim speaks of his work in the past 15 years; the evolution of his work and its lack of continuity; his use of writing as a catalyst for constructing works and the importance of languag...