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Smith, Jeff, 1939-2004
Child, Julia, 1912-2004
Guthrie, Janet, 1938-
Edgecraft Corporation
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1984-2016, undated
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2 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1382
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the development and marketing of the Chef's Choice brand of knife sharpeners.
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Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000
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1958-1987
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3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1988.03
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Papers, 1959-1987, of Elizabeth Gordon, editor of the periodical, House Beautiful from 1941-1964, mostly related to her research for the August and September 1960 issues of House Beautiful regarding the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui", and the subsequent travelling "shibui exhibition" from 1961-1964. Included are correspondence, some photocopies, 1959-1963; notes; drafts for articles and lectures; printed material including magazine and newspaper clippings, 1959-1987; 2 books, and exhibition announcements; drawings of paper and foil art; a photo album containing photos of exhibition installations; and photographs, slides, color transparencies, and lantern slides depicting people, sites, and objects reflecting the "shibui" aesthetic.
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Archives Center Poster Collection
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1917-1998, undated
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120 Posters (14 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0751
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An artificial collection of posters on various subjects, at present organized according to donor and/or subject. Examples of contents include motion picture posters and propaganda posters.
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Robbins, Warren M.
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circa 1927-2009
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83.1 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (2 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-001
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the life and work of Warren M. Robbins, covering a wide swath of his life, from his early career in the Foreign Service to his work in cross cultural communications and African art. A prolific writer, Robbins correspondence with such people as Maya Angelou, Ernie Barnes, Saul Bellow, Eliot Elisofon, Otto Fried, Buckminste...
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Washburn, Wilcomb E.
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1951-1993
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-044
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document much of the career of Wilcomb E. Washburn (WEW), the greater part of it spent on the staff of the Smithsonian Institution as a curator at the National Museum of American History and as director of the Office of American Studies. The papers include correspondence, draft and finished scholarly and popular articles, and...
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Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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1928-1994
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320 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.05
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The materials document the orders placed by the clients of the Scurlock Studio. The photographs primarily depict individual portrait sittings but there are also portraits of children, groups, and other subjects.
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
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261 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.C
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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Rinzler, Ralph
- Dates:
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1890-2011
bulk 1950-1994
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106.32 Cubic feet (87.5 cubic feet of papers, 18.82 cubic feet of audio)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.RINZ
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection, with bulk dates from 1950-1994, documents the life of Ralph Rinzler and his professional activities as Director of Field Programs for the Newport Folk Festival, Director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (formerly the Festival of American Folklife) and the Office of Folklife Programs (now the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage), and the Smithsonian Institution's Assistant Secretary for Public Service. Includes personal papers, business records, correspondence, notes, photographs, audiotapes and field recordings.
