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Patterson, Verna G. ((Mrs. Curtis B.))
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
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1901-1917
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 16 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0106
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes several turn of the century favorites, predominantly consisting of Buster Brown comics but containing other examples as well.
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bulk 1954-1978
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0.9 Cubic Feet ((2 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1114
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of comic books dating from the 1950s through the 1970s, collected from various sources. Many of the titles are space or science fiction themed. Titles include Action Comics, Astounding Stories, Dan Dare, Dennis the Menace, Flying Saucer Comics, Mystery in Space, Superman, and Weird Science.
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Artwork for the Brain Boy comic book
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Springer, Frank, 1929-2009
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circa 1962
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1 Sheet (23 x 14.5 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1999-19
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
An original page of artwork for the "Brain Boy" comic book (No. 3, Page 3, December-February 1963), signed by Frank Springer (the artist or inker). Reverse side is stamped "Dell Comics."
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Austin, Terry
Siegel, Jerry (cartoonist)
Shuster, Joseph (cartoonist)
Salkind, Alexander
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ca. 1930s-1985.
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0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0274
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes numerous newspaper clippings of the Superman comic strip, 1940-1950, promotional material using the Superman character, Superman comic books, 1944-1978 and illustrations of Superman drawn by Terry Austin in 1984. Dramatic scripts for TV and movie portrayals of Superman in 1977 and 1982 as well as a novel by George Lowther ab...
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Graphic Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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circa 1889-1900
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0234
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook of comics depicting practical jokes, accidents, and a number of amusing and sometimes violent real- life situations. Inscription inside the front cover: "To Darling Effie from Does"(?). These comics probably satirize events of the time. The cartoons were produced in publications such as "Fliegende Blatter," "Puck," "Judge," "Life," "Picto...
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Soultanakis, Nicholas
Ishioka, Eiko
- Dates:
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2007 - 2011
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3.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1331
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists mostly of design-related materials for the short-lived Broadway musical "Spiderman: Turn off the Dark." These include images of designs for costume, hair styles, makeup and scenery, presumably used by Ishioka to design the costumes for the show. The collection contains her pencil and ink design drawings for the costumes, fab...
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1884-1917, undated
1884-1917
- Size:
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1466
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes assorted printed materials and ephemera on "Wild West" shows.
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Branner, Martin M.
Graphic Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1920-1961
- Size:
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8 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0265
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
28 scrapbooks containing proofs and newspaper clippings (i.e., reproductions) of the comic strip "Winnie Winkle" from 37 complete years (1920, 1922-45, 1950-61) of daily black-and-white strips and color Sunday editions. Evidently, the clippings from 1946 1949 were lost at some point prior to the acquisition of this collection by the Smithsonian. Th...
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King, Ed
- Dates:
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1961-1970.
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0559
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The bulk of this collection contains affidavits and legal papers filed in civil action suits which document acts of violence committed against Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) workers between 1961 and 1964. All activity documented occurred in Mississippi, and much of the violence that occurred was inflicted by police and white civilians. ...
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Tanaka, Peter, Dr.
Tsukamoto, Mary
McGovern, Melvin
Nitta, Eugene T.
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1900s-1993
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes and 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0305
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is an assortment of souvenirs and memorabilia, which have survived the years since World War II. Many of them, Christmas cards, high school graduation programs, notes to friends, snapshots, and photographic prints in the form of dance programs reflect the interests and concerns of all teenagers. There are camp newsletters and Japan...