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Davis, Robert Tyler
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1918-1977 and undated
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8.38 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (2 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7439
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Robert Tyler Davis' education and career, 1918-1977. The majority of the material is dated 1937- 1977. A fair amount of incoming correspondence illustrates Davis' personal life, and, to a lesser extent, his professional career. Of special note are letters from Davis' second wife, Janet, and journals kept during his t...
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Davis, Robert Tyler
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1924-1960, 1979
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0.94 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-085
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Robert Tyler Davis (1904-1978) was born in Los Angeles, California. He was a museum administrator and an educator in art and art history, specializing in Pacific Northwest Native American art, and decorative arts, particularly tapestries. He graduated from Franklin High School, Los Angeles, and studied art history, drawing, and painting at the...
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Tyler, James C., 1935-
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1950-2006
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-082
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes papers covering the entire span of James C. Tyler's career as an ichthyologist, including his tenure at the National Air and Space Museum, as Acting Director, and at the National Museum of Natural History, as Associate Director, Deputy Director and Senior Scientist. Materials include correspondence files and related ...
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Renwick Gallery, Office of the Director
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1967-1988
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4.1 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 465
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit primarily documents the tenure of Lloyd Herman, Director of the Renwick Gallery, but also contains the records of David W. Scott, Robert Tyler Davis, and Joshua C. Taylor, directors of the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA). The records pertain to temporary exhibitions as well as the permanent collections of the Renwick ...
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Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records
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Medical Sciences, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Parke, Davis Company
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1867 - 1971
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179 Cubic feet (177 boxes, 21 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0001
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes engineer's files of equipment used in the Detroit plant; blueprints and linen drawings of the Detroit plant, including building floor layouts, equipment & placement, and computer readouts of the linen drawings; plant operating manuals from the Detroit factory; incomplete sets of the "Parke-Davis Review" and "Parke-Davis Notes"; photographs...
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National Collection of Fine Arts
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1908-1974
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59 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (116 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 313
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records pertain to the administration of David W. Scott, director, 1965-1968, Robert Tyler Davis, interim director, 1969, and Joshua C. Taylor, director, 1970- . Some records, most noticeably correspondence with Smithsonian Art Commission members, have been pulled up into the files from previous administrations. Also included are Smithson...
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of Administration
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1964-1980
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15 cu. ft. (30 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 447
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include administrative subject files, personnel records, financial and budgetary materials, and exhibition files. The administrative subject files contain letters, memoranda, reports, inventories, and other records which chronicle the day-to-day operations of NCFA. Among these are correspondence with NCFA curators and Smithsonian...
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Sherman, John D., 1872-1960
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1886-1960
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4.5 cu. ft. (9 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7296
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist primarily of correspondence between Sherman and entomologists and other naturalists including Alexander Agassiz, William Harris Ashmead, Samuel Henshaw, Leland Ossian Howard, John Lawrence LeConte, Clinton Hart Merriam, Alpheus Spring Packard, John Bernhard Smith, Robert Evans Snodgrass, Charles Henry Tyler Townsend, ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director
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circa 1972-1989
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27.5 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 338
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records provide documentation of the development of NASM as it built on the huge success of its 1976 opening. The emphasis of the museum's administration turned to revitalization of research efforts, professionalization of the staff, initiation of new projects and new exhibitions, an expanded program of publications, and plans to bu...
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Owen Gallery
- Dates:
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1929-2010
bulk 1980-2010
- Size:
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9.4 Linear feet
0.093 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.owengall
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Archives of American Art
The records of Owen Gallery measure 9.4 linear feet and 0.093 GB and date from 1929-2010, bulk 1980-2010. The gallery, which operated from 1986 to 2009 in New York, specialized in late nineteenth and early twentieth century American art with an emphasis on The Eight, Ashcan, and early American modernism. Michael Owen and James Yost owned and directed the gallery. Found within the records are exhibition files; inventory and sales records; printed and digital material; and records regarding painter Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Material dating from before 1986 when the gallery was established is research related to an artwork's provenance.