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Whitman, John (President of Oakland Group, Inc.)
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1983 December 8
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0091
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of one 5 ½" x 5 ½" floppy diskette from John Whitman of Micromedia Software in Wellesley, MA, which purports to portray the first Christmas card. It is believed that J. C. Horsley designed the card in England in 1843. When displayed on computer screen the card reads. "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year you." Along wi...
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Maxey, H. David
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
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1939-1999
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8 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0417
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Smithsonian Speech Synthesis History Project, conducted by H. David Maxey from 1986 through 2002, created a collection of archival materials documenting the history and development of speech synthesis technology. Maxey collaborated with Dr. Bernard Finn, Elliot Sivowitch and Harold Wallace of the National Museum of American History's Division of Information, Technology, and Society.
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Nesbit, Velma, 1925-2002
Berking, Peter
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circa 2000
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box, 6 linear inches)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-127
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 2000, contains a 144-page typescript copy of the unpublished autobiography of Velma Nesbit, the daughter of an Alabama sharecropper. Also present are 14 audiocassettes, one diskette and four compact discs relating to Nesbit's life and career.
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Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
GTE Laboratories Inc.
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1984-1999.
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7 Cubic feet (14 boxes, 6 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0833
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Drawings, patents, notes, computer printouts, articles, and technical papers documenting the GTE Burst-switch; also, subject files relating to many aspects of the burst switch project.
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Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions
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1987, 1989, 1991-1993, 1997
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-202
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual records created during the production of "American Encounters," "To Coexist: Diversity and Development," "Diversity Endangered," and "The Beauty and Diversity of Our Planet." "American Encounters" is a series of eight videos about Hispanic and Native American culture in New Mexico. The first five videos ...
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DuPree, Sherry Sherrod, 1946-
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circa 1887-2001
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355 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-041
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1887-2001, contains materials relating to the history of African-American Holiness and Pentecostal movements. Included are newsletters, correspondence, brochures, fliers, magazines, VHS tapes, articles, newspaper clippings, slides, manuscripts, photographs, books, financial documents, audiocassettes, compact discs, diskettes, DuPree's research files, and other materials. A copy of DuPree's book "African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement: an Annotated Bibliography," which was based on the research in this collection, is also present.
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Evelyn, Douglas E.
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circa 1800-1860s, 1984-1989
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23.3 Cubic feet (50 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0344
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is composed entirely of xerographic and photographic reproductions made for the Robert Mills Papers Project. The copies include correspondence, plans, federal legislation regarding proposed government construction projects, construction records, and material regarding people with a relation to Mills or one of his projects. The mat...
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Safko International, Inc. Records
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Safko, Lon S.
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1984 - 1996
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12.6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0911
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of Safko International, Inc., document an assistive computer technology company created by Lon S. Safko to produce and sell the environmental control systems he invented for the physically disabled, specifically quadriplegics. Through the use of a computer and alternative input devices, the physically disabled were able to overcome physical barriers which inhibited them from attaining an autonomous lifestyle.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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circa 1985-1987
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 88-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the International Symposium on Grass Systematics and Evolution held in July 1986, at the National Museum of Natural History. The Smithsonian was co-sponsor of the event which included an exhibit. Thomas R. Soderstrom was the chief participant and organizer from the Smithsonian Institution. ...
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Dunham, S. Ann (Stanley Ann)
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1965-2013
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18 Linear Feet ((44 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2011-04
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National Anthropological Archives
The S. Ann Dunham papers, 1965-2013, primarily document her work as an economic anthropologist in Indonesia. The papers include her dissertation research on blacksmithing and materials relating to her professional work as a consultant for organizations like the Ford Foundation and Bank Raykat Indonesia (BRI). Her work included projects on microcredit, women in development, and rural industries. Materials consist of field notebooks, correspondence, reports, research proposals, case studies, surveys, lectures, photographs, research files, and floppy disks.