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Divisional Records
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Dates:
1925-1940
Size:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 17-008
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document the work of Aida M. Doyle, Aid, Section of Organic Chemistry, 1925-1938, and Wallace E. Duncan, Assistant Curator, Section of Chemical Industries, United States National Museum (USNM), 1939-1942, in the research and in the pursuit of assistance from companies in exhibiting a variety of prod...

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Curatorial Records
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Dates:
1904-2005
Size:
2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Accession 20-134
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document collections management, research, and professional activities of curators in the Division of the History of Technology, with earlier records dating back to when the division was known as the Division of Extractive Industries, the Division of Manufacturing, the Division of Agriculture and Mining,...

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Divisional Records
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Creators:
National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Extractive Industries
Dates:
1925-1979
Size:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection ID:
Accession 19-124
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document collections management, research, and professional activities of curators in the Division of Extractive Industries, with earlier records dating back to when the division was known as the Division of Manufacturing, the Division of Agriculture and Mining, the Division of Manufactures and Heav...

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Exhibition Records
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Dates:
1915-1981, 2002-2003, 2007-2008
Size:
2.28 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (2 oversize folders)
Collection ID:
Accession 20-133
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document planning, development and production activities for the exhibitions The Coke Push: A Centennial Portfolio of Industrial Art, Abandoned Mine Scenes, Lead and Zinc Mine Scenes of the Past, Labor Day, The United States Census, 1790-1960, The Changing American Farm, 1831-1981, The Clockwork Uni...

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Divisional Records
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Creators:
National Museum of American History. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dates:
1907-1994
Size:
4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 19-222
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records that document collections management, research, and professional activities of curators in the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, with earlier records dating back to when the division was known as the Division of Extractive Industries, the Division of Manufacturing, the Division of Agriculture ...

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Records
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Creators:
United States National Museum. Department of Engineering and Industries
Dates:
1891-1957
Size:
7.5 cu. ft. (15 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 84
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records originated mostly in the office of the Head Curator of the Department of Engineering and Industries, under Carl W. Mitman and Frank A. Taylor, but include records of several other curators, primarily Smith Hempstone Oliver and Paul E. Garber. The records include general correspondence, memoranda, and administrative files concerni...

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Research Records
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Creators:
National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Physical Sciences
Dates:
1955-1966 and undated
Size:
3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 579
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit consists of the research files of Robert P. Multhauf, Curator in the Division of Physical Sciences. The records contain scripts for Hall of Chemistry exhibitions; historical information and illustrations pertaining to chemistry, chemical apparatus, and industrial laboratories; biographies of distinguished chemists; and se...

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Records
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Creators:
National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Agriculture and Mining
Dates:
circa 1923-1973
Size:
7 cu. ft. (14 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 240
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Records document the activities of the Section of Agriculture, Division of Agriculture and Mining, and its predecessors, and include correspondence, memoranda, exhibit scripts, and reports. Annual reports covering the Sections of Chemical Industries, Chemical Technology, Foods, Manufactures, and Organic Chemistry are also contained in the ...

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Digitized Content Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
Dates:
1925-1949
Size:
78.77 cu. ft. (65 record storage boxes) (1 half document box) (90 3x5 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 46
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit traces the operation of the Smithsonian from 1925 to 1949. It contains records from the last years of Secretary Charles D. Walcott's administration, perhaps most notably the ambitious but abortive fund raising campaign to add $10,000,000.00 to the Smithsonian's endowment. The Depression and consequent cut-backs in government ...

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Digitized Content Correspondence
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Dates:
1866-1906, with related records to 1927
Size:
65.91 cu. ft. (98 document boxes) (6 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box) (88 3x5 boxes) (1 tube box) (oversize material)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 31
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document the history of the Smithsonian from 1872-1927. Most of the records concern the tenure of Samuel P. Langley, the third Secretary, who served from 1887-1906. There is also some material dating from as early as 1866 to as late as 1927 in the collection. This record unit is the last to be based on a distinction between ...

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