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Kost, William Elvidge
Kost, William Cassell, (farmer), 1917-1989
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1939-1989
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17.66 Cubic feet (53 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0481
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of the Kost family farm, Vermont, Illinois. The farm consisted of 120 acres where small grains, hay, and cattle were raised.
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El Chico Restaurants Collection
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El Chico Restaurants
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1908 - 1990
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0.75 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1246
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The materials relate to the creation and operation of El Chico Corporation.
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circa 1940s-1990s
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1.5 Linear feet ((3 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-066
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from circa 1940s to 1990s and measures 1.15 linear feet, documents the daily lives and activities of the residents of the Frederick Douglass Dwellings and other areas of Anacostia, as well as the demolition of the Frederick Douglass Dwellings. The collection is comprised of color and black-and-white photographs, studio portraits, slides, negatives, documents from community organizations, magazines and clippings.
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Kidder, Priscilla C. (costume designer)
Priscilla of Boston.
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1940-1996
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4 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0557
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection includes letters, sketches, style books, publicity photographs, tearsheets, articles and clippings, scrapbooks, and business documents relating to Priscilla Kidder, the Priscilla of Boston Company, and the American wedding industry. This collection is extraordinarily useful in documenting the development of wedding fashion during the last half of the 20th century. It also illustrates how a small, family-owned, woman-run business grew into a large, nationally known operation.
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Rosenthal, Nan
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circa 1940-2013
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17.1 Gigabytes
26.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rosenan
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Archives of American Art
The papers of curator Nan Rosenthal measure 26.6 linear feet and 17.1 gigabytes and date from circa 1940-2013. There is a small amount of biographical material; correspondence, mostly letters from her first husband Otto Piene; project and research files encompassing her work as a curator and historian; as well as teaching files; and thousands of slides organized by subject. Among Rosenthal's research and project files are sound recordings and transcripts from dozens of interviews Rosenthal conducted with artists including Howard Hodgkin, Anselm Kiefer, friends and family of Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg and friends, George Rickey, Claus Oldenburg, and Sangbin Im. In addition to paper records, the collection also includes a large number of sound recordings, video recordings, and born digital material.
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Bridgewater, Herbert Ford, 1908-1970
Bridgewater, Leon Archibald, 1905-1968
Harrell, Charles Henry, 1878-1948
Harrell, Mary Bridgewater, 1893-1981
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1880-2017
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21 Cubic feet (64 document boxes, one oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1385
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers and photographs documenting the lives and descendants of Samuel and Mamie Anderson Bridgewater of Helena, Montana.
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Warashina, Patti, 1940-
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circa 1900-1991
bulk 1970-1989
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4.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.warapatt
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Archives of American Art
The papers of ceramicist and sculptor Patti Warashina (b. 1940) date from circa 1900 and 1957 through 1991, bulk 1970-1989. The collection consists of 4.8 linear feet of correspondence and printed material reflecting the many ceramic and craft exhibitions and other projects Warashina participated in throughout the United States, and her associations with other ceramicists. Also included are biographical documents, writings, art works, several photographs, and a video.
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Shell, Theodore, Dr. (dentist)
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1933-1990
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1.75 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0502
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Periodical articles, news clippings, concert programs, radio transcripts, personal correspondence, broadsides, photographs, and pencil sketches collected by Dr. Shell. The material documents part of Duke Ellington's music career, especially ca. 1940-1974.
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Weick, Fred E., 1899-1993
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bulk 1940s-1990s
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49 Cubic Feet ((47 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0016
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of over 45 cubic feet of material created or collected by Fred Weick, which chronicle his distinguished aeronautical engineering career from the 1920s to the 1990s. The collection consists of the following types of material: log books, patents, proceedings and lectures, lawsuits, brochures and publications, photographs, cor...
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
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1900 - 1989
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes materials on other world's fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and Disney.