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Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions
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1996-1997
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5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-228
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of the radio program, "Guitar: Electrified, Amplified, and Deified." This program celebrates electric guitar players who changed the course of popular music. This 2-hour program features Joe Louis Walker, The Ventures, Junior Brown, Jim Hall, and Les Paul. The radio...
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Lemelson Center
- Dates:
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1995-2014
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29 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes) (4 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-092
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audio and visual recordings of Lemelson Center special events, exhibitions, symposia, and general activities used for broadcast. Major programs documented within this collection include "Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize;" "Lewis Latimer: Renaissance Man;" "Reinventing the Wheel: The Continuing ...
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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1996 November 11-16
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7.5 Cubic feet (15 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0610
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This week-long event explored the intersection of technology and music in the 20th century; it included oral and video histories, exhibitions, concerts, and a symposium discussing the cultural significance of the electric guitar as instrument, technology, and symbol.
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William John Eck: First Pan American Airlines Transatlantic Flight Scrapbook
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June 12, 1939, through April 22, 1940
bulk June 28, 1939, through July 4, 1939
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0.33 Cubic Feet (1 scrapbook)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0309
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a scrapbook, "To Europe By Air," assembled by railroad executive William J. Eck to document his trip June 28 to July 4, 1939, on Pan American Airways' (PAA) first transatlantic passenger flight on the Boeing Model 314 Clipper "Dixie Clipper" flying boat and containing information on its crew, passengers, and ports of call.
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Neiman, LeRoy, 1921-2012
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1938-2005
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70.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.neimlero
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Archives of American Art
The papers of LeRoy Neiman measure approximately 70.5 linear feet and date from 1938-2005. The collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, project files, printed material and artifacts documenting the career of the American painter LeRoy Neiman.
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Pan American World Airways, Inc.
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1930-1965
bulk 1946-1955
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0.07 Cubic feet (2 folders, One 16 x 20 inch black and white print photograph, 59 color slides (35 mm color transparencies))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2009.0013
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 59 Pan American Airways (Pan Am) promotional 35 mm color slides from Howard V. Norton, a Pan Am Sales Representative in Washington, D.C., from 1942-1965 where his duties included promoting Pan Am to travel agents and organizing round the world tour groups. Collection also includes an oversized print of Pan American International Airport in Miami, Florida, taken in 1930.
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bulk 1922
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0015
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 45 black and white photographs, mostly 6.5 by 8.5 inches or 9 by 11 inches. Most of the photographs are aerial shots of the Washington, DC, area from 1922, including the following sites: Washington Monument (with aircraft exhibited about base); White House; Lincoln Memorial; United States Capitol; Union Station; Mount Ve...
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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circa 1847-1989
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36 Cubic feet (84 boxes, 16 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0069
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original documents and papers generated by William J. Hammer and by various companies and individuals with whom he was associated. Includes material related to the research and inventions of Edison, Bell, Tesla, the Curies, etc.
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1987 October - 1988 October
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27.63 Linear feet (63 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-036
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
An exhibition on the growth of African American churches in the eastern United States. The exhibit was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from October 1987 to October 1988. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Work and Industry
- Dates:
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1925-2010
- Size:
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-217
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, documenting exhibition planning, development, and production at the National Museum of American History. Earlier records date from when Finn was in the Division of Information Technology and Society; the Division of Electricity and Mode...