Gold Bond-Good Humor Collection
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Good Humor Corporation.
- Dates:
-
1927 - 1991
- Size:
-
2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0451
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of photographs related to the Good Humor Company and its products, game shows using Good Humor products, and celebrities (such as Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower) eating Good Humor products. There are also articles about Good Humor, product catalogs, training manuals, cartoons, brochures, decals, and samples of product packaging...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Baer, Ralph H., 1922-2014
- Dates:
-
1943 - 2015
- Size:
-
16 Cubic feet (44 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0854
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ralph H. Baer was a German-born ordnance specialist, inventor, and engineer. He was a pioneer of early videogame technology. The papers include autobiographical materials; firearms notes, manuscripts, and photographs; and videogame and television engineering notes, diagrams, schematics, and video documentation.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Levine, Ken, 1950- (scriptwriter)
Alda, Alan (actor, scriptwriter)
Bull, Sheldon (scriptwriter)
Bloodworth, Linda (scriptwriter)
More … - Dates:
-
undated
1950 - 1982
- Size:
-
8.4 Cubic feet (25 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0117
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The television show M*A*S*H was initially broadcast from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983. It told the story of doctors and nurses assigned to a fictitious medical unit, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based in Uijeongbu, Korea during the 1950-1953 war.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Korda, Ronald S., -1996
Korda, Catherine
- Dates:
-
1952-1996
- Size:
-
57 Cubic feet (259 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0545
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sports and trading cards, 1952-1996, amassed by card collector Ronald S. Korda. The sports cards are subdivided by sport. Baseball cards, (1952-1996), comprise the vast majority of the sports cards, while football (1968-1996) and hockey (1968-1996) are the two next largest subseries. There are lesser quantities of cards for basketball, and only a few each for all other sports, such as racing, skiing, etc. Non-sports cards cover a large variety of popular culture topics, including motion pictures, television programs, popular music, toys, games, cars and trucks, comics, fantasy art, and many other subjects. Some ephemeral items are also included in the collection, such as sticker albums, posters and programs
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Channel
- Dates:
-
2007-2009
- Size:
-
1.25 cu. ft. (1.25 non-standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-011
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of programs created for the Smithsonian Channel that cover a range of topics including aeronautics, astronautics, science, nature, and American culture and history. Series and programs include "Aerial America" "All Dolled Up;" "America Wild and Wacky;" "America's Greatest Monuments;" "America's Hangar;" "America's ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Kendall Productions
- Dates:
-
1952-2006
bulk 1997-2004
- Size:
-
4.6 Cubic feet (3 cartons, 2 oversized boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-055
- Repository:
-
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Kendall Productions records date from 1952-2006 with the bulk of material dating from 1997-2004 and measure 4.42 cubic feet. The records consist of material documenting the Kendall Productions documentary Dance Party: The Teenarama Story which first aired on Howard University's PBS affiliate WHUT in 2006. The records are comprised of research and production notes, government records, newspaper articles, questionnaires, photographs, letters, and scripts, accompanied by a significant amount of original media in the following formats: VHS and Beta videocassettes, audiocassettes, and audio compact discs.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Nye, Bill
- Dates:
-
1970 - 2014
- Size:
-
12 Cubic feet (28 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1383
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Bill Nye's early life, his Science Guy persona and its development for his television program Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
-
1982-1989
- Size:
-
36.54 cu. ft. (58 document boxes) (7.54 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-132
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Here At The Smithsonian was a series of short features for television created and produced by the staff of the Smithsonian's Office of Telecommunications between the years 1982 and 1989. The series was designed for public dissemination of information about Smithsonian exhibition and research activities. Each year had a volume number [1982...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Mr. Wizard Studios (Firm)
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
- Dates:
-
1906-2008
bulk 1951-1995
- Size:
-
26 Cubic feet (57 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1326
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Lodge, Arthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Arthur Lodge Productions.
- Dates:
-
1950 - 1959
- Size:
-
42.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0507
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Industry on Parade was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the programs decade-long run.