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Smithsonian Institution
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1995-2015
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-248
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of "Ocean Planet," one of the Smithsonian Institution's first websites, as it existed on April 23, 2015. A preview of the website was first made available on April 20, 1995, as part of the press preview of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) website of the same name, but did not officially launch until Ma...
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Andrade, Edna, 1917-2008
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1917-1995
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4.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.andredna
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Archives of American Art
Biographical information; writings; correspondence; a file relating to the Marian Locks Gallery; art works; photographs; 2 photograph albums; printed material; and a videotape.
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Steinitz, Kate Traumann, 1889-1975
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circa 1910-2002
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4.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.steikate
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist, collector, librarian, and scholar Kate Steinitz measure 4.3 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 2002. The collection documents Steinitz's life and career in Germany and the United States through biographical material; correspondence; writings, including manuscripts and travel diaries; exhibition files; personal business records; printed material; travel scrapbooks; artwork; and photographs.
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Fredette, Raymond H.
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bulk 1960s - 2000s
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3.4 Cubic feet ((10 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0030
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 3.44 cubic feet of material pertaining to the book The Sky on Fire: The First Battle of Britain, 1917-1918 by Raymond H. Fredette including correspondence; photographs and negatives; reference material; research notes; drafts and proofs; reviews; and business and financial records. There is extensive corres...
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bulk 1928-1938
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1.74 Cubic feet ((6 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0252
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The German Commercial Zeppelins Collection documents German commercial Zeppelin travel during the 1930s.
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Lippe, Aschwin, 1914-1988
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1930 - 1988
1930 - 1988
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36 Linear feet
36 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2012.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Aschwin Lippe was a research fellow and later curator in the Department of Far Eastern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The collection includes his early research and writings on East Asian art, particularly Chinese paintings. It has substantial material on his involvement in selecting the paintings and writing the catalog for the 1961 Chinese Art Treasures Exhibition. He later shifted his research focus to medieval Indian sculpture. The collection includes journals kept during several years of field research in India as well as his extensive photo-documentation of Indian temples and religious sculpture.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum. Curatorial Office
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1988-2006
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-056
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the research, development, fundraising, publicity, production, and execution of exhibitions at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery. Staff represented include Virginia M. Mecklenburg, Senior Curator, Painting and Sculpture, SAAM; Kenneth R. Trapp, Curator-in-Charge, Renwi...
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Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958
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1853-1977
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6.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.valewilh
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian and museum director Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner measure 6.9 linear feet and date from 1853 to 1977. Found within the collection are biographical materials, including information on the Lepsius and Valentiner families; correspondence with family, friends, art collectors, and art historians; seven diaries; additional writings and notes; printed materials; three clippings scrapbooks; artwork in the form of prints and woodcuts; and photographs of Valentiner and his family and friends, including two photograph albums.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1952-1981
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46.19 cu. ft. (91 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 290
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of exhibition files, 1952-1981, for shows no longer traveling. The exhibitions are developed and organized by SITES and produced by both the Smithsonian's Office of Exhibits Central and outside sources. Exhibition themes cover the fields of art, history, and science, as well as current events. Also included ...
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circa 1960s
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6 Postcards (6 photographic postcards, silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.81B
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National Anthropological Archives
Postcards made by German museums depicting Native American artifacts in their collections. They include images of a Tlingit totem pole, Eastern bark canoe, and a Hopi kachina in the Museum fur Volkerkunde; a diorama showing warriors returning home from battle in the Volkerkundliches Indianer-Museum; and a Dakota effigy pipe and Hidatsa skin paintin...