Paul Vanderbilt papers
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Vanderbilt, Paul
- Dates:
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1854-1992
bulk 1945-1992
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25.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vandpaul
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of librarian, curator, and photographer Paul Vanderbilt (1905-1992) measure 25.2 linear feet and date from 1854 to 1992 with the bulk of the material dating from 1945 to 1992. The papers are comprised of biographical materials, personal and business correspondence, interviews, writings and notes, fourteen diaries and two diary fragments, reference and project files, photographic materials, sound recordings, and professional files.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Dates:
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1920-1976, 1991, 1996, 2000-2001
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-004
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of audiovisual materials used in exhibitions at the National Museum of American History. Exhibitions documented include 300 Years of American Papermaking, Rube Goldberg: Comic Art and Invention, and Digilab. Also documented are the Henry R. Luce Hall of News Reporting and the Hall of Printing and Graphic ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Dates:
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1932, 1974, 1984, 2002
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-006
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the curatorial work of staff in the Division of Information and Society, which included curators from the previously existing Division of Graphic Arts and from when the museum was known as the United States National Museum and the National Museum of History and Technology respectively. Work ...
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Peterdi, Gabor
Cummings, Paul
- Dates:
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1971 Apr. 29
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79 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.peterd71
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Gabor Peterdi conducted 1971 Apr. 29, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Peterdi speaks of his youth in Hungary and his early desire to be a painter, Paris and his first encounter with surrealism, studying printmaking with Stanley William Hayter and the Paris art scene in the 1930s. He comments on coming to the U.S....
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National Museum of American Art. Department of Graphic Arts
- Dates:
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1915, circa 1960-1993
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-143
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities of Martina Roudabush Norelli, associate curator of Graphic Arts, and include original inventory sheets of works of art purchased from or donated by individuals and societies, including the Chicago Society of Etchers; minutes of meetings of professional societies; brochures fr...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Dates:
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1953-2008
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-149
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting staff exhibition planning, development, and production of photographic history collections, as well as works by renown contemporary American photographers, at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) and the Arts and Industries Building. Earlier records date back to when the photographic ...
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Tolman, Ruel P. (Ruel Pardee), 1878-1954
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1909-1964
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1.75 cu. ft. (3 document boxes) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7433
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Ruel P. Tolman Collection contains official correspondence; biographical information; photocopies of prints, drawings and photographs; and scrapbooks. Included are papers relating to Tolman's work as a graphic artist, his interest in miniature painting, and his participation in arts-related organizations. Of particular interest are four s...
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Mechanisms, Division of.
Instrument Society of America
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
- Dates:
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1911-1972
- Size:
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36 Cubic feet (98 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0215
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of instrumentation through catalogs, bulletins, specification sheets, price lists, and other publications of companies that produce instrumentation.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Information Technology and Society
- Dates:
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1942-2001
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-276
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the planning, development, and installation of Science in American Life, a major permanent exhibition at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). This exhibition demonstrates how science has changed the way Americans have lived over the past 125 years. Opening on April 27, 1994, Sci...
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Saalburg, Allen Russell, 1899-1987
- Dates:
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1924-circa 2003
bulk 1940-1987
- Size:
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0.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.saalalle
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter, illustrator, and screenprinter Allen Saalburg, 1924-circa 2003, bulk 1940-1987, measure 0.8 linear feet. Included are professional correspondence, printed material, a scrapbook and photographs. Most photographs are of Saalburg and his artwork. Also found are biographical material and subject files.