David Novros papers
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Novros, David, 1941-
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1963-2008
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.novrdavi
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Archives of American Art
The papers of abstract painter David Novros are dated 1963 to 2008, and measure 1.0 linear foot. Correspondence, records relating to the Liaunig Boat House commission (Middleburgh, NY), interview transcripts, printed material, and photographs document the painter's professional career.
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Moore, Charles Willard, 1925-1993
Woodbridge, Sally Byrne
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1984 Dec. 28
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69 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.moore84
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Charles Willard Moore conducted 1984 Dec. 28, by Sally Woodbridge, for the Archives of American Art.
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Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893
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1816-1890
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0.44 cu. ft. (1 5x8 box) (4 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7112
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence to Westwood from entomologists including Alexander Henry Haliday, Sidney Smith Saunders, and George Henry Kendrick Thwaites on fig insects; and Thomas Whitmarsh on isosoma and gall flies; correspondence between Thwaites and Stanford Green concerning fig insects in Ceylon, 1877, collected by Westwood; ...
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Shurtleff, Roswell Morse, 1838-1915
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1862-1871 and [undated]
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14 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.shurrosw
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Art works, letter, and photographs.
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Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930
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1914-1915
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0.23 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0294
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two scrapbooks kept by Glenn H. Curtiss and filled with photographs of himself and Samuel Langley. The photos show the two men and their experiments with Langley's aircraft, the Langley Aerodrome. The trial flights were conducted on Lake Kewka, near Hammondsport, NY. Each photo is labeled with a caption and a date. The s...
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Haenlein, Paul, 1835-1905
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1867
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0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1206
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a letter, and a multipage description of a "Balloon Locomotive," from inventor Paul Haenlein to U. S. Minister to the Court of St. James's, Charles Francis Adams, asking him to share the balloon locomotive plans with the U. S. government. There is also a letter from Benjamin Moran (U. S. Embassy in London) to Edward Stanton, Secretary of War under the Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson presidencies, in which the letter and description were forwarded.
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United States National Museum
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1877-1975
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337.16 cu. ft. (672 document boxes) (116 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 192
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records prior to 1907 consist mostly of incoming correspondence (outgoing correspondence can be found in record unit 112). After 1907 the records contain both incoming and outgoing correspondence. Much of the material consists of routine public inquiries. In addition, these records document museum accessions and Smithsonian expeditions and ...
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Voortmeyer, William B.
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1928
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0908
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
In 1928, Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his crew completed the first transpacific flight in the Fokker F.VIIB-3m "Southern Cross." William B. Voortmeyer was a master maritime navigator who had developed many early aerial navigation systems, including a numerical signal code by which ships at sea were able to advise pilots of their position by hoisting numerical flags to indicate the distance to a destination. This collection consists of the 50.25 by 34 inch route map used by the crew of the Fokker F.VIIB-3m "Southern Cross" in 1928 with the route marked by William B. Voortmeyer.
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Steggerda, Morris, 1900-1950
- Dates:
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1931
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70 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.3319
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National Anthropological Archives
Anthropometric portraits of Maya people in the vicinity of Chichen Itza, probably made for Steggerda's Carnegie Institution publication 434, "Anthropometry of Adult Maya Indians: A Study of Their Physical and Physiological Characteristics," 1932.
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Sandved, Kjell Bloch, 1922-
- Dates:
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1975
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-013
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Kjell Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of the NMNH in 1975. They also document the visit in October 1975 of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Some of the NMNH staff represented...
