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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings
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1974-1977
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-026
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence documenting the research and activities of the Division of Costume and Furnishings during the tenures of Rodris C. Roth, Curator, 1972- ; and Claudia Brush Kidwell, Assistant Curator, 1969-1974, and Associate Curator, 1974- . Materials include curatorial responses to public inquiries, mostly pertaining...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Domestic Life
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1983-1991
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-072
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document planning for and installation of New & Different: Home Interiors in Eighteenth-Century America, a small, temporary exhibition supplementing the larger, long-term installation of After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800 at the National Museum of American History. The exhibit...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Domestic Life
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circa 1955-1977 and undated
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4 cu. ft. (8 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 261
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records, primarily from the Division of Preindustrial Cultural History and, to an extent, its predecessors, as well as the Department of Cultural History and the Division of Domestic Life, include administrative files consisting of annual reports for some of the above administrative units; a fourth floor plan of NMHT; memoranda conc...
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Dr. Jerome Walker Papers
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Walker, Jerome
Walker, Cathy Jean
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1864-1917, undated
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1408
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dr. Jerome Walker's papers discuss the United States Sanitary Commission, its creation, and its role during the Civil War. The papers also discuss Walker's meeting with Abraham Lincoln at the field hospital in City Point, Virginia.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings
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1972-1974
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 519
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly consist of curatorial responses to public inquiries. Included is correspondence from private collectors, museum curators, clothing manufacturers, college professors, historical associations, and individuals.
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Krantz, Victor
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1951-1953
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364 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.73-18
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made during Victor Krantz's service with the United States Air Force in Japan. They include images of hotels, shrines, and other buildings; street and market scenes; dancers at Obon festival; people engaged in art, crafts, agriculture, games, and household activities; market scenes; and boats.
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Hering, Rudolph, 1847-1923
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1860-1923
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8.1 Cubic feet (32 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0989
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents, primarily through printed publications, Rudolph Hering's work on waste disposal, drainage, water flow of rivers, sanitary and hydraulic engineering, and municipal sewage systems in the United States and in other countries.
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Shearer, Walter
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1948-1973
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1.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0347
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Pamphlets published by the General Motors Company, covering a wide variety of topics, including business and industry, economics, household tips, politics, safety, and self-improvement. There are also a number of pamphlets about General Motors itself. Many of these pamphlets also serve as corporate propaganda.
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Marimekko, Inc.
- Dates:
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1951-1979
bulk 1957-1979
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8.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.1997-123-1
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Libraries
This collection covers the period that Ratia was with Marimekko, 1951-1979.It includes scrapbook, press releases, correspondence, brochures, photographs, magazine articles, swatches, and trade catalogs. It contains extensive information about the company's affiliation with D/R and its operations in Finland. It includes a copy of "Phenomenon Marimekko," the catalog from a comprehensive exhibition that was held at the Museum of Applied Arts in Helsinki in 1986. The collection contains legal correspondence and contracts pertaining to D/R's representation of Marimekko in the United States, as well as numerous swatches, sample books, brochures for stockholders, and trade catalogs. Files pertaining to Marimekko's work in Finland is mostly in Finnish and consists of brochures, posters, articles, and sample books, as well as a copy of the publication, "Design in Finland 1983."Additional information on Marimekko's association with D/R can be found in the Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive's Design Research, Inc. Collection.
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Linder, Henry, 1854-1910
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1877-1931
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0.6 Linear feet (ca. 150 photographic prints (partially microfilmed on one reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lindhenr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Primarily photographs, but also includes certificates of award, photocopies of notes and writings; and clippings.
