William Robert Pearmain and Pearmain family papers
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Pearmain, William Robert, 1888-1912
- Dates:
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1888-1955
- Size:
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pearwill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and activist William Robert Pearmain (1888-1912) and the Pearmain family measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1888-1955. Papers are found for William Robert Pearmain, his wife Nancy Douglas Brush (later Bowditch), their daughter Mary "Polly" Pearmain, and other members of the Pearmain family. There are biographical materials; family correspondence; a watercolor; a travel diary and school essays by Pearmain; printed materials, including clippings and two publications by the Industrial Workers of the World; and photographs of the Pearmain family and artwork.
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Automatic Button Company.
American Pearl Button Company.
Claus Schmarje Button Company.
Barry Manufacturing Company.
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1898 - 1993
- Size:
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13 Cubic feet (55 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0504
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the manufacture of both freshwater pearl and plastic buttons in Muscatine, Iowa, including at least 12 different companies from primarily 1925 to the 1960s.
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Anacostia Community Museum
- Dates:
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1997
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
12 Sound recordings (audio cassette)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.09-007.28
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Behind the Apron oral history project documents the experiences of Black oyster and clam workers in Southern Maryland. The audio interviews were conducted by Shelia Montague Parker in 1997. The interviewees include: Doris Harris, Conroy Butler, Mary Hawkins, Christine Gray, Blondell Mason, Mary Washington, Ruth Smith, and Wiliam Bourne. The intervi...
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
- Dates:
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1862-2004, undated
- Size:
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120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )
2,000 Photographs
450 Cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0078
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff (1920-2013) relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.
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Sluder, Joyce
Stuck, Leon
- Dates:
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1927-1928
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1008
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A photograph album with black-and-white photographs documenting road building in cities on Long Island, New York.
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Edwards, Park
- Dates:
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[ca. 1914]-1954
- Size:
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0.5 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.edwapark
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters from Howard Stratton, Director of the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, regarding projects, exhibits, and articles, and from Raymond Pitcairn, regarding Edwards' work at Bryn Athyn; and a scrapbook documenting Edwards' career containing clippings, writings, sketches, leaflets, photographs of completed works and of Samuel Yellin'...
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Wood, Charles Edwards, 1876-1954
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undated
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1114
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of photographs taken during the construction of the Panama Canal. Subjects of the photographs include the earliest digging, tree removal, mosquito control, locks, equipment, Wood's family, a fire in Colon that occurred during the building of the Canal, and the first boats to use the Canal. Photographs include images of the Gatun Dam and lo...
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National Association of Manufacturers
National Industrial Conservation Movement
- Dates:
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1916-1917
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0.15 Cubic feet (13 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1454
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Posters produced for the national Association of manufacturers' National Industrial Conservation Movement campaign.
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Aikins, Russell Chorley, 1896-
U.S. Steel Corporation
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circa 1940s
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1037
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection comprises of 21 albums depicting the steel making and finishing operations of the United States Steel Corporation. All of the images were made by Russell Aikins around 1940. The albums contain photographic prints (8" x 9-1/2"). The majority of prints are mounted on spiral-bound pages. The photographs were created for public relations...
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Joseph, Katherine
Hertzberg, Suzanne
- Dates:
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1938-1944, 1962
bulk 1941
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1 Sound disc (33 1/3 RPM)
1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0944
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Katherine Joseph's career as staff photographer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The papers contain negatives and prints taken in Mexico, and some photographs of a White House event in 1938, featuring Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; and images of American workers on the home front during World War II.
