C. Malcolm Watkins Papers
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Watkins, C. Malcolm
- Dates:
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1935-1979 and undated
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12.59 cu. ft. (23 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7322
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of C. Malcolm Watkins provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career from 1934 to 1980. The collection documents his interest in early American culture; his research on ceramics, historic archeology, and early California history; his curatorial and administrative activities in the Department of Anthropology, USNM, ...
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National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History
- Dates:
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1981-1985
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10.8 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 86-155
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document research for the major permanent exhibition in the museum, After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800, which opened in 1985. Included are scripts; contracted research reports by non-museum historians; graphics files for logos and stationery; public relations and educational t...
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Centennial Photographic Co.
Roth, Rodris
Myers, Susan H.
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circa 1862-1920
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2 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0725
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Hundreds of stereographs and other photographic imagery, especially a large number of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; other subjects include: the World's Columbian Exhibition (1893); the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Great Sanitary Fair; a large number on Massachusetts, including a set of images from Old Sturbridge; buildings and scenery; miscellaneous other subjects.
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Farber, Joan C., Dr.
Farber, Joseph C., 1903-1994
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circa 1930-1990
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15 Cubic feet (90 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0520
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Farber collection documents images of celebrated American buildings by photographer Joseph C. Farber.
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Maltsby, Portia
Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
- Dates:
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1850-2004, undated
- Size:
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100 Cubic feet (309 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0408
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection primarily documents the activities of the National Museum of American History's Program in African American Culture (PAAC) dating from 1979 through 2004. The Program in African American Culture (PAAC) created public programs documenting the black experience in the United States, as well as, other countries. Archival materials include photographs, programs, administrative files, magnetic tape, audiocassettes, U-matic and VHS video cassettes.
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1967-1989
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 390
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records include incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda from Zora Martin-Felton and other staff of the Education Department, as well as program reports, budget justifications, and planning statements. These materials are scattered throughout the records and have many chronological gaps. The records also describe the development ...
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
- Dates:
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1862-2004, undated
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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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1865–1874
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27 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M816
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 27 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M816. These digital surrogates reproduced 55 volumes containing signatures of and personal identification data about depositors in 29 branch offices of the Freedman's Saving and Trust Company, 1865–1874.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
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June 27-July 8, 2007
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2007
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Freelon, Philip G., 1953-2019
- Dates:
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bulk 1939-2017
- Size:
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5.1 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.A2017.51
- Repository:
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Philip G. Freelon Architectural Archival Collection documents the life and career of architect, educator, cultural heritage preservation advocate and artist Philip G. Freelon. The collection highlights his distinguished career from its inception to his role as the "architect of record" for the National Museum of African American History and Cul...
