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1892-1960
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22 cu. ft. (44 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 311
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the administration of William Henry Holmes, first Curator of the National Gallery of Art (NGA), 1907-1920, and Director of the Gallery, 1920-1932. To a lesser extent, it also documents the administration of Ruel P. Tolman, Acting Director of NGA, 1932-1937, and the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA), 1937-1946, ...
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Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985
Richardson, Constance, 1905-
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1814-1996
bulk 1921-1996
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28.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.richedga
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian E. P. Richardson measure 28.7 linear feet and date from 1814-1996, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1921-1996. Within the papers are scattered biographical materials; acquisition files for Richardson's personal art collection; professional and personal correspondence with colleagues, art historians and critics, artists, museums, galleries, and dealers; numerous writings, including manuscripts and research files for his published books, articles, and lectures; general research notebooks and files compiled by Richardson on a wide variety of art-related topics and artists; professional and committee files; as well as a smaller amount of Constance C. Richardson's papers.
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American-Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Co.
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1923-1964
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8 Cubic feet (306 architectural plans and drawings.)
The majority of plans are on tracing paper, though there are also some reprographic prints and drawings on tracing cloth.
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MON
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Archives of American Gardens
The American-Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Corporation Collection includes 306 architectural plans and drawings of greenhouses, solariums, conservatories, garages, and other structures designed by American-Moninger for clients throughout the United States dating from 1923 to 1964.
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Page, William, 1811-1885
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1815-1947
bulk 1843-1892
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11.06 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pagewill
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Archives of American Art
The papers of the portraitist and art theorist William Page and the Page family measure 11.06 linear feet and date from 1815 to 1947, bulk 1843-1892. In addition to the papers of William Page, the papers include documents related to Page's wife's career as a writer and records documenting their personal lives and the lives of their family members. Types of documents found include personal documents and artifacts, correspondence, essays, lectures, diaries, poems, notes and notebooks, financial records, legal records, published works, clippings, catalogs, photographs, and artwork.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1847-1975
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251 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S04
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 4: Songwriters: A "songwriter" for this series is defined as a composer, a lyricist, or both. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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1884, 1888, 1899-1965
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13.84 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 half document box) (13 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 229
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document the history of the agrostology section of the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture (1901-1939), and the Section of Grasses, United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1912-1963) at the time Albert Spear Hitchcock and Mary Agnes Chase worked for the USDA and the USNH, ...
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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry), 1890-1977 (comedian)
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1911-1978, undated
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12 Cubic feet (39 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0269
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers, films, and collected materials of 20th century comedian Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx.
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1851-1982 and undated
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58.76 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes) (9 document boxes) (26 tall document boxes) (9 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 73
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Archives would like to thank the staff of the Division of Mollusks for their cooperation in transferring the records to the Archives. We especially appreciate the help of Clyde Roper, Richard Houbrick, and Michael Sweeney.
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Macbeth Gallery
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1947-1948
1838-1968
bulk 1892-1953
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131.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.macbgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Macbeth Gallery records provide almost complete coverage of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1892 to its closing in 1953. Through extensive correspondence files, financial and inventory records, printed material, scrapbooks, reference and research material, and photographs of artists and works of art, the records document all aspects of the gallery's activities, charting William Macbeth's initial intention to lease his store "for the permanent exhibition and sale of American pictures" through over sixty years of success as a major New York firm devoted to American art. The collection measures 131.6 linear feet and dates from 1838 to 1968 with the bulk of the material dating from 1892 to 1953.
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Underwood & Underwood
- Dates:
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1895-1921
- Size:
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160 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0143
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A collection of approximately 28,000 glass plate negatives showing views of a variety of subjects.
