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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
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circa 1864-1921
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4 copy prints
4 Engravings
2 Prints (woodburytype)
42 Prints (albumen, silver gelatin, and platinum)
18 Prints (halftone)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.70
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection consists of studio portraits and expedition photographs of anthropologists, administrators, scholars, and others. It includes some photographs of an American Indian demonstrating sign language, possibly made during W J McGee's Seriland expedition. Photographers represented in the collection are Charles Milton Bell, A. E. Dumbie; De ...
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Wertz, John T.
Wertz, Robert C.
Wertz, Melvin A.
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1898
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2 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2209
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes Key to Washakie's pictographs, "Obtained from Chief Washakie (his son Dick acting as interpreter) by Col. John T. Wertz...." Jan. 28, 1897. Manuscript document signed: J. K. M. 9 pages in leatherbound volume. Hand-colored photograph by Melvin A. Wertz of pictographs on elk-skin robe. 1 print. Cover from box of "Washakie" cigars, with mount...
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Minutes
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Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
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1846-1995
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8.70 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (7 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 1
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the official minutes of the Board. They are compiled at the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian, who is also secretary to the Board, after approval by the Regents' Executive Committee and by the Regents themselves. The minutes are edited, not a verbatim account of proceedings. For reasons unknown, there are no ...
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undated
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49 Prints (albumen and silver gelatin)
5 copy prints
3 Prints (collotype)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.66F
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of various subjects, including portraits of American Indians made from negatives by the Bureau of American Ethnology and United States National Museum. Depicted individuals include Lamar Richards (also known as Ostin, Tonkawa) and Grant Richards (also known as Sentele, Tonkawa); Turning Hawk, Crow Dog, Spot Tail, Red Leaf, and White Th...
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
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1965-1986
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36.5 cu. ft. (73 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 330
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history of the Department of Aeronautics from 1966-1986, a period marked by intensive planning for the new museum, its construction and opening in July 1976, and the emergence of the National Air and Space Museum as a large and important bureau of the Smithsonian and the most visited museum in the world. At the begi...
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Clark, Austin Hobart, 1880-1954
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1883-1954 and undated
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10.61 cu. ft. (19 document boxes) (1 half document box) (2 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7183
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Focus Gallery
- Dates:
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1963-1987
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11.8 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.focugall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of San Francisco Focus Gallery measure 11.8 linear feet and date from 1963-1987. The bulk of the collection consists of exhibition files. There are also artists files, sales information, correspondence, and scattered records of the gallery's companion bookshop.
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Society for the History of Technology
Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995
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1956-2012
- Size:
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353 Cubic feet (378 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0400
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Society for the History of Technology Records (SHOT) consists of documents relating to SHOT from its inception in 1958- [0ngoing]. The collection is divided into two subgroups: Subgroup I, General Records, 1956-2009 which consist of papers generated and received by Melvin Kranzberg in his various roles as an officer of SHOT, as well as papers of other SHOT officers. Subgroup II,Technology and Culture Records, 1958-2009, consists of documents relating to the Society's journal, Technology and Culture. T & C is a quarterly publication containing articles of interest to and written by historians and students of technology. The records consist of material generated by Melvin Kranzberg in his role as editor-in-chief, 1959-1981 and by succeeding T&C editors.
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director
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1892-1960
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22 cu. ft. (44 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 311
- Repository:
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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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Watkins, C. Malcolm
- Dates:
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1935-1979 and undated
- Size:
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3.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7322
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.