David Vetter Collection
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Vetter, David, 1971-1984
Vetter, David J., Jr.
Vetter, Carol Ann
Texas Children's Hospital
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1971-1986
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4.6 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1133
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document David Vetter, a Texas boy with a rare disease known as Severe Combined Immune Deficiency. His life in a special isolation unit received widespread publicity.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Bay State Gas Company.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1858-1929
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0.75 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1049
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers document an investigation by M.L. Webb, an attorney from Massachusetts, into possible trust violations by the coal and gas industry of New England, New Jersey, and Delaware in the late nineteenth century. Documents assembled by Webb include patents, stock records, photographs, correspondence, hand written notes, published materials, and investigation notebooks.
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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
- Dates:
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1975-2009, undated
bulk 1993-2008
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7.5 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1282
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains records and research material produced and collected by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a lobbying and legal assistance organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender servicepersons. They were instrumental in overturning the United States Department of Defense's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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1966-1990
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-156
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the history of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG), from the original collection and installations to the establishment of new programs. Materials include correspondence; memoranda; object lists; docent handbooks; legislative documents; checklists; floor plans; policies; information ...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director
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1973-1993
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-549
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Abram Lerner, Director, 1967-1984, and James Demetrion, Director, 1984-2001, documenting the interaction between the Office of the Director and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Board of Trustees and its committees. Materials include agendas, meeting minutes, reports, co...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1777-1965
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10.22 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 2 folders, 9 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (2 full, 1 partial.))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Steamboats
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
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1897-1915
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3 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2604
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes copies of bills introduced to Congress for perservation of antiquities and the establishment of national parks. (A shelf list and a detailed inventory are on file; copy filed in box 1.) All the post-1906 material is in Box 3; Box 3 contains material collected by W. H. Holmes and transferred to this file from former Manuscript No. 4323, 8/1...
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1998-2004
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-143
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the United States Centennial of Flight Commission. The Centennial of Flight Commission was created on November 13, 1998, by the Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act. The purpose of the Commission was to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Orville and Wilbur Wright's fligh...
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United States. Department of Transportation Act, 1966.
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
United States. Congress (89th, 2nd session : 1966)
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. Library
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1966
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4 Volumes ((approx. 2900 p. in various pagings), 29 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-RR.XXXX-0002
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Smithsonian Libraries
A collection of official U.S. government documents relating to the legislative history of the 1966 Department of Transportation Act, prepared by the Civil Aeronautics Board for the use of its own staff.Types of materials in the collection include: presidential messages; bills of the 89th Congress (House and Senate) in various stages of the legislative process; amendments; committee prints and hearings; a copy of Public Law 89-670; excerpts from the Congressional record; typed and signed Civil Aeronautics Board inter- and intra-office correspondence; memoranda and other miscellaneous documents.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Planning, Management and Budget
- Dates:
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1977-1994
- Size:
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-094
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the operations of the Office of Planning, Management and Budget. Materials include numerous Smithsonian Directives and the discussions which led up to the issuance of each; and subject files documenting the formulation and execution of the Smithsonian's federal and trust budgets. Subject fi...