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Smith, Jean Chandler. interviewee
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1986
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1 audiotape (reference copy).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9588
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery. Library
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1916, 1922, 1929-1930, 1946-1984
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6.58 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 463
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the opening of the National Collection of Fine Arts and the National Portrait Gallery in the Patent Office Building in 1968. Included are press kits; photographs; development files; pamphlets of the opening; catalogs from the Henry Ward Ranger exhibition, 1929-1930; an annotated copy of Catalog of Collections, volum...
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Smithsonian Libraries. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Branch
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1971-2016
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-127
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the history, administration, and activities of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Library and its first librarian, Anna Brooke, who retired in 2016. The Library was established in approximately 1969 in New York City before moving to Washington, D.C., and ultimately into the Hirshhorn Museum a...
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Jopling, Carol F.
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1981-1984
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74 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (including some mounted for exhibition))
442 Negatives (acetate, 35 mm)
326 contact prints (326 contact prints (on proof sheets))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.98-37
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by Carol F. Jopling documenting the Kuna, Choco, and Guaymi Indians of Panama, as well as the Panama Canal and scenery. Jopling's photographs depict Choco and Kuna dwellings (including their construction), Choco people waiting to receive vaccinations from Navy personnel, agriculture (including coconut harvesting), boats in the Pana...
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Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795
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1762
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7 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS5
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National Anthropological Archives
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Smithsonian Institution, Libraries
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1865-1951
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2.7 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 217
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain material concerning both the Smithsonian and United States National Museum (USNM) libraries and consist mostly of incoming and outgoing correspondence. Most of the correspondence is routine and deals with requests for publications, acknowledgments of publications received, the exchange of publications, employment inquirie...
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Steinitz, Kate Traumann, 1889-1975
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circa 1910-2002
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4.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.steikate
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist, collector, librarian, and scholar Kate Steinitz measure 4.3 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 2002. The collection documents Steinitz's life and career in Germany and the United States through biographical material; correspondence; writings, including manuscripts and travel diaries; exhibition files; personal business records; printed material; travel scrapbooks; artwork; and photographs.
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Vanderbilt, Paul
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1854-1992
bulk 1945-1992
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25.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vandpaul
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of librarian, curator, and photographer Paul Vanderbilt (1905-1992) measure 25.2 linear feet and date from 1854 to 1992 with the bulk of the material dating from 1945 to 1992. The papers are comprised of biographical materials, personal and business correspondence, interviews, writings and notes, fourteen diaries and two diary fragments, reference and project files, photographic materials, sound recordings, and professional files.
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Held, John, 1947-
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bulk 1973-2013
1947-2018
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12.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.heldjohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of rubberstamp and artistamp artist, performance artist, collector of mail art, and fine arts librarian John Held, Jr. date from 1947-2018, bulk 1973-2013, and measure 12.9 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical material, 18 printed diaries, letters received by Held from mail artists around the world, art work consisting of artistamps designed by miscellaneous mail artists, interview transcripts, writings, project and event files, printed material, mail art sent for the Gutai Historical Survey Exhibition held at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2013, and a collection of biographical material presented by Held at a Mail Art Study Day held at the Archives of American Art in 2018.
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De Brahm, John Gerar William, 1717-approximately 1799
Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1867-1952
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undated
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1 Page (13 x 20 in.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3465
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Geometrical Table containing the actual survey of the Indian boundary.