W.G. Constable papers
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Constable, W. G. (William George), 1887-1976
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1905-1983
bulk 1920-1976
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25.7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.conswmgp
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian and museum curator W.G. (William George) Constable measure 25.7 linear feet and date from 1905 to 1981, with the bulk of the material from 1920 to 1976. The papers include biographical material; professional and personal correspondence; extensive lectures, writings, and notes; exhibition and book research files; printed materials; and photographs, glass plate negatives, and slides. There is substantive correspondence related to Constable's participation in the American Defense Harvard Group and about the formation of the Roberts Commission, including correspondence with Ralph Perry, Hugh Hencken, Paul Sachs and George L. Stout. There are numerous official reports prepared by Constable after World War II for the U. S. Office of Military Government for Germany.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957
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1890-1998
- Size:
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400 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001
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National Museum of the American Indian
These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Science
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1965-1971
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8.5 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 150
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These files include the record copy of proposals for research awards for the fiscal years 1967 and 1968. Included are both new proposals and those proposals from previous fiscal years for which continued support was sought. The FY 1967 proposals and progress reports were generally made to Harry Hyman, Smithsonian Research Award Administrator ...
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George, J. Edward (manager)
Up To Date Georgia Minstrels (performers)
San Diego Historical Society
Hart, G. E. (manager)
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circa 1876-1901
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box, 1-map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0576
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Scrapbook contains articles and ephemera relating to an African American troupe of thirty five minstrels who performed in the Pacific Northwestern United States.
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Morton, William Thomas Green, 1819-? (dentist)
Morton, William J.
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1849-1911
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2.3 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0118
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents through correspondence, reprints of general articles, reports of Congressional committees, and materials relating to a U.S. patent and testimonials Morton's claims to priority in the discovery of the anesthetic properties of ether in medical and surgical procedures.
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1930-1932, 1937-1984 and undated, with related records from 1882
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17.56 cu. ft. (35 document boxes) (1 folder oversize material)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 328
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Archives would like to thank Frederick J. Collier and Martin A. Buzas for their assistance in the transfer of these records to the Archives.
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Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973
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1889-1973
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117.23 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (205 document boxes) (4 16x20 boxes) (2 3x5 boxes) (1 tall document box) (2 18x24 boxes) (3 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7005
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist mainly of records of the Astrophysical Observatory (also abbreviated APO) under the Directorship of Samuel P. Langley, Charles G. Abbot, and Loyal Blaine Aldrich.
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Blanch, Gertrude
Bloch, Richard M.
Bradburn, James
Brainerd, John G.
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1969-1973, 1977
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43.5 Cubic feet (158 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0196
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Computer Oral History Collection (1969-1973, 1977), was a cooperative project of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and the Smithsonian Institution. This project began in 1967 with the main objective to collect, document, house, and make available for research source material surrounding the development of the computer.
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Schopf, Thomas J. M.
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circa 1963-1984
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22 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7429
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consists primarily of Schopf's personal correspondence with professional colleagues and friends, and his extensive research, laboratory, and field notes. Also included in these papers are documents regarding grant proposals, classes at Lehigh and Chicago, Schopf's involvement in professional societies, and administrative records ...
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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1958, 1975-1987
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35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 541
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records pertain to the exhibitions of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, beginning with the first held under the auspices of the Smithsonian, Immovable Objects/Lower Manhattan from Battery Park to the Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in June 1975, and ending with Louis Sullivan: The Function of Ornament, which closed in September 1987. In addit...
