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Model Shop Project Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
Dates:
2002-2006
Size:
1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 08-159
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of records documenting items designed and built or obtained by the Office of Exhibits Central, Model Making Unit for exhibitions and other purposes. Materials include correspondence, project descriptions, drawings, project timelines, budget information, parts lists, vendor information, notes, printouts of object images,...

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Reginald J. Sayre Papers
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Creators:
Sayre, Reginald J., 1909-2000
Dates:
1947-1988 and undated
Size:
1.17 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (0.17 non-standard size boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 18-104
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of materials created by Reginald J. Sayre (1909-2000), preparator and model maker for exhibits at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1959-1980s. He participated in an expedition to British Guiana in 1962 to collect specimens and make molds and drawings of the site for the rainforest section of an exhibit ...

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On Miniature Wings Collection
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Creators:
Dietz, Thomas J.,, 1958-
Dates:
bulk 1995
Size:
0.36 Cubic feet ((1 box))
Collection ID:
NASM.1997.0050
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of copies of color transparencies (CTs) and color slides of the images used in the book, On Miniature Wings, text by Thomas Dietz with photographs by Eric F. Long. The models shown in this book are highlights from the National Air and Space Museum's model collection.

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Exhibition Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
Dates:
1980-2004
Size:
1.69 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Accession 18-271
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of images of the fabrication and installation of exhibitions and exhibition models as well as images of Office of Exhibits Central staff. Materials also include a small amount of planning documents, reports, flyers, and images related to the Association of Smithsonian Designers and a film storyboard.

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Digitized Content Edgar Meyer Innovative Lives Presentation
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Creators:
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Meyer, Edgar
Dates:
2005-07-07
Size:
0.25 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0918
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Original and reference audiocassettes, digital images, video clips, and a 16mm film documenting biochemist, artist, and sculptor Edgar Meyer and his large scale models of the polio virus (interview).

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Raymond S. Doerr Scrapbook
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Creators:
Jacobus, John L.
Doerr, Raymond S., 1913- (engineer, craftsman)
Dates:
circa 1931-1935
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (1 oversized folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0476
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection consists of a scrapbook, circa 1931-1935, compiled by Doerr's mother and composed of news clippings relating to the Fisher Body Craftman's Guild and its competition. In addition, the collection includes on official program and guide for the 1932 competition and a copy of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Automobile Quarterly (1987) co...

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Digitized Content Paul E. Garber Collection
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Creators:
Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992
Dates:
1824-1992
Size:
241.95 Cubic feet (488 boxes plus flat files)
Collection ID:
NASM.1991.0063
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The Paul E. Garber Collection documents Paul Edward Garber's life, both personal and professional, prior to and during his 72-year tenure at the National Air and Space Museum.

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Digitized Content Oral history interview with Boris Bally
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Creators:
Bally, Boris
Riedel, Mija, 1958-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Dates:
2009 May 26-27
Size:
4 Sound discs (Sound recording (5 hr., 55 min.), digital)
109 Pages (Transcript)
Collection ID:
AAA.bally09
Repository:
Archives of American Art

An interview of Boris Bally conducted 2009 May 26-27, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Bally's home and studio, in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steamboats [Ships, Boats, and Vessels]
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Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
1777-1965
Size:
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
Repository:
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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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1978 Festival of American Folklife
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
October 4-9, 1978
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.1978
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

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