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Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868
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1830-1947
bulk 1830-1860
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6 Reels (3,000 items (on 6 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mounwill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, journals, notebooks, sketchbooks, notes, scrapbooks, documents, photographs, lists, catalogs, clippings, and other publications, primarily of William Sidney Mount.
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circa 1890s-1910s
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6 Mounted prints (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.76-29
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National Anthropological Archives
Individual and group portraits of the McIntosh family, a prominent Creek family and ancestors of Acee Blue Eagle. Individuals depicted include Blue Eagle's parents, Solomon McIntosh and Martha "Mattie" Odom.
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Mount Joy, Pennsylvania General Store
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1863-1864
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 volume.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0031
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes entries of items sold (including groceries, small household items, and general hardware).
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Edward Gay and Gay family papers
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Gay, Edward, 1837-1928
Gay, Duncan, 1865-1948
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1852-1983
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2.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gayedwap
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Edward Gay and the Gay family measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1852 to 1983. Found within the papers are biographical materials on Edward and Duncan Gay; personal correspondence from Edward Gay, his wife Martha Feary Gay, and other family members; artwork by Edward and Duncan Gay; writings; printed materials; and photographs of Edward and Duncan Gay, their family, and their work.
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Ruch Family
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between 1922-1925
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326 Photographic prints (dupe prints, 8 x 10 in. )
211 Photographic prints ((1 vol.) + papers., black & white, 8 x 13 cm. or smaller.)
115 Lantern slides (hand colored, 6 x 9 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-013
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken and lantern slides collected by Andrew and Martha Ruch to document their experiences as missionaries in Africa during the 1920s. The photographs document Andrew and Martha Ruch's missionary work and their activities among the Kikuyu people. Places shown include Cairo, Egypt; the Mediterranean Sea; a beach in Mombasa, Kenya; Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania; Port Said, Egypt and the Suez Canal. Activities depicted include building houses, carrying loads such as grass (for thatching), luggage, water and wood; cooking; drying skins; grinding millet; pounding sugar cane and selling items from boats to ship passagers. Ceremonies included are baptisms and church ceremonies. Portraits of people include Christian converts; chiefs, children; families; Muhia, Ruchs' assistant; the Ruches; and warriors. Many of the portraits document African clothing, ornaments, scarification and weapons. Architectural images include building materials, grain bins, houses (including Ruch's home), mosques, museums in Cairo, pyramids, railroads, temples in Egypt and villages. Boats, motorcycles and ships are also pictured. Nature scenes of landscapes and animals vary greatly and include mountains, trails, rivers, vegetation, waterfalls as well as birds, camels, cattle, donkeys, lizards and a lion.
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Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
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undated
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4877
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Does not include Hrdlicka's photographs from Alaska (including Eskimo) or his non-North American Indian photos.
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Mount, Wadsworth W., 1907-1985
Mount, John W.
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1920-1984
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10.5 Cubic feet (32 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0352
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Archival materials documenting five of Mount's numerous inventions: the solar still, a jet power burner, turnbuckles and swivel connectors for boats, the "wadnut" (a self-tightening fastener), and a method of joining industrial piping. The papers include notes on concepts, and on testing and prototypes; correspondence with patent attorneys and potential industrial users of the devices; photographs; biographical information on Mount; and a general subject file on his inventions.
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Challinor, Joan R.
Challinor, David, 1920-2008
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1956-1965
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1 Cubic foot (7 films, Reels AC1233-OF0001 and AC1233-OF0002 are composite reels created by the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, the former comprising "Children Summer, Fall, and Winter, 1956-1957" and "Challinor Family Home Movie, 1957" and the latter comprising "Guilford, 57-58" and "Challinor Family Home Movie, 1959", 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1233
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
David Challinor served the Smithsonian Institution in an official capacity for 30 years, eventually becoming the assistant secretary to Sidney Dillon Ripley. Joan R. Challinor became an historian and advocate of library sciences and education. In 1956, however, they were busy with their young family. David only returned to university for graduate school in 1957, in his late 30s. They both went on to have successful careers and active family lives. This collection includes 7 home movie films that document thte Challinor family.
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Seligman, Thomas K.
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1977 and 1988
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5 Film reels (90 minutes, color sound; 1,600 feet; Super8, 8mm)
4 Video recordings (7 hours, color sound; VHS)
0.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.2015.09
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Human Studies Film Archives
Films shot by anthropologist Thomas Seligman in Papua New Guinea, Algeria, and Nigeria in 1977 and 1988. Collection contains supplementary materials. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at o...
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Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
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undated
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0.21 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0670
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This item consists of a large bound volume of Italian reports that apparently relates to activities carried out by the Istituto Centrale Aeronautico (Central Aeronautical Institute) in the period 1916 through 1917. The volume, labeled "Istituto Sperimentale Aeronautico, Attivita della Sezione Aero-Idro-Dinamica, Anno 1916-1917," consists of bluepri...
