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National Museum of Natural History. Assistant Director for Automatic Data Processing
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1965-1990
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-169
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the development of automated data management systems for the collections of NMNH and other museums, the establishment of data handling and storage standards, and the consolidation of administrative structures to control automation policy at the Smithsonian. They include documentation of the Health, Education and Welfare ...
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Banks, Richard C.
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1954-2012
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-093
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of papers documenting the career of ornithologist Richard C. Banks of the United States Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Materials that date prior to 1966 relate to his service with the United States Army Medical Service Corps; his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley; and ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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1966-1975
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T89023
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of reports, correspondence, and meeting materials pertaining to the Flora North America (FNA) Project, a project to create a computerized data bank of information about the vascular plants of North America north of Mexico. Records pertain to Steering and Editorial Committees, research associates, and other FNA planning. ...
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American Art Research Council
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1935-1956
bulk 1942-1947
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3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.amerartr
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Archives of American Art
The records of the American Art Research Council, a cooperative research group headquartered at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, measure 3 linear feet and date from 1935 to 1956. The records include Chairman Juliana Force's correspondence, administrative correspondence, advisory committee files, miscellaneous administrative files, scattered financial records, and printed materials.
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Dunham, S. Ann (Stanley Ann)
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1965-2013
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18 Linear feet ((44 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2011-04
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National Anthropological Archives
The S. Ann Dunham papers, 1965-2013, primarily document her work as an economic anthropologist in Indonesia. The papers include her dissertation research on blacksmithing and materials relating to her professional work as a consultant for organizations like the Ford Foundation and Bank Raykat Indonesia (BRI). Her work included projects on microcredit, women in development, and rural industries. Materials consist of field notebooks, correspondence, reports, research proposals, case studies, surveys, lectures, photographs, research files, and floppy disks.
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Archives of American Art
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1933-1991
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38.69 cu. ft. (38 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 92-015
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes records documenting the production of the Archives of American Art Journal (Volumes 24-26). Materials include Editor's records such as correspondence, publications, notes, grant proposals, agreements, budget summaries, photographs, and reports. Also included in this accession are records which document the administrati...
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Swinney, Holman J
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circa 1926-1991
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-084
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document many aspects of Swinney's life and career. They contain income tax returns dating from 1943; report cards from primary school; documentation of his WWII military service; and records of his home ownership. In addition, the papers include correspondence from Swinney's directorships of the Adirondack Museum and the Str...
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Hartford Electric Light Company.
Foster Wheeler Corporation
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Stone and Webster.
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1920 - 1961
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4 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0968
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Emmet Mercury Boiler Records contains information about General Electric Company and Hartford Electric Light Company's development, installation, and use of William Le Roy Emmet's mercury boiler units. The mercury boiler units used mercury fluid along with steam power to improve cycle efficiency in converting coal or oil to electric power. The collection contains articles, news clippings, reports, instruction manuals, log books, data sheets, photographs, and drawings related to the experimental unit installed at Dutch Point, Connecticut, and the first commercial use of a mercury boiler at the South Meadow Station in Hartford, Connecticut.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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1962-1977
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-075
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, grant proposals, papers and publications, publicity materials, budget records, and notes pertaining to the Flora North America (FNA) Project. FNA was a project to create a computerized data bank of information about the vascular plants of North America north of Mexico. The ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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1966-1988
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-239
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the Flora North America (FNA) Project, a project to create a computerized data bank of information about vascular plants of North American north of Mexico. The FNA Project was organized in 1966 by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and was funded, in large part, by the National Science ...