Program Records
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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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Automatic Button Company.
American Pearl Button Company.
Claus Schmarje Button Company.
Barry Manufacturing Company.
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1898 - 1993
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13 Cubic feet (55 boxes, 4 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0504
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the manufacture of both freshwater pearl and plastic buttons in Muscatine, Iowa, including at least 12 different companies from primarily 1925 to the 1960s.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1962-1978
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28 cu. ft. (56 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 309
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists primarily of the official administrative files of the Office of the Director of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1976-1978. The files document Porter M. Kier's tenure as Director of NMNH. Kier was appointed to the position on January 14, 1973. A few records pre-date this period and consist of files ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1971-1990
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79.5 cu. ft. (78 record storage boxes) (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 374
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records primarily document the administration of the NMNH during the tenures of Kier, Fiske, and Hoffman. A small amount of files were created by Talbot, and Acting Directors James F. Mello, 1979, and James C. Tyler, 1985 and 1988. The records document the research, exhibition, and educational missions of the NMNH. They also document ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1964-1973
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26.5 cu. ft. (53 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 197
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are chiefly files of the Director's Office, 1964-1969, 1971-1972. During the earlier period a complicated subject-numeric system was in use. In 1971 a simpler subject-numeric plan was used and replaced before the end of that year by a straight alphabetic subject file, which is the current office filing system. A full history ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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circa 1955-1990 and undated
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31.73 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 363
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains a variety of records documenting the planning, design, and production of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the NMNH. It also contains smaller amounts of records concerning exhibitions held at the National Museum of History and Technology, National Air and Space Museum, National Collection of Fine Arts, Anacostia ...
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Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1947-1990
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5.5 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0403
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents three major areas of Jacob Rabinow's work in improvement of electronic and other devices: phonograph record players, optical character recognition (reading machines) and automatic self regulation of watches and clocks.
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Goldstein, Gordon D.
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1948 - 1957
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0554
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relate to Gordon D. Goldstein, a computer engineer and frequent seminar speaker and participant, especially in the fields of linguistics and machine translation.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1948-1970
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48 cu. ft. (48 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 155
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the administrative files of the Office of the Director, National Museum of Natural History. Most of the records date from the late-to-mid 1950s. Those records created prior to 1959 are the records of the Director of the United States National Museum, although they are records relating primarily to that segment of the U. ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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1974-1992, with related records from 1967
- Size:
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9 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 568
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.