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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education
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1978-1979, 1995-1996, 2003
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-125
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting three exhibitions in which insect zoo (named the O. Orkin Insect Zoo in 1992) collections were featured. The Dynamics of Evolution Hall, which opened in 1979, featured a section on population potential that was illustrated with a full-size kitchen covered in freeze-dried cockroaches that were rea...
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Exhibition Records
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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circa 1962-1993
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-088
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession contains records documenting the planning, construction, and maintenance of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Materials include scripts, plans, drawings, memoranda, reports, photographs, and related materials documenting Hall 7, "Peoples of Asia and Africa," and Hall 8, "People...
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National Museum of Natural History. Exhibits Committee
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1961-1991
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 366
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of memoranda, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and plans and photographs of exhibitions and exhibition halls. Also included are some scripts of label text from various NMNH exhibitions. The bulk of the records are from the years 1970-1985, with a few items from 1987 and 1989.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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1959-1999
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-084
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records and includes press releases, newspaper clippings, object lists, project proposals, contracts, invoices, exhibition scripts and outlines, brochures, pamphlets, photographs and slides of objects and installations, floor plans, label proofs, drawings, exhibit surveys and evaluations, reports, and ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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1974-1987, with related records from 1956
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 564
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist primarily of scripts for National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) permanent and temporary exhibitions. Also included are various reports on NMNH exhibitions, visitor surveys, and correspondence and memoranda concerning the preparation of background dioramas for the habitat groups hall in 1956.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
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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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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1967-1987, 1991-1992
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-203
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Karen Loveland, Director of Special Projects for the Office of Telecommunications, documenting the planning, development, and execution of film, video, and television productions for general release, for accompaniment to exhibitions and exhibition halls, for training, and for televis...
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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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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
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1985, 1988, 1991-1995, 1998-2007
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16.33 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box) (6 oversize drawing boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-068
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting special exhibitions and traveling exhibitions produced or hosted at the National Museum of Natural History. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Baseball as America;" "America's Wildest Places: Our National Wildlife Refuge System;" "A Place Called Home;" "Dinotopia;" "Emissaries ...
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Anacostia Community Museum
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1898-1988
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2.26 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversized box.)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-040
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The records of the Evolution of a Community: 1972 Exhibition presented by the Anacostia Community Museum measure 2.26 cubic feet and date from 1898 to 1988. Included are exhibit administrative files, lists of images, press releases for the promotion of the exhibit, oral history transcripts and permission forms, and extensive research files into the...