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Smithsonian-New South Wales Expedition to Pakistan, 1971
Godden, Donald M. (Principal Field Investigator)
Rye, Owen S.
Godden, Elaine
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undated
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46 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7376
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes catalog of collection, letter, maps, and forms. Concerns the Smithsonian's Ancient Technology Program.
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Peter and Rose Krasnow papers
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Krasnow, Peter, 1886-1979
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1914-1984
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6.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kraspete
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter, printmaker, and sculptor Peter Krasnow (1886-1979) and his wife, writer Rose Krasnow (1885-1984), measures 6.9 linear feet and date from 1914 to 1984. Papers include biographical materials, a sound recording, correspondence, essays, poetry, short stories, notes, transcripts of lectures and radio talks, five diaries of Peter Krasnow, personal business records, exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, magazines, five sketchbooks, sketches and drawings in multiple media, prints, and photographs.
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Kilbourne, Elaine Margretta, 1923-2014
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1924-2014
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0.06 Linear feet (1 box, scrapbooks, certificates, photographs, )
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- ACMA.06-105
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from 1924-1992, documents the career of high school chemistry teacher, Elaine Margretta Kilbourne (1923-2014). Materials include three scrapbooks compiled by Ms. Kilbourne and two folders, which contain aspects of her personal life, photographs, awards, correspondence, and a 2014 tribute booklet created by her former student, Ysabel L. Lightner to commemorate her passing.
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Godden, Donald M. (Principal Field Investigator)
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1969-1971
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3,135 Negatives (circa, acetate)
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- NAA.PhotoLot.98-16
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made during the Smithsonian-New South Wales Expedition to Pakistan, possibly by the expedition's collectors or official photographers. The photographs document Pakistani people, homes, industries, and arts, including manufacturing and handicraft processes and products such as textiles, pottery, jewelry, and metalwork.
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Williams, Ralph William
Breck Company.
Dial Corporation.
American Cyanamid Company
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circa 1936-1995
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6.5 Cubic feet (16 boxes, 188 pieces of original artwork)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0651
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the development and evolution of the Breck Girl, a highly successful and long-lived advertising campaign whose hallmark was its vision of idealized American womanhood through correspondence, photographs, paintings, and print advertisements.
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Rosenblum, Walter, 1919-2006
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ca. 1945-1976
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38.7 Linear feet ((7,396 negatives, with black-and-white study prints))
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- SAAM.Photo.ROS
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center
The Walter Rosenblum Collection is comprised of 7,396 silver gelatin negatives taken by noted photographer Walter Rosenblum (1919-2006) for New York art galleries, collectors and artists between 1945 and 1976. The collection reflects the art of his time and is particularly strong in American and European avant-garde, surreal and abstract works.
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Burckhardt, Rudy, 1914-1999
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1934-2015
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5.6 Linear feet
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- AAA.burcrudy
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Archives of American Art
The papers of photographer, filmmaker, and painter Rudy Burckhardt measure 5.6 linear feet and date from 1934 to 2015. A bulk of the collection consists of black and white negatives which document over 260 mid-to-late twentieth century modern artists, their work, studios, and/or exhibitions. Notable artists include Willem de Kooning, Dan Flavin, Joseph Cornell, Helen Frankenthaler, Donald Judd, Franz Kline, Roy Lichtenstein, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Frank Stella, and many others. Burckhardt was hired to photograph for a number of New York art galleries such as the Leo Castelli Gallery and Green Gallery; art collectors including Chaim Gross and David Rockefeller; and art magazines such as ARTnews. Personal papers include announcements and an exhibition catalog; clippings; photographs on postcards; and a book, entitled Conversations with Rudy Burckhardt About Everything, by Simon Pettet, 1987. A small but rich addition to the collection dates from 1941-2015 and contains a curriculum vitae; letters from Joe Brainard, Harold Schimmel, and others; writings; one scrapbook dating from World War II containing letters Burckhardt wrote to Edwin Denby; printed announcements and clippings; and one photograph of Burckhardt taken by Yvonne Jacquette.
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
Parke, Davis Company
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1867-1971
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300 Cubic feet (389 boxes, 42 map folders)
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- NMAH.AC.0001
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Parke-Davis and Company, one of the most important and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.
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Archives of American Art
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1957-2007
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18 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.archiv57
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Archives of American Art
Recordings of meetings, lectures, symposia, and other events sponsored by or documenting organizational activities of the Archives of American ArtAAA) events .
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Smithsonian Institution
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12.5 cu. ft. (5 file cabinet drawers)
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- Record Unit 7098
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Biographical Information File contains biographies of individuals associated with the Smithsonian as either administrative officers, curators, collectors, donors, regents, or research associates. Occasionally biographies of individuals less closely associated with the Institution are included.