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Cooper-Hewitt Design Archives
Nesbitt, Saul, 1920-1993.
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1951 - 1984
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3.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1275
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Background and biographical information consists of Nesbitt's resume, an artist/designer statement, list of clients and accomplishments of Nesbitt Associates, Ltd., press releases, articles, and photographs of the designer.,The materials in this collection document Nesbitt's work from 1951 through 1984.
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Scurlock Studio Records, Series 5: Color Negatives
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Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Rice, Moses P.
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Custom Craft
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1964-1994
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72 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S05
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Series 5 consists primarily of color negatives but it also includes order envelopes and materials. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records
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Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
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1888-1993
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106 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S01
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, D.C. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Series 1 consists of almost entirely black and white photographs, but in the subseries of clients, there may also be job envelopes, order materials, and other photographic material types that were included in the overall order. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records.
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Custom Craft
Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)
Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964
Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005
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1928-1994
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320 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0618.S04.05
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The materials document the orders placed by the clients of the Scurlock Studio. The photographs primarily depict individual portrait sittings but there are also portraits of children, groups, and other subjects.
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Mechanisms, Division of.
Instrument Society of America
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1911-1972
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36 Cubic feet (98 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0215
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of instrumentation through catalogs, bulletins, specification sheets, price lists, and other publications of companies that produce instrumentation.
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Carter, Benny, 1907-1997
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1928-2000
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67.5 Cubic feet (182 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0757
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The majority of the material in the Benny Carter Collection is dated from the late 1920s through the later half of the 1990s. Donated to the Smithsonian Institution in December, 2000, the bulk of the collection is comprised of original music manuscripts (full scores and parts), band books, and published sheet music from Benny Carter's prolific care...
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1744-1960
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3.23 Cubic feet (consisting of 5 boxes, 1 folder, 7 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Beer
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Beer forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Hurd, Peter, 1904-1984
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1917-1993
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5.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hurdpete
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painters Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth Hurd measure 5.2 linear feet, date from 1917 to 1993, and present an overview of their careers and their lives together through correspondence, notes, writings, artwork, printed material, and photographs.
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Deputy Director
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1961-1996
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24 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 346
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of files of both Zisfein and Lopez as Deputy Director. Included are administrative subject files, chronological correspondence files, and files on Guggenheim fellowships, 1979-1986. Some correspondence was created by Toni E. Thomas, Special Assistant to Donald S. Lopez.
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Orth, Edward J.
Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization
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1900 - 1989
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130 Cubic feet (417 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0560
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes materials on other world's fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and Disney.