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Morris, Frederick K. (Frederick Kuhne), b. 1886 (photographer and collector)
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1920-1925
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3 Albums
1,000 Items (circa)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.85-3
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs compiled by Frederick K. Morris documenting his travels in China, 1920-1923; Mongolia, 1922-1923; and Japan and Korea, 1923 and 1925. The photographs were made or collected by Frederick and Florence Morris in Shanghai, Yokohama (after an eathquake), Tianjin, Beijing, Zhangjiakou, Kyoto, Nara, Nikko, Seul, and Kaijo, as well as various v...
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Faris and Yamna Naff Arab American Collection
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
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1862-2004, undated
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120 Cubic feet (295 boxes )
2,000 Photographs
450 Cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0078
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is the result of research conducted by Dr. Alixa Naff (1920-2013) relating to the study of the early Arab immigrant experience in the United States from about 1880-World War II. The study began with oral history interviews in 1962 and became a major project in 1980 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It documents the assimilation of Arabic speaking immigrants in the United States.
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Kubler, George A., 1876-1943.
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[18--]
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66,000 Items (39 vertical file drawers)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.XXXX-0020
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Smithsonian Libraries
Collection consists ofapproximately 66,000, high quality engravings collected by Kubler from European and American books and periodicals dating almost exclusively from the 19th century.Portraits and city views document the social history and material culture of the period. Specific topics covered include archery, boxing, funerals, irrigation, milk, peddlers, riots, stenography, volcanos, and wrecks, among others. Among the publications from which illustrations were removed are Harper's weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Puck, Illustrated London News, and King's New York City Views. Dates Kubler noted on the individual items are the dates on which the illustrations appeared in the publication from which they were extracted, not the date of the events or subjects being documented. Each print is mounted on tissue. Folders marked by a red circle indicate extremely rare prints.
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1984-1997
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-113
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Lonnie G. Bunch, Associate Director of the Office of Curatorial Affairs, which document his role as project manager for the planning, development, and production of the exhibition "Land of Promise: America in the 19th Century" and related programs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). ...
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Kisan
- Dates:
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1886 or before
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98 Drawings (ink, 14 x 17.5 cm)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS211195
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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circa 1879-1929
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2,000 Items (circa 2000 paintings, drawings, and photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.133
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Artwork and some photographs used to illustrate articles published in the annual reports and bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology and the United States National Museum. The material includes artwork by Mary Beth Chapman, Mary Wright Gill, Mary M. Hildebrant, Spencer Baird Nichols, and Antonio Zeno Shindler. Also included are unidentified i...
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Partridge, Beverly
Partridge, Beverly
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1970-1990
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5 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0493
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is arranged alphabetically by company name into one series. The shopping bags are from a variety of stores: department, jewelry, gifts, books, hair and skin products, clothing, china, glass, leather goods, lingerie, bakeries, and restaurants.
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- Dates:
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1925
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0.26 cu. ft. (1 half document box) (0.01 non-standard size box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-042
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of photographs and negatives taken by William Silverman at the 1925 Tennessee v. John T. Scopes anti-evolution trail in Dayton, Tennessee. Silverman, a Georgia Tech student traveled to the trial with his high school science teacher to witness the event. Included are several images of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings...
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Katz, Gloria
Huyck, Willard
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circa 1870s-circa 1900
- Size:
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2.38 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2015.05
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Contains photographic prints, in formats including albumen prints (many hand-colored), collotypes, gelatin silver prints. All images but one are of Japanese origin and depict Japanese people and scenes. The other image depicts a group of yogis in India.
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Thompson, Everett Edward, 1876-1962
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1899-1962
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151 Lantern slides (approximate number: 151 Items)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1991.05
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The papers, 1899-1962, of editor, lexicographer, author, and lecturer Everett Edward Thompson (1876-1962) primarily document his 1905 trip to Indonesia and subsequent lectures delivered from 1913-1919 and 1956. Portions of the papers are photocopies. Included are obituaries; a portrait photograph dated 1899; portions of a travel journal; announcements, notes, and 132 glass stereopticons assembled in preparation for lectures on Indonesia; a letter; printed material and clippings related to language and the Webster-Merriam dictionaries; and a handwritten copy of Irene Kuhn's 1961 news article on the early history of U.S. field teaching in the Philippines.
