C.L. Stong Papers
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Stong, C.L., 1902-1975 (electrical engineer)
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1952-1976
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12.6 Cubic feet (38 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0012
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These papers are the files of the editor of "The Amateur Scientist" section of the Scientific American from 1952 to 1976. They are arranged chronologically by date of article. The feature was started in 1952 as an expansion of "The Amateur Astronomer" section of the periodical. The papers include files of Stong's predecessor and files for arti...
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Covette, Ricki
Jewell, Irene
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1950 - 1980
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1.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1335
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Six scrapbooks documenting the Burlesque career of Irene Jewell (stage name:Ricki Covette), who was billed as "The World's Tallest Exotic Dancer" at 6'8". The albums contain clippings; letters; certiicates; photographs, includng photographs of her act; ephemera, such as postcards, travel brochures, postcards and decals, from her travels; advertisem...
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Kolin, Sacha, 1911-1981
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ca. 1950-1980
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3.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kolisach
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Archives of American Art
Papers of sculptor and painter Sacha Kolin date ca. 1950-1980, and include: ca. 250 photographs and snapshots; 24 boxes of color slides; photographic negatives; 9 reels of compiled Super 8mm film transferred to 2 VHS videos and 2 betacam masters showing Kolin, her work, installations, outdoor sculpture and outdoor scenes; photocopies of papers from...
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Boardman, Seymour, 1921-
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1950-1980
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116 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.boarseym
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Archives of American Art
Biographical data; seven letters, 1960-1979; financial material relating to the sales of Boardman's works of art; exhibition catalogues and announcements; printed material including clippings and press releases; and eleven photographs and 27 slides, one of Boardman at his Paris show in 1951, and the others of his works of art.
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Pearlman, Henry, b. 1895
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1893-1995
bulk 1950-1980
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4.38 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pearhenr
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Henry and Rose Pearlman papers measure 4.38 linear feet and date from 1893 to 1995 (bulk 1950-1980). The collection documents the activities of Post-Impressionist and Modern art collectors Henry and Rose Pearlman through correspondence, research materials, exhibition catalogs, photographs, and clippings.
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Nadel, Leonard, 1916-1990
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1950-2006
bulk 1956-1960
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3 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1313
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographer Leonard Nadel's supplemental material relating to and photographs of the Mexican braceros (manual laborers). They were photographed in California, Texas, and Mexico for the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic during the late 1950s and early 1960s in support of a report entitled Strangers in Our Fields by Dr. Ernesto Galarza.
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Marcou, David Joseph, 1950-
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circa 1980-1981, 2002-2008
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box, 21 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1187
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Twenty-one digital photographic prints of miscellaneous subjects from photographs taken by David J. Marcou. These images are "born-digital" photographs, 2002-2008, except for the earliest, made on black-and-white negative film in 1980 or 1981.
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Scanlon, Martin F., 1889-1980
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1938-1950
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0.5 Cubic feet ((1 scrapbook))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0037
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two scrapbooks. In the first scrapbook, Scanlon's career is traced through news clippings and photographs. The clippings describe his career and the photographs show him standing beside military aircraft and in group photographs with colleagues. The second scrapbook traces Scanlon career promotions from Lieutenant to Gen...
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Berkowitz, Rosalie
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[1927-1950]
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13 Items (photographic prints, b&w, 34 x 26 cm. and smaller)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.berkrosa
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Archives of American Art
REEL 1817-1818 AND SCANNED: One is of Berkowitz's teacher, George Luks, in his studio, 1927 (frame 784). Two were taken at an American Federation of Arts convention, ca. 1950, including one of Berkowitz's husband, Sidney, with Burton Cumming (fr. 1288-89), and one of Eloise Spaeth, Vincent Price, Francis Henry Taylor, and an unidentified man (fr. 1...
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Barrett, Thomas R., 1927-
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1950-1979, 2002
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.barrwill
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Archives of American Art
The Thomas Barrett and Leni Mancuso papers relating to William Kienbusch measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1950 to 1979 and 2002. The 113 letters and postcards from William Kienbusch to Barrett and Mancuso document their long friendship and describe in great detail Kienbusch's life as an artist in New York and Maine. Also found are 15 snapshot photographs of Keinbusch, Barrett, and Mancuso outdoors.