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Post, Marjorie Merriweather
Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967
Alberti, Juan
Leighton, Kathryn W.
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undated
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174 Items (ca. 174 pages)
1 Photographic print
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7278
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes a photostat of a catalog of baskets, pots, and other artifacts by Herbert Spinden; Xerox copies of letters in a notebook regarding the collection of artifacts for the Post collection; two newclippings about Marjorie Merriweather Post, and a typescript of Fr. Juan Alberti's "How the Ona Squaws of Tierra del Fuego Made Little Baskets." The p...
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Post, Marjorie Merriweather
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undated
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2 Lithographs
1 Postcard
1 Engraving
1 Print (mounted in frame)
1 newspaper clipping in frame made from squirrel
9 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.75-46
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs collected by Marjorie Meriweather Post relating to NAtive Americans. They include images of Post's home at Camp Topridge, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill Cody, Native chiefs and US officials at Pine Ridge in 1891, and Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle. Additionally, there are lithographs of Caa-tou-see and Shin-Ga-Ba-Wossinis, and a...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1960-1976
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90004
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of alphabetic topical files pertaining to the Hillwood Museum as part of the Smithsonian Institution (SI), including records concerning gifts, donors, grounds and gardens, loans, vendors, docents, and curatorial correspondence and memoranda to and from Curator Marvin C. Ross. Also included are budget records, maintenanc...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1966-1980, with related records from 1961
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48 cu. ft. (48 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 281
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the tenure of Charles Blitzer as assistant secretary for History and Art from 1973 to 1979. There are also records pertaining to the Office of Education and Training, 1965-1968, which Blitzer had directed. The celebration of the bicentennial of the American Revolution was a major Smithsonian project from 1972 to 197...
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Smithsonian Institution
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12.5 cu. ft. (5 file cabinet drawers)
- Collection ID:
- 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.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Treasurer
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1964-1976
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T91014
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities of the Office of the Treasurer during the tenures of Treasurers Edgar L. Roy, 1960-1964; Otis O. Martin, 1965; Betty J. Morgan, Assistant Treasurer, 1966-1968; and T. Ames Wheeler, 1969-1978. The Treasurer oversees the Smithsonian Institution's private endowment.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
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1965-1991
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41 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 372
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist entirely of newspaper clippings concerning the Smithsonian Institution. Arrangement generally follows an alphabetic file plan. Clippings concerning the Sea-Link submarine disaster, the Smithson Bicentennial, and, in recent years, the Festival of American Folklife, were kept separately, but have been combined here with ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Public Affairs
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circa 1992-2010
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-281
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of images maintained by the Office of Public Affairs for use in publicity materials and distribution to the press. Images document collection objects, exhibitions, staff, research activities, special events, facilities, and related topics. Materials include slides, prints, negatives, and digital images. Some materials ...
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Bradley, James C., 1910-1984, interviewee
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1974-1978
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26 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9515
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Jacques Seligmann & Co. records
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Jacques Seligmann & Co
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1904-1978
bulk 1913-1974
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203.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jacqself
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Archives of American Art
The records of Jacques Seligmann & Co. measure approximately 203.1 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1978, with bulk dates from 1913 to 1974. The collection includes extensive correspondence files, reference material on American and European collectors and their collections, inventory and stock records, financial records, exhibition files, auction files, and the records of subsidiary companies. The collection is an invaluable resource in tracing the provenance of particular works of art and provides a comprehensive view of the activities of collectors and art dealers in the years leading up to and following World War II.
