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Kemmer, Frank
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1916-1917
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1041
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photograph album showing all aspects of construction of the Narrows Dam on the Yadkin River in North Carolina.
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Pierpont Morgan Library
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1682-1953
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300 Items ((on 1 microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.piermorg
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Archives of American Art
Letters and documents relating to American Art from the 17th to the 20th centuries; a sketchbook of William Merritt Chase; and autographed notes and sketches of Robert Fulton and Thomas Nast. Artists and individuals represented in the collection include: Antonio Canova, John Singleton Copley, Charles Dana Gibson, Winslow Homer, John La Farge, Isabe...
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Henderson Family Papers
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1868-1923
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4.93 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7075
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Henderson family papers contains John Brooks Henderson, Jr.'s correspondence; literary manuscripts; scientific notebooks; lists of shells from the Caribbean, Maine, and North Carolina; Henderson family correspondence, including John Brooks Henderson, Jr.'s correspondence describing his travels, and correspondence concerning the endorsement...
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Weitenkampf, Frank, 1866-1962
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1889-1942
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1,000 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.weitfran
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Archives of American Art
Letters to Weitenkampf, mainly from artists and collectors concerning examples of their works in the library's collection.
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Niagara Falls Power Company
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1899 - 1919
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7 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0949
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of bound photograph albums and loose photographs documenting the construction of the Adams Power Station (hydroelectric plant) and allied structures of the Niagara Falls Power Company, 1899-1919.
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Anthony, Alfred Williams, 1860-1939
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circa1880-1930
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2 Microfilm reels (partial microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.anthalfr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The microfilmed Alfred Williams Anthony papers contain letters, autographs, biographical data, and miscellaneous material collected by Anthony about 19th century artists. Artists represented in the collection include: Edwin A. Abbey, Ernest Albert, Elizabeth A. Allen, Daniel C. Beard, Frank Beard, Samuel G. W. Benjamin, Albert Bierstadt, Nathani...
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Drewal, Henry John
Drewal, Margaret Thompson
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1970-1989
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10,000 Slides (color)
10,617 Copy slides
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-028
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Both Henry John Drewal and Margaret Drewal traveled to Nigeria, Ghana and Togo (West Africa) for extended periods from 1967-1986. During their trips to Nigeria they conducted research into the ritual performance, masking traditions, and traditional sacred rites of the Yoruba people as well as Mami Wata devotes of Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. They are the co-authors of Gelede: Art and Female Power among the Yoruba (1993).Both Henry John Drewal and Margaret Drewal traveled to Nigeria, Ghana and Togo (West Africa) for extended periods from 1967-1986. During their trips to Nigeria they conducted research into the ritual performance, masking traditions, and traditional sacred rites of the Yoruba people as well as Mami Wata devotes of Togo, Ghana, and Nigeria. They are the co-authors of Gelede: Art and Female Power among the Yoruba (1993). Photographs taken by Henry John and Margaret Thompson Drewal during the 1970s and 1980s of Yoruba and Ewe art and culture.
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Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918
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1731-1918
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1.71 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hartchar
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Archives of American Art
The Charles Henry Hart autograph collection dates from 1731-1917 and measures 1.71 linear feet comprised of 232 letters, portrait prints, and other documents signed by American artists. There is a .01 linear foot (6 items) unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2021 that includes a letter from Winslow Homer to Mr. Clarke, November 28, 1892; typed and annotated lists of autographs of artists in the collections of Charles Henry Hart; handwritten note about English painter and engraver, John Keyse Sherwin, undated; handwritten note regarding Gennearino Persico, miniature artist, July 18, 1826.
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Cooper-Bessemer Corporation (Mt. Vernon, Ohio)
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1870-1961
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27 Cubic feet (68 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0961
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document the activities of the Cooper-Bessemer Corporation of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Grove City, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of steam, gas, and oil engines, compressors, and furnaces.
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Editor
Adams, William Yewdale
Alphonse, Rev. E.S.
Bass, William Marvin, III
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1927-1967
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3 Volumes
4 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4846
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National Anthropological Archives
Also records of galley and page proofs.
