Domestic Life Stereograph and Photograph Collection
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- Creators:
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Centennial Photographic Co.
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Roth, Rodris
Myers, Susan H.
More … - Dates:
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circa 1862-1920
- Size:
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2 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0725
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Hundreds of stereographs and other photographic imagery, especially a large number of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia; other subjects include: the World's Columbian Exhibition (1893); the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the Great Sanitary Fair; a large number on Massachusetts, including a set of images from Old Sturbridge; buildings and scenery; miscellaneous other subjects.
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- Creators:
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National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History
- Dates:
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1975-1994
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-137
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the chairmen of the Department of Social and Cultural History and its predecessor, the Department of Social and National History. The records primarily include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Claudia Brush Kidwell, Chairman, 1979-1980; Anne Castrodale Golovin, Co...
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- Creators:
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National Museum of American History. Division of Domestic Life
- Dates:
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1983-1991
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-072
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document planning for and installation of New & Different: Home Interiors in Eighteenth-Century America, a small, temporary exhibition supplementing the larger, long-term installation of After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800 at the National Museum of American History. The exhibit...
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- Creators:
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings
- Dates:
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1972-1976
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-343
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the research, planning, and execution of the exhibition 1876: A Centennial Exhibition at the Arts and Industries Building. The exhibition recreates the Philadelphia Exposition from 1876 and featured over 25,000 objects. These materials were maintained by Rodris Roth, Curator. Materials incl...
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National Museum of History and Technology, Division of Costume and Furnishings
- Dates:
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1974-1977
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-026
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence documenting the research and activities of the Division of Costume and Furnishings during the tenures of Rodris C. Roth, Curator, 1972- ; and Claudia Brush Kidwell, Assistant Curator, 1969-1974, and Associate Curator, 1974- . Materials include curatorial responses to public inquiries, mostly pertaining...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Preindustrial Cultural History
- Dates:
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1953-1975
- Size:
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-070
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes records that document planning for the exhibition "Growth of the United States," primarily during the years when the National Museum of History and Technology was known as the Museum of History and Technology. Materials include the correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Peter C. Welsh, Curator; Rodris C. Roth, Curator;...
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- Creators:
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National Museum of History and Technology, Division of Cultural History
- Dates:
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1952-1967 and undated
- Size:
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0.1 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 258
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the administrative files of the Division of Cultural History as well as records from the Division of Ethnology relating to cultural history activities. Included are annual reports of these divisions; budget estimates and plans of operations of the Division of Cultural History, including estimates and plans for the...
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- Creators:
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National Museum of History and Technology, Dept. of Cultural History
- Dates:
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1957, 1964-1975
- Size:
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1.6 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 251
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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- Creators:
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National Museum of History and Technology, Dept. of Cultural History
- Dates:
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1968-1979 and undated, some from 1954, 1961-1964
- Size:
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1.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 331
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records of the Department of Cultural History contain a variety of document types. These range from correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, minutes of meetings, and manuscripts of papers and lectures, to photographs and printed documents such as brochures or journal articles. The records relate to administrative topics such as perso...
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- Dates:
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1999, 2001
- Size:
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10 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9603
- 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 ...