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American Society of Zoologists
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1983-1996
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-115
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document "Science as a Way of Knowing," a project of the Committee on Education of the American Society of Zoologists begun in 1983. John Alexander Moore, Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of California, Riverside, served as Director of the project. The records include project requests, prop...
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Science Service
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1902-1965
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268.55 cu. ft. (79 record storage boxes) (372 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (3 3x5 boxes) (3 5x8 boxes) (2 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7091
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The bulk of this collection was processed by Jane Livermore, a devoted and tireless volunteer in the Smithsonian Institution Archives between 1995 and 2004. Livermore is a former Science Service employee. She worked in the organization's library, oversaw the educational project "THINGS of Science," and served as Assistant to the Director. ...
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American Society of Zoologists
- Dates:
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1890-1992
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28.5 cu. ft. (57 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7351
- 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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Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
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1944-1965
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0324
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The material includes technical notes, operating instructions and descriptions relating to projects which Hopper participated in at Harvard during and after World War II and later in the private sector. These projects involved the creation of the Navy's Mark I, II and III "mechanical calculators" (the fore runners of today's computers) and the UNI...
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Mr. Wizard Studios (Firm)
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
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1906-2008
bulk 1951-1995
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26 Cubic feet (57 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1326
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.
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Bocanegra, Fausto, 1926- interviewee
- Dates:
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1988
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0.1 linear meter.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9561
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Oral History Project is part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The purpose of the project is to conduct and collect interviews with current and retired members of the Smithsonian staff who have made significant contributions, administrative and scholarly, to the Institution. The project's goal is to supplement the published record ...
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Kondratas, Ramunas A.
Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1979-2006
bulk 1987-1993
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3.5 Cubic feet (12 boxes, 3 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1134
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of pamphlets, books, and a wide variety of printed matter and ephemera relating to HIV/AIDS. The collection was principally assembled by National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution curator Ramunas Kondratas.
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Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1985-1992
bulk 1987-1989
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4 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0538
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection was assembled by Museum curators and documents the efforts of persons in eight states to have the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), a particle accelerator, built in their state. Also documents efforts in each state to oppose locating the SSC in their state. The collection contains correspondence, press kits, posters, signs, bumper stickers, leaflets, handbills, clippings, photographs, and a videotape.
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Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
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1808, 1825-1878, and related papers to circa 1903
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40.67 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (68 document boxes) (5 12x17 boxes) (3 16x20 boxes) (5 3x5 boxes) (32 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7001
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Joseph Henry Collection documents Henry's personal, professional, and official life as well as some activities of his family members. Included are records from his time teaching and doing research at the Albany Academy (1826-1832) and at the College of New Jersey now Princeton University (1832-1846). There are likewise many materials ...
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Kushi, Aveline, 1923-
Kushi, Michio, 1926-
Ohsawa, George
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1960-2006, undated
bulk 1970-1989
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29 Cubic feet (88 boxes)
339 cassette tapes
218 Video recordings
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0619
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publications, photographs, articles, audio and video recordings, and teaching materials relating to the rise of Macrobiotics in the United States, as popularized by Michio and Aveline Kushi. The bulk of the material was produced for the Kushi Foundation, Kushi Institute, and East West Foundation.