Chester Beach papers
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Beach, Chester, 1881-1956
- Dates:
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1846-1999
bulk 1895-1999
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7.32 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.beacches
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Archives of American Art
The Chester Beach papers measure 7.32 linear feet and date from 1846 to 1999, with the bulk ot the material dating from circa 1900 to 1999. The work and professional activities of Beaux Arts sculptor Chester Beach (1881-1956) and his family's efforts to exhibit and sell work from the estate are documented by project files, business records, correspondence, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs. The papers also include many artist-designed Christmas cards sent and received by the Beach family, and artwork by Chester Beach and others.
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Information, Technology and Society, Division of, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1890 - 1930
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6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0715
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic negatives and some glass plate negatives depicting subjects relating to the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics' artifact collections and research interests. Negatives include portrait photographs of engineers (Marconi, Tesla, Bell, and Zworykin), images of radios, telegraphy equipment, and phonographs.
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Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
- Dates:
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1886-1997
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108 Cubic feet (257 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0666
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company supplied most of the typesetting machines used in the printing industry, both in America and worldwide. As changing technology ended the usefulness of the linotype machine the company pioneered new computer-driven, photo typesetting machines.
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Smithsonian Institution. Buildings Management Department
- Dates:
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1881-1973
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29.58 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 157
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include records of the Buildings Management Department and its predecessors, including subject files, photographs, plans, reports, sketches, drawings, blueprints, memoranda, and correspondence concerning maintenance, financial matters, labor and supply costs, visitors, receptions, exhibitions, guard forces, and buildings mai...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Public Programs/Curatorial Division
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1992-2000
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities of Neal David Benezra, Assistant Director for Art and Public Programs (1995-2000). Materials dated prior to 1995 were created and maintained by the Benezra during his tenure as the Chief Curator (1995). Please note that a small portion of the records was created and maintained ...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1974-1984,with related records from 1954
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24.43 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 510
- 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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Hanbury, Una, 1904-1990
- Dates:
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1910-1994
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5.3 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hanbuna
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Una Hanbury measure 5.3 linear feet and date from 1910 to 1994, with the bulk of the material from 1966 to 1990. The collection documents the sculptor's career and the dispersal of her estate through business records, project files, subject files, printed material, and photographs. There is also a small amount of material relating to her personal life including correspondence with friends and family and photographs from various stages of her life.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for History and Art
- Dates:
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1965-1985
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24.7 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 477
- 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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Beck, Larry, 1938-1994
- Dates:
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1938-1994
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6 Linear feet (13 archival boxes, 1 half size archival box, and 2 oversize boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.017
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Lawrence 'Larry' James Beck papers, located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, contain biographical materials, sculpture portfolios, art shows, notes, sketches and drawings, publications, correspondence and visual material including photos, slides and negatives of Larry's art.
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Bocour, Leonard, 1910-1993
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1933-1993
- Size:
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11.8 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bocoleon
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Archives of American Art
The papers of American art collector, paint manufacturer, lecturer, and painter, Leonard Bocour measure 11.8 linear feet and date from 1933 to 1993. Found within the papers are biographical material; miscellaneous correspondence with artists and colleagues, including Helen Frankenthaler, Chaim Gross, Philip Guston, Alex Katz, Jack Levine, Morris Louis, David Oxtoby, and Philip Pearlstein; diaries, daily calendars, notes and writings; personal business records and the business records of Bocour Artist Colors, Inc.; transcripts of interviews with Bocour; and printed material.