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Smith, Vernon, 1894-1969
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1932-1941
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1 Linear foot ((on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.smitvern
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters received; notes and printed material regarding his activities with the WPA-FAP in Massachusetts; a diary, 1936-1937, including later memoranda; a travel journal recounting Smith's trip to Alaska; 2 sketches; records of Smith's works exhibited; vouchers; and photographs of Smith and friends.
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Smith, Vernon, 1894-1969
Swift, Geoffrey
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
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1965 November 24
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11 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.smith65
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Vernon B. Smith conducted 1965 November 24, by Geoffrey Swift, for the Archives of American Art.
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Jones, Prescott M. M., 1904-1981
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1932-1976
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.jonepres
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters, 2 diaries, a subject file, art works, printed material, and photographs primarily concern Jones' work for the WPA artist project in Alaska.
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Baker, Sarah, 1899-
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1922-1977
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176 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bakesara
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
168 letters, 2 photographs, and an exhibition catalogue. The correspondence includes 45 letters from Baker to her family, written from Europe in 1922 while she was on a fellowship. Other correspondence is with her sister, Louise Baker George, and with Bill Woodward, Alice Riddle Kindler, Vern Smith, Frank Wright, Arthur Smith, Margaret Gates, Marjo...
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Kent, Norman, 1903-1972
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1939-1964
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300 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kentnorm
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, articles, clippings, and gallery literature.
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Cooper-Bessemer Corporation Records
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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
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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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Morehouse, Harold E., 1894-1973
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circa 1960s-1970s
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4.36 Cubic feet (4 records center boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0450
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 355 biographies written by Harold E. Morehouse and intended for publication. These biographies discuss Morehouse's fellow early aviation pioneers, many of whom belong to the Early Birds, an organization open to those who soloed before December 17, 1916. Each biography discusses the subject's life and the majority of biographies include a photograph of the individual.
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1886-1928 and undated
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22.74 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (40 document boxes) (3 tall document boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 221
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers include official records that document the history of the USNH while Joseph Nelson Rose was assistant botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture (1888-1896), assistant and associate curator, USNH, United States National Museum (1896-1911), and the Division of Plants, USNM (1917-1928); also personal and official papers...
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Kraushaar Galleries
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1877-2006
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106.3 Linear feet
0.181 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kraugall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of New York City Kraushaar Galleries measure 106.3 linear feet and 0.181 GB and date from 1877 to 2006. Three-fourths of the collection documents the gallery's handling of contemporary American paintings, drawings, and sculpture through correspondence with artists, private collectors, museums, galleries, and other art institutions, interspersed with scattered exhibition catalogs and other materials. Also included are John F. Kraushaar's estate records; artists' files; financial ledgers documenting sales and gallery transactions; consignment and loan records; photographs of artwork; sketchbooks and drawings by James Penney, Louis Bouché, and others; and two scrapbooks. There is a 6.0 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes correspondence with artists, galleries, organizations and individuals regarding works of art, filed alphabetically by year. Materials date from circa 1959-1999, with the bulk from 1990-1999.
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Falcone Custom Grand Pianos
Pratt, Read and Company
Sohmer & Company
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1872-1989
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43 Cubic feet (82 boxes and 11 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0349
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of Sohmer & Co., date from 1872 through 1989. They fall into fourteen series based primarily on function. Legal, financial, inventory & appraisal, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, and sales are the major series. Photographs, awards, family papers, publications about Sohmer, general publications, "miscellaneous" and corresponden...
