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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of the Director
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1969-1992, with related records from 1948
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39.88 cu. ft. (39 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 film box) (12 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 492
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain the Director's correspondence files from 1975 to 1991, as well as smaller files created by Rohlfing, Pfister, and Scherer. In addition, the records include administrative and subject files from 1970 to 1988. These files document museum functions such as acquisitions, collections management, and budgeting, as well as large...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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1956-1988 and undated
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12 cu. ft. (24 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 332
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include administrative files of the Division of Mathematics and its predecessors; Merzbach correspondence with computer industries, university professors, and pioneers or experts in the field of computing science; exhibition scripts, research material, and blueprints for the Hall of Mathematics; Computer History Project research ...
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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888
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circa 1862-1868
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312 Negatives (photographic) (black and white)
3 Photographic prints (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.041
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Squier collection consists primarily of glass plate negatives made by Squier in the Central Andes region of Peru from 1862 to 1868 while he served as the United States Commissioner to Peru.
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Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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circa 1980-2004
circa 1980-2004
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4 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
4 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0570
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Shopping bags from a variety of businesses, including department stores, museums, book stores, libraries, hotels, banks, and specialty shops. Additional material will be added to this collection periodically.
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Bonney, M. Thérèse (Mabel Thérèse), 1897-1978
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1925-1937
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4,300 Photographs (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.2000-42-1
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Smithsonian Libraries
This collection contains4,300 black and white photographs that document architecture and design in Paris from 1925-1937.These silver-gelatin prints, mostly 8 x 10, depicting French industrial art objects, interior settings, and window displays were amassed by Bonney who lived most of her life in Paris. Many of the photographs were done by Bonney. She collected others from news agencies, photographers, and stock photograph vendors. Many of the photographs are accompanied by captions composed in a conversational manner by Bonney.
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Smithsonian Institution
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1904
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31 Mounted prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.82-31
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National Anthropological Archives
Images of United States National Museum anthropological exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also called the St. Louis World's Fair. Images of the Department of Anthropology's exhibits include those of photographs and models of Mayan and Mesoamerican temples; antiquities from Mexico, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies; and American Indian,...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
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circa 1985-2008
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23.85 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (2 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-175
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting research, planning, design, execution, and installation of exhibitions during the tenure of David Revere McFadden, Curator, 1978-1993; Deborah Shinn, Curator-in-Charge, 1995-1996, and Assistant Curator, 1997-2002; and Sarah Coffin, Curator, 2004- . Exhibitions documented in this accession include ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Graphic Arts and Photography
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1882-1969
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 206
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence, accession lists, blueprints for the Hall of Graphic Arts, historical information about the Division, annual reports, staff lecture notes and papers, materials pertaining to The Printing Ink exhibition, biographies of important contributors in the field of printing technology, exhibition labels and ...
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William Mills Ivins papers
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Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961
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1878-1964
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20.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ivinwill
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Archives of American Art
The papers, 1878-1964 (20.5 linear feet) of museum curator, director, and art scholar William Mills Ivins (1881-1961) consist of correspondence, writings, notes, photographs, and Ivins family papers. Ivins was Curator of Prints, 1916-1946, Assistant Director, 1933-1938, and Acting Director, 1938-1940 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection contains professional and personal correspondence with art historians, art dealers, museum curators, print and book collectors, and artists concerning the history of print making, book design and illustration, print collectors and collecting, exhibitions, and museum administration. Also found are Ivins' published and unpublished writings and lectures, and notes. The collection contains some Ivins' family papers including family correspondence, genealogies, and photographs.
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Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Business Ventures. Product Development and Licensing
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1971-2005
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42 cu. ft. (42 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-001
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the processes of Product Development and Licensing at Smithsonian Business Ventures. The unit's primary function is to generate revenue for the Smithsonian Institution through the licensing and development of products related to collections within the Smithsonian museums. Some of these pro...