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Chertok, Boris E.
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bulk 1945-1992
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3.15 Cubic feet ((7 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2009.0036
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 51 of Boris E. Chertok's diaries, covering the years from 1945 to 1988. The diaries, all in Russian, are handwritten and are in small notebooks of various sizes and types. Some of the diaries have loose pages or loose covers and each diary has a paper cover note pasted to the outside of the notebook. The 1945 diary conta...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Mineral Sciences
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1940-2006
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-255
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes created by Carl Huntington Broedel, William Richard Jones, E. C. T. Chao, Everett Dale Jackson, James F. Luhr, and Tom Simkin. Created under the auspices of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), these field books document ...
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Powers, Francis Gary, 1929-1977
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1929-1986
bulk 1952-1977
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1.53 Cubic feet (2 legal document boxes, 1 flat box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0010
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material relating to Francis Gary Powers's flying career in the Air Force, Central Intelligence Agency, and later pursuits. The majority of the documents deal with the May 1960 U-2 incident, in which Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union during a reconnaisance mission and imprisoned. Materials include: logbooks; flight records from his military and civilian careers; a pocket diary and journal he kept during his Soviet imprisonment; letters to his parents; materials collected by his parents as his father attempted to visit him including a telegram from Nikita Khrushchev and a New Testament given to Powers by his mother during his Soviet trial; Congressional hearing material; newspaper articles; Life magazine; and several photographs of Powers.
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bulk 1969-1973
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0.1 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0044
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection includes 12 Russian newspaper articles from three Russian newspapers, including Pravda. These articles provide information on the Russian space flights Soyuz 11, Soyuz 9, Lunakhod 2, and on the Russian spacecraft Luna 21. Also included are two 1969 Pravda articles reporting the flight of Apollo 11. All articles are in Cyrillic.
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Refregier, Anton, 1905-
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circa 1900-circa 1990
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35.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.refranto
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Woodstock area painter, muralist, and designer, Anton Refregier (1905-1979) date from circa 1900 to circa 1990 and measure 35.9 linear feet. The collection records Refregier's early commercial work and murals for the Works Progress Adminstration (WPA) and documents his career through to the 1970s with records of commissions for many public and private buildings, exhibitions in the United States and abroad, teaching positions, essays and publications, and extensive travel, particularly to the Soviet Union and Mexico. The collection contains scattered biographical material, personal and business correspondence, notes and writings, 15 diaries and journals, mural and tapestry files, exhibition files, personal business records, printed material, 10 scrapbooks, artwork including sketches and cartoons for murals, and photographs of Refregier, his friends, family and travels.
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International Longshoremen's Association, Local 791
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1938-1986
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0440
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is composed of a variety of records left behind when Local 791 vacated an apartment it had leased in New York City. As such, the collection does not offer a complete record of the union or its activities. Included are five volumes of official records: a minute book, 1938-1949; three dues ledger books, 1944-1947; and a cash book, ...
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Beemer , John A., 1879-
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1907-1956
bulk 1919-1931
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3 Cubic feet (4 boxes; 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0957
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Beemer's engineering activities as a civil engineer who worked on irrigation and dam related projects.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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undated
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0.47 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 map case folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.02.USSR
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: United Soviet Socialist Republic forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.2: Geographical Categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Enkenhus, Kurt
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1957-1961
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1.88 Cubic feet ((4 flatboxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1999.0029
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of ten scrapbooks created by Dr. Kurt Enkenhus, who was director of the Aerodynamics Department at the Naval Ordnance Lab and a Professor at the von Karmen Institute, Brussels, Belgium. The scrapbooks, containing newspaper and magazine articles from a variety of American sources, document the space race between the Soviet U...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities
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circa 1985-1992
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-006
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records of three projects of the Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities. The majority of the records document the Special Exhibition Fund, established by Office Memorandum (OM) 833 dated October 26, 1984. The OM decreed that the Fund was meant only to fund significant exhibitions beyond the normal financial ...