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Hills, Patricia
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circa 1900-2015
bulk 1968-2009
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23.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.hillspat
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian, curator, and educator Patricia Hills measure 23.1 linear feet and date from circa 1900-2015, bulk 1968-2009. Central to this collection are project files documenting professional work that resulted in lectures, publications, exhibitions, art history courses on numerous artists including Alice Neel, Jacob Lawrence, May Stevens, Rudolf Baranik, and John Singer Sargent. These files and files documenting Hills's tenure at the Whitney Museum of American Art include planning documents, research files, correspondence, manuscripts and accompanying publications, as well as other printed materials. The collection also contains correspondence with art historians, artists, curators, and others, notably Lawrence Alloway, Lowery Stokes Sims, Lucy R. Lippard, T.J. Clark, Leon Golub, and Donald Kuspit; professional files documenting grants and residencies awarded and consulting work; artist and subject files; other writings; and printed material. Membership and affiliation records document Hills' service to the profession, including Women's Caucus for Art and the Visual Culture/Art History Caucus of the American Studies Association.
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John Stevens Collection
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Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
Stevens, John, 1749-1838
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1808-1881
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0333
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The main component of this collection is a double-spaced typewritten document of 858 pages transcribed (apparently in 1903) from original records and consisting of correspondence, newspaper articles, technical descriptions, legal documents, and other material relating to John Stevens, his professional work and career. Some of the correspondence is...
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Stevens, Susan MacCulloch
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undated
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100 copy prints (circa)
2 copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R74-49
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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of photographs depicting Passamaquoddy Indians in Princeton, Maine. The collection consists largely of studio portraits, though some images show activities such as fishing, logging, and a parade. These photographs were likely collected by Susan M. Stevens as part of her work for the Department of Indian Affairs in Maine.
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Revlon, Inc.
Stevens, Martin
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1936-1986
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2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0939
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of commercial advertisements and promotional materials created by Revlon Incorporated, 1936-1986.
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Vining, Margaret
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Gregory, Edmund B.
Heller, Edward L.
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1995 August 24
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0608
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This video history documents the research and development of the Quartermaster Corps during World War II, highlighting materials used to create gear for combat soliders in various terrains and weather conditions.,Lt. Col. Edward L. Heller, U.S.A. Ret., discusses the Quartermaster Corps' inventive research and development work in an afternoon panel ...
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Berger, Julius G., 1888- ((electrical engineer))
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1909-1918.
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1 Boxe (3 boxes, 9 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0075
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection traces the training and employment of an early electrical engineer. It includes 4 manuals filled with Berger's lab training at Stevens and G.E., a lecture notebook, two business correspondence scrapbooks, an industrial power data reference book, and a group of G.E. technical newsletters.
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Semmel, Joan, 1923-
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1949-2013
bulk 1960-2013
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5.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.semmjoan
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter Joan Semmel measure 5.9 linear feet and span the dates of 1949-2013 with the bulk of the material dated circa 1960s-2013. The papers reflect her career and activities as a painter, writer, feminist, and educator through biographical materials, correspondence, interviews, writings, project files, teaching files, printed material, and photographic materials.
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Roko Gallery
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1929-1982
bulk 1970-1978
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6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rokogall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Roko Gallery records measure six linear feet and date from 1929-1982, with the bulk of the records dating from 1970-1978. Founded by Michael Leon Freilich in 1946, the records of this New York contemporary art gallery consist primarily of artists files. Also found are scattered correspondence, business and financial records, a subject file, exhibition files, seven scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs of Frielich, friends, and of artwork.
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Foresight Institute. (Palo Alto, California)
Lubar, Steven D.
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1986-2004
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0.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0863
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains an almost complete set of the quarterly newsletter Foresight Background and its successor Foresight Update from 1987 to January, 2004. Also included are five issues of Foresight Briefing. The Foresight Institute of Palo Alto, California, studies transformative technologies.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Jackson, Milt
Madewell, Steven
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October 2, 2010
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2 electronic discs (dvd)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1241
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents inventor Milt Jackson who discusses his "re-invention" of the test tube. Jackson's test tube has a flat side that enables it to rest horizontally without a rack, and a bent end. Milt Jackson is the founder of the company Norwood-Cortez which provides computer systems design services.