Bill Nye Papers
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Nye, Bill
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1970 - 2014
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12 Cubic feet (28 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1383
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Bill Nye's early life, his Science Guy persona and its development for his television program Bill Nye the Science Guy.
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Basile, Mark
Coca, Imogene
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1879-2008
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7.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 4 framed items, 12 accordion folders, two loose stacks)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1479
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of comedian Imogene Coca.
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1937-2003
bulk 1960-1990
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12 Cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1437
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the lives and careers of the Smothers Brothers, with emphasis on their television variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
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Bush, Laura
Pepin, Jacques
Obama, Michelle
Obama, Barack
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circa 1952-2015
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1371
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and career of French chef, author, and television personality Jacques Pepin primarily through correspondence, menus, and photographs.
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Lomas, Stanley
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1947-1990
bulk 1950-1956
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7 motion picture films
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0342
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Stanley Lomas Television Commercial Collection consists of 226 television commercials for products including dishwashing soap, beer, cigarettes, soft drinks, and breakfast cereals. The collection also includes a short 1954 film demonstrating the DuMont Electronicam, a camera designed for simultaneous live broadcast and film recording. There is ...
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Mr. Wizard Studios (Firm)
Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007
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1906-2008
bulk 1951-1995
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26 Cubic feet (57 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1326
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.
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Korda, Ronald S., -1996
Korda, Catherine
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1952-1996
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57 Cubic feet (259 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0545
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sports and trading cards, 1952-1996, amassed by card collector Ronald S. Korda. The sports cards are subdivided by sport. Baseball cards, (1952-1996), comprise the vast majority of the sports cards, while football (1968-1996) and hockey (1968-1996) are the two next largest subseries. There are lesser quantities of cards for basketball, and only a few each for all other sports, such as racing, skiing, etc. Non-sports cards cover a large variety of popular culture topics, including motion pictures, television programs, popular music, toys, games, cars and trucks, comics, fantasy art, and many other subjects. Some ephemeral items are also included in the collection, such as sticker albums, posters and programs
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WKAQ (Television station : San Juan, Puerto Rico)
WNJU (Television station : New York, NY)
Telemundo Group, Inc.
Univisión (Television network)
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bulk 1940 - 2017
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3.5 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 8 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1404
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Spanish language television stations in America, and the Telemundo network.
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Davis, Luther
Davis, Joan Bassie
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1916-2007, undated
bulk 1936-2007
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14 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1148
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Luther Davis (1916-2008) was an awarding winning writer, playwright and screenwriter. He won a Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award in 1954 for the musical Kismet. He was the playwright for Lady in a Cage, and Grand Hotel and many other productions.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1938-1966
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0.74 Cubic feet (consisting of 1.5 boxes, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Television
- Repository:
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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: Television forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana