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Meyer, John A.
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1942-1943
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0.5 Cubic feet ((3 films) (1 tape))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0030
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
John A. Meyer was an aerial photographer in the US Army Air Forces. He was stationed in Bangor, Maine and the North Atlantic Air Bases in Newfoundland, 1942-1943.
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International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection
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Cron, Rosalind
International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Piney Woods School
Moon, Dixie Hardy
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1933-2010
bulk 1939-1946
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1218
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection focuses on the all-female, racially and ethnically diverse big band group that started in 1937 and disbanded in 1949. The collection contains news clippings, photographs, correspondence, ephemera from USO travels, and newsletters. Also included are books related to the group, as well as a tribute CD and a 33 rpm vinyl sound recording.
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Kovan, Florice Whyte
Whyte, Virgil (bandleader)
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1942-1948, 1991-1993
- Size:
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3 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0503
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes 7 VHS videotapes and 1 audio tape produced by Florice Whyte Kovan, containing interviews and recollections by some band members. Studio portraits and snapshot photographs in 3 scrapbooks, which also contain display advertisements and newspaper clippings from about the band, 1940s. Snapshots include documentation of the band's travels and l...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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1949-1971
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20 cu. ft. (20 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T90046
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection is organized into two series. Series One (boxes 1-5) consists of bridge logs, and records of birds and fishes. Series Two (boxes 6-20) consists of station reports.
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Federal Music Project (U.S.)
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1939-1942
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet ((ca. 60 items))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fedemusi
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Archives of American Art
Material kept by Federal Music Project administrator Emily Mason Kahn, including printed and mimeographed booklets; brochures; programs and reports; carbon copies of memos; teaching material; and two photographs. [Microfilm title WPA-Federal Theater Project]
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
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circa 1971-1994
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-074
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include the correspondence and memoranda of H. Wallace Sinaiko, pertaining to conference planning, Manpower R&D Program Committee briefings, personal research, and issues of TTCP and IUS; administrative files concerning budget, contract proposals, and personnel; minutes of meetings; conference reports; professional articles ...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Bird and Mammal Laboratories
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1945-1970
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7407
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of files of Directors Stanley Paul Young, 1958-1959, and Richard Hyde Manville, 1960-1970, primarily concerning the Alaska sea-otter investigations of Karl Walton Kenyon. The records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, statistics, and photographs. Also included are a small amount of records documenting professi...
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Science Service
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1902-1965
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268.55 cu. ft. (79 record storage boxes) (372 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (3 3x5 boxes) (3 5x8 boxes) (2 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7091
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The bulk of this collection was processed by Jane Livermore, a devoted and tireless volunteer in the Smithsonian Institution Archives between 1995 and 2004. Livermore is a former Science Service employee. She worked in the organization's library, oversaw the educational project "THINGS of Science," and served as Assistant to the Director. ...
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Science Service
- Dates:
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1905-1973
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-135
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of photographs, captions, and press releases related to engineering and engineering research. The files were originally compiled by and for the journalists who worked for the organization Science Service (see Record Unit 7091) from the 1920s through the 1960s. These informational "morgue" files were organized in th...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Cultural History
Rudy, Jerome
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20th century.
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0809
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Consists of late nineteenth century/early twentieth century advertising hand fans. Most of the fans feature a vignette on one side and an advertisement on the reverse. The fans advertise various establishments and products, including funeral parlors, patent medicines, and food products.
