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National Museum of American History. Division of Military History
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circa 1968-1981
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 396
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of public inquiries from museums, universities, historical societies, and private collectors regarding gun models, saber types, military heraldry, uniform insignia, history of the United States Army, the preservation of artifacts, and paintings illustrating scenes from American military history. Also included are copies ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
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1886-1978
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 250
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records of the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics relating to electricity consist of some early general correspondence, primarily of George C. Maynard, but also including that of J. Elfreth Watkins and Carl W. Mitman, concerning the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel F. B. Morse, Alfred Vail, and inventors of dynamos ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Costume and Furnishings
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1972-1974
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 519
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly consist of curatorial responses to public inquiries. Included is correspondence from private collectors, museum curators, clothing manufacturers, college professors, historical associations, and individuals.
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National Postal Museum
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1894-1993
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 580
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of staff correspondence and memoranda of the National Postal Museum and its predecessors; early photographs of exhibitions; planning information for the Hall of Philately; newspaper clippings, articles, and research files documenting the origin and extensive history of the National Postal Museum; proposals, preliminary ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Domestic Life
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circa 1955-1977 and undated
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4 cu. ft. (8 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 261
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records, primarily from the Division of Preindustrial Cultural History and, to an extent, its predecessors, as well as the Department of Cultural History and the Division of Domestic Life, include administrative files consisting of annual reports for some of the above administrative units; a fourth floor plan of NMHT; memoranda conc...
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National Museum of American History. National Numismatic Collection
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circa 1921-1989
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26.91 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 359
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to publications, exhibitions, acquisitions, numismatic conferences in foreign countries, and materials on loan; annual reports of the Division of Numismatics; budgetary files; American Numismatic Association convention information; exhibition scripts for the Hall of Monetary ...
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Klapthor, Margaret Brown
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circa 1952-1982
- Size:
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7466
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
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1869, 1881-1903, 1953, 1966 and undated
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1.25 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7268
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of Watkins' official and personal correspondence concerning the efforts of the Smithsonian to obtain federal appropriations for the establishment of a section of steam transportation in the USNM, the construction of ship models for an exhibit at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Watkins' research on the ...
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Permanent Administrative Files
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United States National Museum
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1877-1975
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337.16 cu. ft. (672 document boxes) (116 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 192
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records prior to 1907 consist mostly of incoming correspondence (outgoing correspondence can be found in record unit 112). After 1907 the records contain both incoming and outgoing correspondence. Much of the material consists of routine public inquiries. In addition, these records document museum accessions and Smithsonian expeditions and ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
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1948-1965
- Size:
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 623
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains some information on post-World War II exhibition planning at the Smithsonian. However, in the main, they document the involvement of the Office of the Director in exhibition planning at the Museum of History and Technology (MHT) from its creation in 1957 through 1965. Directors represented in this collection include ...