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Stanton, Charles Ingram, 1893-1986
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1917-1977
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3.91 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document box; 4 legal document boxes; 3 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0076
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Stanton's personal papers. The material includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings and articles, reunion memorabilia and records, and personal and professional writings over the course of his aeronautical career.
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Fish, Farnum T.
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bulk 1912
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0.5 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0876
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of five photographic post cards showing Farnum T. Fish and his Wright (Co) Model B biplane. Two of the post cards have caption information on the front. The collection also contains three pages of handwritten notes regarding various mechanical aspects of an aircraft, and a one page handwritten list of various tools.
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John Matthew Miller III Collection
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Miller, John Matthew, III, 1896-
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1910-1973
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0.8 Cubic feet (1 legal document box, 1 slim legal document box, 1 map folder (18 x 48 inches))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2001.0036
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
John Matthew Miller III (born June 3, 1896) was active in aviation throughout his life, as a naval aviator, air mail pilot, transport pilot, autogiro pilot, flight instructor, aircraft manufacturer, airport operator, agricultural pilot, and helicopter test pilot, working at different times for the United States Navy, the U.S. Aerial Mail Service, Pitcairn Aeronautical Corporation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture; from 1927-1929 Miller operated his own business, the Miller Aviation Corporation of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The collection includes Miller's pilot licenses and log books, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings and assorted ephemera, predominantly from the 1914 to 1939 period of Miller's life.
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Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992
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1824-1992
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241.95 Cubic feet (488 boxes plus flat files)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0063
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Paul E. Garber Collection documents Paul Edward Garber's life, both personal and professional, prior to and during his 72-year tenure at the National Air and Space Museum.
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Brooks, Arthur Raymond, 1895-1991
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1910-1988
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13.72 Cubic feet (31 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0104
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the personal papers and memorabilia of Arthur Raymond Brooks. It includes photographs, correspondence, documents, and certificates relating to Brooks' aviation career, as well as personal correspondence, photographs, and diaries (1907-87).
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Weiss, Helena M., 1909-2004, interviewee
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1987
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8 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9587
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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United States National Museum. Office of the Director
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circa 1921-1973
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38 cu. ft. (76 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 190
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records contained in this record unit are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, United States National Museum (1962-1971) and Director General of Museums (1968-1971). However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee (1943-1959) and Director of the National Museum of History and Technolog...
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National Postal Museum
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1915-1991
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4.5 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 580
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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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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
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circa 1960-1980
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107.16 cu. ft. (105 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (2 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 638
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of project files documenting the repairs, improvement, and renovation of existing Smithsonian buildings. The records include memoranda with Smithsonian offices, correspondence with contractors, blueprints, cost analyses, specifications, and photographs. Buildings and museums documented in this collection include: the...
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
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1949-1964
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42.9 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 50
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document part of the secretarial administration of Alexander Wetmore and the whole of Leonard Carmichael's tenure. During this period the Smithsonian's capacity to carry out research in its traditional scientific disciplines was substantially strengthened. At the same time the Institution was able to invest much more effort ...