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Digitized Content Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Dates:
1952-1981
Size:
46.19 cu. ft. (91 document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 290
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist primarily of exhibition files, 1952-1981, for shows no longer traveling. The exhibitions are developed and organized by SITES and produced by both the Smithsonian's Office of Exhibits Central and outside sources. Exhibition themes cover the fields of art, history, and science, as well as current events. Also included ...

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Digitized Content Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Dates:
1950-1962
Size:
8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 316
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records primarily document exhibitions circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service from its inception in 1952 through 1962, with documentation on several exhibitions continuing for the years 1963 to 1965. Records include correspondence, shipping and storage bills, exhibition catalogues, newspaper clippings, and...

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Digitized Content Photographs of Smithsonian Staff and Subjects
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
Dates:
circa 1968-1983
Size:
1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 549
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This record unit consists of a small group of photographs collected by the Office of Public Affairs for its various publications. It includes Smithsonian staff as well as a small number of photographs of Smithsonian buildings or their construction, exhibits, events, and important visitors.

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Digitized Content Biographical Files
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
Dates:
circa 1963-1988
Size:
5 cu. ft. (10 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 420
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of biographical files collected by the Office of Public Affairs primarily for the use and convenience of that office. Like many biographical files, the records were added to as bits of information were collected, from the newspaper, from press releases, from The Torch, or from SI announcements. The more important figures...

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Grant Records
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Activities
Dates:
1965-1977
Size:
21 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession T89080
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This collection consists of grant audits, progress reports, correspondence and travel files. See Record Unit 180 for similar materials.

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1977 Festival of American Folklife
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
October 5-10, 1977
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.1977
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1981 Festival of American Folklife
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Dates:
June 24-July 5, 1981
Size:
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
Collection ID:
CFCH.SFF.1981
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

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Publications
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Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Dates:
1952-1988
Size:
3.15 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 536
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of publications produced by SITES, often in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Press, including brochures, posters, guides, and catalogs documenting traveling exhibitions. The set is probably not complete. Information for each publication appears in the following order: publication title, author, date, and type...

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Digitized Content J. Scott Odell folk music collection
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Creators:
Odell, Scott, 1935-
Dates:
1964-1977
Size:
18 Cubic feet
Collection ID:
CFCH.ODEL
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The J. Scott Odell folk music collection (1945-2016, inclusive) contains AV recordings, photographs, correspondence, writings, and other materials relating to Odell's career at the Smithsonian as a musical instrument conservator and researcher of American music traditions. The collection largely consists of materials relating to Odell's research trips (often combined with personal visits) throughout the Eastern United States. Research strengths of the collection include the history of the Appalachian dulcimer and banjo, the Smithsonian Folkways project "Black Banjo Songsters," musician and poet Burt Porter, and the Bread and Puppet Theater.

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Early Birds of Aviation, Inc. Collection
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Creators:
Early Birds of Aviation (Organization).
Dates:
1928-circa 1980s
Size:
22.05 Cubic feet (49 Boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0566
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of the records and historical materials of the Early Bird organization, including correspondence; photographs; the organization's newsletter, Chirp; financial records; reunion memorabilia; biographical material of members; and membership lists. This material was donated to the Museum after the National Air Museum was designated as the official repository for Early Bird records.

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