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Washington, William Augustine, Colonel, 1757-1810
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1789-1840
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0174
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These papers consist primarily of bills and receipts for a large and varied number of articles. They are for such commodities as blankets, hose, flannel, linen, tea, molasses, calico, muslin, shoes, sugar, ribbons, needles, wheat, oats, salt and silk. Some of the prices are in pounds, shillings and pence, others are in dollars. The papers includ...
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Rankine, V. V., 1920-2004
Kirwin, Liza
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1990 Mar. 2-22
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34 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rankin90
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Archives of American Art
An interview of V. V. Rankine conducted 1990 Mar. 2-22, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art.
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MS 39-c Kiowa drawings by Koba, Etahdleuh, and others
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Doanmoe, Etahdleuh, 1856-1888
Kobay, (Comanche chief)
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1875-1878
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33 Drawings (graphite, colored pencil, crayon, ink, and watercolor, 12 x 18 cm.-20 x 55 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS39C
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National Anthropological Archives
The manuscript contains 28 drawings depicting warfare, courting, hunting, dances, a horse race, and an intertribal meeting. The drawings also include 5 pages with pictographs representing various words and the names of the prisoners. Included in the manuscript are rosters of the Ft. Marion prisoners listing the prisoners' names and tribal affiliati...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1989
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19.5 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes) (3 tall document boxes) (2 film boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-197
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual elements for "Our Biosphere: The Earth in Our Hands," a one-hour film produced by Karen Loveland and narrated by Robert Redford. The film follows the staff of the National Museum of Natural History's Marine Systems Laboratory and Arizona's Space Biosphere Ventures as they work with scientists, architects,...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1989-1991
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-235
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of videotapes and an audiotape created during the production of "Our Biosphere: The Earth in Our Hands." This one-hour film, completed in 1989, was produced by Karen Loveland and narrated by Robert Redford. The film follows the staff of the National Museum of Natural History's Marine Systems Laboratory and Arizona's ...
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1997
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6 videotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9593
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera or digital recorder as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works ...
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Tichkematse, 1857-1932
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1887
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34 Copy negatives
25 Color slides
30 Copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R79-24
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made from drawings by Tichkematse. The drawings document an 1887 hunting trip made by Colonel Bliss of Fort Supply and Major John Dunlop, a visitor to the fort from Washington DC. Most of the figures depicted in the drawings are Cheyenne men who were enlisted as United States Army scouts; many are identified.
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Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), 1909-1964
Edel, Abraham, 1908-2007
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1928-1996
bulk 1928-1964
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4.58 Linear feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2005-27
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National Anthropological Archives
May Mandelbaum Edel (1909-1964) taught anthropology at Brooklyn College and the New School for Social Research, and founded the Anthropology Department at Rutgers University in 1960. She conducted fieldwork in Washington; Oregon; Uganda; and Brownsville, New York. The collection consists of field notes, lecture notes, language notes, manuscripts, books, correspondence, teaching materials, conference files, and personal papers. Included are lecture notes taken from courses with Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict, and extensive field notes for her work with the Okanagan Indians in Washington, the Bachiga (Bakiga) in Uganda, and Jewish families in Brownsville, New York.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum. Curatorial Office
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1966-2017
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-136
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting declined artwork offered by artists, private collectors, dealers, art galleries, foundations, corporations, and through estates and loans to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Earlier records date back to when the museum was known as the National Museum of American Art and the National Collectio...
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Hazen, William Babcock, 1830-1887
Fort Marion artists
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ca. 1875-1878
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1 Item (disbound volume of 14 drawings (8 leaves, colored pencil, ink, graphite, and crayon, 18 x 21 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS154064C
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Bound book of unruled paper, now disbound and laminated. Includes scenes of hunting, ceremonies and daily Indian camp life. The manuscript now contains 14 drawings and the original volume cover. Original sequence of pictures not recorded. Identified as by a Cheyenne prisoner held at Ft. Marion, Florida (1875-78) on the basis of style and content.