Query: Government and politics -- United States Congress actions
MS 4259 Printed pamphlets and Congressional Bills dealing with Indian legislation
Creators:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
Dates:
1898-1934
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4259
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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MS 4219 Bill H. R. 7902, 73rd Congress, 2nd Session
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Dates:
February 12, 1934
Size:
48 Pages
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4219
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Bill granted Indians living under Federal tutelage the freedom to organize for purposes of local self-government and economic enterprise, etc.

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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Records
Creators:
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
Dates:
1975-2009, undated
bulk 1993-2008
Size:
7.5 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1282
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection contains records and research material produced and collected by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a lobbying and legal assistance organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender servicepersons. They were instrumental in overturning the United States Department of Defense's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

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National Congress of American Indians records
Creators:
National Congress of American Indians
Dates:
1933-1990
bulk 1944-1989
Size:
251 Linear feet (597 archival boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.010
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

The National Congress of American Indian (NCAI), founded in 1944, is the oldest nation-wide American Indian advocacy organization in the United States. The NCAI records document the organization's work, particularly that of its office in Washington, DC, and the wide variety of issues faced by American Indians in the twentieth century. The collection is located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian.

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Temperance
Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
1811-1937
Size:
3.66 Cubic feet (consisting of 5.5 boxes, 1 folder, 9 oversize folders.)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Temperance
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

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Records
Dates:
1973-1979
Size:
4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 571
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records consist of the administrative and program files of the State and Local Government Program. They include correspondence concerning arrangements for dialogues and colloquia, fundraising material, mailing lists, fellowship correspondence, records of advisory committee meetings, texts of papers given at various events, and some correspondence and a manuscript for …

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United States Fish Commission Records
Creators:
United States Fish Commission
Dates:
1871-1892
Size:
4.66 Cubic feet (20 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0256
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Most of the collection consists of drawings, both pen and ink and pencil, photoengravings and photographs and blueprints of fish, fishermen, fishing gear, nets, traps, seines, fishing vessels both small and large, and fish processing. Some are identified by type, some by location; others lack specific identification. Many carry comments …

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Hugo Gellert papers
Creators:
Gellert, Hugo, 1892-1985
Dates:
1916-1986
Size:
6.9 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.gellhugo
Repository:
Archives of American Art

The papers of graphic artist, muralist, and activist Hugo Gellert measure 6.9 linear feet and date from 1916 to 1986. They document his career as an artist and organizer for the radical political left through an interview, legal papers, financial records, family papers, artifacts, correspondence, writings, organizational records, extensive printed materials (many of them illustrated by Gellert), photographs, and artwork.

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Kenneth R. Harding Collection
Creators:
Harding, Kenneth R.
Dates:
circa 1924-1981.
Size:
2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0885
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

This collection primarily documents Kenneth R. Harding's work as an executive at the Democratic National Congressional Committee and in the position of Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives. The collection includes photographs of politicians and foreign dignitaries, programs, printed materials, scrapbooks, correspondence, and campaign memorabilia. Materials …

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Spokeswoman Magazine Printed Materials
Creators:
Spokeswoman Magazine
Dates:
1972-1980
Size:
2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0931
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Printed materials spanning 1972-1980, relating to second-wave feminism and women's rights, mainly newsletters and periodicals and focused on the Equal Rights Amendment, Title IX, reproductive healthcare rights, and educational equality. Well-known organizations included in the collection are NOW (National Organization for Women), Planned Parenthood, United States Department of Labor, and the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

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