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Anderson, Lawrence B. (Lawrence Bernhart)
Brown, Robert F.
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1992 January 30-March 30
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187 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.anders92
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Lawrence Anderson conducted 1992 January 30-March 30, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
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Lemelson Center
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1996-2009
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14.19 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-371
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the Lemelson Center exhibition, Invention at Play. This exhibition was structured as an interactive exhibition that examined the similarities between the ways children and adults play and the creative processes used by innovators in science and technology. Opening in 2002, Invention at Play...
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Filipowski, Richard, 1923-2008
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circa 1940-1998
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4.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.filirich
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Massachusetts-based designer, sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and educator Richard E. Filipowski measure 4.1 linear feet and date from circa 1940 to 1998. The papers document his career through biographical material, correspondence, writings, teaching files, project files, printed material, photographic material, artwork, and a sound recording.
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Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007, interviewee
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1974, 1979-1980, 1982, 2005
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26 audiotapes (Reference). 45 digital .mp3 files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9512
- Repository:
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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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Reginald R. Isaacs papers
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Isaacs, Reginald R., 1911-
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circa 1842-1991
bulk 1928-1991
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22.54 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.isaaregi
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Reginald R. Isaacs measure 22.54 linear feet and date from 1842 to 1991, with the bulk of the material from 1928 to 1991. The collection includes Isaacs's personal and professional papers, as well as extensive research material he collected and created for his two-volume biography, Walter Gropius: The Man and His Work.
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American-Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Co.
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1923-1964
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8 Cubic feet (306 architectural plans and drawings.)
The majority of plans are on tracing paper, though there are also some reprographic prints and drawings on tracing cloth.
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MON
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Archives of American Gardens
The American-Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Corporation Collection includes 306 architectural plans and drawings of greenhouses, solariums, conservatories, garages, and other structures designed by American-Moninger for clients throughout the United States dating from 1923 to 1964.
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Watkins, C. Malcolm
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1935-1979 and undated
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12.59 cu. ft. (23 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7322
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of C. Malcolm Watkins provide comprehensive documentation of his professional career from 1934 to 1980. The collection documents his interest in early American culture; his research on ceramics, historic archeology, and early California history; his curatorial and administrative activities in the Department of Anthropology, USNM, ...
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Breuer, Marcel, 1902-
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1920-1986
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37.6 Linear feet
0.14 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.breumarc
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986, contain biographical material, correspondence, business and financial records, interviews, notes, writings, sketches, project files, exhibition files, photographs, and printed material that document the career of architect and designer Marcel Breuer.
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Zisfein, Melvin B.
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1947-1995 and undated
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3.43 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-002
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Included in this collection are articles, reports, notebooks, photographs, slides, and certificates and awards. There is very little personal correspondence, but papers written by Zisfein contained in this collection seem to represent some of his major writings. Of special note are 15 notebooks kept by Zisfein at NASM, which contain notes ...
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Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
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1835-2003
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-009
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Frank A. Taylor (1903-2007) was a Curator of Engineering and Industries and an administrator at the Smithsonian. He was born in 1903 in Washington, D.C., where he grew up. Taylor began his career at the Smithsonian in 1922 as a Laboratory Apprentice in the Division of Mechanical Technology of the United States National Museum (USNM). After ...