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National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
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1958-1999
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40 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-044
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the programs and activities of National Zoological Park (NZP) offices and departments during the tenures of Directors Theodore H. Reed, 1958-1983; and Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, departmental reports, meeting minutes, planning files, research propo...
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Brinkworth, William Ian
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1901-1991
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3600 Negatives (photographic) (0801-3332: B5-6; 3333-4422: B5-7, black and white ;, 35mm.)
637 Photographic prints (black and white.)
179 Transparencies (color ;, 35mm.)
8 Volumes (Books and magazines)
65 Manuscripts (document genre)
7 Sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
William Ian Brinkworth's collection, dated from 1901 to 1991, includes an extensive number of black and white photographs, negatives, color transparencies, books, audio tapes, manuscripts, and research materials. The manuscripts include Brinkworth's book drafts, film treatments, correspondence, historical documents, legal documents, journals and magazines in which his work was published.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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undated
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0 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S04
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. Series 4 consists of photographs, slides and transparencies of items found in the collection. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana .
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National Zoological Park. Office of the Director
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circa 1920-1984
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50 cu. ft. (100 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 326
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records provide primary documentation of Theodore H. Reed's twenty-seven year career as Director of the National Zoological Park (NZP). Also included are a few records created during his tenure as Senior Advisor, 1983-1984. A small amount of material was created by Reed's predecessor, William M. Mann. Included are materials concerning ...
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America's Smithsonian (Traveling exhibition). (1996-1998)
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1994-1998
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23.62 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1.12 other)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 98-142
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document work involved in preparing the American's Smithsonian exhibition, a major traveling exhibition for the Smithsonian Institution's 150th Anniversary. As an Office, America's Smithsonian Exhibition became defunct in April 1998; it was under the National Museum of American History, Office of Me...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1972-1994
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-158
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document two exhibitions held at the National Portrait Gallery: In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Prologue to the American Revolution, 1760-1774, on view from June 14 through November 17, 1974; and To Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss, which was on view from October 27, 1989 through Apri...
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Buechner, Helmut K. (Helmut Karl)
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1939-1975
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32.72 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7279
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
For the most part, these papers document Buechner's primary research interest, the ecology of terrestrial vertebrates, with emphasis on relationships to vegetation and social behavior. Included are Buechner's research on the pronghorn antelope, which contains field notes, journals, photographs, and reports to the Texas Cooperative Wildlife ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1974-1983
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10.14 cu. ft. (11 document boxes) (8 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 588
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of master audio tapes for Radio Smithsonian programs 482-533, 1979, and Smithsonian Galaxy editions 26-76, 1979-1981; and audio tapes of Smithsonian special events, concerts, lectures, interviews, symposia, and openings, 1974-1983.
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Richardson, Deborra
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
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circa 1822-1994
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6.55 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0653
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the customs and culture of black gospel song and its performance in 19th- and 20th-century America. Dr. Reagon collected photographs, sheet music, and other primary and secondary sources chronicling the development and legacy of this medium, from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, from blues to Gospel to classical to jazz. Among the subjects included in this collection are trailblazers such as Charles Tindley, Thomas A. Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe, Duke Ellington, and Nathaniel Dett. Noted performers are the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Harmonizing Four, the Hampton University Choir, and the Chick Webb Orchestra.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1978-2012
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14.27 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-358
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in regard to the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of the major traveling exhibitions "In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," "Jim Henson's Fantastic World," ...