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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Treasurer
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1974-1989
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-053
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records from the Office of the Treasurer which was disbanded on December 17, 1990, and was reorganized under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Finance. Records contain Treasurer's files and related records pertaining to different offices, bureaus, museums, projects, including food serv...
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Tip top of the Earth: Arctic Alaskan Eskimo Educational Series
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Van Valin, William B., 1878-
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1912-1918
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10 Film reels (black-and-white silent; 6,950 feet, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1986.05
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Human Studies Film Archives
Edited film shot by William Van Valin as leader of the John Wanamaker Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska for the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The film, that later toured in a film-lecture series by Van Valin, is known under the main title TIP TOP OF THE EARTH: Alaskan Eskimo Educational Series. Series includes the titles: SCENES AT NOME, ALAS...
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Lopez Negrete Communications (Houston, Texas)
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1988 - 2015
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14 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1413
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The López Negrete Communications Advertising Collection showcases the successful print advertising campaigns the communications agency undertook with major clients like Goya Foods, NationsBank, and Walmart. The advertising posters in this collection exemplify the agency's creativity in building on U.S. Latinos' everyday experiences to market American products and services. Alex and Cathy López Negrete, the founders of López Negrete Communications, made it their mission to use ethnographic approaches to better understand the U.S. Latino market which led to their success as the largest independently-owned Latino advertising agency in the country.
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Stern, Michael, 1946-
Stern, Jane
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1890-2008
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17 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1392
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Jane and Michael Stern's travels across the United States collecting data for their books on American material culture subjects, with particular emphasis on food and dining.
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Cort, Louise Allison, 1944-
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1979-1980
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Film reels (3 hours, color silent; 5200 feet, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1984.08
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Human Studies Film Archives
Full film record shot of the Kumbhar Bisoi potters serving the Jagarnath Temple in Puri, India. Documentation includes: the preparation, distribution, and use of the sacred food of the Jagarnath Temple; the process of producing pots in which this food is cooked and distributed; and the annual festival of the Kumbhar Bisoi potters. Collection also ...
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Mericle, Virginia
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1960 - 1999
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10 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1212
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Over four thousand menus from American and international restaurants documenting the marketing and sale of food outside of the home to consumers around the world.
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Brennan, Alfred Laurens, 1853-1921
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1886-1909
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9 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.brenalfr
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Archives of American Art
One letter each from Augusta H. St. Gaudens and M. E. Pinchot, a letter from LIFE magazine, a sketchbook which also contains food recipes and poems, manuscripts of "Artist v. Author," "Bad Portraits by a Great Painter" (John Singer Sargent), "The Wizard of Oz," and an 1889 catalogue of pen and ink drawings shown at Fifth Avenue Art Galleries.
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Gould, George H.
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
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1886-1887
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1 Folder
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS6034
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Contains: Interview with Rafael Solaris concerning tubes, bone cylinders, and charm stones. Santa Barbara, California. November 28, 1886. Interview with Justo Gonales and Rafael Solaris concerning ring stones, tubes, and other objects. [Santa Barbara, California?]. January 4, 1887. Interview with Juan de Jesus concerning artifacts, houses, etc...
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Think Surgical, Inc. (Fremont, California)
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1983-2010
bulk 1991-1994
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5.5 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1378
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the development of ROBODOC™, the first robot to perform surgery on a human in the United States through correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, press releases, engineering drawings, regulatory policies and procedures, photographs, and audiovisual materials.
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United States. Department of Agriculture
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1906-1907.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1096
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains thirty-three glass plate negatives documenting the construction of Laboratory A and B of the Department of Agriculture building in the early 1900s.
