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Clark, Austin Hobart, 1880-1954
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1883-1954 and undated
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10.61 cu. ft. (19 document boxes) (1 half document box) (2 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7183
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
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1926-1988
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30.62 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (43 document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7149
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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circa 1955-1985
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-116
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document research, exhibition planning, and collecting activities of the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering for the Hall of Civil Engineering and the Hall of Heavy Machinery in the National Museum of American History. Materials include the correspondence and memoranda of Robert M. Vogel, Assistant Curator, 1958-1960, ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1985-1988
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42.24 cu. ft. (40 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 89-079
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, photographs, memoranda, and other material documenting the activities of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Robert McCormick Adams, primarily for FY 1986. Listings in bold and capital letters indicate both the topic of folder contents and major subheadings from the Secretary's Office file ...
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Vose Galleries of Boston
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circa 1876
1890s-1996
bulk 1920-1940
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25.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vosegall
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Archives of American Art
The records of Vose Galleries of Boston measure 25.6 linear feet and date from circa 1876, 1890s-1996 with the bulk of materials dating from 1920s-1930s. Nearly 90 percent of the collection documents the gallery's handling of American paintings and portraits through incoming and outgoing business correspondence with artists, clients, galleries, and museums, including considerable correspondence with portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux and clients regarding commissioned portraits. Other materials include client files; artists' biographies; records of sales, consignments, framing, restoration, and banking, mostly from the 1940s-1960s; and scattered exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and postcards. Also found is a handwritten manuscript regarding the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA and a 1991 videotape about the Vose Galleries and its founding family.
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Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871
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1840-1961
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0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rossthom
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Archives of American Art
The Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1840 to 1961. Included are letters to painter Thomas Prichard Rossiter and letters to his son, architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, documenting their friendships with many artists and Thomas Prichard Rossiter's sketchbook and loose sketches. Edith Rossiter Bevan's papers include her writings on her grandfather, Thomas Prichard Rossiter; a scrapbook; photographs of the Rossiter family; notes by Bevan; news clippings; and other printed material. Also found is Bevan's collection of artists' letters.
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Macbeth Gallery
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1947-1948
1838-1968
bulk 1892-1953
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131.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.macbgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Macbeth Gallery records provide almost complete coverage of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1892 to its closing in 1953. Through extensive correspondence files, financial and inventory records, printed material, scrapbooks, reference and research material, and photographs of artists and works of art, the records document all aspects of the gallery's activities, charting William Macbeth's initial intention to lease his store "for the permanent exhibition and sale of American pictures" through over sixty years of success as a major New York firm devoted to American art. The collection measures 131.6 linear feet and dates from 1838 to 1968 with the bulk of the material dating from 1892 to 1953.
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Rankin, Robert Louis, 1939-
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1886, 1914, 1956-2011
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31.77 Linear feet (55 boxes, 1 map folder)
196 sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2014-16
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National Anthropological Archives
The Robert Rankin papers, 1886, 1914, 1956-2011, document his field work, research, and professional activities, primarily in relation to his work studying American Indian languages. Rankin was professor of linguistics at the University of Kansas from 1969 until his retirement in 2005. The collection consists of sound recordings, field notebooks, vocabulary lists and bibliographies, dictionaries, research files, slip files, word lists, correspondence, ephemera, notes, readings and reprints, writings, drafts, and teaching materials. This includes materials from Rankin's work with the last native speakers of the Quapaw and Kaw (Kansa, Kanza) languages and subsequent research, writings, and collaborations with tribes and fellow linguists.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1743-1963
bulk 1846-1962
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7.38 Cubic feet (consisting of 12 boxes, 2 folders, 11 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 3 boxes (1 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Whiskey
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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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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
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circa 1947-1974 and undated
- Size:
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6.15 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 3x5 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 424
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the operation of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, circa 1955-1974. Also included are plans of operation, circa 1947-1960; public inquiries for identification of specimens and information; and glass plate negatives which document the field work of Frederick W...