Collected Notes, Lists, Catalogs, Illustrations, and Records on Fishes
This record unit consists of a small amount of notes, lists, and illustrations in the Archives, and a much larger quantity of field notes, catalogs, and records kept in the Division of Fishes, Cataloging Room.
Frito-Lay, Incorporated Records
Collection documents the history and business activities of Frito-Lay, Incorporated and the Doolin family, creators of the company. Materials consist primarily of correspondence, photographs, financial papers, scrapbooks, product packaging, advertisements, company newsletters, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and magazine articles.
Alfred Victor Frankenstein papers
The papers of art critic and historian Alfred Victor Frankenstein measure 19.1 linear feet and date from 1875 to 1985. The bulk of the collection consists of Frankenstein's research and writing files on American painting, particularly artists working in the nineteenth-century. There are extensive files on artists John Haberle, William Michael Harnett, and William Sidney Mount. The collection also includes biographical material, correspondence, general writings and notes, professional activities files, personal business records, printed materials, photographs, and unidentified sound recordings.
Special Programs Files
This accession consists of records documenting special programs and other educational activities and products created by the National Museum of Natural History, Office of Education, usually in conjunction with special exhibitions. Special exhibitions documented in this accession include African Voices; Ban Chiang: Discovery of a Lost Bronze Age; 5000 Years of …
Storrs L. Olson Papers
This accession consists of papers documenting the professional career of Storrs L. Olson, an avian paleontologist and curator in the Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History. Included is professional correspondence documenting curatorial duties, field work, and the publication of results; photographs of Olson; correspondence, drafts, photographs, and illustrations …
Ben and Ruth Liman Jazz Films Collection
Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986
Mills Brothers.
Calloway, Cab, 1907-
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16mm motion picture films, produced in the 1930s and 1940s by various film production companies, documenting performances by jazz and popular music performers, including Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Lena Horne, the Mills Brothers, and Rosemary Clooney, and others listed below.
Landor Design Collection
Landor, Walter
Collection consists of the business records and original art documenting the work of Walter Landor and his design firm Landor Associates located in San Francisco, California.
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
Grant Records
This accession consists of records that document the Special Exhibition Fund (SEF) that distributes grants for significant exhibitions at the Smithsonian. These records date back to when SEF was first established by the Board of Regents and later administered by the offices of the Assistant Secretary for Museums, 1986-1992, the Assistant …
Publications
This accession consists of a reference set of publications from the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, plus older publications issued by Smithsonian Institution Press and Smithsonian Books. Materials include books and serial publications.
