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Halbert, Henry S. (Henry Sale), 1837-1916
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Riley, Franklin L. (Franklin Lafayette), 1868-1929
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April 17, 1900-June 1, 1901
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32 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3826
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes letter from F. L. Riley, writing for Halbert, to A.S. Gatschet concerning Romans' map, University, Mississippi, June 25, 1900, typescript letter, signed, 1 page. The Tonkawa data are contained in the letters of August 17, 1900, 4 pages and August 23, 1900, 4 pages.
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Geronimo, 1829-1909
Bunten, Roy
Faulk, Odie B.
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bulk 1904
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2 Letters (and 1 signature)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2000-03
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National Anthropological Archives
Geronimo's signature on a small scrap of paper. One letter, authored by Roy Bunten in 1972, describes the signature of Geronimo that he obtained at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis (also known as the Louisiana Purchase Expedition) for ten cents. The letter describes Geronimo as a prisoner of the U.S. Government, brought to the 1904 Fair from Fort...
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Wells, J. Robert
Weidenreich, Franz
Koenigswald, G. H. R. von
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1938-1942
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1 item (ca.232 photographs)
1 item (ca.7 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7131
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National Anthropological Archives
Concerns the exchange of material between Franz Weidenreich, Wells, and, to a much lesser extent, G. H. R. von Koenigswald. The photographs include Sinanthropus remains and Weidenreich's reconstructions of a female, a collection of peruvian skulls, anthropomorphic pottery at the Museo Archaeologico in Lima, and a view of a pre-Inca burial "on a hil...
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Sharon Christa McAuliffe Letter
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McAuliffe, Sharon Christa,, 1948-1986.
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1986-1987
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0.18 Cubic Feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0033
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one letter, on National Aeronautics Administration (NASA) Teacher in Space Program letterhead, from Sharon Christa McAuliffe in reply to Marcia Holland. It is signed by McAuliffe and includes a handwritten postscript. The collection also includes an invitation for the dedication ceremony of the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Lenexa, Kansas on September 27, 1987 at which the letter was exhibited.
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Welsbach, Carl Auer von, Baron
Forscher, Frederick
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1890.
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1 Item
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0438
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Letter, written by Carl Auer Von Welsbach to the Austrian Gas and Electric Company, February 23, 1890. It records his sale to that utility of the gaslight mantle he invented.
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Walpole, George. Earl of Orford
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bulk 1785
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0995
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one 16 x 12 inch folded, handwritten letter, with a partial wax seal. In this letter to Lord Sydney, written less than three months after Jean-Pierre Blanchard's successful crossing of the English Channel with Dr. John Jeffries, Walpole expresses confidence in the importance of ballooning as a military advancement.
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Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
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bulk 1929
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0.5 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0010
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This item is a letter sent to Joel Schaffer in 1929 by Amelia Earhart. The cover letter is typed, but signed by Amelia Earhart. The packet includes a typed listing of books, compiled by New York University Professor Alexander Klemin for the Guggenheim Foundation, on the subject of aeronautics.
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Walker, P. J.
Davis, Hugh
Sherman, Charles E.
Mason, Otis T., 1838-1908
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1893-1896, 1898-1899
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24 items (ca. 24 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS887
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National Anthropological Archives
Notes and vocabulary contained in letter dated February 28, 1899, signed by P. J. Walker. Also includes two articles copied from the South American Missionary Magazine, for July 1, 1896, entitled "A Patagonian Imposter-An Indian Prophet," and "An Indian Hunting Thanksgiving of the Araucanians." Four letters from Charles Sherman (1898-1899) to Profe...
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Turner, Geneva Calcier
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1895-1999
bulk 1930-1970
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1.8 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box and 3 oversized flat boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-069
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 1895-1999, contains the personal papers of Geneva Townes Turner and documents her family and her life with Dr. Lorenzo Dow Turner. Materials include clippings, correspondence, marriage certificates, photographs, portraits, programs and scrapbooks.
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Estabrook, Edward L.
Knez, Eugene I. (Eugene Irving), 1916-2010
Whitmore, Jeraldine
Holland, Katharine J.
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1914-1916
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398 Negatives
59 Prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4847
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National Anthropological Archives
Albums consist of film negatives (with some prints9 of photographs taken in China, mostly in Shensi Province, 1914 through 1916. Also associated notes and maps. (52 typed pages, 4 Manuscript pages and 5 maps.) The numbers on the negative jackets refer to the numbered areas on the maps and on the photograph list included with the associated notes.