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Simpson, George Eaton, 1904-1998
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1936-1987
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521 Prints (silver gelatin)
90 Negatives (acetate)
70 Lantern slides
347 Negatives (nitrate)
185 Color slides
4 Prints (Kodachrome color)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.93-14
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection documents George Eaton Simpson's fieldwork in Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Nigeria from 1936-1964. There are 704 images in several formats including negatives, prints, and slides. The photographs were primarily made by Simpson, but a few were made by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. Ramsey's prints are stamped on verso with his name. Many print...
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
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1917-1923
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1122 Negatives (photographic)
250 Photographic prints
4.25 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.042
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection includes negatives and prints created between 1917 and 1923 during the Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku (Hawikuh) archaeological expedition on the A:shiwi (Zuni) Reservation in New Mexico. The expedition which was sponsored by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, was one of the most extensive archaeological projects conducted at the time. Photographs in this collection were shot by Alanson B. Skinner, Frederick Webb Hodge, Edwin Francis Coffin, George Hubbard Pepper, Jesse L. Nusbaum, Donald Cadzow, and Victor Schindler. Many of the photographs in this collection have been restricted due to cultural sensitivity.
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Mooney, James, 1861-1921
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circa 1872-1920
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11.75 Linear feet (Photographic prints: albumen, gelatin silver
Negatives: glass, cellulose nitrate
)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.74
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made during James Mooney's fieldwork with Apache, Arapaho, Caddo, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Comanche, Dakota/Lakota, Hopi, Kiowa, Navaho, Powhatan, and Wichita communities, as well as in Mexico. Photographs document individuals and families, gatherings, ceremonies and dances, daily activities, games, crafts, landscapes, and burials. Please n...
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1940s-1980s
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 89-107
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and various administrative records documenting the college career, professional activities, and research of Frank C. Whitmore, a vertebrate paleontologist with the United States Geological Survey.
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Museum of History and Technology. Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries
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1878-1961
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-295
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the exhibitions, collections, and research of curators in the Division of Manufacturers and Heavy Industries. People represented include Edward C. Kendall, Curator and Frank A. Taylor, Curator. Some materials date from when the Division of Manufacturers and Heavy Industries was known at th...
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circa 1850-1943
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7441
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of papers documenting the research of both Stejneger and Baur on tortoises. Much of the Baur material was created during his research for the planned USNM monograph on North American tortoises. The papers consist of correspondence, notes, manuscripts, lists, newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives, and drawings. ...
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1977-1994
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-094
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the operations of the Office of Planning, Management and Budget. Materials include numerous Smithsonian Directives and the discussions which led up to the issuance of each; and subject files documenting the formulation and execution of the Smithsonian's federal and trust budgets. Subject fi...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Dates:
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1987-1996
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-081
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the survey of architectural records of Smithsonian Institution buildings found within the Smithsonian Institution Archives and the Architectural Drawings Database System (ADDS) that resulted from that survey. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, grant proposals, histories of select buildin...
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Bishop, Carl Whiting, 1881-1942
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1923-1934
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20 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.02
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
An associate curator and associate in archaeology at the Freer Gallery of Art from 1922 to 1942, the collection of Carl Whiting Bishop (1881-1942) document his Gallery-sponsored travels to China from 1923 to 1934 and include an unpublished manuscript describing his archaeological research in China; line drawings; rubbings; maps; note cards; and nearly 4,000 glass and film negatives with corresponding original silver prints. These document his expeditions in northern and central China, illustrating archaeological sites in Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei provinces. Specific digs include the large neolithic site at Wanquan, Shanxi, and sixth century C.E. tombs near Fenyin. Additional images show Chinese cityscapes, daily life and customs, topography, temples, pagodas, caves, and sculpture.
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Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Office of the Director
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1994-2005
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-088
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the Smithsonian Institution Archives divisions and projects and were created and maintained by Ethel W. Hedlin, Director, 1994-2005. Materials include division and committee reports, support documents, correspondence, documents relating to the electronic projects prior to the establishment of ...