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circa 1927-1932 and undated
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0.45 cu. ft. (3 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7455
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of glass plate negatives and lantern slides of Panama and its environs. The glass plate negatives are of plants, animals, and various sites in Panama. Included are many negatives of diseased palm trees and a few images of the San Blas Islands. The photographer of the negatives is unknown, as is their provenance. T...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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undated
circa 1901-1929
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0.23 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Yachts
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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: Yachts 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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Fleischmann, Julius
Fleischmann, Dorette
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1930-1934
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14 Film reels (black-and-white silent, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1994.09
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Human Studies Film Archives
Film shot by/for Julius Fleischmann, husband of Dorette Fleischmann, including FOOTSTEPS IN THE SEA, an "amateur film" of their 1934 around-the-world cruise in their boat, Camargo. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical docu...
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Exhibition Records
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Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Department of Exhibitions
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1974-1979
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10.86 cu. ft. (20 document boxes) (2 12x17 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 287
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the Cooper-Hewitt Museum exhibitions from 1974 to 1979, especially the Museum's "Museum Without Walls" project, Immovable Objects / Lower Manhattan, 1975, and the Museum's first exhibition show at the Carnegie Mansion, MAN transFORMS / Aspects of Design, 1976. These materials were assembled by Dorothy Twining Globus, Ex...
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Smithsonian Associates. Office of Public Affairs
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1996-1999
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-153
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document publicity generated by and for programs sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates. The programs consist of special events, including performances, lectures, and films; performance series; and courses. See the Smithsonian Associate magazine for a complete listing of all programs. Materials incl...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for Research
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1985-1987, with related records from 1974 to 1987
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18.5 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 393
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the operation of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research, which is responsible for overseeing the Institution's research activities in its various museums, the National Zoological Park, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the Smithsonian Environmental ...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Textiles Department
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circa 2003-2009
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-228
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession documents the development, planning, and execution of exhibitions curated by the Textiles Department during the tenure of Matilda McQuaid, Curator, 2002- , and Susan Brown, Assistant Curator, c. 2001- . Exhibitions documented in this accession include Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance; Design Life Now: Nation...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education
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circa 1978-2001
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-094
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 Bron...
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Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930
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1890's
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15 Items
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7119
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes: 1) Eskimo man with harpoon. Undated. 2) Man running at seal seals in rookery. July 7, 1892. 3) Natives fishing and drying fish. Undated. 4) Man clubbing seals. Undated. 5) Eskimo whaling and walrus camp, Icy Point, Arctic Ocean, Alaska. Lookout created of drift logs. 1891. 6) Interior or Stick Indians spearing fish in the canon of th Fras...
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- Dates:
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June 30-July 4, 1972
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1972
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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.
