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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds
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1962-2003
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-056
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records consist of correspondence, awards and certificates, articles and biographical materials about Laybourne, law enforcement files, and research materials.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Public Programs/Curatorial Division
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1987-1994
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-072
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the curatorial correspondence of Amada Cruz, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Also included are articles on artists, memoranda, research notes, slides, and photographs, as well as materials dealing with the artist, Félix González-Torres.
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Pullman Palace Car Company Collection
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Pullman Palace Car Co.
Pullman, George M., 1831-1897
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1867-1982
bulk 1900-1930
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8 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0181
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Pullman Company, manufacturers and operators of railroad sleeping cars. Pullman also manufactured hospital and dining cars at its Chicago facilities. Dating from 1867 to 1982 (bulk 1900-1930s), the collection includes background materials, correspondence, financial, personnel and operating records, drawings and photographs.
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National Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology
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1967-2004
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-112
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence and project files of Brian Frederick Kensley, Research Zoologist in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology from 1978-2004. Kensley specialized in the systematics of decapod and isopod crustaceans, and was chairman of the Department from 1991-1995. A significant portion of these records document Ke...
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Alexander, Clinton B.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Clinton B. Alexander Binder Company (Washington, D.C.)
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1903-1965
bulk 1921-1955
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6 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1100
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the business records of the Alexander Binder Company, as well as the inventions and creations of Clinton B. Alexander. The collection includes business receipts and forms, pamphlets, drawings, trade literature, notes, patents, correspondence, and material samples.
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Bodansky, Lony Gottlieb
Gottlieb, Camilla Klaber, 1884-1964
Bodansky, Harry
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1901-1981, undated
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1245
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Gottlieb and Bodansky family papers are a collection of correspondence, immigration material, photographs, and ephemera related to the family of Hermann and Camilla Gottlieb and their daughter Lony Gottlieb Bodansky. Hermann and Camilla were interred at Theresienstadt concentration camp by the Nazi government during World War II.
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Johnson, Chad (co-founder)
Purdy, David (co-founder)
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1986 - 2012
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1266
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The World AIDS Institute (WAI) Collection contains correspondence and publicity material of the WAI as well as educational materials, pamphlets, publications, and ephemera collected by them, "to document and preserve the global history of AIDS."
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Roebling, Charles Gustavus, 1849-1918
Roebling, Ferdinand W. (Ferdinand William), 1842-1917
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
John A. Roebling's Sons Company
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1836-1975
bulk 1930-1950
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18.5 Cubic feet (62 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0981
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the work of the John A. Roebling's Sons Company, builders of bridges. The materials consist primarily of photograph albums documenting some of the bridges, tramways, ski lifts and chair lifts that Roebling's Sons Company was involved with. The documentation also includes specifications, patents, and reference materials about the engineering process of building bridges and bridges in general.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1639-1960
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2.1 Cubic feet (consisting of 4 boxes, 2 folder, 11 oversize folders, 2 map case folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Real
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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: Real Estate 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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Maher, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1922-1987
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1944-1987
bulk 1954-1987
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7 sound recordings
6.38 Linear Feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1997-02
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National Anthropological Archives
Robert Francis Maher (1922-1987) was an anthropologist with the University of Western Michigan whose work focused on Oceania. The collection documents his field research in Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. His field research in Papua New Guinea focused on cultural change in the Purari Delta and the modernist Tommy Kabu Movement (1946-1968). His field research in the Philippines focused on the ethnological and archaelogical history and changes in the Ifugao province. The collection consists of field notes, excavation notes, census data, genealogy charts, grant applications, research files, research proposals, maps, correspondence, manuscripts, sound recordings, and photographs.