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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1998
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-084
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of the Office of the Secretary during the tenure of Ira Michael Heyman, Secretary (1994-1999). Materials document the expansion and development of the Institution, its museums, programs, projects, research activities, and significant events. Materials include corres...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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2000
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-009
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of Lawrence M. Small during his first year as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums, exhibitions, research, fundraising, programs, and special events. Materials include correspondence, memorand...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1999
- Size:
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-135
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of the Office of the Secretary during the tenure of Ira Michael Heyman, Secretary (1994-1999). They document the expansion and development of the Institution, its museums, programs, projects, research activities, and significant events. Materials include corresponde...
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National Museum of American History, Office of Public Affairs
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circa 1970-1985
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15.2 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 360
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of press releases, memoranda, tapes documenting Museum activities, newspaper clippings concerning the Museum, correspondence, exhibition catalogues, exhibition scripts, invitations, guest lists, and photographs. Material pre-dating the appointment of Rebecca Bean consists entirely of news clippings.
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Exhibition Records
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1980-1996
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-083
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Office of Exhibitions on exhibitions that were mounted by the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from 1980 to 1995. Major exhibitions undertaken by the NPG in this period, and documented in these records, include Benjamin West and His American Students (1980-1981); Charles Wil...
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Geary, Christraud M.
- Dates:
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1993
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251 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1993-006
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Christraud M. Geary during a research trip to Senegal in 1993. Locations documented include Île de Gorée, Saint-Louis, Luoga, and Dakar. Subjects include street scenes, artworks, views of and in the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), and merchants at the Sandaga Market (Dakar).
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events
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1975-1980
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-039
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the Office of Special Events activities in preparing luncheon and dinner arrangements for Regent meetings, special awards, exhibitions, and special guests of the Smithsonian Institution. Files contain the following information, however, not all files contain this information: seating arrangement...
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Parsons, Betty
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circa 1920-1991
bulk 1946-1983
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57.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.parsbett
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers measure 57.2 linear feet and date from 1920 to 1991, with the bulk of the material dating from 1946-1983. Records provide extensive documentation of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1946 to its closing in 1983 and of the activities of Betty Parsons as one the leading art dealers of contemporary American Art in the latter half of the twentieth century, particularly the work of the Abstract Expressionists. Over one third of the of the collection is comprised of artists files containing correspondence, price lists, and printed materials. Additional correspondence is with galleries, dealers, art institutions, private collectors, and the media. Also found are exhibition files, exhibition catalogs and announcements, sales records, stock inventories, personal financial records, and photographs. Betty Parsons' personal papers consist of early curatorial files, pocket diaries, personal correspondence, and evidence of her own artwork, including sketchbooks, and files documenting her personal art collection.
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Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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circa 1847-1989
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36 Cubic feet (84 boxes, 16 folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0069
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original documents and papers generated by William J. Hammer and by various companies and individuals with whom he was associated. Includes material related to the research and inventions of Edison, Bell, Tesla, the Curies, etc.
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2000
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1 audiotape (reference copy).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9605
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Oral History Program is part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The purpose of the program is to conduct interviews with current and retired members of the Smithsonian staff who have made significant contributions, administrative and scholarly, to the Institution. The project's goal is to supplement the published record and manuscrip...