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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Gems
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Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
circa 1859-1957
Size:
0.23 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box.)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Gems
Repository:
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: Gems 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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James Arthur Clock and Watch Collection
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Creators:
New York University
Arthur, James, 1842-1912 (machine shop owner)
Dates:
1743-1967
Size:
15 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0130
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

A collection of diverse archival materials on the subject of watches and clocks assembled by James Arthur (1842-1912).

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Digitized Content Emile Waagenaar Photoprints of Cajun Musicians : digital prints
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Creators:
Waagenaar, Emile
Dates:
1980-2008
Size:
0.5 Cubic feet (64 items)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1150
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Environmental portraits of Cajun musicians: 64 inkjet photographic prints, 1980-2008, some in black-and-white and others in color.

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Digitized Content Records
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Dates:
circa 1921-1973
Size:
38 cu. ft. (76 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 190
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

The records contained in this record unit are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, United States National Museum (1962-1971) and Director General of Museums (1968-1971). However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee (1943-1959) and Director of the National Museum of History and Technolog...

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Digitized Content Alice Bell Finlayson papers
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Creators:
Finlayson, Alice Bell
Dates:
1901-1992
bulk 1938-1972
Size:
5.16 Linear feet (7 boxes)
Collection ID:
ACMA.06-003
Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives

The Alice Bell Finlayson papers, which date from 1901 to 1990 and measure 5.16 linear feet, document the career of educator, community organizer, and journalist Alice Bell Finlayson. The papers are comprised of books, correspondence, curriculum vitae, documents from community organizations, journals, magazines newspaper clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks.

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Digitized Content Morten S. Beyer Papers
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Creators:
Beyer, Mortan, 1921-
Dates:
circa 1940-circa 1994
Size:
15.52 Cubic feet (36 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.2007.0060
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of 15.52 cubic feet of documents relating to the aviation career of Morten S. Beyer, both his time with various airlines and his career as an aviation consultant. The following types of material are included: speeches, cartoons, correspondence, financial reports, newsletters, conference programs, newspaper articles, and aviation market research reports.

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Digitized Content Doc Cheatham Papers
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Creators:
Cheatham, Doc, 1905-1997
Cheatham, Amanda
Dates:
1939-1998
Size:
11 Cubic feet (23 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0814
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Papers documenting Cheatham's career as a jazz trumpeter. The papers include passports, appointment and address books; photographs, both personal and professional; a transcript of an interview of Cheatham; sheet music, including parts for various instruments; home movies from Cheatham's travels; awards and certificates; printed material including posters, programs, clippings.

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Digitized Content Messmore and Damon Company Records
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Creators:
Messmore, George Harold
Messmore and Damon Company
Damon, Joseph
Dates:
1892 - 1998
Size:
16 Cubic feet (40 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0846
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The records document Messmore and Damon's work in the design and construction of parade floats, museum dioramas, exhibitions, displays and scenery. The materials include business records, photographs, patents, scrapbooks, promotional materials, sound recordings and moving image.

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Digitized Content Smithsonian Gardens Image Library
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Dates:
1973-ongoing
Size:
35mm slides, photographic prints, negatives + digital images.
Collection ID:
AAG.SGI
Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
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Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters Oral History Collection
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Creators:
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters
Dates:
1989-1994
Size:
159 Video recordings (U-matic 3/4" video recordings)
1 Video recording (VHS 1/2" video recording)
15 Linear feet (15 boxes)
Collection ID:
ACMA.09-001
Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives

The collection, which dates from 1989 to 1994 and measures 15 linear feet, documents the reminiscences of elderly members of various African-American churches in the Atlanta area, as well as individual church histories, outstanding personalities of the South, religious expression in the South, and styles of singing and worship. The collection is co...

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