Priscilla of Boston Collection
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- Creators:
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Kidder, Priscilla C. (costume designer)
Priscilla of Boston.
- Dates:
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1940-1996
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4 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0557
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection includes letters, sketches, style books, publicity photographs, tearsheets, articles and clippings, scrapbooks, and business documents relating to Priscilla Kidder, the Priscilla of Boston Company, and the American wedding industry. This collection is extraordinarily useful in documenting the development of wedding fashion during the last half of the 20th century. It also illustrates how a small, family-owned, woman-run business grew into a large, nationally known operation.
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Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service
- Dates:
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1952-1981
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11.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 290
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
- Dates:
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1970-1990
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-051
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the various exhibitions that were shown at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) between 1973 and 1988, such as Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940, The Art of Henry Inman, The Artist's Mother: Portraits and Homages, Robert Edge Pine: A British Portrait Painter in America, 17...
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Smithsonian Office of Education
- Dates:
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1996-1997
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-175
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of grant proposals submitted to the Educational Outreach Fund (EOF). The EOF was administered under the offices of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service, 1989-1992; the Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service, 1992-1994; the Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, 1994-1995; the Off...
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Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997
- Dates:
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1931-1997
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33.3 Linear feet (83 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2011-17
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of Conrad M. Arensberg, anthropologist, university professor, and anthropological consultant. Included are correspondence; published and unpublished writings; research materials, including notes, correspondence, diaries, charts, drafts, interviews, research plans, reports, project proposals, and bibliographic cards; speeches; pamphlets; articles from newspapers and periodicals; course materials, including bibliographies, lecture notes, reading lists, assignments, exams, project proposals, and syllabi; curriculum vitae; date books; scholarly papers and publications of other scholars; and photographs.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1788-1955
bulk 1830-1930
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3.92 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 1 folder, 12 oversize folders, 3 map case folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Horses
- Repository:
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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: Horses 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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Vanderbilt, Paul
- Dates:
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1854-1992
bulk 1945-1992
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25.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vandpaul
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of librarian, curator, and photographer Paul Vanderbilt (1905-1992) measure 25.2 linear feet and date from 1854 to 1992 with the bulk of the material dating from 1945 to 1992. The papers are comprised of biographical materials, personal and business correspondence, interviews, writings and notes, fourteen diaries and two diary fragments, reference and project files, photographic materials, sound recordings, and professional files.
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Downtown Gallery
- Dates:
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1824-1974
bulk 1926-1969
- Size:
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109.56 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.downgall
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Downtown Gallery date from 1824 to 1974 (bulk 1926-1969) and measure 109.56 linear feet. The records present a comprehensive portrait of a significant commercial gallery that operated as a successful business for more than forty years, representing major contemporary American artists and engendering appreciation for early American folk art. There is an unprocessed addition to this collection dating circa 1970 of a single financial/legal document.
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Hales, Landy R., 1889-1972
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1908 - 1969
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5.5 Cubic feet (15 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0906
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document Landy R. Hales (1889-1972), an inventor and commercial artist who designed window and interior store displays, posters, children's games, and puzzles primarily from 1920s to 1930s in New York City and Baltimore. Of significance is Hales's work for Macy's Department Store. The papers consist of correspondence, patents, business records for several of Hales's companies, photographs, drawings/sketches, prototypes, and newspaper and magazine clippings.
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Clark, Austin Hobart, 1880-1954
- Dates:
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1883-1954 and undated
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10.61 cu. ft. (19 document boxes) (1 half document box) (2 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7183
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.