Henry S. Bukowski Big Band Collection, [primarily photoprints]
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Bukowski, Henry S., 1922-
Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
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ca. 1930s-1940s
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0678
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Publicity photographs and postcards of entertainers, mostly jazz musicians and leaders of dance bands, etc., and related memorabilia.
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Driggs, Frank, 1930-
Office of Printing and Photographic Services (later, Office of Imaging, Printing, and Photography), Smithsonian Institution
- Dates:
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1923-1972
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0389
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of 157 8" x 10" black-and-white photographic copy prints of photographs in Frank Driggs's collection: Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Some copy prints have Smithsonian negative numbers.
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Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
- Dates:
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1985-1992
bulk 1987-1989
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4 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0538
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection was assembled by Museum curators and documents the efforts of persons in eight states to have the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), a particle accelerator, built in their state. Also documents efforts in each state to oppose locating the SSC in their state. The collection contains correspondence, press kits, posters, signs, bumper stickers, leaflets, handbills, clippings, photographs, and a videotape.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Swanson, Jackie
Swanson, Janese
- Dates:
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1998
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes,)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0642
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Janese Swanson developed video game software, a website, and an array of toys and gadgets aimed at making technology more accessible to girls. The collection contains approximately six hours of original and reference video footage of Swanson's Innovative Lives Presentation, in which she discussed her background and demonstrated her inventions with her daughter, Jackie. The material also includes a brief interview.
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Sachs, Charlotte Cramer, 1907-2004
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1905-2002
bulk 1940-2002
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4 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0878
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Charlotte Cramer Sachs's life and career as an inventor mainly of food and household-related products: correspondence, photographs, business papers, awards, patents, printed materials, notes, and miscellany. The collection primarily consists of invention-related marketing materials including invention samples and prototypes, notes, clippings, business correspondence, and customer account records.
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Mangione, Chuck, 1940-
- Dates:
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1972-2009
- Size:
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6 Cubic feet (12 boxes, 10 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1151
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Archival materials documenting the career of musician Chuck Mangione.
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Mesches, Arnold, 1923-
- Dates:
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1939-2015
- Size:
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13.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mescarno
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York City and Gainesville, Florida based painter Arnold Mesches (1923-2016) measure 13.6 linear feet and date from 1939-2015. The collection documents Mesches' politically-engaged career and work process through biographical material, correspondence, writings, gallery and exhibition files, project files, subject files, teaching files, personal business records, printed material, and photographic material. Project files comprise a bulk of the collection and include grant files, activism files, project notebooks, and over 100 art project files containing drawings, source material, and photographic material for individual artworks.
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Richard York Gallery
- Dates:
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circa 1865-2005
bulk 1981-2004
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89.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.richyorg
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Richard York Gallery, a New York gallery specializing in American art from early 1800s to 1950, measure 79.3 linear feet and date from circa 1865-2005, with the bulk of the material dating from 1981 to 2004. Three-fourths of the records are artists' artwork files, documenting the sale and consignment of nearly 6,500 works of art. The gallery's activities are also recorded through correspondence, client files, gallery invoices, inventories, business and financial records, printed materials, scrapbooks, photographic materials of artwork, and estate records for the John Marin estate and Sergio Stella estate (Joseph Stella). An addition of 10.2 linear feet, dated circa 1865 to 2005, includes artists' files arranged alphabetically containing printed material, clippings, exhibition announcements, and scattered correspondence and financial documents.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Academic Services
- Dates:
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1980-2008
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10.19 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-179
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Mary Sangrey, Director, documenting intern, training, fellowship, and minority student outreach programs administered by the Office of Academic Services. The majority of the records pertain to the Research Training Program, a summer program that allows undergraduate students the...
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Terry Dintenfass, Inc.
- Dates:
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1947-1987
bulk 1961-1983
- Size:
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22.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.terrdint
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of New York art gallery Terry Dintenfass, Inc. date from 1947 to 1987, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1961 to 1983, and measure 22.1 linear feet. The records are comprised of administrative files, correspondence, exhibition files, artists' files, and financial records.