Records
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
-
1964-1971
- Size:
-
297.65 cu. ft. (568 document boxes) (91 3x5 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 99
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records reflect the growing scope and complexity of the Smithsonian during Ripley's tenure. They document the Smithsonian's changing administrative structure; growing relationships with universities, foundations, and other external groups; efforts to attract more government support for the Smithsonian; pursuit of new initiatives and...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of American History. Office of Curatorial Affairs
- Dates:
-
1994-2011
- Size:
-
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-194
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the oversight and review process at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) in regards to exhibitions, public programs, symposia, websites, productions, and performances. In particular, the activities of the Exhibitions and Program Committee (EPC) which was created in 1996. The EPC ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Transportation
- Dates:
-
circa 1927-1973 and undated
- Size:
-
23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 239
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly document the operations of the Division of Transportation from its creation in 1957, and the operations of the Section of Land Transportation, 1946-1957. Lesser amounts of records relate to the administration of the land transportation collections prior to 1946 and to the marine transportation collections before 1957...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Business Ventures. Product Development and Licensing
- Dates:
-
1971-2005
- Size:
-
42 cu. ft. (42 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-001
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the processes of Product Development and Licensing at Smithsonian Business Ventures. The unit's primary function is to generate revenue for the Smithsonian Institution through the licensing and development of products related to collections within the Smithsonian museums. Some of these pro...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Ley, Willy, 1906-1969
- Dates:
-
1859-1969
bulk 1930-1969
- Size:
-
48.29 Cubic feet (107 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0098
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Willey Ley's personal files, including his business correspondence, book contracts, and galley proofs, as well as publicity concerning Dr. Ley and his activities, and inquiries and comments from Ley's readership during his tenure as columnist for Galaxy Magazine (1952-1969). The material also includes articles gathered by Ley on topics ranging from astronomy and space travel to biology and natural parks to mythology, psychic phenomena, and UFOs.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984
- Dates:
-
1880-1984
- Size:
-
14.43 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7335
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee. The Archives would like to thank Paul F. Allen, the executor of the Berry Estate for selecting the Smithsonian Institution Archives as home for the Berry papers; Phillip J. Livoni, a close associate of Drs. Allen and Berry, for his ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Washburn, Wilcomb E.
- Dates:
-
1951-1993
- Size:
-
15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-044
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document much of the career of Wilcomb E. Washburn (WEW), the greater part of it spent on the staff of the Smithsonian Institution as a curator at the National Museum of American History and as director of the Office of American Studies. The papers include correspondence, draft and finished scholarly and popular articles, and...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Museum of American Art and Portrait Gallery. Library
- Dates:
-
circa 1910-1986
- Size:
-
10.43 cu. ft. (20 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 333
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists primarily of brochures, booklets, and books cataloging single exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art, the National Collection of Fine Arts, the National Museum of American Art, and the Renwick Gallery. Also included are a few catalogs from exhibitions of SITES. There are catalogs from exhibitions staged by the ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Dates:
-
1919-1986
- Size:
-
23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-018
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Freer Gallery of Art Central Files are comprised mostly of the documentation of routine office procedures. Included in the daily routine were: filling orders for facsimiles of photographs, responding to reference requests seeking information about art and artifacts falling under the domain of the Freer's expertise, the Freer granting ...
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Philatelic Collection, Smithsonian Institution.
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
- Dates:
-
circa 1880-circa 1970
- Size:
-
10 Cubic feet (29 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0200
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of postcards gathered by Dr. Victor A. Blenkle, a twentieth century physician. The postcards primarily concern geographical locations and landmarks in the United States and Western Europe, but also include materials from six other continents.
