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Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
Cummins, Harold, 1893-1976
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ca. 1947-1949
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5 Items (ca. 5 inches)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7357
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes finger prints and palm prints identified by person and group; tabular documents prepared in analyzing the prints; and correspondence with Harold Cummins. The material is for Kanjobal speakers (Soloma), Quiche speakers (mostly Santa Clara la Laguna), Mam, and Cakchiquel (Patzun).
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Dows, Olin, 1904-1981
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1938-1949
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0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dowsolin
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Archives of American Art
This small collection of letters to and from painter and arts administrator Olin Dows measures 0.2 linear feet and dates from 1938 to 1949. The letters primarily document his work as director of the Treasury Relief Art Project, as an admistrator for the American Federation of Arts, and his work as a war artist. Much of the correspondence is with arts administrators Edward Bruce and Forbes Watson.
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The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters
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Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-
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1831-1979
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73 Items (Letters, written in ink, ball point, graphite, typewriter)
26 Items (Stamps)
3 Items (Photographs)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2009.06
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
This collection is an amalgamation of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American Art. Included in the collection is a significant portion of letters from Abbott Thayer to correspondents from his circle of family, friends and art world figures such as Maria Oakey Dewing and Samuel Coleman.
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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948
Library of Congress
Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910
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1900-1910
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1 Volume ((various pagings), 28 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-RR.TL540.C45A2w
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Smithsonian Libraries
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Wells, J. Robert
Weidenreich, Franz, 1873-1948
Koenigswald, G. H. R. von (Gustav Heinrich Ralph), 1902-1982
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1938-1942
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1 Item (ca.232 photographs)
1 Item (ca.7 pages)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7131
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Concerns the exchange of material between Franz Weidenreich, Wells, and, to a much lesser extent, G. H. R. von Koenigswald. The photographs include Sinanthropus remains and Weidenreich's reconstructions of a female, a collection of peruvian skulls, anthropomorphic pottery at the Museo Archaeologico in Lima, and a view of a pre-Inca burial "on a hil...
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Schieferecke, Kathryn
- Dates:
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1939
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0021
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Pan American Airways (Pan Am) inaugurated transatlantic air mail service under scheduled contract (Foreign Air Mail FAM 18) in 1939. This collection consists of a letter from Kathryn Schieferecke to her two children, Laurence and Bernadine, sent through the New York postmaster. Mrs. Schieferecke arranged for the letter to be flown on the first transatlantic airmail flight operated by Pan American Airways (Pan Am).
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McAuliffe, Sharon Christa,, 1948-1986.
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1986-1987
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0.18 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0033
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one letter, on National Aeronautics Administration (NASA) Teacher in Space Program letterhead, from Sharon Christa McAuliffe in reply to Marcia Holland. It is signed by McAuliffe and includes a handwritten postscript. The collection also includes an invitation for the dedication ceremony of the Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Lenexa, Kansas on September 27, 1987 at which the letter was exhibited.
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Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
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bulk 1929
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0.5 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0010
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This item is a letter sent to Joel Schaffer in 1929 by Amelia Earhart. The cover letter is typed, but signed by Amelia Earhart. The packet includes a typed listing of books, compiled by New York University Professor Alexander Klemin for the Guggenheim Foundation, on the subject of aeronautics.
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1997-1998
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0004
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of two postal covers designed for Cyberfest by the Champaign-Urbana Stamp Club and a letter from Arthur C. Clarke.
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Walpole, George. Earl of Orford
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bulk 1785
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0995
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one 16 x 12 inch folded, handwritten letter, with a partial wax seal. In this letter to Lord Sydney, written less than three months after Jean-Pierre Blanchard's successful crossing of the English Channel with Dr. John Jeffries, Walpole expresses confidence in the importance of ballooning as a military advancement.