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National Museum of the American Indian. Film and Video Center
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1977-2016
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21.5 cu. ft. (21 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-252
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the breadth and history of the programs and work of the FVC, including the NAFVF, film screenings, the Native Americans on Film and Video publications, and the Native Networks / Redes Indigenas website. Some materials date to when the before the National Museum of the American Indian as was...
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Parker, Ben (scriptwriter)
Shurr, Robert L. (scriptwriter)
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1939-1940, 1968
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0.2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0133
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The film, George Washington Carver, starring Carver himself, was filmed in 1939 and released in 1940. Ben Parker was the director and Robert L. Shurr wrote the screenplay.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1986-1988
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3.08 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-121
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection is comprised of motion picture, video, and audio recordings of three productions regarding issues related to biodiversity, biotic communities, and the study of these systems. "To Coexist: Diversity and Development" was produced for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The 30-minute program depicts how developm...
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Smithsonian Press/Smithsonian Productions
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1987, 1989, 1991-1993, 1997
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-202
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual records created during the production of "American Encounters," "To Coexist: Diversity and Development," "Diversity Endangered," and "The Beauty and Diversity of Our Planet." "American Encounters" is a series of eight videos about Hispanic and Native American culture in New Mexico. The first five videos ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1962-1982
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44.54 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 12x17 box) (2 16x20 boxes) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 337
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the work of Susan A. Hamilton as Bicentennial Coordinator, acting under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art. They also cover preliminary planning for Bicentennial programs carried out between 1968 and the creation of the Office in 1971. For a fuller record of such activities, researchers should ...
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Rice, Robert B., 1900-1976
Engineering and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1936-1945
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2 Cubic feet
15 Motion picture films (black and white, sound)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0308
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Films depict U.S. Navy personnel carrying out maintenance and repair operations on diesel engines. The films were made under the supervision of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics for Bureau of Ships. 400-500 feet in length, with a voice-over commentary on technical aspects of the work on Bessemer, General Motors, and International diesel engines.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1989
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0.58 cu. ft. (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-154
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of laserdiscs from the Smithsonian Laserdisc Collection. The Smithsonian Laserdisc Collection tells the stories behind the Smithsonian Institution's greatest art, history, and science collections, and introduces the curators of its unique possessions and hidden treasures. Titles from the Collection in this accession inc...
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Information, Technology and Society, Div. of (NMAH, SI).
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1942-1978
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39 Items
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0684
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Thirty-nine 16mm films on various subjects relating to telephone systems and communications, such as pole worker safety; party line etiquette; the transition from silent film to sound film; and the application of satellites, lasers and transistors to sound communication.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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1964-2008
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15.5 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (5 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-004
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of video and audio recordings and film created or maintained by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). The majority of the recordings document lectures, speeches, talks, prominent visitors, exhibitions and other events at the museum, including the HMSG groundbreaking and dedication. Other recordings are ...
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Fuller Brush Company Records
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Fuller Brush Company
- Dates:
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1890-2017
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32.5 Cubic feet (77 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1459
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the Fuller Brush Company founded by Alfred C. Fuller in 1906.