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Digitized Content Lee Ya-Ching Papers
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Creators:
Ya-Ching, Lee
Dates:
1938-1970
Size:
11.9 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.2008.0009
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of 11.9 cubic feet of material chronicling Lee Ya-Ching's role as a pilot trying to raise funds for China during World War II. The collection contains the following types of material: correspondence, both official and personal; maps; publications; newspapers; invitation; programs from events; lecture notes; scripts from radio shows; photographs, both official and snapshots; trip schedules and agendas; address books; scrapbooks; and official paperwork and licenses.

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David H. DeVorkin Papers
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Dates:
circa 1979-2002
Size:
3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
Collection ID:
Accession 07-137
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

This accession consists of materials documenting the professional activities of David H. DeVorkin, Curator of Astronomy, National Air and Space Museum. Materials primarily document DeVorkin's editing of a book for the National Geographic Society titled Beyond Earth: Mapping the Universe, preparation of his own books and manuscripts such a...

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Digitized Content Collector Records business records
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Creators:
Penn, Larry
McGee, Bobbie
Collector Records
Magpie
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Dates:
circa 1937-2004
bulk 1960-1990
Size:
34.28 Cubic feet (3 record boxes of business records; 8 record boxes, including 374 non-master audio reels (10", 7", 5", 4" and 2" reels); 160 10" reels in open stacks; 4 record boxes, including 853 audio cassettes; 1 record box, including 36 video cassettes; and 491 long play records, 45s and compact discs.)
Collection ID:
CFCH.COLL
Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

This collection documents the activities of Joe Glazer's record label Collector Records. Materials include the label's original commercial recordings, paper records related to day-to-day business operations and production, field recordings made by Joe Glazer, and Glazer's personal music collection.

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Peace Corps film collection
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Dates:
circa 1960-1970
Size:
26 Film reels (black-and-white color sound, 16mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1994.20
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

26 reels of film relating to the Peace Corps: AND WHAT DID YOU SEE, BAPA MALAYSIA, A CHOICE I MADE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US: EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND THE U. S.: ELEGANT IDLER, FRIENDS OF MALAYANS, MALARIA, THE WAY OUT (Thai and English versions), MALARIA TODAY: MALARIA CONTROL IN THAILAND, MALAY, MASTER FARMER KUM YENG, MILESTONES TO MALAYSIA,...

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Correspondence
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Creators:
National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
Dates:
1965-1986
Size:
36.5 cu. ft. (73 document boxes)
Collection ID:
Record Unit 330
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

These records document the history of the Department of Aeronautics from 1966-1986, a period marked by intensive planning for the new museum, its construction and opening in July 1976, and the emergence of the National Air and Space Museum as a large and important bureau of the Smithsonian and the most visited museum in the world. At the begi...

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Winifred Smeaton Thomas papers
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Creators:
Thomas, Winifred Smeaton, 1903-1987
Dates:
1927-1980
bulk 1932-1935
Size:
2.5 Linear feet (8 boxes)
Collection ID:
NAA.1996-13
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Winifred Smeaton Thomas (1903-1987) was an anthropologist whose main focus was the Near and Middle East, particularly Iraq where she lived from 1932 to 1935. Her papers largely document her time in Iraq and include her work on the Field Museum Anthropological Expedition in 1934, writings about her time in Iraq, and her doctoral studies at University of Chicago. The collection includes writings and publications, correspondence, field diaries, photographs, passports, and notes from Thomas's time as a doctoral student and later as a professor.

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Digitized Content Harold Casselton and Ted Larson films
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Creators:
Casselton, Harold "Rusty", 1954-1970
Larson, Ted M., 1940-2000
Dates:
1916-1929
Size:
Film reels (black-and-white color silent, 35mm, 16mm)
Collection ID:
HSFA.1988.16
Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives

Collection consists of 15 35mm nitrate and acetate films collected by Harold "Rusty" Casselton and Ted Larson and transferred from AFI. Titles include: Bayou Songsters, Beautiful Bermuda, Bird Islands of Peru, A Bit of Life in Java, Brazil's Gift, [Crayfish], Familiar Food from Foreign Folk, Kineto Review #57, Kineto Review, The Masai, The Mongols ...

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Digitized Content Fellows Gear Shaper Company Records
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Creators:
Fellows Gear Shaper Co., Springfield, Vermont
Regency Savings Bank (Houston, Texas)
Dates:
1896-1999
bulk 1915-1970
Size:
31 Cubic feet (62 boxes, 3 map-folders)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0856
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The records document primarily the financial aspects of the Fellows Gear Shaper Company and consist of meticulously maintained journals and ledger books. Fellows Gear Shaper Company was a leader and dominant figure in the manufacturing of precision gear production, gear cutting tools, and optical inspection machines in the first half of the 20th century. The company's contribution to the industry enabled the manufacture of gears for textile, automobiles, factory machinery, and other industries.

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Digitized Content Herbert Stephen Desind Collection
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Creators:
Desind, Herbert Stephen.
Dates:
1950-1992
Size:
109 Cubic feet (305 boxes)
Collection ID:
NASM.1997.0014
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

The collection consists of 109 cubic feet of material, primarily photographs with some additional documentation, covering aerospace topics. The bulk of the material relates to US space exploration, including extensive photo files on US manned missions through the Space Shuttle, and satellite and sounding rocket work. The first series consists of unmanned spacecraft material, the second series consists of manned spacecraft material, and the third series consists of aircraft material.

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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials
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Creators:
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Consolidation Coal Company
Dates:
1885-1940s
Size:
23 Cubic feet (99 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1007
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection documents the building, operation and daily life of coal mining communities in Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio between 1911 and 1946. The collection is a valuable for the study of mining technology and the social conditions of the time period and regions.

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