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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Special Assistant to the Secretary (Richard Hubbard Howland)
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1957-1985
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17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 618
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records deal in some degree with Howland's work as Head Curator but mostly describe his assignment as a Special Assistant. Records include wide correspondence with furniture dealers, professional organizations, learned societies, historical preservation groups, and prospective donors. There is also some material documenting Howland's ...
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Association of Systematics Collections
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circa 1972-1992
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-037
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence documenting Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) activities; publications; newsletters; records related to the ASC Council, workshops, and grant opportunities promoted by ASC; files concerning projects; records documenting relations between ASC and sister organizations; and membership reco...
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Charles Lang Freer Papers
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Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919
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1876-1931
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131 Linear feet (29 architectural drawings)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.01
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs.
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Washburn, Wilcomb E
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1962-1990
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9.85 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (2 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-125
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the personal papers of Wilcomb E. Washburn, director of the Office of American Studies at the Smithsonian Institution, and document his scholarly interests in American political and cultural history, as well as his professional activities over the years in furtherance of those interests.
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Wells, Ellen B.
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1874-2009
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18 Cubic feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0396
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of cookbooks, but many would accurately be described as pamphlets. Also included are some labels from products that contain recipes. The cookbooks were produced by manufacturers of the ingredients of foods; by beverage producers; by the manufacturers of appliances for which certain recipes or ways of cooking were particularly appropriate; by trade associations; and by electric and power companies who produced cookbooks for their customers.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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circa 1977-1990
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-030
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that pertain to the Facing the Lights: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes exhibition. Materials Include loan agreements with individuals, historical societies, university archives/libraries, and outside museums; lists of incoming loans, which register name of lender and transportation arrangements ...
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Lemelson Center
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1999-2005
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1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-041
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which primarily document the programmatic side of the exhibition Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize, which explored the motivation and vision of Nobel laureates and the history of Alfred Bernhard Nobel and his prize. The exhibition celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize a...
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National Museum of Natural History
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2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-027
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of web pages maintained by the National Museum of Natural History that were found to be non-compliant with Section 508 accessibility standards and, as a result, would likely either be removed or revamped. The pages found in this accession may only constitute a very small portion of a website and some features may n...
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Arensberg, Conrad M. (Conrad Maynadier), 1910-1997
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1931-1997
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33.3 Linear feet (83 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2011-17
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of Conrad M. Arensberg, anthropologist, university professor, and anthropological consultant. Included are correspondence; published and unpublished writings; research materials, including notes, correspondence, diaries, charts, drafts, interviews, research plans, reports, project proposals, and bibliographic cards; speeches; pamphlets; articles from newspapers and periodicals; course materials, including bibliographies, lecture notes, reading lists, assignments, exams, project proposals, and syllabi; curriculum vitae; date books; scholarly papers and publications of other scholars; and photographs.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Graphic Arts
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1887-1978
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 413
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include Division of Graphic Arts records dating from its establishment, including the work of curators Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Jacob Kainen, and Peter C. Marzio. Also included are lecture notes and papers of curators Ruel P. Tolman, Kainen, and Marzio; inventory lists of Graphic Arts objects; working outline for The Steam En...