Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
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Archivo General de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
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1955-2005, undated
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1 Cubic foot (32 folders 378 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0615
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 378 posters documenting important public service issues including education, health and safety, and cultural programs. These posters were widely displayed throughout the island and reflect key trends in the social history of Puerto Rico for nearly fifty years.
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Davis, Luther
Davis, Joan Bassie
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1916-2007, undated
bulk 1936-2007
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14 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1148
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Luther Davis (1916-2008) was an awarding winning writer, playwright and screenwriter. He won a Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award in 1954 for the musical Kismet. He was the playwright for Lady in a Cage, and Grand Hotel and many other productions.
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Sahlin, Carl Folke, 1885-1976
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undated
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4 Paintings
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7479
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National Anthropological Archives
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Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
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1886-1997
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108 Cubic feet (257 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0666
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company supplied most of the typesetting machines used in the printing industry, both in America and worldwide. As changing technology ended the usefulness of the linotype machine the company pioneered new computer-driven, photo typesetting machines.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Berger, Sondra
Moore, Ann
Moore, Mike
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1999-10
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes , BetaCamSP, 1/2 inch VHS videotapes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0706
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ann Moore is the inventor of the Snugli baby carrier and Air Lift oxygen carrier. The collection contains original, master, and reference videos, audiocassette recordings, and transcripts documenting Moore's inventive career.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1831-1981
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9.87 Cubic feet (consisting of 21 boxes, 1 folder, 13 oversize folders, 7 map case folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Seed
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Seed Industry and Trade forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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De Ferrari, Gabriella
New School University
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1931-2011
bulk 1975-2011
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7.7 Linear feet
0.012 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.defemari
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Archives of American Art
The papers of art historian Gabriella De Ferrari measure 7.7 linear feet and 0.012 GB and date from 1931-2011, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1975-2011. The collection provides an overview of her activities as an arts administrator, writer, and philanthropist through biographical materials, correspondence, interviews, extensive writings and notes, subject files, printed and digital material, scrapbooks, and photographs.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 30-July 11, 2011
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2011
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Guadagno, Carmelo
Krevolin, Lewis
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
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1973
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1402 negatives (photographic) (color, black and white, 35mm)
67 contact sheets
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.058
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National Museum of the American Indian
Photography taken by MAI staff photographer Carmelo Guadagno during a research project expedition with Lewis Krevolin on behalf of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in March of 1973. The project focus was pottery making techniques in various Indigenous settlements across Mexico in support of the 1976-1977 exhibition "Traditional Pottery of Mexico."
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Smithsonian Institution
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circa 1915-1941
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26.46 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes) (18.46 non-standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-142
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of sound recordings created by, acquired by, or about the Smithsonian Institution and its staff. Highlights of the collection include recordings of Native American languages being spoken or sung and radio programs, including much of "The World is Yours" program. These records were transferred to the National Archives p...