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National Air and Space Museum
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1968, 1970, 1981-2006
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7.3 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (2 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-100
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Martin Harwit, Director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1987-1995, documenting plans to exhibit the Enola Gay and the resulting controversy. A script for The Crossroads: The End of World War II, the Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War was released for commen...
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Smithsonian Institution,Office of Quincentenary Programs
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1984-1993
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37.86 cu. ft. (37 record storage boxes) (2 12x17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-149
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the activities which the Office of Quincentenary Programs coordinated or organized to mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The Quincentenary programs began in 1985 under the coordination of Smithsonian's Directorate of International Activities, Magali ...
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Oral history interview with Nazaret Cherkezian
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Cherkezian, Nazaret, interviewee
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1986
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2 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9541
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Kron, Joan
- Dates:
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1959-1971
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1.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kronjoan
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York City art entrepreneur, curator, and journalist Joan Kron date from 1959 to 1971 and measure 1.4 linear feet. The papers include correspondence, scattered financial records, notes and writings, printed material, photographs, a sound and video recording, and project/exhibition files concerning Kron's involvement in the 1960s with the exhibtions of the Arts Council of the Young Men's/Women's Hebrew Association (YM/WHA)of Philadelphia and her business, the Beautiful Bag and Box Co.
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WKAQ (Television station : San Juan, Puerto Rico)
WNJU (Television station : New York, NY)
Telemundo Group, Inc.
Univisión (Television network)
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1940-2017
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3.5 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 8 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1404
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Spanish language television stations in America, and the Telemundo network.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
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1976, 1978-1979, 1986, 1992, undated
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1.38 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 film box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-080
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual materials created during the production of "Place of Dreams;" "Men of Greatness, Feats of Daring;" "Reunions: Memories of an American Experience;" "To Fly!;" "Uncovering the Earth;" and "Berlin Airlift." "Place of Dreams" features a close-up look at the National Air and Space Museum's unparalleled co...
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Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1884-1965
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46 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0018
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
While the collection is focused rather specifically on the development of television in America, including technical details, legal proceedings, marketing and advertisement, and manufacturing, it is also a rich source for the history of American advertising, work cultures, sales, and entertainment. There is also information about radio, mostly in p...
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Travis, Michael
Lavdas, George
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1947-1986
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15 Cubic feet (35 boxes, 1 map-folder
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1347
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains approximately 2,500 costume designs in colored pencil and pastels, on tissue paper mounted on mat boards. The designs were created for entertainers such as Liberace, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dionne Warwick, the Fifth Dimension, Nancy Sinatra, and others. Some were created for the television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
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Hills Bros. Coffee, Inc.
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1875 - 1965
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65 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0395
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the Hills Bros. Coffee Company, Incorporated, documenting overall operations of the company, the creation of advertising materials, and development of the coffee trade.
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Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978
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circa 1890s-2002
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15.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.feitlors
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Los Angeles painters and art instructors Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg measure 15.6 linear feet and date from circa 1890s to 2002. The papers document the careers of the two artists, including their establishment of the Post-surrealism movement in southern California, their work for federal arts programs, and their later abstract artwork. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, exhibition files, printed materials, photographs, and one sound recording.