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MacCormack, Forrest (intern)
Smillie, T. W. (Thomas William), 1843-1917
Talman, Hugh (photographer)
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1993 - 1993
circa 1888-1899, 1906
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0416
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Twenty glass plate negatives and reference copy prints of the images taken between the late 1880s and the early 1900s by Frances Benjamin Johnston and Thomas W. Smillie. The images depict the skyline of Washington D.C., views from the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, blueprints for the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, and an unidentified orchestra.
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of Exhibition and Design
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1964-1978
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 448
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence, photographs, and slides which document the design and installation of exhibitions at the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) and the Renwick Gallery. Of special interest are records concerning the Patent Office Building (POB) Opening, 1968 and the exhibition America as Art, 1976. The records al...
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Luna, James
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Native American Public Programs
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November 13, 1992
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7514
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National Anthropological Archives
The tape is of a lecture given at Baird Auditorium in the National History Building at the Smithsonian Institution. A pamphlet about Luna is included. Related photographs are in NAA Photographic lot 91-26.
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National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director
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1989-2009
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-139
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the overall administration of the National Air and Space Museum during the tenures of Directors Martin Harwit, 1989-1995; Donald S. Lopez (Acting), 1995 and 1999; Donald Davenport Engen, 1996-1999; and John R. Dailey, 2000- . Some records were also created by Lopez in his role as Deputy Director, ...
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
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circa 1945-1987 and related records, 1920-1930
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103.51 cu. ft. (100 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (7 tube boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 334
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the tenures of Frank A. Taylor, John C. Ewers, and Robert P. Multhauf as Directors of the Museum of History and Technology (NMHT); of Daniel J. Boorstin, Brooke Hindle, and Roger G. Kennedy as Directors of the National Museum of History and Technology; and of Roger G. Kennedy as Director of the National Museum of Am...
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Renwick Gallery. Office of the Director
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1967-1988
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 465
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit primarily documents the tenure of Lloyd Herman, Director of the Renwick Gallery, but also contains the records of David W. Scott, Robert Tyler Davis, and Joshua C. Taylor, directors of the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA). The records pertain to temporary exhibitions as well as the permanent collections of the Renwick ...
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Higley, Elmer Ellsworth
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bulk circa 1900-1968
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534 Lantern slides
0.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.228
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 534 glass lantern slides depicting Indigenous groups throughout North America. It also includes a small number of publications written by Elmer E. Higley and others about Native Americans and missionary work during the early twentieth century.
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Faul, Jan, 1945-
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1991
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0441
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection is a set of twenty-four black-and-white silver gelatin prints entitled "Potomac: East and West," by Jan Faul, 1991. They include agricultural landscapes, cemeteries, industrial buildings commercial buildings in rural areas, etc., in the Potomac River region of Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each image contains a small area hand-colored by the photographer, providing a subtly mysterious, often whimsical or humorous effect.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
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1875-1902
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16.5 cu. ft. (33 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 201
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of two of the special files maintained by the Department of Correspondence and Documents. In 1902 a new system for maintaining records was established. Descriptions of the records are included as part of the series descriptions.
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United States. Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Johnson, Sara Madeline
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1986
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0.79 Cubic feet (2 letter document boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2020.0015
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of documents relating to Madeline Johnson and her role as Director of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation (OCST).