Electricity and Modern Physics Photonegatives
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Information, Technology and Society, Division of, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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1890 - 1930
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6 Cubic feet (34 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0715
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic negatives and some glass plate negatives depicting subjects relating to the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics' artifact collections and research interests. Negatives include portrait photographs of engineers (Marconi, Tesla, Bell, and Zworykin), images of radios, telegraphy equipment, and phonographs.
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Washburn, Wilcomb E.
- Dates:
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1956-1997
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23.19 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-093
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials that document aspects of the personal life and career of Wilcomb E. Washburn (WEW) and were removed from his home after his death. The largest single group of papers deals with Washburn's membership in various organizations and societies. There is also substantial information on a projected biography o...
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- Dates:
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ca. 1876
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1 Item (disbound volume of 84 drawings (55 leaves)+ 1 letter, graphite and colored pencil on ledger sheets, 21 x 26 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS39D1
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Drawings of scenes of warfare, horse raids, courting, and ceremonies on pages of a ledger book, now disbound, covers not retained. Several pages bear storekeeper's (?) accounts of agricultural implements issued, in the names of several Indians. Dates on these sheets range 1873- July 1876. On one sheet the words "Pine Ridge, D. T." are written in pe...
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Giacconi, Riccardo
- Dates:
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1955-2002
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82.13 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 blueprint storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7416
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document Riccardo Giacconi's professional career, and consist of papers illustrating his scientific work and administrative records relating to the institutions at which he worked. There is extensive documentation of Giacconi's professional activities, including meetings attended, papers presented (and published), his services a...
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Robert Schoelkopf Gallery
- Dates:
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1851-1991
bulk 1962-1991
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29 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.robeschg
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Archives of American Art
The collection comprises 29 linear feet of records that document the day-to-day administration of the Robert Schoelkopf Gallery from 1962 to 1991, with additional items predating the founding of the gallery from 1851 to 1961. The collection records artist and client relations, exhibitions, and daily business transactions through artist files, correspondence, printed matter, and photographic material.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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1890-1929
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57.93 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (104 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 45
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the growth and management of the Smithsonian from 1890 to 1929. Of special interest is the Institution's entry into the field of the fine arts through the creation of the National Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian continued to pursue a wide variety of other interests as well. Thus, the...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
- Dates:
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1965-1972
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28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 104
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain correspondence, memoranda, and related material concerning the administration of bureaus listed above, as well as material concerning relationships with other Smithsonian offices. Also included are some files from Blitzer's previous position as Director of the Office of Education and Training.
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Ickovic, Paul
Gilsberg, Joshua
- Dates:
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1960-2000
- Size:
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1339
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographic prints primarily depicting American scenes by "street photographer" Paul Ickovic.
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Williams, James Steele, 1896-1957
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circa 1918-1960 and undated
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5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (8 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7328
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The 1879 act establishing the United States Geological Survey (USGS) declares, "And all collections of rocks, minerals, soil, and fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer need...
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National Museum of American Art. Exhibitions Coordinator
- Dates:
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1982-1991
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13 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 449
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of exhibition files maintained by the Exhibitions Coordinator. Included in the files are correspondence, staff memoranda, checklists, vouchers, and exhibition photographs. Exhibitions represented include Zoo to Art: Animal Subject by American Sculptors, 1985, and Still Lifes by Henry Lee McFee by Henry Lee McFee, 198...