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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1984-2015
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-218
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) regarding the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions "Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight", "Magic, Myths, and Minerals: Chinese Jades from the Sackler Gallery", "Small ...
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Washington Conservation Guild
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circa 1968-2010
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-286
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administration and activities of the Washington Conservation Guild, a nonprofit organization of conservation professionals dedicated to preserving art and historic materials. Materials include correspondence, newsletters, meeting announcements, photographs, presentations, membership directorie...
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National Zoological Park, Dept. of Mammalogy
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circa 1967-1989
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-156
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Edwin Gould served as Curator, Department of Mammalogy, National Zoological Park (NZP), from 1980 to 1996. This accession provides partial documentation of Gould's tenure as Curator of Mammals, NZP, and consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, research notes, and related materials concerning the exhibition of the zoo's collection o...
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Textiles Department
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circa 2003-2009
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7.5 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-228
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession documents the development, planning, and execution of exhibitions curated by the Textiles Department during the tenure of Matilda McQuaid, Curator, 2002- , and Susan Brown, Assistant Curator, c. 2001- . Exhibitions documented in this accession include Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance; Design Life Now: Nation...
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National Museum of American History. Program in African American Culture
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1983-2004
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-002
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Niani Kilkenny, former Director of the Program in African American Culture (PAAC), which primarily document the planning for and the activities of the Duke Ellington Youth Project. The project is designed to introduce District of Columbia high school students to the legacy of Duke Ellington in order ...
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Systematic Entomology Laboratory
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1910-1973
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25 cu. ft. (50 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7309
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection contains the official correspondence of the Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, and its predecessors, 1925 to 1973. The correspondence, which is both incoming and outgoing, mostly concerns the identification of specimens sent to the USDA for determination. Smaller amounts of correspondence document research projects of...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Culture and the Arts
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1993-2010
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2.19 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-232
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Michelle Anne Delaney, Curator, documenting her exhibition planning, development, and production of photographic history collections, as well as works by renown contemporary American photographers, at the National Museum of American History and the Arts and Industries Building. Earlier records date bac...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Ceramics
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1898, 1916-1917, 1954, 1966, 1978-2015
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-136
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the planning and production of exhibitions created and maintained by Louise Allison Cort, Museum Specialist, 1985-1989; Assistant Curator, 1989-1994; Associate Curator, 1994-1995; and Curator, 1995- . Topics covered include research, planning, preparation, event feedback, fund raising, budgets, ...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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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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Challinor, David, 1920-2008, interviewee
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1999
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27 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9599
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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 ...