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Marchand, Richard
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circa 1900-1970
bulk 1910-1940
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0.5 Cubic feet (1,200 slides, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MAR
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Archives of American Gardens
The Richard Marchand Historical Postcard Collection contains approximately 1,200 35mm slide reproductions of postcard images depicting early twentieth century architectural and garden views of over 600 private estates throughout the United States. The collection includes views of estates owned by popular movie stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Claudette Colbert and Buster Keaton.
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Downtown Gallery
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1824-1974
bulk 1926-1969
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109.56 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.downgall
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Downtown Gallery date from 1824 to 1974 (bulk 1926-1969) and measure 109.56 linear feet. The records present a comprehensive portrait of a significant commercial gallery that operated as a successful business for more than forty years, representing major contemporary American artists and engendering appreciation for early American folk art. There is an unprocessed addition to this collection dating circa 1970 of a single financial/legal document.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of International Relations
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circa 1964-1997
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28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-030
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of accepted Smithsonian Foreign Currency Program grant records, which document international funding requests for development in museum collections, scholarly research initiatives, and public programs. The material consists of correspondence, memoranda, and notes; grant applications; applicant proposals; financial repor...
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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
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circa 1870-1956
bulk 1870-1895
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30 Linear feet (70 boxes, 1 oversized box, 20 manuscript envelopes, 4 rolled maps, and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4800
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National Anthropological Archives
Reverend James Owen Dorsey (1848-1895) was a missionary and Bureau of American Ethnology ethnologist who conducted extensive research on Siouan tribes and languages.The papers of James Owen Dorsey comprise mostly ethnographic and linguistic materials on various tribes of the Siouan language family as well as tribes from Siletz Reservation in Oregon. These materials include texts and letters with interlineal translations; grammar notes; dictionaries; drawings; and his manuscripts. In addition, the collection contains Dorsey's correspondence, newspaper clippings, his obituaries, and reprints.
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Heezen, Bruce C.
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circa 1947-1977
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98.7 cu. ft. (96 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (5 oversize tube boxes) (6 globes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7464
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director
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1974-1995
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35 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-084
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records were created between 1974 and 1995 by Stephen E. Weil during his tenure as Deputy Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG). The records consist of correspondence with other international and national museums and art institutions; correspondence concerning policies and legal questions raised by the public and ot...
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1969-1991
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12.5 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-098
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a selective fragment of the total professional papers of Paul N. Perrot. They are concerned chiefly with his activities in international organizations and projects related to museums and the preservation/conservation of cultural property. The papers cover his career from Directorship in the Corning Museum, throu...
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Society of Systematic Zoology
- Dates:
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1947-1975
- Size:
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26 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes) (30 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7226
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include membership files, administrative files, reports, fiscal records, records related to the Journal of Systematic Zoology and copies of other SSZ publications, records related to the annual meetings, the Pacific Section of SSZ records, files on scientific societies, and the records of the Summer Institute in Systematics.
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Cornell, Joseph
- Dates:
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1750-1980, bulk 1930-1972
- Size:
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196.8 Linear feet
186 Nitrate negatives
- Collection ID:
- SAAM.JCSC.1
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center
The Joseph Cornell Study Center collection measures 196.8 linear feet and dates from 1750 to 1980, with the bulk of the material dating from 1930 to 1972. Documenting the artistic career and personal life of assemblage artist Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), the collection is primarily made up of two- and three-dimensional source material, the contents of the artists' studio, his record album collection, and his book collection and personal library. The collection also includes diaries and notes, financial and estate papers, exhibition materials, collected artifacts and ephemera, photographs, correspondence, and the papers of Robert Cornell (1910-1965) and Helen Storms Cornell (1882-1966), the artist's brother and mother.
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1914, 1923-1942
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10.69 cu. ft. (19 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-051
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the joint expedition made by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from February 20, 1923 to August 6, 1927, and also the Freer Gallery of Art sponsored expedition from November 16, 1929 to April 11, 1934. Both expeditions were led by Carl Whiting Bishop, Associate Cur...