Harry A. McBride Railroad Photographs
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McBride, Harry A.
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI.
- Dates:
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ca. 1940s-1950s.
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4.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1171
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approxiamtely 3,000 views of railroads, railroad equipment, stations, yards and employees. The emphasis is on American railroads, but the collection includes a few views of railroad subjects in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Europe, Scandinavia and several island nations.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1948-1970
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48 cu. ft. (48 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 155
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the administrative files of the Office of the Director, National Museum of Natural History. Most of the records date from the late-to-mid 1950s. Those records created prior to 1959 are the records of the Director of the United States National Museum, although they are records relating primarily to that segment of the U. ...
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Smithsonian Institution, Libraries
- Dates:
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1865-1951
- Size:
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2.7 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 217
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain material concerning both the Smithsonian and United States National Museum (USNM) libraries and consist mostly of incoming and outgoing correspondence. Most of the correspondence is routine and deals with requests for publications, acknowledgments of publications received, the exchange of publications, employment inquirie...
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United States National Museum. Department of Engineering and Industries
- Dates:
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1891-1957
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7.5 cu. ft. (15 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 84
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records originated mostly in the office of the Head Curator of the Department of Engineering and Industries, under Carl W. Mitman and Frank A. Taylor, but include records of several other curators, primarily Smith Hempstone Oliver and Paul E. Garber. The records include general correspondence, memoranda, and administrative files concerni...
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National Museum of History and Technology, Division of Transportation
- Dates:
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circa 1927-1973 and undated
- Size:
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8.5 linear meters and oversize.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 239
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records chiefly document the operations of the Division of Transportation from its creation in 1957, and the operations of the Section of Land Transportation, 1946-1957. Lesser amounts of records relate to the administration of the land transportation collections prior to 1946 and to the marine transportation collections before 1957...
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- Dates:
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1965
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3 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.136
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National Anthropological Archives
Group portraits of members of the Department of Anthropology and the Bureau of American Ethnology at the time of their merger in 1965. The photographs were made on the steps of the Natural History Museum building.
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- Dates:
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2014-2015
- Size:
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6.4 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1377
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Exiles in America: Cuban Pedro Pans and Balseros was an oral history project designed to research and document the journeys and experiences of two distinct immigration/migration experiences of the Cuban diaspora. Steve Valesquez of the National Museum of American History Division of Home and Community Life conducted twelve oral history interviews 2014-2015. The project was funded by the Consortium for the American Experience.
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National Museum of Natural History, Natural Partners
- Dates:
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1991-2003
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-004
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Natural Partners Program was established in 1997 and was responsible for developing on average six distance learning modules a year that were Smithsonian based and supported National Education Standards. Each module or unit integrated content with the following technologies: live two-way video conferencing, electronic field trips, int...
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- Dates:
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circa 1887-1947
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200 Postcards (black and white, color ;)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.PTC
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Archives of American Gardens
The Historic Gardens Postcard Collection includes 200 postcards of historic views of various public gardens, parks, monuments, and buildings throughout the United States and some foreign countries, including Canada, France and Cuba. Some private gardens and estates and many Washington, D.C. attractions are also represented. Roughly half of the postcards were mailed; the remaining postcards were not written on or posted. Areas represented include Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. Foreign views show gardens in Havana, Paris, and Canada. About a dozen cards feature various views of Smithsonian Institution museums along the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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- Creators:
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National Museum of History and Technology, Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1944-1975
- Size:
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13.3 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 276
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records partially cover the administration of Alexander Wetmore and A. Remington Kellogg as directors of the United States National Museum; more fully the tenures of Frank A. Taylor, John C. Ewers and Robert P. Multhauf, as directors of the Museum of History and Technology (MHT); and Daniel J. Boorstin and Brooke Hindle, as directors ...