These papers document the career and activities of Douglas C. Ferguson, Research Entomologist, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture. Ferguson's areas of research included the systematics of Lepidoptera, in particular Geometridae, Lymantriidae, and Arctiidae. These papers include incoming and outgoing corres...

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.

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 ...

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...

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...

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Men's Clothing forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

The records of the Associated American Artists measure 55 linear feet and date from circa 1934 through 1983. The organization was founded in 1934 to stimulate interest in prints throughout the United States by promoting the sale of prints through department stores and other venues. Later, other genres of works of art were added and the department store abandoned in favor of a New York headquarters. The records contain voluminous files on artists; dealers, galleries, and museums; and clients. Also found is business correspondence, financial records, sales and exhibition catalogs, thirteen dismantled scrapbooks, and posters.

The Laurie Lisle research material on Georgia O'Keeffe and Louise Nevelson measures 3.4 linear feet and dates from 1902-1990. The collection consists of copied biographical papers, recordings, correspondence, and printed material related to O'Keeffe, and 97 recorded interviews related to the life of Louise Nevelson. The outcome of Lisle's research on O'Keeffe resulted in her book, Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe (1980); and on Nevelson, Lisle authored, Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life (1990).

This accession consists of correspondence, memoranda, and research materials documenting Thomas R. Soderstrom's career as a curator in the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, and his research on bamboo. Some materials are in electronic format.

This accession consists of records documenting the various professional activities of David H. DeVorkin, curator in the Department of Space Science and Exploration, later the Department of Space History and then the Division of Space History, including fellow evaluations, manuscript editing, and research, as well as professional correspondence...