The Foundation Company Records
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Foundation Company (The).
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1887-1969
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9 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 28 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0974
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records include sketches, drawings, blueprints, contracts, and reports relating to highway and railroad bridges, tunnels, subways, mine shafts, canals and waterways, dams, concrete buildings, concrete construction, derricks and derrick barges, cranes, caissons and caisson construction, air locks, pumps, jacks, engines, and turbines; also phot...
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Smithsonian Institution. Buildings Management Department
- Dates:
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1881-1973
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29.58 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 157
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include records of the Buildings Management Department and its predecessors, including subject files, photographs, plans, reports, sketches, drawings, blueprints, memoranda, and correspondence concerning maintenance, financial matters, labor and supply costs, visitors, receptions, exhibitions, guard forces, and buildings mai...
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Koblick, Freda
- Dates:
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1934-2011
- Size:
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5.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.koblfred
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of sculptor Freda Koblick measure 5.8 linear feet and date from 1934 to 2011. The collection documents her career through scattered biographical material, correspondence with family and friends, personal business records, writings, printed material, artwork, and photographs.
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Schoonhoven, Terry, 1945-2001
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circa 1969-1980
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0.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.schoterr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Terry Schoonhoven papers measure 0.4 linear feet and date from circa 1969 to 1980. The scattered papers document Schoonhoven's career in Los Angeles as a painter, printmaker, and muralist through writings, artwork and 10 sketchbooks, and photographs.
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Madsen, Loren, 1943-
- Dates:
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1969-2019
- Size:
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5.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.madslore
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist Loren Madsen measure 5.2 linear feet and date from 1969 to 2019. The collection primarily consists of project and exhibition files, and also includes personal business records, correspondence, writings, photographic material, and artwork.
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National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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1896, 1916, 1944, 1960-2013
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12.25 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-101
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of the correspondence of Clyde F. E. Roper, Research Zoologist Emeritus in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology. These records span his entire career, including some materials that predate his work at the National Museum of Natural History. Roper specialized in cephalopods with a particular focus on giant ...
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Murie, James R.
Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947
Weltfish, Gene, 1902-1980
- Dates:
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1921
- Size:
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2,275 Pages
18 Photographs
27 Sketches
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2520
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Material arranged and edited by Clark Wissler. [1921.] Phonetic texts revised and translated by Gene Weltfish. [1930-32.] Includes parts of a carbon copy of the typescript, 1 box. 18 photographs, including Pawnee chart of the heavens with 2 page letter of explanation from James R. Murie, Pawnee, Oklahoma, June 24, 1911; 27 sketches by James R. Muri...
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Davis, Robert Tyler
- Dates:
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1918-1977 and undated
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8.38 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (2 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7439
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers document Robert Tyler Davis' education and career, 1918-1977. The majority of the material is dated 1937- 1977. A fair amount of incoming correspondence illustrates Davis' personal life, and, to a lesser extent, his professional career. Of special note are letters from Davis' second wife, Janet, and journals kept during his t...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
- Dates:
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1981-2002
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-068
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development, design, and execution of special exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Some records also document installations of these NMNH exhibitions at other museums or traveling exhibitions from other museums that were installed at NMNH. Exhibitions documented i...
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Al-Hilali, Neda
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circa 1960-1995
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4.6 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.alhineda
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of fiber artist Neda Al-Hilali measure 4.6 linear feet and date from circa 1960 to 1995. Al-Hilali's career is documented through professional files, commission and project files, writings, printed materials, artwork, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of Al-Hilali's annual activity files from 1967 to 1992, which contain lists of exhibitions; exhibition announcements, catalogs, invitations, and posters; letters and memoranda; sales records; awards; clippings; photographs; and loan records.