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Garbe, Walter
- Dates:
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1909
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20 Photographic prints
19 Copy negatives
1 Lantern slide
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.137
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection includes photographic prints, copy negatives, and one lantern slide made by Walter Garbe in 1909 among the Aimoré (Aymore, Aimboré) communities in the Doce River region of EspÃrito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Smithsonian Institution. Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Sciences
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circa 1990-1993
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-042
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
A greater part of these records document the administrative activities of Ross B. Simons as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, but these records also include some material from when he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research (1988-1992). They consist mostly of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to science programs ...
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Bergman, Harry M.
Kahn family
Kahn, Kimberly
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1926-1957
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3 Cubic feet (5 document boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0722
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Kahn Family Films document the activities of the Godwin Construction Co. of New York City from 1928-1934. The films also document more than twenty-five years of the Bergman and Kahn family life and travel. The films are silent, 16mm black and white reversal and Kodachrome. Unless otherwise noted, films were arranged in the Archives Center on ...
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Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
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undated
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1647
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Items have been tentatively identified and individually cataloged. Subjects include Hewitt, J. N. B.; Cushing, Frank H.; Powell, Johns Wesley; Hemenway, Mrs. August; Sapir, Edward; Hodge, F. W.; Radin, Paul; Kroeber, Alfred; Michelson, Truman; Fewkes, J. W.; Skinner, Alanson; Indian interest groups; Parker, Arthur C.; McGee, W. J. ; Swanton, J. R.;...
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Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964
- Dates:
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1935-1975
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5.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lebrrico
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter, muralist, and educator Rico Lebrun measure 5.3 linear feet and date from 1935 to 1975. Found within the papers are biographical materials; personal and business correspondence, including extensive correspondence between Lebrun and his gallery, Jacques Seligmann and Co.; writings, including illustrated notebooks; personal business records; printed material; 3 sketchbooks; and photographs of Lebrun, travels in Mexico, and his work.
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Strohmeyer & Wyman
Young, R.Y.
Underwood & Underwood
American Stereoscopic Co.
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circa 1893-1904
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0402
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is composed of two series: (1) 22 stereographs by several publishers, many of which relate to or were actually printed from negatives in the Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection; and (2) a pamphlet. The fourth group of cards illustrates certain aspects of how stereographs were used by various companies, including two...
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Ellington, Edward
Richardson, Deborra A.
Ellington, Gaye
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1899-1981
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9.5 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0704
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the activities of the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the leadership of both Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington and his son Mercer Ellington. Materials include music manuscripts, business records, lyrics, scripts, and other writings, magazine articles, newspaper clippings and photographs.
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Scherer, Joanna Cohan
- Dates:
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1960-2014
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13.5 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-190
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Joanna Cohan Scherer was employed by the Smithsonian Institution from 1966-2006. She worked at the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Archives (later known as the National Anthropological Archives) as a museum technician until 1970 when she was asked to become illustrations researcher of the Handbook of North American Indians, a 20-volume ...
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Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
Stirling, Marion
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1876-2004, undated
bulk 1921-1975
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37.94 Linear feet (84 boxes, 3 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2016-24
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The Matthew Williams Stirling and Marion Stirling Pugh papers, 1876-2004 (bulk 1921-1975), document the professional and personal lives of Matthew Stirling, Smithsonian archaeologist and Chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1928-1957), and his wife and constant collaborator, Marion Stirling Pugh. The bulk of the material is professional in nature and includes material from Matthew's early career in the 1920s, the careers of Matthew and Marion together from when they married in 1933 to Matthew's death in 1975, and Marion's life and work from 1975 until her death in 2001. The majority of the documentation relates to the investigation of the Olmec culture in Mexico by the Stirlings, including the discoveries of eight colossal Olmec heads. In addition, the collection documents their work in Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica, looking for connections between Mesoamerica and South America. Materials include field notes, journals, correspondence, photographs, writings, clippings, ephemera, articles, and scrapbooks.
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McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948
American Rose Society
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1899-1974
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30 Cubic feet (2718 photographs: black and white; 448 glass lantern slides; 41 glass negatives; color records; plant patents; publications. )
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MCF
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Archives of American Gardens
The J. Horace McFarland Collection includes over 3,100 photographic images of private and public gardens throughout the United States, as well as some from foreign countries, dating from 1899 to 1963. Many of these images, generated for Mount Pleasant Press (later the J. Horace McFarland Company), were used to illustrate trade catalogs published by the firm as well as journal and newspaper articles. The collection also contains color records that were used as reference aids during the printing process, plant patents, and various publications of the McFarland Company.