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Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive
Nesbitt, Saul, 1920-1993
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1951-1984
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3.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1275
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Background and biographical information consists of Nesbitt's resume, an artist/designer statement, list of clients and accomplishments of Nesbitt Associates, Ltd., press releases, articles, and photographs of the designer.,The materials in this collection document Nesbitt's work from 1951 through 1984.
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Seele, Jean W. (Jean Warren), 1924-1993
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[ca. 1950s-1970s]
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12.11 Cubic feet ((1 shoebox) (7 slide and card cabinets))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2000.0057
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of approximately 6000 color slides and over 2000 negatives/prints (a mixture of color and black and white) of civil and military aircraft taken by Seele, circa 1950s-1970s. The shots were taken in the United States, specifically in the Midwest. Aircraft from the following manufacturers are represented: Aero Commander, Arrow...
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District of Columbia Art Association
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1961-1990
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1.91 Linear feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-021
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from 1969 to 1991 and measures 1.91 linear feet, documents the history of the District of Columbia Art Association, which was founded in 1961 by D.C. public school teachers. The collection is comprised of business documents, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, and artist biographies.
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Patricia Bath Innovative Lives Presentation and Interview, [videotapes]
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Bath, Patricia, Dr., 1949-
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February 17, 2000 and March 1, 2000.
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0753
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Dr. Patricia Bath was born in 1949 in New York. She conceived of the Laserphaco Probe in 1981 and patented it in 1988 (US Patent # 4,744,360 for an "Apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses"). The collection contains original and reference video footage of Dr. Bath's Innovative Lives Presentation documenting her work in the field of ophthalmology and her work creating and patenting the LaserPhaco Probe, an instrument to remove cataracts. Also included is an interview with Dr. Bath at her home in Los Angeles and an interview with her daughter, Eraka Bath and supplemental documentation assembled by Dr. Bath. The documentation includes photocopies of articles, patents, biographical sketch material, and selected publications and references to related to lasers and surgery of Dr. Bath
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Gordon, Lori K.
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2001-2004
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1.31 Linear feet (2 boxes; audiocassettes, videocassettes, floppy disk, CDs)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-082
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Labat: A Creole Legacy project records, which dates from 2001 to 2004 and measure 1.31 linear feet, contain materials documenting the creation of artist Lori K. Gordon's quilt, titled "Labat: a Creole Legacy," and the life of Celestine Labat. The collection is composed of audiocassettes, videocassettes, floppy disks, CDs, transcripts, newspaper clippings, writings, notes, correspondence, notecards, and postcards.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1890-1929
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57.93 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (104 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 45
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the growth and management of the Smithsonian from 1890 to 1929. Of special interest is the Institution's entry into the field of the fine arts through the creation of the National Gallery of Art and the Freer Gallery of Art. The Smithsonian continued to pursue a wide variety of other interests as well. Thus, the...
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Pierce, Harold Fisher, 1889-1963
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1909-1985
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3.27 Cubic feet (4 legal document boxes; 1 legal half-size document box; 3 flat boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2014.0044
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Harold F. Pierce collection consists of documents relating to Pierce's career in aviation medicine, particularly his service as a flight surgeon in World War I and World War II and his work on the Henderson Pierce rebreathing apparatus. Materials include correspondence, photographs, military records, certificates, technical drawings, and news clippings.
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Gurr, Lena, 1897-1992
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1908-1979
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7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gurrlena
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Archives of American Art
The Lena Gurr (1897-1992) papers date from 1908 to 1979 and measure 7.0 linear feet. Gurr was a painter and printmaker who studied under John sloan and Maurice Sterne at the Art Students League between 1920-1922. She also studied in France and married painter and photographer Joseph Biel in 1931. The papers document both Gurr and Biel's careers through correspondence, notes, art work, printed material, scrapbooks, and photographs. The collection offers researchers a valuable resource for studying the New York art community of the pre-war era.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Quincentenary Programs
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1984-1993
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37 cu. ft. (37 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-149
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities which the Office of Quincentenary Programs coordinated or organized to mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The Quincentenary programs began in 1985 under the coordination of Smithsonian's Directorate of Inte...
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Saint, Lawrence B., 1885-1961
Washington Cathedral
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1926-1936
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9.3 Cubic feet (29 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0090
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of chemical formulae developed by Lawrence Saint for use in his stained glass work at the Washington National Cathedral. There are supporting samples, records, and notes.