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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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circa 1969-1990
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88 cu. ft. (88 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 487
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) exhibition files, arranged by exhibition. The files contain varying amounts of information, including itineraries, shipping and insurance papers, press releases, lists of items, correspondence with lenders, and occasional photographs.
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Shropshire, Walter, interviewee
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1998-2000
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18 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9597
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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 ...
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White, G. Howard, Dr., Jr.
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circa 1890-1920
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1.5 Cubic feet
149 Negatives (photographic) (glass.)
8 Photographic prints (black and white.)
46 Negatives (photographic) (nitrate.)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.WHI
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Archives of American Gardens
The Dr. G. Howard White, Jr. Collection contains images of family members and residences relating to the White family of Catonsville, Maryland and Middleburg, Virginia and the Liebig family of Catonsville, Maryland, as well as recreational, industrial, and general sites in Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey. The images, taken by Dr. G. Howard White, Jr. and Dr. Gustav Adolph Liebig, both amateur photographers, document everything from informal family gatherings and outings to domestic servants, workers, factories and railroad lines. The acession file includes some genealogical information and research on properties conducted in 2005.
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Falcone Custom Grand Pianos
Pratt, Read and Company
Sohmer & Company
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1872-1989
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43 Cubic feet (82 boxes and 11 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0349
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records of Sohmer & Co., date from 1872 through 1989. They fall into fourteen series based primarily on function. Legal, financial, inventory & appraisal, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, and sales are the major series. Photographs, awards, family papers, publications about Sohmer, general publications, "miscellaneous" and corresponden...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1850-1957
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55 Boxes (approximately.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S02
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. Series 2 materials include cinema lobby cards, fire insurance maps, photographs and scrapbooks of liquor and wine labels. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
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Shamir, Marli
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1966-1976
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33 Negatives (photographic) (color, 35mm)
1790 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 120mm)
1,519 Color slides (35mm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2013-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Collection dates from 1966 to 1976 and includes 1,817 black and white negatives, 1,519 35mm color slides, several hundred prints, and manuscript materials. Locations include Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Israel, Mali, and Niger and depict agriculture, architecture, especially mosques, landscapes, marketplaces, masquerade and musical performances, sculptures, and textiles. Peoples depicted include the Bambara, Bella, Bozo, Dogon, Fulani, Gao, Mandingo, San, Songhai, and Tuarag peoples.
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Lodge, Arthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Arthur Lodge Productions.
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1950 - 1959
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42.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0507
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Industry on Parade was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the programs decade-long run.
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1952-1988
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3.15 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 536
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of publications produced by SITES, often in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Press, including brochures, posters, guides, and catalogs documenting traveling exhibitions. The set is probably not complete. Information for each publication appears in the following order: publication title, author, date, and type...
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Sturtevant, William C.
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1952-2007
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220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-24
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.
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Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
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1860 - ca. 1900
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616 Items (approximate count)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1999.35
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Assembled by collectors Dr. Henry D. Rosin and Nancy Rosin to document nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century photography of Japan. Includes albumen prints, portions handcolored, some signed and numbered in the negative. Taken by photographers Felice Beato (b. ca. 1825), Baron Raimon von Stillfried (1938-1911), Kusakabe Kimbei (active 1880s...