Cyrus W. Field Papers
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1835 - 1897
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3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 15 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1386
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Cyrus W. Field's efforts to lay the transatlantic cable from Ireland to Newfoundland in 1866. The materials include photographs, correspondence, resolutions, maps, charts, and printed publications about Field and the transatlantic Cable.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory. University of California.
- Dates:
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1947-1980
bulk 1960-1974
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32 Cubic feet (71 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0612
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of publications issued by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory documenting JPL's work in jet and rocket propulsion, launch vehicle development, and planetary reconnaissance. Most of the material relates to work performed under NASA auspices, but significant material from Army- and Air Force-related research is also included.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. State and Local Government Program
- Dates:
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1973-1979
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 571
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the administrative and program files of the State and Local Government Program. They include correspondence concerning arrangements for dialogues and colloquia, fundraising material, mailing lists, fellowship correspondence, records of advisory committee meetings, texts of papers given at various events, and some c...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
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circa 1952-1989 with related materials from 1883
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-112
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Division of Armed Forces History, as well as material dating back to the Division of Naval History before it merged with the Division of Military History to form the Division of Armed Forces History in 1985. The records primarily include the s...
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National Museum of Natural History. Assistant Director for Automatic Data Processing
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1965-1990
- Size:
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14.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-169
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the development of automated data management systems for the collections of NMNH and other museums, the establishment of data handling and storage standards, and the consolidation of administrative structures to control automation policy at the Smithsonian. They include documentation of the Health, Education and Welfare ...
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Keen, A. Myra (Angeline Myra), 1905-1986
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circa 1918-1985 and undated, with family material dating from 1839
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13.69 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7333
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Perrot, Paul N.
- Dates:
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1976-1983
- Size:
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-103
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This material consists of correspondence and copies of articles received in the course of Perrot's contacts with Theodore F. Kuper, an amateur of American history whom Perrot had known in his days at the Corning Museum; and with Grace Morley, head of the Asia Agency of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). See the May 5, 1993, letter ...
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Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
- Dates:
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1975-2006
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-236
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of program files created and maintained by Nancy J. Fuller. These records cover various symposiums, lectures, workshops and programs, including Fuller's work with ecomuseums and Native American museums. Materials include bibliographies, correspondence, reports and projects, audiotapes, photographs, serials and transcrip...
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National Zoological Park. Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics
- Dates:
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1964-2014
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12.5 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-051
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the research activities and professional files of National Zoological Park (NZP) research scientist and population manager, Dr. Jonathon D. Ballou. Dr. Ballou's research for the NZP Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, and its predecessors, the Office of Zoological Research (circa ...
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National Tribal Chairmen's Association
Toda, Chinzu
Youpee, William
- Dates:
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1971-1978
- Size:
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40 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.014
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National Museum of the American Indian
The files are those of the Washington, D.C., office that were accumulated primarily under William Youpee. Youpee served as the first president of the association and became its executive director in 1972. There are also files accumulated by Chinzu Toda, a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee who was on loan to the National Tribal Chairmen's Association. In 1978, Kenneth E. Black became the executive director. Material created from 1978 to the end of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association are in private hands.