Correspondence
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Astronautics
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1965-1984, with materials dating from circa 1953
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32 cu. ft. (64 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 398
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection deals chiefly with Durant's tenure as Assistant Director for Astronautics at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Perhaps the single topic of greatest interest is the effort to obtain a building for NASM, which was accomplished on July 1, 1976, when the new museum opened. A parallel theme concerns the drive to plan and com...
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March, Benjamin, 1899-1934
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1923-1934
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15 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A1995.10
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Writer, curator, and professor Benjamin Franklin March Jr. (1899-1934) studied, lectured, and wrote in the United States and in China, and through his works gained respect as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art during the 1920s and 1930s. His papers, dating from 1923 to 1934, document his professional and personal life in the United States and in China and include lecture notes and outlines; research notes; diaries; scrapbooks; and photographs.
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Strauber, Alan
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ca. 1990-1999.
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0.2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0517
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Forty-one black and white photoprints, most of which are portraits of jazz, blues, Cajun, and zydeco musicians, plus a few additional subjects.
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Klapthor, Margaret Brown
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circa 1952-1982
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7466
- 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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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Department of Education
- Dates:
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1988-1995
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-009
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of audio recordings of events planned and executed by the Department of Education. Recorded events include symposia, performances, lectures, and exhibition information. Materials include audiotapes.
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
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1976-1998
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-064
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes publications created by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum documenting exhibitions, symposiums, educational programs, and special events. Materials include brochures; pamphlets; questionnaires; postcards; project catalogues; exhibition guides; posters; and flyers.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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July 1-6, 1969
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1969
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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1663-2004
- Size:
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6,500 Items (estimated)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CL.XXXX-0014
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Libraries
Manuscript and printed textual material, photographic prints and negatives, slides, audio tapes, film, original and reproduction artwork, maps, scrapbooks, and historical and natural artifacts related to the history of African exploration and natural history, dating primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes correspondence, drafts of publications, diaries, account books, ephemera, posters, newsclippings, biographies, memoirs, portraits, and the former personal property of selected explorers, big game hunters, missionaries, pioneers, and naturalists in Africa.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
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1860-1908
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19.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 189
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Most of the correspondence is directed to Goode, with lesser amounts to True, Walcott, and Rathbun. Also, a small amount of correspondence is addressed to the Secretary of the Smithsonian, (Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel P. Langley, 1887-1906) but is generally referred to the Assistant Secretary for response. Much of the material is routine cor...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
- Dates:
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2015
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-089
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative activities of Albert G. Horvath during his tenure as Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (January-June 2015), and the records of David J. Skorton, Secretary (July-December 2015). The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums, exhibitions, ...