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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Paleobiology
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1950-2000
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-055
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of incoming and outgoing memoranda among the Department of Paleobiology and Smithsonian bureaus, offices and staff; and correspondence among departmental staff and non-Smithsonian researchers and colleagues. Chairmen of the Department during this period included G. Arthur Cooper, 1963-1967; Porter M. Kier, 1967-1972; ...
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Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
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1835-2003
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-009
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Frank A. Taylor (1903-2007) was a Curator of Engineering and Industries and an administrator at the Smithsonian. He was born in 1903 in Washington, D.C., where he grew up. Taylor began his career at the Smithsonian in 1922 as a Laboratory Apprentice in the Division of Mechanical Technology of the United States National Museum (USNM). After ...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Director
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1981-2000
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15.5 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-174
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Milo Cleveland Beach, Director, 1987-2001, documenting participation in professional associations; donations to endowment funds; events held for, or by, the Freer Gallery of Art (FGA); development; fellowships and grants; affiliated museums, universities, and institutions; strategic ...
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American Association of Museums. Registrars Committee
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1985-2008
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-279
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative activities of the Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums. The Registrars Committee's mission is to foster understanding, communication, and cooperation among registrars and other museum professionals; increase professionalism through training, education, and...
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National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History
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1981-1985
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10.8 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 86-155
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document research for the major permanent exhibition in the museum, After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800, which opened in 1985. Included are scripts; contracted research reports by non-museum historians; graphics files for logos and stationery; public relations and educational t...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of the Director
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1979-1999
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3 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-182
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Milo Cleveland Beach, Director, 1987-2001, documenting relations between the Sackler Family and the Freer Gallery of Art (FGA) and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (AMSG) through the Director, acquisitions to the Sackler collection, the Sackler/Smithsonian Institution Agreement, Sackler ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Albert Einstein Planetarium
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circa 1957-1989
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 356
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of administrative records, such as reports, correspondence, and attendance records, in addition to records concerning each show, such as scripts, correspondence, and proposals. The actual audio and video tapes are in Record Unit 520. Material from the 1950s and 1960s concerns a proposed Washington Planetarium.
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Herder Cutlery Collection
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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life
Herder Cutlery, Inc.
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1836 - 1976
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3 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0050
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents through corporate records, correspondence, financial records, news clippings, personal papers, photographs, and sales records of several Herder family cutlery businesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Exhibitions and Public Spaces
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1987-2007
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22 cu. ft. (22 record storage boxes) (4 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-030
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials related to the development, research, and production of exhibitions at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), both at the Mall museum site and at the George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) in New York, New York. Exhibitions covered include The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna o...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1975-1979
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 87-156
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the exhibition Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940. Materials include correspondence with lenders, lender information sheets, photographs of works of art exhibited, photocopies of exhibition labels, exhibition catalog reproduction rights requests/forms, catalog photo orders, e...