Edgar S. Gorrell Collection
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Gorrell, Edgar S. (Edgar Staley), 1891-1945
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1893-1943
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3.95 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0057
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains documents relating mainly to Gorrell's activities as president of the Air Transportation Association of America. The materials include copies of Gorrell's addresses and Congressional testimony, as well as press clippings concerning Gorrell's activities. The collection also includes albums of World War I vintage photographs collected by or presented to Gorrell.
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Wood, Arthur Bernie, 1921-1986
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1942-2001
bulk 1960-1969
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10 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0962
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A. (Arthur) Bernie Wood (1921-1986) was an advertising designer, consultant, and inventor actively involved in the development of the restaurant franchise industry in America during the 1960s and 1970s. Particularly notable is his work with marketing, promotion, and merchandising for the McDonald's Corporation during its formative years.
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Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
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circa 1926-1982 and undated
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29.78 cu. ft. (27 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 16x20 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7449
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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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Brooks, Robert A. (Robert Angus), 1920-1976
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1926-1976
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6 cu. ft. (12 document boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7304
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection documents the different stages in Robert Brooks's education and career. Most of the material is professional in nature; there are few intimately personal letters or recordings. Much of the collection consists of business correspondence, notes, and financial records, as well as personal memorabilia, poetry and poetry translation...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Engineering and Operations
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2000-2005
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199.35 cu. ft. (98 record storage boxes) (220 blueprint storage boxes) (4.55 non-standard size boxes) (12 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-113
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes project files documenting the construction of National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; budget summaries; submittals; manuals; specifications; photographs; floor plans; construction schedules; field and daily reports; and meeting minutes. Each listing inc...
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O'Grady, G. N. (Geoffrey N.)
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1949-2007
bulk 1957-1998
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Plus 3 oversize boxes, 4 record storage boxes, and 3 map folders
11.8 Linear feet (24 document boxes and 3 card file boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2010-30
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection is comprised of the professional papers of linguistic anthropologist Geoffrey O'Grady. Included are research materials consisting of field notes and notebooks, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, annotated copies of other scholars' work, photographs, and sound recordings. The materials in this collection document ...
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Taylor, Frank A, (Frank Augustus), 1903- interviewee
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1974, 1979-1980, 1982, 2005
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26 audiotapes (reference). 45 digital .mp3 files (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9512
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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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Simmons Company
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1892-2000
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9 Film reels
88 Cubic feet (172 boxes, 16 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0731
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1 includes: news articles about the company and the Simmons family; photographs of the machinery, factories, factory workers, products and showrooms; annual reports; various corporate periodicals; audit reports; patents; and materials relating to sleep research conducted by Simmons. Series 2 includes product catalogues, scrapbooks of adverti...
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Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
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1921-1981, 1996
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1.88 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 16x20 box) (0.19 non- standard size boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-126
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of papers of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. Joseph Hirshhorn was born in Latvia in 1899 and immigrated to the United States in 1905 with his mother and siblings. At twelve, Mr. Hirshhorn left school to sell newspapers and by fourteen he was working in the firm that would later become the American Stock Exchange. At seventeen, ...
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Lynch, Owen M., 1931-2013
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1945-2012
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132 sound recordings
43 Linear feet (83 boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2013-11
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The papers of Owen M. Lynch (1931-2013) contain his research and fieldwork on marginalized castes in India, and in particular highlight his work among the Dalits, or Untouchables, in Agra. The collection consists of field notes, surveys, interviews, maps, drawings, manuscript notes and drafts, language materials, subject files, day planners, correspondence, university papers, conference symposium and panel materials, photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, and electronic records.