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Gates, Adelia
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1879-1898 and undated
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3.07 cu. ft. (2 document boxes) (3 16x20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7312
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of 327 watercolors of flowers painted by Adelia Gates. It represents a fragment of a collection of 502 Gates watercolors donated to the Smithsonian by Eleanor Lewis in 1913. Approximately 175 watercolors are missing. The paintings cover a wide range of native and exotic plants and a majority of the studies were made in...
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National Museum of Natural History, Division of Crustacea
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circa 1932-1965 and undated
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-041
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the professional activities of Fenner Albert Chace, Zoologist Emeritus, Division of Crustacea, 1965-1998. Papers pertain mostly to his career prior to joining the Smithsonian, his research and fieldwork, writings, and his affiliation with fellow scholars and professional organizations in the ...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Department of Administration and Museum Support Services
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1971-1989
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3.73 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (46 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-044
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Between 1986 and 1989 the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) considered building an addition. Many schemes were considered, all prepared by The Architects Collaborative (TAC) of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The most fully developed scheme is the 7th Street Addition. Other design schemes are: Wraparound Scheme A, Wraparound Scheme C...
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Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911
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1879-1903 and undated
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7249
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence concerning the transfer of Scudder's insect collection from the Hayden Survey to the United States National Museum; notebooks of Tertiary insect drawings; and a catalog and list of fossil insects, and notes.
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Collected Manuscripts, Correspondence, Drawings, Photographs, and Notes on Invertebrate Zoology
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United States National Museum
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1871-1951 and undated
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8.98 cu. ft. (13 document boxes) (2 half document boxes) (3 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7260
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of field notes; drawings and sketches; photographs; manuscripts; research notes; and specimen lists relating to invertebrate zoology, especially crustacea. Also included is a small amount of correspondence of Wesley Roswell Coe, 1950-1951, and Harriett Richardson, 1906-1914. Of special interest are photographs of the ...
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Central Engineering Dept
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1978-1996
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73 cu. ft. (73 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-063
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of contract files dealing with the research, development, and construction of the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), now known as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory; and its components; the High Resolution Camera (HRC); the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS); and its two transmission grating spectrometers, ...
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Whipple, Fred L. (Fred Lawrence), 1906-2004
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1948-2000
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-044
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes Whipple's Curriculum Vitae, correspondence, materials regarding his work in comet work groups and committees, proposals, reports, technical notes and memos, and journal articles. For related materials please see Record Unit 7431 and accessions 03-137 and 04-183.
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Klingenberg Litho Company, Detmold, Germany
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[ca. 1920-1930]
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0.1 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0109
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This accession is a cigar box proof of the famous aviatrix in her purple flying outfit. This proof is an example of the kind of artwork offered to cigar manufacturers for use on the inside of the lid of the box. This particular proof was produced by Klingenberg Litho Company, Detmold, Germany.
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Watson, Sereno, 1826-1892
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
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1872 and before
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3 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS816
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National Anthropological Archives
With letter of transmittal. Contains 64 terms in Paviotso [collected in Nevada]. Letter of transmittal written at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and dated March 18, 1872.
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circa 1890-1906
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5 Negatives (glass)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.73-26E
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National Anthropological Archives
Portraits of Samuel Pierpont Langley, probably made by a Smithsonian photographer.