American Gardens Collection
The American gardens collection, a component of the Archives of American Gardens (AAG), includes holdings not associated with other major collections in the archives. The slides, photographs, plans, and files in this collection come from various private donors. Individual sub-units typically depict a single garden.
Harold Casselton and Ted Larson films
Larson, Ted M., 1940-2000
Collection consists of 15 35mm nitrate and acetate films collected by Harold "Rusty" Casselton and Ted Larson and transferred from AFI. Titles include: Bayou Songsters, Beautiful Bermuda, Bird Islands of Peru, A Bit of Life in Java, Brazil's Gift, [Crayfish], Familiar Food from Foreign Folk, Kineto Review #57, Kineto Review, The Masai, The …
Heritage Month Program Audiovisual Records
This accession consists of audio and video of Heritage Month programs, including Hispanic Heritage Month, Women's History Month, National American Indian Heritage Month, Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and African American History Month. Materials include video tapes and audio cassettes. This collection also includes scanned images and audio files on …
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1994 Festival of American Folklife
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.
David M. Brown Papers
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States. Navy
bulk 1980-2002
The David M. Brown Papers consist of almost twelve cubic feet of archival material documenting his career as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon, naval aviator, and NASA astronaut. It includes Brown's diaries, manuals, checklists, certificates, workbooks, notebooks, and related training materials.
Audiotapes
This accession consists of master cassette audiotapes of educational programs and meetings presented by the various program offices within the Smithsonian Associates.
Robert M. Fletcher slide collection
The Robert M. Fletcher Collection contains 268 35mm color slides documenting Southern California gardens designed by landscape architect Robert M. Fletcher.
Anna J. Cooper: a voice from the South exhibition records
An exhibition on Anna J. Cooper, Washington D. C. educator and author. It was organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum and held there from February 1981 to September 1982. Louise Daniel Hutchinson served as curator. These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of the exhibition. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit scripts, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, and floor plans.
Special Event Records
This accession consists of records documenting opening receptions, dinners, fundraising events, symposia, and other special events at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Materials include invitations, reply pieces, save the date cards, programs, photographs, and related materials.
The Garden Club of America collection - Lake Forest Garden Club series
4 autochromes and 159 35mm slides that document the gardens of Ellen (Mrs. John) Stuart of Winnetka, Illinois and Ellen and Devillo R. Holt ("Homestead") of Lake Forest, Illinois.
