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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1795-1965
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6.1 Cubic feet (consisting of 7.5 boxes, 3 folders, 87 oversized folders, 46 map case folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Newspapers
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Newspapers forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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William J. Hammer Collection
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Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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circa 1847-1989
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36 Cubic feet (124 boxes, 3 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0069
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Original documents and papers generated by William J. Hammer and by various companies and individuals with whom he was associated. Includes material related to the research and inventions of Edison, Bell, Tesla, the Curies, etc.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1619-1965
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4.7 Cubic feet (consisting of 8.5 boxes, 1 folder, 17 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Ladies
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Ladies' Clothing forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Coxe Brothers and Company, Inc. (Drifton, Pennsylvania)
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Extractive Industries
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1830-1997
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100 Cubic feet (55 boxes, 107 map folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1002
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the Coxe Brothers and Company Inc., an anthracite coal producer in Pennsylvania.
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Hauber, Joseph R.
Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-2010
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1866-2009, undated
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285 Cubic feet (600 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1211
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One of the most comprehensive collections of material relating to musical stage and film productions, the collection consists of an assortment of material including sheet music written specifically for or included in stage and screen musicals, television programs, Big Band performances, and radio. Some productions may have been produced under more ...
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Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
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circa 1814-1897 and undated, with related materials to 1925
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15.43 cu. ft. (30 document boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7050
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The bulk of the George Brown Goode Collection (Record Unit 7050) predates the establishment of the present-day Smithsonian Institution Archives. A small addition of autograph letters was received from the Division of Political History, National Museum of American History in 1983 under accession number 83-081.
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Ottenberg, Simon
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between 1978-1992
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3145 Slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2005-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection primarily includes photographs of Limba peoples taken by anthropologist Simon Ottenberg during field research in northern Sierra Leone within Bafodea Town, the capital of Wara Wara Bafodea Chiefdom, and Guinea, from October 1978 through July 1980. The collection also includes photographs taken while conducting field research at an Afikpo village-group, in southeastern Nigeria, from January 30, 1988 to February 5, 1988 and in 1992.
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National Museum of Natural History. Environmental Awareness Program
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1988-1995
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-011
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists primarily of records that document the concept, design, and installation of the Environmental Awareness Program's (EAP) traveling exhibition Ocean Planet, which opened at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) on April 22, 1995. The exhibit, which is meant to heighten the public's awareness of conservation i...
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Clark, George Howard, 1881-1956
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circa 1880-1950
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220 Cubic feet (534 boxes, 25 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0055
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection forms a documentary record of over half a century of the history of radio, with the greatest emphasis on the period 1900-1935. The collection includes materials that span the entire history of the growth of the radio industry. It is useful for those historians and other researchers interested in technological development, economic history, and the impact of applications of technology on American life.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1974-1976
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-106
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records pertaining to The Dye is Now Cast: The Road to American Independence, an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from April 19-November 16, 1975. Materials include photographs, loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, notes, scripts, labels, and reports.
