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United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island
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1918-1964
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6.5 cu. ft. (13 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 134
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the creation and development of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, from preliminary discussions in 1918 to the selection of a site on, and reservation of, Barro Colorado Island in 1923, and its subsequent development as a center for research into the ecology of the American tropics. The records include cor...
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Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
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circa 1865-1900
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2 Items
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0515
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two small portrait busts of young African American men or boys. One wears a jacket and tie. The other tintype, in somewhat worse condition, is bent and abraded and has a hole in the top, and shows a young man wearing a broad-brimmed hat, vest, and jacket, no tie. No indication of photographer's identity.
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Mechau, Frank, 1904-1946
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1934-1940
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8 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mechfran
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Archives of American Art
Three letters from Edward B. Rowan, about Mechau's work as a Public Works of Art artist in Colorado; and five contracts for murals to be painted.
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John Wetherill lantern slides
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Wetherill, John
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1892
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42 Lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.106
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains glass lantern slides shot by rancher and explorer John Wetherill (1866-1944). The photographs depict Ancestral Puebloan sites in southwestern U.S., as well as photos of Diné (Navajo) and Ute men and women.
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Jeançon, Jean Allard
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1924
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71 Pages
61 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1715
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National Anthropological Archives
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Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Milhau, John J.
Oatman, Olive Ann
Mowry, Sylvester, 1830-1871
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1856
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22 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1043
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National Anthropological Archives
Includes Gibbs' draft of the same, 3 pages. "Map of the Indian Tribes in the neighborhood of Fort Yuma, Cal.," document 1 page. "Notes on the Indians of the Colorado," by Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry, Third Artillery. Fort Yuma, Calif. March 23, 1856. Autograph document signed. 10 pages including note of transmittal on page 8. (21 pages, total)
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Roberts, Frank H. H. (Frank Harold Hanna), 1897-1966
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1930
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3078
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National Anthropological Archives
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Haverstick, J. E.
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1894
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6 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1045
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National Anthropological Archives
Contains 99 items of general vocabulary, Mohave-English. Explains spelling system used.
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Antlers Hotel (Colo.)
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1887 May
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2 Items
- Collection ID:
- AAA.antlhote
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Archives of American Art
Two menus from hotel restaurants, one from "The Antlers" in Colorado Springs (dated May 3, 1887); the other from "The Windsor" in Denver (dated May 1, 1887). Reverse of Antlers menu has a wood engraving of The Antlers, a hotel, annotated in pencil with lines pointing to "our room" and "parlor floor."
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Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
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circa 1871
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45 Stereographs (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.76-131
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National Anthropological Archives
Stereographs published by the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, documenting canyons along the Green and Colorado Rivers and surveyors. Although the images in this collection are credited to Powell and A. H. Thompson, the primary photographers on these surveys were John K. Hillers, E. O. Beaman, and James Fennemore. Th...