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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Project Celescope
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1958-1968
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10 cu. ft. (20 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 260
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the operation of Project Celescope from its inception in 1958 until shortly before the launch of the experiment in December 1968. Records include correspondence; memoranda; TWX messages; contracts, invitations, bids and proposals; reports; and related materials concerning the technical development of Celescope; ...
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Agriculture and Mining
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circa 1923-1973
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7 cu. ft. (14 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 240
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records document the activities of the Section of Agriculture, Division of Agriculture and Mining, and its predecessors, and include correspondence, memoranda, exhibit scripts, and reports. Annual reports covering the Sections of Chemical Industries, Chemical Technology, Foods, Manufactures, and Organic Chemistry are also contained in the ...
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Spanish Language Broadcasting Collection
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WKAQ (Television station : San Juan, Puerto Rico)
WNJU (Television station : New York, NY)
Telemundo Group, Inc.
Univisión (Television network)
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1940-2017
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3.5 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 8 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1404
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Spanish language television stations in America, and the Telemundo network.
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Tupper, Earl Silas, 1907-
Tupper Corporation
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2003
1908-1989
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14 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0470
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting inventor Earl S. Tupper, his inventions, Tupperware and the Tupper Company.
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Wheatland, Richard, II, 1923-2009
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1929-1971
bulk 1952-1969
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7.63 Cubic feet (7 records center boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1992.0052
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Collection consists of materials created by and collected by Richard Wheatland II during the period when he served as a Vice President of New York Airways (1953-1968), a helicopter airline operating in the New York City metropolitan area from 1952-1977.
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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
- Repository:
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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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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
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1966-1980, with related records from 1961
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48 cu. ft. (48 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 281
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit documents the tenure of Charles Blitzer as assistant secretary for History and Art from 1973 to 1979. There are also records pertaining to the Office of Education and Training, 1965-1968, which Blitzer had directed. The celebration of the bicentennial of the American Revolution was a major Smithsonian project from 1972 to 197...
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Volk, Leonard Wells, 1828-1895
Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935
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circa 1858-1965
2008
bulk 1870-1935
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12.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.volkleon
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and teacher Douglas Volk (1856-1935) and his father, sculptor Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895), measure 12.4 linear feet and date from circa 1858-1965, 2008, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1935. Douglas Volk's papers document his life and career through biographical material, family and professional correspondence, writings and notes, diaries and journals, financial records, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographs of the artist, his family, friends, and artwork. The papers also provide documentation of the formation and operations of the Sabatos Handicraft Society established with Marion Volk from the Volk's summer home, Hewnoaks, in Center Lovell, Maine. Scattered documentation of the life and work of Leonard Wells Volk, is found in biographical material, land records, letters, memoirs, and photographs.
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Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
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1886-1997
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108 Cubic feet (257 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0666
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document primarily the history of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The company supplied most of the typesetting machines used in the printing industry, both in America and worldwide. As changing technology ended the usefulness of the linotype machine the company pioneered new computer-driven, photo typesetting machines.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1981-1989
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-114
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, development, and execution of television productions for the "Here at the Smithsonian" (HATS) series. Also included are developmental materials for ideas that were not carried through to a full production, as well as material relating to singular projects unrelated to HATS. Su...