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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1888-1940
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0.23 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Wild
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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: Wild West 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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Maertz, J.F., Department Store (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941
Keystone View Company
Rau, William H.
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1887-1930
bulk 1900-1930
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8 Cubic feet ((29 boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0945
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of lantern slides and stereographs produced by several companies: Keystone View Company, Better America Lecture Service, Incorporated, American Press Association, J. Stanley-Brown, William H. Rau, and J. F. Maertz Department Store. The lantern slides were primarily intended to be used for educational presentations about the United States, other countries, history, and society. Many of the slides and stereographs are accompanied by descriptive text and in some instances by small cards--one card for each slide--and in other instances directly on the back of a stereoview. The majority of images were taken from 1900 to 1930.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
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1972-1994
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9 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-158
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document two exhibitions held at the National Portrait Gallery: In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Prologue to the American Revolution, 1760-1774, on view from June 14 through November 17, 1974; and To Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss, which was on view from October 27, 1989 through Apri...
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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1941-2005
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-014
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative and membership activities of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP). Materials include correspondence; information about annual meetings; program schedules; news bulletins; photographs; budget summaries and financial statements; reports; executive committee meeting minutes...
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Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Zinn, Manfredo
Marx, Dick
Nunez, Raul
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1926-1988
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17.4 Cubic feet (86 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0198
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project is the result of a two-year effort supported in part by a gift from Philip Morris, Inc. Sixty oral history interviews and a variety of television commercials, print advertising, promotional materials, packaging, and industry publications were gathered to document Marlboro cigarette advertising. T...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Museum Programs
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1979-1988
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 630
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the operations of the Office of Museum Programs (OMP) and its work in the museum community. Of special interest are records of the Kellogg Project, funded by the Kellogg Foundation in an effort to expand the educational influence of museums.
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Walker, Ernest P. (Ernest Pillsbury), 1891-1969
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circa 1923-1956
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8.08 cu. ft. (14 document boxes) (3 5x8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7161
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers include some correspondence and notes prior to Walker's tenure at the National Zoological Park, as well as working papers on mammalogy and some correspondence dating from his time at the National Zoological Park. In addition there are numerous images of animals.
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Herbert, David, 1920-1995
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circa 1909-1996
bulk 1945-1995
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5.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.herbdavi
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York gallery owner and art dealer David Herbert measure 5.8 linear feet and date from circa 1909-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1945-1995. Herbert's papers document his years working for Betty Parsons Gallery, Sidney Janis Gallery, Graham Gallery, and others; the operation of the David Herbert Gallery from 1959-1962; Herbert's partnerships and agreements with Richard Feigen and others; and his activities as an independent dealer. Records include biographical material, correspondence, notebooks, subject files, artist files, exhibition files, business records, printed material, and photographs.
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ca. 1890-1920.
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0.2 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0686
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately 200 lantern slides, of various scenes in America and Canada, many of them published by railroad lines, presumably to arouse tourist interest in travel by rail. New York State and California are especially emphasized. Some images depict the railroads, railroad stations and railroad equipment. One group of images is from the Nabisco factory.
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Soule, Thayer
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1946-1985
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Film reels (black-and-white silent; color silent, 16mm)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1991.20
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Human Studies Film Archives
Film collection contains 34 travel films from around the world made by Thayer Soule, some of which were made with associates, that he used in presenting travel lectures around the country from 1935 to 1995. He was an associate with Burton Holmes, dean of travel lecturers, from 1946 to 1958. Collection also includes still photographs, publicity ma...