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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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1968-2010
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-021
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, press kits, photographs, slides, transparencies, scripts, itineraries, floor plans, checklists, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes, and ...
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Exhibition Records
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circa 1955-1990 and undated
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31.73 cu. ft. (31 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 363
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit contains a variety of records documenting the planning, design, and production of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the NMNH. It also contains smaller amounts of records concerning exhibitions held at the National Museum of History and Technology, National Air and Space Museum, National Collection of Fine Arts, Anacostia ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
- Dates:
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1965-1972
- Size:
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28 cu. ft. (28 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 104
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records contain correspondence, memoranda, and related material concerning the administration of bureaus listed above, as well as material concerning relationships with other Smithsonian offices. Also included are some files from Blitzer's previous position as Director of the Office of Education and Training.
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Porter, Fairfield
- Dates:
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1888-2001
bulk 1924-1975
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9.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.portfair
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York-based painter, lithographer, art critic, and poet Fairfield Porter measure 9.3 linear feet and date from 1888 to 2001, with the bulk of material dating from 1924 to 1975. Papers document Porter's life and career through correspondence, writings, business records, printed materials, photographs, and artwork.
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1976-1982
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8.5 cu. ft. (17 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 324
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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1989-2003
- Size:
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-245
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the subject files of Nancy J. Bechtol, Director, Horticulture Services Division (HSD), 1995-2002, and document her work as director and her relationship with other offices and museums throughout the Smithsonian Institution, her involvement in special events, her association with professional associations, and her ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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Ongoing
- Size:
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42 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1183.J
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
- Dates:
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1979-1983, 1988, 2008
- Size:
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-066
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the various aspects of exhibition development, planning, design and publicity for the exhibition, Champions of American Sport. This was the first major art exhibit devoted to outstanding American sports personalities and to the aesthetic qualities of sport and human movement. It consisted ...
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Dunn, S. Watson (Samuel Watson), -1997 (Professor)
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1840-1986, undated
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0366
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection primarily consists of advertisements, ephemera, and promotional materials collected by S. Watson Dunn. In addition, there is literature relating to advertising history, correspondence, phonograph records, and unpublished papers.
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United Telegraph Workers.
Western Union Telegraph Company
- Dates:
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circa 1820-1995
- Size:
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452 Cubic feet (871 boxes and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0205
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents in photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks, correspondence, stock ledgers, annual reports, and financial records, the evolution of the telegraph, the development of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and the beginning of the communications revolution. The collection materials describe both the history of the company and of the telegraph industry in general, particularly its importance to the development of the technology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection is useful for researchers interested in the development of technology, economic history, and the impact of technology on American social and cultural life.
