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Davis Photo Co.
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1942
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1 Print (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.86-25A
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National Anthropological Archives
The collection consists of a photograph depicting an exhibit by M. J. W. White at the 1942 convention of the Virginia Medical society in Roanoke, Virginia. The exhibit consisted of artifacts that he collected in the Philippines, including a map, hats, textiles, pots, photographs, jewelry, and weapons. A copy of a newspaper article relating to the e...
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Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
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2005-2011
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-079
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a website for the traveling exhibition, "Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future," which offered a unique history of popular expectations and beliefs about the shape of things to come. The website touches upon the themes of the exhibition and includes a tour schedule and resource links. The tour ...
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National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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1996.
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0649
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Spiral-bound notebooks, in which visitors to the National Museum of American History exhibition "Who's in Charge?" could record their memories of working life.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Registrar
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1981-1991
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-164
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the files created by the Office of the Registrar in the course of their work on fifteen exhibitions shown between 1982 and 1991, including Peace and Friendship: Indian Peace Medals in the United States, on view from January through July 1985; Charles Willson Peale and His World, November 1982 through January 198...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Deputy Director
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1999, 2004, and undated
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-170
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting exhibitions curated by Olga M. Viso, Curator and later Deputy Director (2003-2005). Materials include VHS and digital Betacam videotapes of Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century and VHS videotapes related to Ana Mendieta: Earth Body Sculpture and Performance. Materials also i...
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Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997, interviewee
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1974-1975
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7 audiotapes (Reference copies). 11 digital .mp3 files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9505
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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National Portrait Gallery. Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management
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1986-2004
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-055
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document the work of the Department of Exhibitions and Collections Management in the preparation and development of exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, particularly the movement of art objects on loan both to and from the museum. Exhibitions documented include Andy Warhol's Flash - November ...
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Krause, Erik Hans, 1899-1990
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1936-1975
- Size:
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0.2 Linear feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.krauerik
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Letters; photographs; an inventory of art works; posters; exhibition announcements; clippings; and miscellaneous material.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
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1926-1930, 1954-1988
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10.5 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 383
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include correspondence and memoranda documenting research activities, planning exhibitions for the Hall of Naval History, construction of ship models such as the USS Constitution, arrangements for acquiring the gunboat Philadelphia, studies of the submarine Nautilus and the Sperry Gyro-compass, presentation in 1965 of Sir Fr...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Quincentenary Programs
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1984-1993
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37 cu. ft. (37 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 94-149
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the activities which the Office of Quincentenary Programs coordinated or organized to mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first landfall in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The Quincentenary programs began in 1985 under the coordination of Smithsonian's Directorate of Inte...