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National Postal Museum
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1915-1991
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4.5 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 580
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of staff correspondence and memoranda of the National Postal Museum and its predecessors; early photographs of exhibitions; planning information for the Hall of Philately; newspaper clippings, articles, and research files documenting the origin and extensive history of the National Postal Museum; proposals, preliminary ...
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William T. Sherman collection of Alexander Gardner photographs
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
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1866-1868
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61 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.077
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National Museum of the American Indian
Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) was a photographer best known for his portraits of President Abraham Lincoln, his American Civil War photographs, and his photographs of American Indian delegations. This collection contains 61 albumen prints that were shot by Gardner circa 1866-1868 and held in General William T. Sherman's personal collection. Photographs depict American Indian tribes and Peace Commissioners involved in the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty; photographs shot along the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division in 1867; and photographs of American Indian delegations visiting Washington, D. C. from 1866-1868.
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Smithsonian Libraries
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2016
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-033
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the online exhibition "The Art of African Exploration" located on the Smithsonian Libraries website as it existed on July 18, 2016. Materials are in electronic format.
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Douglas, Stephen A., 1912- ((World War II soldier))
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1942-1945
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0755
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection is divided into two series. Series 1: Illustrated Envelopes contains envelopes drawn by Stephen Douglas and mounted on mat boards. This type of painted envelope is also called "patriotic." See Lawrence Sherman, United States Patriotic Envelopes of World War II, 2006. Series 2: Unit History, documents the engineers in the South We...
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Roko Gallery
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1929-1982
bulk 1970-1978
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6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rokogall
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Archives of American Art
The Roko Gallery records measure six linear feet and date from 1929-1982, with the bulk of the records dating from 1970-1978. Founded by Michael Leon Freilich in 1946, the records of this New York contemporary art gallery consist primarily of artists files. Also found are scattered correspondence, business and financial records, a subject file, exhibition files, seven scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs of Frielich, friends, and of artwork.
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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
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2008-2011
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-038
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a website and blog maintained by the National Portrait Gallery. The main National Portrait Gallery website, crawled on May 8, 2012, includes information on exhibitions, collections, visiting, events, educational activities, publications, research projects, and donating. The website also includes online exhibitions. ...
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Lanux, Eyre de
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1865-1995
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10.6 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lanueyre
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Archives of American Art
The papers of portrait painter, writer, and designer, Eyre de Lanux (1894-1996) measure 10.6 linear feet and date from 1865 to 1995. The papers include biographical materials, personal business records, sixty-four diaries dating from 1922 through 1988, writings and notes, research files, printed materials, artwork, and photographs of Eyre de Lanux, her family, and friends. There is extensive correspondence with her husband Pierre de Lanux and her long-time lover Paolo Casagrande, as well as with other friends and family.
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Christian Heurich Brewing Company (Washington, D.C.)
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1883 - 1913
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2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1104
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of three unbound volumes of invoices, orders, and receipts from manufacturers and importers of beer-related supplies purchased by Christian Heurich Brewing Company of Washington, D.C., 1883-1913.
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Heldman, Donald
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Fall 1967-Spring 1968
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23 photographs (b&w.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2011-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Dr. Donald P. Heldman of Gambela (Ethiopia) and surrounding neighborhoods. Images primarily depict a port on the Baro River, Etang Village, and Annuak people fishing, canoeing, smoking, bathing, and carrying food and wood.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Johnson, Frederick, 1904-1994
Dockstader, Frederick J.
Churchill, Frank C. (Frank Carroll), 1850-1912
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1890-1998
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400 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001
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National Museum of the American Indian
These records document the governance and programmatic activities of the Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation (MAI) from its inception in 1904 until its sublimation by the Smithsonian Institution in 1990. The types of materials present in this collection include personal and institutional correspondence, individual subject files, minutes and annual reports, financial ledgers, legal records, expedition field notes, research notes, catalog and object lists, publications, clippings, flyers, maps, photographs, negatives and audio-visual materials. These materials span a varied range of subjects relating to the activities of the museum which are more fully described on the series level.