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Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979
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1833-1980
bulk 1900-1980
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8.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dasbandr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter Andrew Dasburg and his wife and sculptor Grace Mott Johnson date from 1833 to 1980 (bulk 1900 to 1980), and measure 8.8 linear feet. The collection documents each artist's career and personal lives, including their brief marriage and their friendships with many notable artists in the New Mexico and New York art colonies during the early twentieth century. The papers of Dasburg (6 linear feet) and Johnson (2.8 linear feet) include biographical materials; extensive correspondence with family, friends, and fellow artists, such as John F. Carlson, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Marsden Hartley, Henry Lee McFee, and Ward Lockwood; writings by Dasburg, Johnson, and others; scattered legal, financial, and business records; clippings; exhibition materials; numerous photographs of Johnson and Dasburg, friends, family, and artwork; and original artwork, including two sketchbooks by Johnson.
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United States. War Production Board.
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1943-1945
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2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0341
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of the War Production Board concerning watches (including clocks and timers) so that both the civilian population and the military would be supplied with adequate and reliable timepieces.
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1865–1869
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67 Microfilm
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M1048
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
This collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 67 rolls of microfilm described in NARA publication M1048. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Virginia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869. The records consist of 40 bound volumes and 51 linear feet of unbound documents. The bound volumes include letters and endorsements sent, registers of letters received, orders and circulars issued, and some personnel records. The unbound records consist primarily of letters and reports received.
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Ulrich, E. O. (Edward Oscar), 1857-1944
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circa 1880-1938 and undated
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4.26 cu. ft. (7 document boxes) (1 half document box) (1 3x5 box) (1 5x8 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7332
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The 1879 act establishing the United States Geological Survey (USGS) declares, "And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, and fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer nee...
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Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918
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circa 1883-1973
bulk 1883-1918
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1.2 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.caffchar
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The scattered papers of art critic and writer Charles Henry Caffin measure 1.2 linear feet and date from circa 1883-1973, bulk circa 1883-1918. Found within the papers are an interview transcript, two letters, printed materials, one scrapbook, and family photographs dating from circa 1883 to circa 1911, many by noted photographers Arnold Genthe, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Gertrude Käsebier, Edward Steichen, and Alfred Stieglitz. The scrapbook contains Caffin's columns for the New York American, 1913-1915.
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Keck, Charles, 1875-1951
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circa 1905-circa 1954
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8.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.keckchar
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York City sculptor Charles Keck (1875-1951) measure 8.6 linear feet and date from circa 1905-circa 1954. The papers provide scattered documentation of Keck's life through thirteen letters, two speeches, lists of artwork with price and sales information, printed material, and photographic material, including photos of Keck and his studio, and a collection of 1003 glass plate negatives, primarily of Keck's artwork, which document the wide range of work he produced throughout his prolific career.
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Gikow, Ruth, 1915-1982
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1933-1982
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2.4 Linear feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gikoruth
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Biographical material, letters, financial material, an interview transcript, notes, writings, a scrapbook, printed material, photographs, and an audio tape document Gikow's career as a painter of social commentary.
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Kohen, Helen L.
- Dates:
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1978-1996
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kohehele
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Miami art critic Helen Kohen date from 1978 through 1996 and contain letters, postcards, exhibition announcements and invitations, and seventy-four untranscribed interviews of artists, dealers, and collectors in the Miami area.
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
McGee, W J, 1853-1912
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Harrington, John Peabody, 1884-1961
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Ca. 1877; and 1903-1911
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1 Portfolio
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3898
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National Anthropological Archives
Folder 1: Powell to Whitney, July 17, 1877 (Copy) Whiteney to Powell, July 25, 1877 (Draft) Powell to Whitney, July 31, 1877 (Draft) List of vowel and consonant symbols, with definitions, from Whitney (so identified in George Gibb's hand--MCB); undated copy of draft of Whitneyʹs manuscript which is also in the Yale manuscripts. It was subsequently ...
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J&B Manufacturing Company.
Huldah's Brook, Inc.
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1903-1924.
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4 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0563
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers documenting J&B's manufacture and marketing of automobile parts to car dealers, jobbers and small retailers; correspondence, information on the supply of auto parts to Latin America, reports from jobbers, and information on parts developed and patented by J&B; information on the company itself, including documentation on factory floor operat...