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National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division
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1980-2014
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4.58 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-177
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by David H. DeVorkin, Curator, 1981- , documenting a variety of topics including educational and public programming related to exhibitions; collections management and loans; lecture series; and the Albert Einstein Planetarium. Particularly well-documented are educational aspects of the ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Vertebrate Paleontology
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circa 1947-1974 and undated
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6.15 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 3x5 box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 424
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting the operation of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, circa 1955-1974. Also included are plans of operation, circa 1947-1960; public inquiries for identification of specimens and information; and glass plate negatives which document the field work of Frederick W...
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Buhl (Buhl-Verville Aircraft Co, Buhl Aircraft Co)
Verville, Alfred V.
Verville Aircraft Company
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1886-1969
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53.375 Linear feet (102 containers: 89 legal size document boxes, 2 shoeboxes, 10 flatboxes, 1 large format folder)
5 Film reels (1 35mm, two 16mm, and 2 8mm films)
50.008 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0173
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains Verville's personal papers. The material relates mainly to his various aeronautical concerns as well as his involvement with military aviation. The collection includes a large number of photos tracing the development of Curtiss aircraft and Naval Aviation, and especially documenting the design, construction, and flights of a replica of the Navy's first aircraft, the Curtiss A-1 'Triad', built under Verville's direction by the Bureau of Aeronautics to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Naval Aviation in 1961. Also included are a large number of blueprints and photos of Verville-designed aircraft, especially those developed by the Verville Aircraft Co. in 1928 - 1931
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National Portrait Gallery, Dept. of Design and Production
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circa 1977-1988
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4.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 552
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records consist of departmental correspondence; memoranda; manuscripts; exhibition layouts, gallery floor plans, and blueprints of interior spaces; drawing notes and sketches; lighting designs; production schedules; exhibition project submittals; photographs, slides, and negatives; exhibition catalogs; and newspaper clippings. The rec...
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Oceanography and Limnology Program (Smithsonian Institution)
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1962-1974, with related records to 1977
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26.58 cu. ft. (26 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 273
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists primarily of records documenting the scientific activities of OLP, 1970-1974, and its predecessors - the Assistant Director for Oceanography, NMNH, 1962-1966, and the Office of Oceanography and Limnology, 1966-1970. The records were mostly created by Wallen, Aron, and Higgins, with smaller amounts of material document...
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Smithsonian Associates
- Dates:
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1988-1997
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-067
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of master cassette audiotapes of programs presented by the various program offices within the Smithsonian Associates.
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National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of Exhibition and Design
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1964-1978
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 448
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence, photographs, and slides which document the design and installation of exhibitions at the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) and the Renwick Gallery. Of special interest are records concerning the Patent Office Building (POB) Opening, 1968 and the exhibition America as Art, 1976. The records al...
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National Air and Space Museum
- Dates:
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circa 1988-1995
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15 cu. ft. (15 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-140
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a collection of files documenting the Enola Gay exhibition and aspects of the controversy which followed. The files include the correspondence of the Director of the Museum, Martin Harwit; the Department of Aeronautics; the curator, Michael Neufeld; and the Exhibit Project Coordinator, Victor Govier. Also included ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany
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1955-2009
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-267
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the career of Stanwyn G. Shetler. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, exhibition files, symposia and conference records, biographical information, lectures, writings, project files, photographs, field notes and lists, clippings and brochures.
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Rosenberg, Dorothy
- Dates:
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1963-1984
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9 cu. ft. (18 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7447
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Dorothy Rosenberg Papers include materials collected by Rosenberg both as a consultant researching the history of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, 1826-1984, from 1980 to 1984; and also naturally during her tenure as Executive Assistant to Secretary S. Dillon Ripley from 1973 to 1980. The first portion of the papers consi...