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Barrett, Robert LeMoyne, 1871-1969
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1892-1909
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6.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NAA.XXXX.0149
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National Anthropological Archives
Barrett was a traveler, popular writer, and geographer. The material relates largely to his expeditions to Norway, Russia and Siberia (with Roland B. Dixon), Baja California, Inner Asia, Ethiopia, Morocco, the American Southwest, and the Canadian Rockies. Included is correspondence between Dixon and W. M. Davis and a manuscript by Ghulan Rasul Galwan, Barrett's Ladaki caravan leader.
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Martin H. Moynihan Papers
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Moynihan, M.
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1952-1996
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-096
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist primarily of field notes, and include correspondence, photographs, sonograms and spectograms, and a small number of audio tapes. Many of the materials in this collection are available online. View Digitized Materials.
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Watson, Virginia
Watson, James B. (James Bennett), 1918-2009
Cole, J. David, 1941-
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1930-2001
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8.13 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2002-12
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National Anthropological Archives
Virginia Drew Watson was a cultural anthropologist best known for her work in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Her papers attest to a variety of interests related to culture and culture change, drawing on resources both archaeological and ethnographic. This collection contains catalogs, correspondence, drawings, field notes, grant proposals, manuscripts, maps, photographs, publications, reports, and slides. The majority of the field work relates to her work in Papua New Guinea, both with her husband (James B. Watson) and with J. David Cole, but there are also materials related to her work in Brazil.
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Roebling, Charles Gustavus, 1849-1918
Roebling, Ferdinand W. (Ferdinand William), 1842-1917
John A. Roebling's Sons Company
Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869
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1836-1975
bulk 1930-1950
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18.5 Cubic feet (62 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0981
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the work of the John A. Roebling's Sons Company, builders of bridges. The materials consist primarily of photograph albums documenting some of the bridges, tramways, ski lifts and chair lifts that Roebling's Sons Company was involved with. The documentation also includes specifications, patents, and reference materials about the engineering process of building bridges and bridges in general.
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2010, 2013
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0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9624
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives (SIA) 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. Progra...
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Gates, Margaret Casey, 1903-1989
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1934-1988
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- AAA.gatemarg
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Washington, D.C. painter Margaret Casey Gates date from 1934-1988, and measure 1.0 linear foot. Gates' papers document her work as a painter, her projects for the New Deal federal arts programs, the Phillips Memorial Gallery and its art school, where she attended school and later worked as secretary and where her husband Robert Franklin Gates was a teacher, and the Washington, D.C. arts scene. Found are scattered correspondence, seven sketchbooks by Gates and two sketchbooks of her divorced husband Robert Franklin Gates. Miscellaneous notes and writings, a scrapbook, printed material, and photographs of Gates, her husband, friends, artwork, and views of the Virgin Islands are also included in the papers.
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Simmons, Ozzie G.
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1949-1966
1980
bulk 1950-1953
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5.25 Linear feet (Six document boxes (including one box of restricted materials), four card file boxes, and one oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1997-10
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National Anthropological Archives
Ozzie G. Simmons (1919--988) served as field director in Peru for the Bureau of American Ethnology's Institute of Social Anthropology (ISA) from 1949 to 1952 and as Consulting Anthropologist for the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, Chile. The papers in this collection mainly concern his field research on the role of alcohol in the community of Lunahuaná, Peru. The collection also contains draft manuscripts on the activities of the public health service in Lima and Chimbote, Peru, and his study of medical centers in Chile.
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Du Jardin, Gussie, 1918-2006
Udall, Sharyn Rohlfsen
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1983 October 11
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2 Items (sound files, digital, wav file)
16 Pages (Transcript)
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website
- Collection ID:
- AAA.dujard83
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Gussie Du Jardin conducted 1983 October 11, by Sharyn R. Udall, for the Archives of American Art.
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Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
Doud, Richard Keith
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1963-1965
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159 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.stryke63
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Roy Emerson Stryker conducted 1963-1965, by Richard Doud, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home, in Montrose, Colorado.
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Herbert, James Arthur, 1938-
Pennington, Estill Curtis
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1981 Oct. 1
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1 Item (sound file Sound recording, digital, wav file)
16 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.herber81
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Archives of American Art
An interview with James Arthur Herbert conducted 1981 Oct. 1, by Estill Curtis Pennington, for the Archives of American Art.
