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Baker, C. F. (Charles Fuller), 1872-1927
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1913-1927
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1 cu. ft. (2 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7113
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of correspondence with collaborators, and a few papers, notes, and reprints dealing with Baker's collection interests, which were focused largely on the central and south Pacific, southeast Asia, and Australia. There is almost no reference to any of Baker's official employments.
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Boucot, A. J. (Arthur James), 1924-
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1948-1975, 1990
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6.5 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-182
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the correspondence of Arthur J. Boucot, a geologist and paleontologist who spent the majority of his career at Oregon State University. Boucot donated some of his specimens to the National Museum of Natural History. Materials include correspondence, manuscripts, notes, maps, illustrations, postcards, photographs, ...
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of Exhibitions
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1974-1976
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-106
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records pertaining to The Dye is Now Cast: The Road to American Independence, an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from April 19-November 16, 1975. Materials include photographs, loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, notes, scripts, labels, and reports.
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United States National Museum. Division of Cryptogams
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1946-1951
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 228
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence (1946-1951) that documents, in part, the history of the United States National Museum, Department of Botany, Division of Cryptogams, while George Albert Llano was an associate curator with the Division (1948-1951), as well as Llano's scientific activities and personal matters. Materi...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1848-1963
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0.82 Cubic feet (consisting of 1.5 boxes, 5 folders, 2 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Engineering
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Engineering forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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La Barre, Weston, 1911-1996
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1934-1970
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7 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1976-057
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National Anthropological Archives
Raoul Weston La Barre was an anthropologist and ethnologist who is best known for his work with ethnobotany, his work on Native American religion, and for applying psychiatric and psychoanalytic theories to ethnography. This collection primarily contains materials relating to his 1935-1936 field work in Oklahoma and 1937-1938 field work in Bolivia, but also contains materials relating to his interest in the use of peyote and other hallucinogenic drugs which dates through the 1960s.
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Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991
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1885-1991
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20.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.taylpren
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Archives of American Art
The collection measures 20.4 linear feet, dates from 1885 to 1991 (bulk dates 1908-1986) and documents the career of Harlem Renaissance lithographer, teacher, and painter Prentiss Taylor. The collection consists primarily of subject/correspondence files (circa 16 ft.), reflecting Prentiss' career as a lithographer and painter, his association with figures prominent in the Harlem Renaissance, notably Carl Van Vechten and Langston Hughes, his activities as president of the Society of Washington Printmakers and other art organizations, his work in art therapy treating mental illness, and his teaching position at American University. The subject files contain mostly correspondence, but many include photographs and printed material. Also included are biographical, financial, legal and printed material; several hundred photographs; notes and writings; sketchbooks, drawings and a few prints by Taylor; and scrapbooks dating from 1885-1956.
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United States National Museum. Division of Mineralogy and Petrology
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1932-1963
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5 cu. ft. (10 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 268
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists primarily of Edward P. Henderson's official correspondence files as associate curator of the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology. A smaller amount of files were created by Roy S. Clarke, Jr., who was appointed chemist in the Division of Mineralogy and Petrology in 1957. Correspondence before 1942 was carried out ...
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1800-1966
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6.07 Cubic feet (consisting of 13 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 6 map case folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Publishing
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Publishing forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Rosenak, Chuck
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circa 1938-2008
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17.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.rosechuc
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Archives of American Art
The Chuck and Jan Rosenak research material dates from circa 1938-2008 and measures 17.6 linear feet. The collection contains research files for four books by the Rosenaks and includes letters, writings, notes, printed matter, tape-recorded interviews with artists, and photographic material.