Exhibition Records
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National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
- Dates:
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1957-1992
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35.58 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 551
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of exhibition design, production, and installation information including proposals and narratives, scripts, schedules, graphic designs, construction contracts and specifications, floor plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and photographs. The records also include Department of Exhibits administrative files such as corre...
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Clime, Arthur W.
- Dates:
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circa 1908-1909
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1 copy print
23 prints (silver gelatin (including some enlargements))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.2000-78
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by Arthur W. Clime during Clarence B. Moore's expedition on the Ouachita River, which include images of excavations, archeological crew, mounds, and Moore's riverboat, the Gopher of Philadelphia. Individuals depicted in the photographs include Clime, as well as Clarence B. Moore, his principal assistant Milo Miller, and captain of ...
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Mitman, Carl Weaver, 1889-
- Dates:
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1937-1946, 1949
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1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7386
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Almost all of the papers in this collection deal with Carl Weaver Mitman's role as chairman of the Smithsonian War Committee. Loyal B. Aldrich, William N. Fenton, Herbert Friedmann, and Webster P. True also served on the committee. Minutes of the committee's meetings, correspondence and notes document the committee's projects. In addition to ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Aeronautics
- Dates:
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1965-1986
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36.5 cu. ft. (73 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 330
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the history of the Department of Aeronautics from 1966-1986, a period marked by intensive planning for the new museum, its construction and opening in July 1976, and the emergence of the National Air and Space Museum as a large and important bureau of the Smithsonian and the most visited museum in the world. At the begi...
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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1962-1994
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14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-063
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative and professional activities of Virginia Beets, Registrar, 1973-1983; Martha Morris, Assistant Registrar, 1973-1983, Registrar, 1984-1990, and Assistant Director for Collections Management, 1990-1993; and Katherine P. Spiess, Deputy Registrar, 1985-1992, and Acting Assistant Di...
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National Science Resources Center. Executive Office
- Dates:
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1984-2003
- Size:
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-049
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials pertaining to National Science Recources Center (NSRC) meetings, development and planning. Materials include agendas, meeting minutes, memoranda and correspondence, printed email, notes, logistical files, strategic plans, proposals, programs, evaluation reports, contribution reports, and development initiat...
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National Science Resources Center. Executive Office
- Dates:
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1983-2003
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-047
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the grant and funding activities of the National Science Resources Center. Materials include proposals, progress reports, final reports and products, meeting minutes, expenditures and budget information, accounting reports, correspondence and memoranda, brochures, and project award notifications...
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circa 1873-1946 and undated
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21.66 cu. ft. (34 document boxes) (7 12x17 boxes) (11 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7364
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists primarily of papers documenting the professional career and personal life of Edward William Nelson. A smaller amount of material was created by Edward Alphonso Goldman and relates to both professional and private matters. Apparently, Goldman assumed control of Nelson's papers after the latter's death, probably for...
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Kranzberg, Melvin, Dr., 1917-1995
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1934 - 1988
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140 Cubic feet (433 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0266
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers of Dr. Kranzberg from his undergraduate years at Amherst College through his professional career. Collection documents his involvement with development of the new field of history of technology and his role as principal founder of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT); work as consultant and advisor to domestic and international agencies, colleges, and universities; personal affiliations, lectureships, publications; and teaching and administrative activities for more than 40 years as a college professor.
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- Creators:
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1973-1975
- Size:
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23 cu. ft. (46 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 257
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records are the official administrative files of the Office of the Director of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1973-1975. Porter M. Kier was appointed to that position on January 14, 1973. For an administrative history of the Office of the Director, see Record Unit 155.