Correspondence
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National Air and Space Museum. Department of Astronautics
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1965-1984, with materials dating from circa 1953
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32 cu. ft. (64 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 398
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection deals chiefly with Durant's tenure as Assistant Director for Astronautics at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Perhaps the single topic of greatest interest is the effort to obtain a building for NASM, which was accomplished on July 1, 1976, when the new museum opened. A parallel theme concerns the drive to plan and com...
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Becker, Leonard, ?-1985
Physical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, Smithsonian Institution).
- Dates:
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1976
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2 Cubic feet (1 box , 5 audiocassete tapes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0248
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Leonard Becker was a major participant in the development and marketing of Vinyl plastic.
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Edelson, Rachel Goodman
Division of Musical History, NMAH
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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circa 1964
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1 Item (1 oversize file folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0381
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A poster documenting Goodman's 1964 tour to Japan and the published sheet music for Brahms's QUINTET FOR CLARINET IN A and SONATA FOR CLARINET IN B.
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Brick Store Museum
Topalian, S.
WaWa Studio (Ogunquit, Maine)
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circa 1920's-1940's
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1 Item (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0309
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
40 photoprints of Washington, D.C., Mount Vernon, Va., Boston, Mass., West Point Military Academy, buildings, ponds, gardens, sheep, and a painting of Abraham Lincoln.
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JW Labs (Raleigh, North Carolina).
Katchian, Sonia
- Dates:
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1994
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6 Cubic feet (23 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0793
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
23 color Cibachrome photoprints: portraits of farmers at the Carrboro Farmer's Market, Carrboro, North Carolina. Portraits made 1994 in a garage studio setup near the market, prints by JW Labs, Raleigh, N.C.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
J. & W. Jolly Company.
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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ca. 1880-1924.
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2.4 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1009
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records document the activities of the J. & W. Jolly Company of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Included are turbine test reports from the testing flume of the Holyoke Water Power Company, 1890-1912; photographs of vertical water turbine assemblies and parts, ca 1880; a record of wheels, and turbines, ca1896-1921; and tracings of governors for turbin...
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Bladen, Timothy B.
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1980 - 2000
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box, 7 items)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0767
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These seven photographs were included in Mr. Bladen's exhibition, "Southern Maryland Portraits," at the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Riverdale, Maryland, 2000. The prints are silver gelatin, received unmounted, all on 11" x 14" double-weight photographic paper.
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Stewart, Charles, 1927-
- Dates:
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1964 - 1971
- Size:
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0.15 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1321
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of twenty-five inkjet prints from original film negatives of John Coltrane and others. The majority of the photographs were taken by Stewart during the December 10, 1964 recording of Coltrane's biggest hit, "A Love Supreme". Some of the images include Coltrane's wife, Alice Coltrane, and others include musicians Pharoah Sand...
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Williams, Franklin
Sioux City Ghosts
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1920s-1983
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0634
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A scrapbook and a photograph album detailing the day-to-day lives on the road of a barnstorming black softball team, five posters advertising appearances of the Ghosts, and a certificate. The scrapbook, kept by one of the players, Franklin Williams, contains his handwritten history of the team, a handwritten schedule, postcards from some of the cit...
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Photographic History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Rosenthal, Joseph
Faber, John (photographer)
National Press Photographers Association
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1957-1968
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28 sound tape reels (1/4"audio tapes, open reel)
0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0620
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Includes conversations with significant photographers and their experiences documenting historic events. Some of the material is associated with John Faber's book, "Great Moments in News Photography" (New York: T. Nelson, 1960). Includes Faber's interview with photographer Joe Rosenthal about his famed Iwo Jima photograph.