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1988
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2 videotapes (Reference copies). 7 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9537
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical r...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum. Research and Scholars Center
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1994-2005
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-205
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, grant requests, agendas and meeting notes, press releases, reports and publicity pertaining to NMAA's [now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)] participation in the national Museum Educational Site Licensing Project. Also included are materials related to the formation of AMICO and the...
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Education and Outreach
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1976-2007
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-219
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the goals, programs, activities, events, and administration of the Naturalist Center. The Naturalist Center provides hands-on learning experiences for students and adults through the use of study collections. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, grant files, vision statements, planning ...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Ceramics and Glass
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circa 1938-1987, with related records from 1914
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 406
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records include the correspondence and memoranda of Paul V. Gardner, J. Jefferson Miller II, and Susan H. Meyers pertaining to private donations, loans, exhibition planning, identification of ceramic and glass pieces, conferences and seminars, staff research, and administrative matters. Also included are inquiries from collectors, museum...
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National Museum of American History. Department of Collections Management Services
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1971-1998
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-079
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the planning, maintenance, and deinstallation of 1876: A Centennial Exhibition at the Arts and Industries Building. Materials include the correspondence and memoranda of Robert M. Vogel, Head Curator of the exhibition; William F. Miner, Project Manager, c. 1974-1978; Jon D. Freshour, Collections...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 25-July 6, 1997
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1997
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986
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circa 1934-1986
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2.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.breeadel
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington D.C. art historian and museum curator Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, measure 2.5 linear feet and date from circa 1934-1986. The papers provide scattered documentation of Breeskin's career, focusing on writings and lectures delivered in the United States and abroad, and briefly documenting her work as an art exhibition juror, as a consultant, and as a teacher of a community art course. The collection also includes papers documenting some of Breeskin's research on Loren MacIver, Mary Cassatt, and others, and is comprised of biographical material, personal and professional correspondence with artists, friends, and colleagues, manuscript and lecture notes and drafts, professional files, sound recordings, and a few photographs.
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National Museum of American History. Office of the Director
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1981-2001
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Office of the Director and the daily administration of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), as well as material concerning Smithsonian issues during the tenures of Roger G. Kennedy and Spencer R. Crew. The records primarily include correspondence, memoranda, a...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Work and Industry
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1925-2010
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-217
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, documenting exhibition planning, development, and production at the National Museum of American History. Earlier records date from when Finn was in the Division of Information Technology and Society; the Division of Electricity and Mode...
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Hanson, James A.
Conner, Stuart W.
Dempsey, Hugh A.
Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997
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1945-1993
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97 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NAA.1998-35
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National Anthropological Archives
The John Canfield Ewers Papers document his wide ranging anthropological interests from early White depictions of Native Americans to the material culture of the Plains tribes through correspondence, exhibit catalogs, field notes, illustrations, lectures, maps, photocopies of archival materials, photographs, and writings. The collection includes ma...