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Patoski, Christina
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circa 1973-1992
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes, 16" x 20")
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0508
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Fourteen color photographic prints by Christina Patoski, depicting front-lawn and front-porch holiday displays (primarily Christmas) in various U.S. cities.
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Gillis, Verna
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Undated, 1968-1979
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24 Sound tape reels (Tapes VG-0001 - VG-0021 have been digitally transferred at 96kHz/24-bit with the exception of tapes VG-0018 and VG-0019. Tape VG-0018 has been transferred poorly. Tapes VG-0019, VG-0022, VG-0023, VG-0024 require conservation prior to transfer.)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.GILLIS
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Verna Gillis audio recordings consist of 24 open-reel tapes. The field recordings document work done by folklorist Verna Gillis in Haiti, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, and Cuba.
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Bobby Tucker Papers
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Tucker, Irma
Tucker, Bobby, 1923-2008
Eckstine, Billy
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
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1883-2007, undated
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36 Cubic feet (88 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1141
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the life and musical career of Robert "Bobby" Tucker. The collection particularly emphasizes Tucker's close collaboration with Billy Eckstine over a forty-year period from approximately 1949-1990, and includes original orchestrations of arrangements by Tucker and other arrangers, a complete set of commercial recordings by Eckstine for which Tucker served as arranger, and ephemeral material including photographs, concert programs and news clippings.
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Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979
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1919-2015, undated
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9 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1389
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This refence collection was assembled to assist in writing a biography of the Reverend Mr. Charles E. Coughlin. The collection contains books, booklets, published sermons, published lectures, pamphlets and other printed materials. Of these, 57 were written by Coughlin. The remainder of the materials relate to him directly or have chapters or passa...
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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2001 October 1
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0.75 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0792
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Approximately five hours of video footage documenting Harold Kroto, chemist and Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1996) discussing carbon structures called "bucky balls" named after architect Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes. Kroto describes properties and mathematical principles represented by these structures and he discusses his background and winning the Nobel Prize.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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circa 1809-1940
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1 Cubic foot (consisting of 5 boxes, 1 map folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.BakingPowders
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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: Baking Powders 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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National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
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undated
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1 Linear foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.998
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The General Manuscripts and Ephemera collections contains documents ane ephemera concerning people, events, and activities related to the historical and contemporary lives of Native peoples throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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1890-1948
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1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1446
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of photographs and advertisements related to women working in industry dating from 1890 to 1948.
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Council of American Overseas Research Centers
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1978-1990
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-052
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the establishment, activities and programs of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) and its relationship with the United States Information Agency and various overseas research centers. Materials include budgets, CAORC bylaws, reports, proposals, agendas, minutes, member list...
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National Museum of African American History and Culture. Office of the Director
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1994-1995, 2000-2015
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-094
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Lonnie G. Bunch, Director, and document his work in the development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). His work touched upon every aspect of the museum including the collection of objects for the museum, the design and construction of the museum building, exhi...