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Smithsonian National Associate Regional Events Program
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circa 1975-1986
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11.5 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 557
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of SNAP administrative records that document program activities. The records include correspondence and memoranda with Smithsonian Institution offices and bureaus, corporations, members, and grant foundations; annual appeals, promotional material, bequests, accounting summaries, and special events files of the Contrib...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Treasurer
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1968-1979
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 82-046
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of correspondence, Executive Committee meeting materials, private and federal fund budgets, materials for appropriation hearings, construction status reports, and general personnel records.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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circa 1770-1940
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0.49 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Astronomy
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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: Astronomy 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 American History. Office of the Associate Director for Capital Programs
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1982-2000
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-222
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes records documenting the activities of Ronald E. Becker, Associate Director for Capital Programs at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), with some earlier files dating back to when Becker served as Assistant Director for Administration at NMAH. Material includes correspondence, memoranda, and notes; NMAH Board...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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2015
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-089
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative activities of Albert G. Horvath during his tenure as Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (January-June 2015), and the records of David J. Skorton, Secretary (July-December 2015). The records document issues with regard to the Institution's museums, exhibitions, ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary
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1953-2009
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10.43 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the administrative activities of Sidney Dillon Ripley, Robert McCormick Adams, Ira Michael Heyman, Lawrence M. Small, and G. Wayne Clough as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Cristián Samper as Acting Secretary. The records document issues with regard to museums and buildings; s...
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Cyrus W. Field Papers
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1835 - 1897
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3.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 15 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1386
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Cyrus W. Field's efforts to lay the transatlantic cable from Ireland to Newfoundland in 1866. The materials include photographs, correspondence, resolutions, maps, charts, and printed publications about Field and the transatlantic Cable.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
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1962-1978
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28 cu. ft. (56 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 309
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists primarily of the official administrative files of the Office of the Director of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1976-1978. The files document Porter M. Kier's tenure as Director of NMNH. Kier was appointed to the position on January 14, 1973. A few records pre-date this period and consist of files ...
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Susan Conway Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
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circa 1928, 1940s-2003
bulk 1987-2003
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23.9 Linear feet
0.001 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.susacong
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Archives of American Art
The modern and contemporary art gallery records of the Susan Conway Gallery in Washington, D.C. measure 23.9 linear feet and 0.001 GB and date from circa 1928, circa 1940s-2003, with the bulk of the material dating from 1987-2003. Nearly half of the collection documents the gallery's work as the sole representative of artist and political cartoonist Pat Oliphant through administrative records, exhibition files, press clippings, and a handful of photographs. Also found in the collection are artists' files of other artists represented by the gallery, client files, administrative records, printed and digital materials, and the records of the Susan Conway Conservation Studio.
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Jones, Caroline Robinson, 1942-2001 (advertising executive)
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1942 - 1996
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15 Sound tape reels
4 motion picture films
54 Cubic feet (127 boxes; one oversize folder)
129 Video recordings
70 cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0552
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Caroline R. Jones (1942-2001), an African-American advertising executive, worked for a number of prominent New York ad agencies and and founded her own firm in 1986. She is best known for her work in assisting clients in marketing to minority consumers. The collection includes client files, print advertisements, and radio and television commercials created for a wide range of commercial and public service campaigns.