Alexander Wetmore Papers
This accession consists of one drawing caricaturing Alexander Wetmore on the occasion of his daughter Margaret's birth, and twenty photographs documenting various events in the life of Alexander Wetmore and his second wife Annie Beatrice Wetmore who assembled this collection.
Audiovisual Recordings
This accession consists of audiovisual recordings featuring the National Zoological Park (NZP) and its animals, staff, activities, events, research, medical procedures, and exhibitions. The majority of the materials were created by NZP. Others were created by news media and radio, television, and video production companies. Included in this accession are …
Archives Center World Expositions Collection
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Kass, Marcia
An artificial collection of ephemera from World's Fairs, intended as a growing repository for such miscellany from multiple sources. The initial donation consists of a season ticket, a booklet of souvenir tickets, and one menu from the 1939 New York World's Fair. The 2010 addendum contains eleven graphic works relating to World's …
Clippings
These records consist entirely of newspaper clippings concerning the Smithsonian Institution. Arrangement generally follows an alphabetic file plan. Clippings concerning the Sea-Link submarine disaster, the Smithson Bicentennial, and, in recent years, the Festival of American Folklife, were kept separately, but have been combined here with the main body of clippings …
Subject Files
This accession consists of reports, five-year plans, researches, and development plans of the bureaus under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research. Also included are photographs of the Fred C. Whipple Observatory, architectural plans for Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and books on butterflies and fishes.
Records
This accession consists of records from the International Center, Office of Environmental Awareness (OEA), concerning the following: Environmental Activities Report, a survey document covering the Smithsonian's environmental research activities; Media and Environmental Conference, held at the Smithsonian Institution in September 1989, which brought together scientists and media professionals to discuss environmental …
Edward Higbee films
Films created and collected by Edward Higbee. Films were donated in three groups: Edited film "Capetown to Cairo" and outtakes shot and edited by Edward Higbee in 1929. Films shot by E. C. Higbee c. 1925 and 1926 in Bermuda and the British West Indies; Kodak Cinegraph titled HAITI, JAMAICA, NASSAU, AND CURACAO …
Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection
Blenkle, Victor A., Dr., 1900-1978 (physician)
This collection consists of postcards gathered by Dr. Victor A. Blenkle, a twentieth century physician. The postcards primarily concern geographical locations and landmarks in the United States and Western Europe, but also include materials from six other continents.
Rudy Arnold Photo Collection
bulk 1920-1940
25.37 Linear feet (38 boxes)
Rudy Arnold (1902-1966) was introduced to photography in 1918. After studying at the New York School of Photography, he worked at the New York Journal-American and the New York Graphic. During his stint at the latter he started to focus on aviation photography. In 1928, Arnold started his own aviation photography business and worked out of the following New York air fields and airports during his career: Roosevelt Field, the old Curtiss Airport, Floyd Bennett Field, and LaGuardia Airport His coverage of a wrecked airliner in upstate New York was the first photograph sent by wire to newspapers across the country. Arnold's work appeared in every aviation magazine, house organs (Douglas, Grumman), and mass circulation magazines as well as many newspapers. He also did motion-picture camera work for Universal and Paramount.
F. Raymond Fosberg Papers
These records consist of the papers of F. Raymond Fosberg (1908-1993), and consist primarily of correspondence and project files, circa 1946-1984. Most of the files document Fosberg's professional career as a botanist and biogeographer. Most of the papers date from his arrival at the Smithsonian in 1966 as Special Assistant for Tropical Biology …
