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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs
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circa 1985-1995
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 96-095
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the educational outreach activities of the Office of the Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, with earlier records dating back when it was known as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Service and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Public ...
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Fanning, Robbie
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1903-2002
bulk 1993-2002
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5 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1139
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents materials gathered by Robbie Fanning, publisher of sewing related books and newsletters and includes the history of major sewing machine brands, machine accessories, machine embroidery, machine needles, thread, binding, interfacing, and other sewing notions.
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La Vove, Arthur., 1909-1993
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bulk 1930-1946
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0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2015.0037
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of an original draft manuscript for "Hump Drivers" written by Arthur La Vove around 1946. The story is structured as a series of vignettes and recalls La Vove's experiences in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater during World War II. A print made from an original drawing by La Vove introduces many of the chapters. There are ...
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Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1900
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0.1 Cubic feet (2 boxes
, paper prints, 7-3/8 x 9-3/8," Silver gelatin, on mounts)
199 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0373
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Photographs of the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900, which record many buildings and pavilions that were among the chief points of interest, including the Monumental Entrance, Art Palaces and the Bridge of Alexander III, national pavilions lining the Seine River, and the Palace of Machinery; also, views of Paris from the Eiffel Tower, and statuar...
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Boston, Orlan W.
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
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1927-1950
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0811
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of technical papers, tables, charts, photographs and other information on tests of the physical, and chemical properties of metals, as determined by various cutting and other processes.
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Lodish, Richard
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circa 1825-1908
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1421
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Ephemeral archival materials from American schools, primarily from the northeastern United States, and primarily in the 19th century. Types of materials include instruction books and kits; students' work books and notebooks; flash cards; lesson books, some on religious subjects; religious tracts; printed lectures; students' report cards; school reg...
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Eney, William J.
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1929-1977
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2.5 Cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1062
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents William J. Eney, a civil engineer whose research primarily focused on model analysis of bridges, stress test and concrete.
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Shearer, Walter
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1948-1973
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1.3 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0347
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Pamphlets published by the General Motors Company, covering a wide variety of topics, including business and industry, economics, household tips, politics, safety, and self-improvement. There are also a number of pamphlets about General Motors itself. Many of these pamphlets also serve as corporate propaganda.
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Science, Medicine and Society, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Huskey, Harry D.
Larson, Harry
Rutland, Dave
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1946-1952
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0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1217
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents circuit development for the Standards Western Automatic Computer (SWAC). SWAC was an early digital computer built in 1950 by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Los Angeles, California.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
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June 1996.
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0607
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This videohistory documents the Moore-Stein Protein Sequencer. The sequencer enabled automatic analysis of protein structure and was the forerunner of the automated instruments essential to modern biotechnology.