Poindexter Gallery records
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Poindexter Gallery
- Dates:
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1931-1985
bulk 1955-1978
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7.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.poingall
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Poindexter Gallery measure 7.1 linear feet and date from 1931-1985 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1955-1978 when the gallery was active. The majority of the collection consists of artists' files documenting the gallery's relationships with its artists, including exhibitions, and containing a wide variety of materials, including photographs. Also found are the "desk files" kept by the gallery's founder, Elinor Poindexter; correspondence; and financial and legal records.
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
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1976-1995
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11.6 cu. ft. (20 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-052
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of contact sheets for photographs of events occurring mostly in the Washington, D.C., area. Many of these images were created for the annual exhibit "History as Seen from the National Museum of American History," later renamed "The Year in Pictures: As Seen from the National Museum of American History." Events incl...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture
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1973, 1994-1998, 2000-2015
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9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-010
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of materials created by Richard Kurin during his tenure as Director for National Programs, 2004-2007; Acting Under Secretary for History and Culture, 2007-2008; Acting Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, 2008-2009; and Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, 2009-2016. Materials dated before April ...
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Society for Marine Mammalogy
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1981-1990
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-123
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the formation and activities of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. The papers cover the activities of the first four presidents: Kenneth S. Norris, James G. Mead, W. F. Perrin, and Robert L. Brownell. Materials include information on board meetings (minutes, constitution, bylaws, animal protection ...
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Constantine, Mildred
- Dates:
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1945-2008
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5.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.consmild
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Mildred Constantine measure 5.3 linear feet and are dated 1945-2009. Subject files, writings, photographs, and a scrapbook provide an overview of her curatorial work in the Architecture and Design department of the Museum of Modern Art, and subsequent activities as an independent curator, and art consultant. Especially well documented is Whole Cloth, a book written with Laurel Reuter that presents an historical overview of how artists have used cloth in their work.
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Tokita, Kamekichi
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circa 1900-circa 2010
bulk 1900-1948
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1.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.tokikame
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Archives of American Art
The scattered personal papers of Seattle area painter Kamekichi Tokita (1897-1948) measure 1.5 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to circa 2010 with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1910 to 1948. The papers include biographical materials, including documents about the closing of the War Relocation Authority's Minidoka Camp in Idaho; correspondence; three diaries written in Japanese documenting Tokita's war time experiences and relocation to Minidoka, two earlier notebooks, also written in Japanese, and scattered notes; a few personal business records; printed materials; one scrapbook; sketches; and one family photograph album.
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National Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology
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1946-1997
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-052
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of records created and maintained by Marian H. Pettibone, a curator and curator emeritus in the Division of Worms and the Department of Invertebrate Zoology until 1998. Her specialty was polychaetes. Materials include correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, photographs, and transaction files concerning specimen identific...
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Association of Systematics Collections
- Dates:
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circa 1972-1988
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34 cu. ft. (34 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7459
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
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circa 1870-1956
bulk 1870-1895
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30 Linear feet (70 boxes, 1 oversized box, 20 manuscript envelopes, 4 rolled maps, and 23 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4800
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National Anthropological Archives
Reverend James Owen Dorsey (1848-1895) was a missionary and Bureau of American Ethnology ethnologist who conducted extensive research on Siouan tribes and languages.The papers of James Owen Dorsey comprise mostly ethnographic and linguistic materials on various tribes of the Siouan language family as well as tribes from Siletz Reservation in Oregon. These materials include texts and letters with interlineal translations; grammar notes; dictionaries; drawings; and his manuscripts. In addition, the collection contains Dorsey's correspondence, newspaper clippings, his obituaries, and reprints.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Curatorial Department
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1990-1994
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-025
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Papers to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and their subsequent transfer to the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The original gift was made by Olga Hirshhorn. Materials include correspondence and memoranda.