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Brooks, James, 1906-1992
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1909-2010
bulk 1930-2010
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20.1 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.broojame
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Abstract Expressionist painters James Brooks and Charlotte Park measure 18.7 linear feet and are dated 1909-2010, bulk 1930-2010. Correspondence, subject files, personal business records, printed material, and a sound recording document his painting career, interests, professional and personal activities. Also found are biographical materials, interviews, writings, and art work. The collection also includes papers of his wife, Abstract Expressionist painter Charlotte Park, regarding her painting career, personal life, activities as executor of James Brooks' estate, and some material concerning the James Brooks and Charlotte Park Brooks Foundation. There is a 1.4 linear foot addition to this collection donated in 2017 that includes 58 "week-at-a-glance" appointment books, three journals and one address/ telephone book of Charlotte Park; a hand written chronology with significant dates and notes; postcards and exhibition announcements sent to Charlotte and James; doodles; and a sketch, possibly by Don Kingman.
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1992-1999, 2005
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13 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9596
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Jesse Walter Fewkes photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde National Park
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Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930
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circa 1919-1921
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45 Prints (silver gelatin and photostat)
3 sketches on graph paper
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.30
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs, drawings, and maps relating to Jesse Walter Fewkes' excavations in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. Photographs depict the ruins and paths through the park before and after excavation and repair. There are also original photographs by George L. Beam made for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Some of the drawings are original ...
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Ewers, John C. (John Canfield), 1909-1997 interviewee
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1974-1975
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7 audiotapes (reference copies). 11 digital .mp3 files (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9505
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Reed, Theodore H. interviewee
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1989-1994
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35 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9568
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives' record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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National Zoological Park, Office of the Director
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1998-1999
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-091
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Office of the Director during the tenure of Director Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000. Materials include files pertaining to meetings, conferences, seminars, workshops, research trips, events, media interviews, and visits to foreign and domestic zoological parks and aquariums ...
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Eisenberg, John Frederick, 1935-
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circa 1960-1982 and undated
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18 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7411
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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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Bowler, Edna Jones
- Dates:
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bulk 1945
- Size:
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0.05 Cubic Feet ((1 folder))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0027
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This October 1945 letter was written by Edna Jones Bowler to her parents, Frank and Edna Jones in Floral Park, New York. Bowler's fifteen page letter recounts her adventures flying via an unnamed airline from New York to San Diego to join her husband who was serving in the United States Navy.
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National Zoological Park, Office of the Director
- Dates:
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1983-1996
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-047
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Office of the Director during the tenure of Director Michael H. Robinson, 1984-2000, with some materials relating to Director Theodore H. Reed, 1958-1983. Materials include files pertaining to meetings, conferences, seminars, workshops, research trips, events, media intervie...
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Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States
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1900, 1947-1997
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 02-183
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Shirley A. Briggs, member of the Board of Directors, 1948-1949; editor of the Atlantic Naturalist, 1949-1969; and Vice President for Publications, 1956-1969. Records primarily document bird censuses; controversy over the development of Glover-Archbold Park; research papers; courses ...