Downtown Gallery records
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Downtown Gallery
- Dates:
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1824-1974
bulk 1926-1969
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109.56 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.downgall
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The records of the Downtown Gallery date from 1824 to 1974 (bulk 1926-1969) and measure 109.56 linear feet. The records present a comprehensive portrait of a significant commercial gallery that operated as a successful business for more than forty years, representing major contemporary American artists and engendering appreciation for early American folk art. There is an unprocessed addition to this collection dating circa 1970 of a single financial/legal document.
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Smithsonian Research Foundation
- Dates:
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circa 1966-1982
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10.5 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 90-037
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession documents for the most part the activities of Smithsonian Research Foundation grantees. Materials include correspondence, reports, proposals, and budgets.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Science
- Dates:
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1965-1971
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3 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 150
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These files include the record copy of proposals for research awards for the fiscal years 1967 and 1968. Included are both new proposals and those proposals from previous fiscal years for which continued support was sought. The FY 1967 proposals and progress reports were generally made to Harry Hyman, Smithsonian Research Award Administrator ...
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American Ornithologists' Union
- Dates:
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1865-
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9.5 cu. ft. (19 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7308
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record unit 7308 contains biographical materials assembled by the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). A portion of these materials were transferred to the Smithsonian Archives in 1974 and 1975 as part of the main body of AOU records. The AOU has named the Smithsonian Archives as repository for its official records. In 1983, the Archives ...
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Ellington, Ruth (Ruth Ellington Boatwright), 1915-
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1923–1992
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33 Cubic feet (77 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0415
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of correspondence, appointment books, business records, music manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera documenting the activities of Duke Ellington and the management of Tempo Music, Incorporated. There is a small amount of material relating to the Ellingotn family.
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United States National Museum. Department of Geology
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1862-1927 and undated
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9.5 cu. ft. (19 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7230
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This biographical file was maintained by the United States National Museum's Department of Geology and several of its curators. Included in the file are biographies, obituaries, memoirs, and memorial service programs and addresses of prominent scientists, particularly American geologists and paleontologists, as well as some notable Smithsonian...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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1992-1999
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-098
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting outgoing loans of objects. Materials include correspondence, requests for loan, loan agreement forms, outgoing loan receipts, bills of lading, certificates of insurance, insurance register transaction forms, images of objects, and facilities reports.
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United States National Museum. Department of Botany
- Dates:
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1936-1965
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6.78 cu. ft. (13 document boxes) (14 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 227
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Records include some correspondence belonging to Mary Agnes Chase, which was forwarded to Swallen; Ernest R. Sohn, associate curator of Botany, 1956; and Thomas R. Soderstrom, curator of Grasses, 1964-1965. Correspondents include U.S. and foreign botanists; agricultural experiment stations; field botanists; state geological surveys; fores...
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Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
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circa 1840-1993
bulk 1935-1961
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88 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kentrock
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The Rockwell Kent papers measure 88.0 linear feet and date from circa 1840 to 1993 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1935 to 1961. The collection provides comprehensive coverage of Kent's career as a painter, illustrator, designer, writer, lecturer, traveler, political activist, and dairy farmer.
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Archives of American Art
- Dates:
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1950-2003
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55.43 cu. ft. (54 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-089
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records which document administrative issues, projects, and special events at the Archives of American Art and regional offices. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and notes pertaining to grants, loans, fundraising, membership, contributions, policies and goals, marketing, public relations, educational ...