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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Contracts and Procurement Office
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1963-1968
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 530
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document subcontracts issued by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and funded with private funds of the Smithsonian Institution. Materials include proposals, contracts, correspondence, memoranda, and reports concerning agreements with contractors to develop instruments and provide equipment for SAO projects and ...
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Exhibition Records
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National Air and Space Museum. Assistant Director for Exhibits
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circa 1963-1986
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17.5 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) (1 tube box) (15 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 352
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records provide documentation of the creation and preparation of exhibits for the most important period in the history of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) - the planning, fabrication, and installation of two dozen major galleries for the new museum building, which opened in 1976. Also included is material on exhibits in the ...
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Lodge, Arthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Arthur Lodge Productions.
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1950 - 1959
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42.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0507
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Industry on Parade was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the programs decade-long run.
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National Portrait Gallery. Office of the Director
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1958-2007
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16 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 08-092
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) during the tenure of Director Marc Pachter (2000-2007), but also includes records from the tenures of Directors Charles Nagel (1964-1969), Marvin S. Sadik (1969-1981), and Alan Maxwell Fern (1982-2000). Topics covered include cultural affairs, ...
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National Museum of the American Indian, Office of Administration
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2003-2006
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-203
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of purchase orders, contracts, correspondence, and agreements relating to intellectual property rights concerning rights-in-data purchase orders.
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National Museum of History and Technology. Office of the Director
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1957-1973
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 621
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the involvement of the Office of the Director in exhibition planning at the Museum of History and Technology (MHT) from its creation in 1957 through its development into the National Museum of History in Technology. The Directors for this period were Frank A. Taylor, 1957-1965; John C. Ewers, 1965-1966; Robert P. Mu...
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Macbeth Gallery
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1947-1948
1838-1968
bulk 1892-1953
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131.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.macbgall
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Archives of American Art
The Macbeth Gallery records provide almost complete coverage of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1892 to its closing in 1953. Through extensive correspondence files, financial and inventory records, printed material, scrapbooks, reference and research material, and photographs of artists and works of art, the records document all aspects of the gallery's activities, charting William Macbeth's initial intention to lease his store "for the permanent exhibition and sale of American pictures" through over sixty years of success as a major New York firm devoted to American art. The collection measures 131.6 linear feet and dates from 1838 to 1968 with the bulk of the material dating from 1892 to 1953.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Mt. Hopkins Department
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1966-1970
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2.5 cu. ft. (5 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 262
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the early history of the Mt. Hopkins Observatory and concern site development, the construction of buildings, the development of astronomical instruments for use at Mt. Hopkins, and projects conducted by SAO and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the Observatory. The records include a contracts fil...
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National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
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1921-1922, 1947, 1956-1986
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5.5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-299
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the research, planning, and execution of exhibits by the Department of the History of Science and Technology. Exhibits include the Hall of Petroleum, the Hall of Iron and Steel, and Inventing Standard Time. Some of the materials date to when the department was known as the Division of Indus...
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Whitehead, Henry P. (Prenton), 1917-2002
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1843-2010
bulk 1940-1986
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156.91 Linear feet (178 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-042
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The papers of historian Henry P. Whitehead measure 156.91 linear feet and date from 1843 to 2010 (bulk 1945-1986). The collection documents Whitehead's careers, as well as his family and personal life. The collection also includes the personal papers of Tomlinson D. Todd, Elizabeth B. Delaney and the Howard Theatre Foundation. The combined collection is comprised of black theatrical memorabilia; materials relating to civil rights activities in the District of Columbia; and the African American experience in general. Included are playbills, sheet music, admission tickets, newspapers, magazines, books, photographs, clippings, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, sound recordings, research files, and other material.