Messmore and Damon Company Records
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- Creators:
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Messmore, George Harold
Messmore and Damon Company
Damon, Joseph
- Dates:
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1892 - 1998
- Size:
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16 Cubic feet (40 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0846
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document Messmore and Damon's work in the design and construction of parade floats, museum dioramas, exhibitions, displays and scenery. The materials include business records, photographs, patents, scrapbooks, promotional materials, sound recordings and moving image.
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Nesbit, Velma, 1925-2002
Berking, Peter
- Dates:
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circa 2000
- Size:
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0.5 Linear feet (1 box, 6 linear inches)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-127
- Repository:
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection, which dates from circa 2000, contains a 144-page typescript copy of the unpublished autobiography of Velma Nesbit, the daughter of an Alabama sharecropper. Also present are 14 audiocassettes, one diskette and four compact discs relating to Nesbit's life and career.
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National Air and Space Museum. Art Department
- Dates:
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circa 1975-1983
- Size:
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 86-082
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of assorted administrative files from the Art Department, including some reading files. Of note are files documenting the opening of the National Air and Space Museum in 1976.
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Britton, James, 1878-1936
- Dates:
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circa 1905-1984
bulk 1905-1935
- Size:
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2.9 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.britjame
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of painter and writer James Britton measure 2.9 linear feet and date from circa 1905-1984, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1905-1935. The bulk of the papers consist of 49 diaries dating from 1918-1935, plus notebooks of diary excerpts, that chronicle Britton's daily activities and include lists, illustrations, and drafts of correspondence. Additional papers include biographical information compiled by the Britton family; scattered business and financial records; correspondence, including copies of Britton's letters to the editors of the Hartford Courant and the Hartford Times; additional writings and notes that include drafts and manuscripts of an autobiography, drafts of articles for his publication Art Opus, and other writings; sketches and a woodcut print; printed materials, including clippings of his published writings for Art Review International, Book Notes, and Opus; and one photograph of Britton and of works of art.
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
- Dates:
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1858-1905
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16 Albums (albumen and platinum)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.60
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photograph albums prepared by the Bureau of American Ethnology or the photographic lab, possibly for reference purposes by staff. The use of such albums has been mentioned by BAE photographer De Lancey W. Gill. The albums contain photographs made from the Bureau of American Ethnology's collection of negatives, documenting Apache, Arapaho, Assiniboi...
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Meggers, Betty Jane
- Dates:
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circa 1933
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2 photographic postcards
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.82-73A
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Collection of two postcards, including a hand-tinted image of two Japanese women bowing to one another and an image of the "Hakurin-tei" pavillion, an example of Korean Buddhist-style architecture, at Fujiyama Garden, Shirongane, Shiba district, Tokyo. The postcards were sent to Betty Meggers in Washington, DC, circa 1933.
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- Dates:
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1990-1992
- Size:
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0.06 Cubic Feet (1 folder and 1 video cassette)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0040
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of one Video8 cassette which contains a recording of Geraldine L. "Jerrie" Mock's speech at the graduation ceremony for the Orientation to Nontraditional Occupations for Women program at Licking County Joint Vocational School in Newark, Ohio as well as three news clippings.
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National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
- Dates:
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1959-1999
- Size:
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-084
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records and includes press releases, newspaper clippings, object lists, project proposals, contracts, invoices, exhibition scripts and outlines, brochures, pamphlets, photographs and slides of objects and installations, floor plans, label proofs, drawings, exhibit surveys and evaluations, reports, and ...
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Page, William, 1811-1885
- Dates:
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1815-1947
bulk 1843-1892
- Size:
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11.06 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.pagewill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of the portraitist and art theorist William Page and the Page family measure 11.06 linear feet and date from 1815 to 1947, bulk 1843-1892. In addition to the papers of William Page, the papers include documents related to Page's wife's career as a writer and records documenting their personal lives and the lives of their family members. Types of documents found include personal documents and artifacts, correspondence, essays, lectures, diaries, poems, notes and notebooks, financial records, legal records, published works, clippings, catalogs, photographs, and artwork.
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National Museum of African Art. Department of Education and Research
- Dates:
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1967-1987
- Size:
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5 cu. ft. (5 records storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-033
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession includes records documenting public educational programs in African art, history, and culture. Materials include correspondence and memoranda; grant proposals; workshop and symposium information; budget summaries; contractual agreements; press kits; reports; evaluation forms; teacher's guides; docent training information; a...