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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary
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1953-2009
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10.43 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administrative activities of Sidney Dillon Ripley, Robert McCormick Adams, Ira Michael Heyman, Lawrence M. Small, and G. Wayne Clough as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Cristian Samper as Acting Secretary. The records document issues with regard to museums and buildings; str...
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Roy, Gladys.
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bulk 1911-1927
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0.23 Cubic Feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0011
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The following items are included: panoramic image of an air field; 1926 Christmas card from Marion Nixon; correspondence between Roy and her family (1924-1926); correspondence from Charles Smith (Roy's father) to her mother; correspondence from Western Vaudeville Managers' Association; one photograph of Roy posed with group of women and three of Ch...
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French Aviation Photography Collection
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Heermance, Laura W., 1916-1960
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bulk 1937
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11 digital scans
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0022
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of scans copied by the NASM Archives of eleven photographs taken by Laura W. Heermance (1916-1960) in France during the Spring of 1937. The photographs were shot at the Le Bourget Airport and at the Aero Club de la Riviera, France The following aircraft are shown: Imperial Airways Short L. 17 Scylla and Handley Page H.P. 42...
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National Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions
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1970-1990
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7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-051
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the various exhibitions that were shown at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) between 1973 and 1988, such as "Return to Albion: Americans in England, 1760-1940," "The Art of Henry Inman," "The Artist's Mother: Portraits and Homages," "Robert Edge Pine: A British Portrait Painter in America, 1784-1788," "Masterpieces ...
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Tizol, Juan
Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician)
Williams, Cootie
Bigard, Barney
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1971-1984
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4.5 Cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0327
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
160 7" reel-to-reel audiotapes and 12 transcriptions of 15 oral history interviews with prominent jazz musicians and their professional relationships with Duke Ellington. Tapes are copies of originals held at the at Institute for Jazz Studies, Rutgers University. Interviewees include Sonny Greer, Russell Procope, Clark Terry, Juan Tizol, Tom Whale...
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Smith, Alexander, fl. 1790s
Dodd, Jean M., Mrs.
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1792-1797
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1 Volume (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0083
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
In 1792-1797, Alexander Smith, a merchant living in Alexandria, Va., kept a record of dry goods purchased and sold. Most of the 1797 correspondence is copies of his letters to other merchants. Of particular interest is a letter dated 9 November 1796, from Smith to George Washington concerning Smith's loan repayment. Washington's response of 14 Nove...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Work and Industry
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1925-2010
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-217
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, documenting exhibition planning, development, and production at the National Museum of American History. Earlier records date from when Finn was in the Division of Information Technology and Society; the Division of Electricity and Mode...
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Blum, Jerome, 1884-1956
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1915-circa 1969
bulk 1919-1935
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3 Linear Feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.blumjero
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Jerome Blum measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1915 to circa 1969, with the bulk of the material dating from 1919 to 1935. Biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, printed material, artwork, and photographs document the painter's personal and professional life, and extensive travels.
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McChesney, Robert Pearson, 1913-2008
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1913-2006
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6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.mcchrobe
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Archives of American Art
The papers of artist Robert Pearson McChesney measure 6 linear feet and date from 1913 to 2006. McChesney was an abstract expressionist painter and muralist based in Petaluma, California. The papers include biographical materials, correspondence, exhibition files, printed materials, scrapbooks, and photographic materials.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Cultural History
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1981-2004
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-007
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Susan Ostroff, Museum Specialist, documenting her exhibition activities in the Division of Cultural History and, prior to joining that Division, as museum specialist in the Collections Support Office at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). Ostroff participated in exhibition planning tea...