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Perkins, James Secor
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924
Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972
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1907-2000
bulk 1911-1924
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5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0803
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are slides dcoumenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.
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Schaeffer, Rudolph
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1880s-1997
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13.3 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.scharudo
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Archives of American Art
The collection measures 13.3 linear feet, dates from the 1880s-1997 and documents the life and varied career of Rudolph Schaeffer, artist, designer, teacher, writer, collector of Asian art, and pioneer in the field of color study who founded the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco in 1926. The papers include biographical information, correspondence, subject files, writings, diaries, journals, artwork, scrapbooks, sound recordings, and photographs.
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Eisler Engineering Company records
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Eisler Engineering Company.
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(bulk 1920-1950s)
1885 - 1988
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30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0734
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records document Charles Eisler, a Hungarian immigrant who was a skilled mechanic and engineer and his company, Eisler Engineering Company of Newark, New Jersey, which manufactured equipment for producing electric lamps, television and radio tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 27-July 8, 1990
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1990
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Lemelson Center
- Dates:
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1995-2002
- Size:
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-114
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the development and execution of educational programs, special events, seminars, workshops, and symposia. Materials include correspondence, tour information, lecturer papers, announcements, handouts, agendas, research information, planning group notes, participant lists, and survey data.
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Birds
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1958-1986
- Size:
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 391
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This colleciton contains invoices for specimens and equipment on loan to and from the division of birds, within the Smithsonian, and with outside museums and universities. Also included is correspondence relating to the transfer and extension of these loans. Most folders contain a list of loan recipients, date of transfer, and number and type ...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of Public Affairs
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1975-1981
- Size:
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-170
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Materials include press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs, invitations to openings, internal memoranda, and clippings from other publications where exhibitions were featured.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Director
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1992-2001
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 04-154
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by James Demetrion, Director, 1984-2001, documenting exhibitions created at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden by various curators, including Stanley Spencer: An English Vision and Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944-1960, curated by Demetrion. Materials include correspondence a...
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National Air and Space Museum. Aeronautics Division
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1989-1998
- Size:
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6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 07-138
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Tom D. Crouch, Chairman, 1990-1998, documenting the administrative matters of the Aeronautics Division. Materials include memoranda, correspondence, planning documents, notes, reports, meeting minutes, agreements, inventories, brochures, color images, clippings, information pack...
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Smithsonian Resident Associate Program. Business Office
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1977-1988
- Size:
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 90-128
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consist of records that document the work of the Business Office of the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program. Materials include grant files and Business Council Files.