The Foundation Company Records
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Foundation Company (The).
- Dates:
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1887-1969
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9 Cubic feet (17 boxes, 28 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0974
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
These records include sketches, drawings, blueprints, contracts, and reports relating to highway and railroad bridges, tunnels, subways, mine shafts, canals and waterways, dams, concrete buildings, concrete construction, derricks and derrick barges, cranes, caissons and caisson construction, air locks, pumps, jacks, engines, and turbines; also phot...
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- Dates:
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1911-1944
- Size:
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0.33 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0650
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains examples of pilot's licenses that were issued in the early 20th century. It includes licenses from various nations such as France, Italy, Canada and the United States.
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Dates:
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1910-2011
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11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-107
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of the papers of Donald Baird (1926-2011), paleontologist, anthropologist, geologist, and seventeenth and eighteenth century firearms authority. He became a member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 1949 (Vice President, 1983-1984; President, 1984-1985; Honorary Life Member, 1991; J. T. Gregory Award, 1996). ...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Registrar's Office
- Dates:
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2001-2009
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-059
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting outgoing loans of works of art. Materials include correspondence, requests for loans, loan agreement forms, outgoing loan receipts, bills of lading, certificates of insurance, insurance register transaction forms, images of objects, facilities reports, condition photographs, and related mater...
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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1997-2002
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 09-163
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting outgoing loans of objects. Materials include correspondence, requests for loans, loan agreement forms, outgoing loan receipts, bills of lading, certificates of insurance, insurance register transaction forms, images of objects, facilities reports, condition photographs, and related materials.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Office of the Registrar
- Dates:
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2003-2016
- Size:
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-356
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting outgoing loans of works of art as well as canceled and denied loans. Materials include correspondence, requests for loans, loan agreement forms, outgoing loan receipts, bills of lading, insurance documents, object images, facility reports, brochures, and related materials.
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National Portrait Gallery, Office of Exhibitions
- Dates:
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1974-1976
- Size:
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-106
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition records pertaining to "The Dye is Now Cast: The Road to American Independence," an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) from April 19-November 16, 1975. Materials include photographs, loan agreements, correspondence, memoranda, notes, scripts, labels, and reports.
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- Creators:
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1850-1970
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3.86 Cubic feet (consisting of 3 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, 3 map case folders, 6 flat boxes (4 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Architecture
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Architecture forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History
- Dates:
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1981-1985
- Size:
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10.8 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 86-155
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document research for the major permanent exhibition in the museum, After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800, which opened in 1985. Included are scripts; contracted research reports by non-museum historians; graphics files for logos and stationery; public relations and educational t...
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- Creators:
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
- Dates:
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1848-1948
- Size:
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0.9 Cubic feet (consisting of 2 boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Abrasive
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Abrasive Industry forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana