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National Museum of American Art. Curatorial Department
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1994-1996
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 00-014
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of exhibition proposals declined by the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) and the Renwick Gallery. Materials include correspondence, notes, memoranda, proposals, brochures, and color slides.
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National Museum of American Art. Department of Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
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circa 1961-1980
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29 cu. ft. (29 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 458
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the work of the Department and its curators in the late 1960s and in the 1970s, with some material dated as early as 1961. The files include correspondence concerning proposed and rejected works of art, some administrative actions, and the Department's relationship with other museums. The majority of the records con...
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Charles Lewis Gazin Papers
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Gazin, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1904-1996
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1901-1984 and undated
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23.91 cu. ft. (45 document boxes) (2 16x20 boxes) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7314
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
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Robinson, Mary Ann Whitaker (nurse)
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1955-1985
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0.6 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0499
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Pamphlets, photographs, news clippings, and a student yearbook documenting Robinson's career as a student and nurse at Wilmington Delaware's Memorial Hospital.
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Tyrrell, Henry Grattan, 1867-1948
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI
Tyrrell, Mary Maude Knox
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
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1886-1941
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2.3 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0948
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Manuscripts, correspondence, business records, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks documenting the career of Henry Grattan Tyrrell, an early-twentieth-century civil engineer and bridge builder who was also a prolific self-published author of hundreds of journal articles and several books. Subjects include aesthetic bridge design, history of bridges, design of movable bridges, and the economical design of factories, shops, and mill buildings.
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Reis, Jacob A.
Reis, Eleanor Nicely, Mrs.
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1910-1920
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174 transparencies (dupe trans, black & white, 6 x 9 cm. )
96 negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 8 x 11 cm. )
96 transparencies (dupe trans, black & white, 8 x 11 cm. )
24 negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 9 x 11 cm. or smaller )
110 negatives (photographic) (black & white, 9 x 11 cm. or smaller)
129 lantern slides (silver gelatin, black & white, 6 x 9 cm. )
3 volumes (copy prints, black & white, 8 x 10 in. )
2 volumes (contact prints, black & white, 9 x 11 cm. )
174 negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 6 x 9 cm. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-004
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Jacob Anthony Reis to document his experiences in Southern Cameroon while serving as a Presbyterian missionary from 1909 to 1945. The photographs document the life and peoples at Jacob A. Reis's mission stations, especially in and near Efulen, Cameroon, in the early 20th Century. African peoples pictured include the Bassa, Bulu and Ntumu. Structures depicted include churches, a dispensary, a fishing hut, a saw mill, school buildings such as a Baptist girls' school in Doulal and thatched roof buildings. Also included are African ritual objects collected by the mission and a photographic reproduction of a handwritten statistical list of bible readers, communicants, preachers and students.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Museum Programs
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circa 1974-1989
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7.4 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 631
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the museological work of the Office of Museum Programs (OMP) among its various constituencies - international, national, and local. The records focus on training for smaller museums in all aspect of museum work, including security, registration, conservation, graphics, education, development, and the like.
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Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Secretary, Special Assistant to the Secretary (Richard Hubbard Howland)
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1958-1985
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8.6 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 618
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records deal in some degree with Howland's work as Head Curator but mostly describe his assignment as a Special Assistant. Records include wide correspondence with furniture dealers, professional organizations, learned societies, historical preservation groups, and prospective donors. There is also some material documenting Howland's ...
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Farber, Joseph C., 1903-
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circa 1970-1975
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6,000 contact prints (circa 6000 contact prints (proof sheets))
6,000 acetate negatives (circa)
8 color transparencies
1,000 items (circa 1000 enlarged prints: silver gelatin (some mounted for exhibition))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.78-1
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made as part of Joseph C. Farber's project to document modern American Indian everyday life. Represented tribes include the Acoma, Apache, Blackfoot, Chehalis, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cocopa, Dakota, Eskimo, Haida, Kiowa, Kutenai, Lummi, Mohave, Mohawk, Navaho, Northern Athabascan, Onandaga, Pima, Pueblo, Quinalt, Seminole, Taos,...
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Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center
- Dates:
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1984-1994
- Size:
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1.8 linear meters.
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7443
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records of the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center (SEEC), 1984-1994, Record Unit 7443, were created in its establishment and operation from 1984 to 1994. They were transferred to the Smithsonian Archives by Kathleen T. Baxter, Co-Chair of the Smithsonian Institution Women's Council Child Care Committee, Secretary of the Smithsonian ...