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Lemelson Center
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1993-2004
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2.69 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-004
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the exhibition Nobel Voices: Celebrating 100 Years of the Nobel Prize, which explored the motivation and vision of Nobel laureates and the history of Alfred Bernhard Nobel and his prize. The records include the correspondence and memoranda of Lemelson Center staff members Arthur P. Molella, D...
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Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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1865–1870
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8 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M810
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
The collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 8 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M810. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–70. The bound records include four volumes of letters and endorsements sent, a register of letters received, and a miscellaneous account book. The unbound records include letters and issuances received, reports issued and received, and miscellaneous papers.
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National Portrait Gallery, Administrative Office
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circa 1974-1989
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3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 93-026
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document administrative activities of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), Office of Administration. Included are the chronological files of Carolyn K. Carr, former Assistant Director for Collections (1983-1990) and currently Deputy Director of NPG, and those of Barbara A. Hart, former Executive Officer (1984- 1990) and presently...
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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962
Mooney, James, 1861-1921
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bulk 1915 November 10
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2 Pages (and 1 envelope)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2002-01
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National Anthropological Archives
Typewritten letter sent by Vilhjalmur Stefansson to James Mooney on November 10, 1915 from the winter quarters of the Canadian Arctic Expedition at Armstrong Point, Victoria Island. The letter is a response to Mooney's letter sent July 10, 1914. In Stefansson's letter, Stefansson clarifies Eskimo terms and suggests people in Point Barrow, Alaska th...
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Winfield, Armand G.
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1960 - 1980
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18 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1271
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The eleven boxes contain documentation relating to project files including business correspondence, invoices, sketches, contracts and agreements, research materials, brochures, photographs, slides and models. This collection, which includes some biographical material and which is specifically related to the design process and to the use of plastic...
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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circa 1810-1980
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62 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S02
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 2: Armed Forces contains circa 3,400 pieces of sheet music and song folios documenting the military history of the United States; there are only a handful of foreign imprints. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Paterson, George P., fl. 1850s
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
McKaig, W. Wallace
Domestic Life, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1852-12-27
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1 Item (8"x10")
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0084
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Letter from Washington Irving, of Sunnyside, Irvington, N.Y., to George P. Paterson, apparently a friend or business associate. Irving wrote to thank Paterson for books he had sent him, which he notes arrived on Christmas morning. Fragile condition; torn or broken at folds into separate fragments.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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2015
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-208
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of a page on the National Museum of African American History and Culture website detailing a special event to celebrate and commemorate milestones in African American history and to kick off the countdown to the opening of the museum. The page was crawled on November 19, 2015, three days after the event on November 16, ...
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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
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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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Bowman, Frank A.
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1883
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1 copy print
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R79-49
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National Anthropological Archives
Copy of a studio portrait depicting Red Cloud presenting a headdress and pipe to Othniel Charles Marsh. The portrait was made at Frank A. Bowman's studio in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 22, 1883.