George Sprague Myers Papers
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Myers, George S. (George Sprague), 1905-1985
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circa 1903-1986 and undated
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32.19 cu. ft. (63 document boxes) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7317
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers of George Sprague Myers provide extensive documentation of his research career in ichthyology and herpetology. The collection also offers substantial information concerning the development of Myers' interest in natural history; his college work at Indiana University and Stanford University; his teaching career at Stanford University...
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
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1926-1970
bulk [ca. 1920s-1930s]
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0.9 Cubic Feet ((2 legal document boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1990.0043
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
These are the original Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce (later Civil Aeronautics Administration and Federal Aviation Agency) aircraft registration files on sixteen (16) historically significant aircraft or pilots. Aircraft include the following: first aircraft registration issued; Curtiss Robin J NX9243 (Douglas Corrigan); Lockheed 10-E N...
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Whitman Chocolates
- Dates:
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1878 - 1954
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0437
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Materials trace the evolution of product packaging and advertising of Whitman's Chocolates. Includes business records and photographs of early product displays.
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Popenoe, Helen
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1942-1947
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1156
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
In the 1940s, during Helen Popenoe's elementary school years, she collected and played with paper dolls. This collection consists of the dolls that she enjoyed as a child.
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Brown, William J. (William Joseph), 1923-1992
Brown, Jane Brennan, 1931-
- Dates:
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circa 1940-2014
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7.9 Linear feet
0.32 Gigabytes
- Collection ID:
- AAA.browwill
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of William J. and Jane Brown date from circa 1940-2014 and measure 7.9 linear feet and 0.32 gigabytes. The collection is comprised of biographical material, correspondence, interviews, writings and notes, printed material and documentaries, photographs and moving images, and administrative records from the Penland School of Crafts where William served as director from 1962 to 1983.
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1865–1872
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34 Reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAAHC.FB.M1900
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
This collection is comprised of digital surrogates previously available on the 34 rolls of microfilm described in the NARA publication M1900. These digital surrogates reproduced the records of the Alabama Office of the Assistant Commissioner, his staff offices, and subordinate field offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872. These records consist of bound volumes and unbound records, containing materials that include letters and endorsements sent and received, monthly reports, applications of freedmen for rations, and other records relating to freedmen's claims and homesteads.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Greely, Adolphus Washington
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1855-1909
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4 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0427
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers document General William Babcock Hazen's military career, primarily through correspondence, photographs, and publications.
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National Museum of Canada
- Dates:
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1893-1926
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61 copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R81N
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs depicting Blackfeet, Cree, Sarsi, Eskimo, and Chukchi people, as well as boats, interiors of igloos, and a camp. Many of the photographs are studio portraits. One series was made by Diamond Jenness on Little Diomede Island in 1926 and another by R. M. Anderson on the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1916. Photographers represented in th...
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National Museum of Natural History, Office of Public Affairs
- Dates:
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circa 1995-2010
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1.5 cu. ft. (3 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 12-552
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual recordings featuring the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and its staff, activities, events, research, exhibitions, and objects. Some materials were created by NMNH and others were created by news media and radio, television, and video production companies. Included in this accession are int...
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National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
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circa 1965-1994
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3 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 97-006
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Joseph M. Young, former Museum Specialist for the Division of Historic Archeology, circa 1969-1973; Division of Naval History, 1973-1984; and the Division of Armed Forces History, 1984-1994. These records primarily consist of memoranda and correspondence documenting Youngs' work on the Flag Collection ...