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Smithsonian Institution
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2010
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-017
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting Twitter accounts maintained throughout the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Twitter is a third-party site used for public micro-blogging by SI staff. In addition to general SI-wide accounts, many of which are managed by the Office of Public Affairs, the accession documents the accounts of the Sm...
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E. D. "Hud" Weeks Collection
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Weeks, E. D. "Hud" (Evert D.)
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1907-1981
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1.51 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1985.0004
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Hud Weeks, pilot and restorer of early aircraft, exchanged correspondence with many early aviators and possessed a strong interest in the career of the exhibition pilot Lincoln Beachey.
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI.
Olds, Robert F., 1881- (civil engineer)
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1918-1948
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1.2 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0231
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains material from fourteen dam construction projects (1918-1946), including notes, blueprints, reports, drawings, and corres¬pondence. In addition there is cost data (1923-1943), equipment and materials testing data (1939-1945), a notebook, photoprints (1926-1938), related journal articles (1927, 1933, 1940), and miscellaneous r...
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Ripley, Sidney Dillon, 1913-2001 interviewee
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1977-1993
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48 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9591
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program ...
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Hay, Richard L. (Richard LeRoy), 1926-
Leakey, L. S. B. (Louis Seymour Bazett), 1903-1972
Leakey, Mary D. (Mary Douglas), 1913-1996
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1953-2005
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15.97 Linear feet ((13 document boxes, 3 flat boxes, 8 card file boxes, and 1 oversized box) plus 1 CD-RW and 1 map folder)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-09
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National Anthropological Archives
Richard LeRoy Hay was a geologist, known for his contributions to sedimentary petrography and archaeological geology. This collection contains field notebooks, maps, photographs, data, and documentation of geological specimens he collected, primarily in Africa, but also in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He was known for his work with Mary Leakey, in which he provided the geological framework for Olduvai Gorge and Laetoli in Tanzania.
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Smithsonian Institution. Contracts Office
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1963-1974
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12 cu. ft. (12 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 141
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Contracting Officer is authorized to negotiate federal and private grants and contracts for the Smithsonian, and the records contain information on formulation and administration of contracts that is especially useful for information about research conducted by Smithsonian Institution staff. These records include copies of grants and ...
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Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
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1942-1998
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21.6 Cubic feet (consisting of 17 cartons, 2 oversized boxes.)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.03-027
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
These records document the planning, organizing, execution, and promotion of an exhibition exploring the immigration of people of African descent from Central and South America and the Caribbean to the Washington Metropolitan Area. The show was organized and hosted by the Anacostia Museum from August 21, 1994 through August 7, 1995. Materials include correspondence, research files, exhibit script, administrative records, brochures, press coverage, education packets, loan agreements, floor plans, and catalogues.
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National Museum of Natural History. Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
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1961-1973
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 83-126
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of historical information, background material, and specimen reports on the islands and their flora and fauna. Records include field notes, maps, correspondence, printed items, photographs, and annotated lists. Many of the materials in this collection have been digitized. View Digitized Materials.
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Vertebrate Zoology
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1954-1970
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 136
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The majority of the records date from the creation of the Department in 1964, but they include material from the divisions of the Department of Zoology at the then United States National Museum which later became the Department of Vertebrate Zoology. The records include internal correspondence concerning travel, departmental committees, h...
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National Museum of Natural History. Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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1958-2000
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-039
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records created and maintained by Raymond B. Manning. The materials cover his research, trips, correspondence, and departmental matters. One folder consists of the correspondence of Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. Materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, negatives, slides, and illustrations.