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Mair, LaVeda
Mair, Francis M., 1916-1991 (commercial artist)
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1935-1994
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56 Cubic feet (104 Boxes, 40 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0548
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Client files, administrative files, artwork, and collected food labels from graphic and industrial designer Francis Mair. Mair specialized in beverage labels and packaging during his many years with Landor Associates in San Francisco. Late in his career, he directed Landor's Museum of Packaging History. His prolific freelance career included designs for furniture, decorative arts, letterhead, and corporate images. His personal artwork included alphabets, typefaces, and sketchbooks. Much of his personal artwork is humorous or erotic.
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Kane, Paul, 1810-1871
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undated
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1 copy negative (acetate)
1 roll (microfilm)
84 copy prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.4428
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of sketches and paintings made by Paul Kane in 1845-1856, including portraits and scenes of camps, dances, and a buffalo hunt, relating to the Ojibwa, Ottawa, Menominee, Potawatomi, Eastern Sioux, Cree, Assiniboine, Chinook, Cowlitz, Clallam, Cowichan and Babine. The sketchbook, of which the microfilm may be incomplete, includes many of...
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: World Expositions
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1851-1965
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9.09 Cubic feet (consisting of 17.5 boxes, 1 folder, 19 oversize folders, 12 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (1 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.World
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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: World Expositions 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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Smithsonian Institution, Office of Service and Protocol
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circa 1973-1989
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10 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 91-019
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of subject files of the Office of Service and Protocol (OSP) which document budgetary agendas, support for exhibition programs, interaction with various offices/departments within the Smithsonian, and contacts with outside organizations and individuals interested in activities of OSP. Materials include correspondence ...
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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1919-1986
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23 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-018
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The Freer Gallery of Art Central Files are comprised mostly of the documentation of routine office procedures. Included in the daily routine were: filling orders for facsimiles of photographs, responding to reference requests seeking information about art and artifacts falling under the domain of the Freer's expertise, the Freer granting ...
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1834-1983
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11 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S07
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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 7: Sports contains 1,254 pieces of sheet music and song folios. Most of the sheet music is either piano or piano/ vocal arrangements. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Lemelson Center
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1994-2001
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-116
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of staff project files pertaining to internal grants made to National Museum of American History (NMAH) staff for the development and execution of projects. Materials include proposal guidelines, original grant proposals, correspondence and notes, progress reports, financial transfer documentation, and research informat...
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Kitao, Masayoshi, 1764-1824
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Yatai(?) Ryūkō, 1810
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1 Page (38 cm x 56 cm)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7168
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The map is a pictorial view of Tokyo, including Tokyo Bay and the Sumida River. It includes watercraft, dwellings and other structures, and townspeople.
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Schadenberg, A.
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circa 1881-1896
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145 glass negatives
2 Folders (Manuscript envelope)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.152
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of the Philippines, including images of Spanish and Philippine people, military personnel, houses and government buildings, churches, villages and towns, rivers and landscapes, and material culture.
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Blackwelder, Richard E. interviewee
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1978
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2 audiotapes (reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9517
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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 ...