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National Museum of American History. Division of Work and Industry
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1925-2010
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 13-217
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Bernard S. Finn, Curator Emeritus of electricity collections, documenting exhibition planning, development, and production at the National Museum of American History. Earlier records date from when Finn was in the Division of Information Technology and Society; the Division of Electricity and Mode...
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United States. Canal Zone Biological Area, Barro Colorado Island
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1918-1964
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6.5 cu. ft. (13 document boxes) (oversize materials)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 134
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the creation and development of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, from preliminary discussions in 1918 to the selection of a site on, and reservation of, Barro Colorado Island in 1923, and its subsequent development as a center for research into the ecology of the American tropics. The records include cor...
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Levy, Sandra Curtis
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1935-1984
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1 Linear foot ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.levysand
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Archives of American Art
Photographs and slides of artists, their studios and works of art. Some photographs taken by Sandra Curtis Levy. Most of the artists are from Texas. Artists include Larry Bell, Forrest Bess, John Biggers, James Boynton, Bob Camblin, Melvin Chin, Clyde Connell, Nina Cullinan, Otto Dozier, Joe Dugan, David Ellis, David Folkman, Don Foster, Roy Fridge...
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Anacostia Museum
Anacostia Community Museum
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1989-1998
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936 Photographs (1 Binder, 35mm slides, negatives, and photographic prints.)
0.5 Linear feet
10 video recordings (VHS, 1/2" )
1 sound recording (audio cassette)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.01-007.13
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
This collection consists of the records of Anacostia Community Museum's Juneteenth program held by the museum from 1989-1999. The material consists primarily of event programs, photographs, and audiovisual recordings of the various celebrations held on the grounds of the museum. video and audio recordings of the program events.
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Ferrario, Paola
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1989-1996
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0699
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Two color prints of industrial subjects in Elgin, Texas, and Taylor, Texas, 1995-1996; and 35mm color slide copies of 20" x 24" color prints: 12 from "Texas Cotton Towns series, 1995-1996, and 10 from "Guatemalan Altars" series, 1989-1996.
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Gretchen Bender papers
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Bender, Gretchen, 1951-2004
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1980-2004
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2.8 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bendgret
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Gretchen Bender measure 2.8 linear feet and date from 1980-2004. This material documents her career as a filmmaker and multimedia artist through biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, writings, notebooks, printed material, photographs, slides and transparencies, and artwork. Also included are project files detailing Gretchen's collaborations with dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, as well as a handwritten transcription of a conversation between Bender and Cindy Sherman.
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Naff, Alixa, 1919-2013
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circa 1957-1972
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28 Color prints
13 Sound tapes (open reel)
1,500 Slides (circa 1500 black & white and color slides)
300 Prints (circa, silver gelatin)
1 Boxe (35 mm acetate negatives)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.2011-02
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs taken by Alixa Naff between 1957 and the early 1970s on trips to England, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, and open reel audio tapes of interviews regarding Syrian-Lebanese folklore that Naff conducted in 1965 in the Lebanese Village of Rashaya al-Wadi. Comprising this collection are images of cities, structures, art, pe...
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El-Baz, Farouk
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1927-2012
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88.891 cu. ft. (80 record storage boxes) (14 tall document boxes) (1 16x20 box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-262
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
Farouk El-Baz (1938- ) was born in Zagazig, Egypt. He received a B.S. in Chemistry and Geology in 1958 from Ain Shams University, Cairo. In 1960 he came to the United States, where he earned an M.S. in geology at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1961 and a Ph.D. in geology at the University of Missouri in 1964. After teaching ...
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National Museum of Natural History. Division of Mammals
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1934-1939, 1956-2017
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26.99 cu. ft. (23 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 blueprint storage box) (4 16x20 boxes) (3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 18-100
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of curator emeritus Richard W. Thorington (1937-2017), who specialized in systematics, evolution, anatomy, and functional morphology in mammals, especially of primates and squirrels. The records primarily document Thorington's curatorial activities in the Division of Mammals at the National Museum of Natu...
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Friedman, Dan, 1945-1995
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1967 - 1995
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16 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1277
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
General correspondence files contain all communications that do not pertain to a specific project. Because Friedman's personal life and business were so interconnected, many of his business associates also shared personal correspondence with the designer.,Materials in this collection document Friedman's work from 1967, as a student, until his death...