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National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program
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1971-1999
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4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 01-062
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document the curatorial, research, and administrative activities of Don E. Wilson, Director, Biodiversity Program (1990-2000). Records created prior to 1990 were accumulated by and transferred with Wilson when he assumed the Directorship in 1990. Most of the early records document his activities while ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Aeronautics Division
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1991-1997, 2001-2012
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 19-071
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the records of Dorothy Cochrane, Curator, documenting her activities as speaker coordinator for the General Electric Aviation Lecture Series, the Charles A. Lindbergh Memorial Lecture, and other programs at the National Air and Space Museum and the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center, as well as conferences and symposiums ...
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National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division
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circa 1981-2007
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1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 15-176
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the professional correspondence of David H. Devorkin, Curator, 1981- . DeVorkin specializes in the origins and development of modern astrophysics and the space sciences. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence as well as fellowship proposals, manuscripts, clippings, photographs, and related materials.
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Kirkbride, Joseph H.
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1967-1968, 1972, 1976-1986, 1989-2015, undated
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2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-239
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of field notes and diaries of Joseph H. Kirkbride, botanist. Kirkbride was an Associate Curator in the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, 1976-1979, but spent the majority of his career with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Following his reti...
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1986 Festival of American Folklife
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 25-July 6, 1986
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.1986
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1855-1909
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3.66 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder, 1 map case folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Carpets
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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: Carpets 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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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1793-1967
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1.92 Cubic feet (consisting of 4 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 1 map folder, plus digital images of some collection material. )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Coffee
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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: Coffee 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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Cady, Walter Guyton, 1874-1973 (physicist)
Electricity and Modern Physics, Division of, NMAH, SI.
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1903-1974
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22.5 Cubic feet (73 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0046
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Consists chiefly of Cady's research notebooks on various subjects in physics and a considerable technical reprint file; some records of Cady's consultant work and patents granted.
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Marchand, Richard
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circa 1900-1970
bulk 1910-1940
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0.5 Cubic feet (1,200 slides, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MAR
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Archives of American Gardens
The Richard Marchand Historical Postcard Collection contains approximately 1,200 35mm slide reproductions of postcard images depicting early twentieth century architectural and garden views of over 600 private estates throughout the United States. The collection includes views of estates owned by popular movie stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Claudette Colbert and Buster Keaton.
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Library of Congress
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circa 1890-1945
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183.5 Cubic feet ((58 solander boxes))
- Collection ID:
- SAAM.Photo.LOC
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center
The Library of Congress Copyright Deposit Collection is comprised of 2,335 photomechanical reproductions of works by 741 artists (mostly American). The large-format prints, deposited with the Library of Congress for copyright between 1890 and 1945, represent a broad range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art.