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Brown, James Templeman
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circa 1883-1884
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7193
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The papers consist of a manuscript concerning the various boats, harpoons, cutting tools, and other instruments used by the United States whaling fleets, circa 1883.
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Soap
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1885-1960
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4.65 Cubic feet (consisting of 9 boxes, 2 folders, 19 oversize folders, 8 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Soap
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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: Soap 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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Baker, Frances S., 1911-1999
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circa 1900-1993
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0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0612
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Small cookbooks, primarily in pamphlet form, produced either by the manufacturer of one of the ingredients or by the manufacturer of appliances used in preparing the recipe. These cookbooks also advertise the products represented. Collection includes pamphlets on canning, canning labels, recipes from newspapers, and several regional cookbooks, including Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
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1843-1957
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1 Boxe
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S32
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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 32 contains materials documenting Christopher Columbus in popular culture. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Programs/Curatorial Department
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2005-2009
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 16-310
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the curatorial activities of Kerry Brougher, Curator and Chief Curator, 2000-2014. Materials include correspondence, meeting notes, lecture scripts, exhibition marketing materials, and related materials.
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Thieme, Art
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circa 1960s-1990
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459 Slides
0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1239
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Art Thieme was a noted folk singer who recorded many traditional ballads and folk songs from midwestern states. This collection is a series of 459 color slides documenting folk musicians and folk music, in both concert settings and informal portraiture, all taken by the donor.
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ANONYMOUS
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undated
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1 Postcard (13.8x8.3 cm)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7606
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Postcard has figure of a Chinese man standing with a votive vessel filled with artificial fruits, probably Shoutao (lit. old-age peaches; cakes made in the shape of a peach [symbol of longevity] and presented on birthdays. The inscription presumably in the hand of collector read: This was made from Chinese postage stamps. Background is in watercolo...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
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1990
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33 contact prints (33 contact prints (contact sheets))
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.93-9
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs documenting presentation of Henry Lookout's manuscripts to his descendants, made in the Director's office of the National Museum of Natural History on September 27, 1990. Depicted individuals include George Big Eagle, Olivia Mashunkashey Bristow (daughter of Henry Lookout), Tom E. Fugate, Michele Easley, Anita West, Frank Talbot, Ives G...
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National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division
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1983-2005
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4 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 11-216
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records documenting the administration of the Space History Division and its activities. Materials include memoranda, correspondence, briefing materials, brochures, policies, agreements, meeting materials, exhibition scripts, planning documents, reports, budget materials, press packets, media books, floor plans, ...
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Thompson, Laurence
Carlson, Barry F.
Sherwood, Margaret
Flett, Pauline
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1969-2013
bulk 1969-1987
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1.7 Linear Feet ((1 storage box, 2 document boxes))
147 sound recordings
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2012-08
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the field work of anthropologist Barry F. Carlson regarding his linguistic study of the Salish dialects spoken by the elders at the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington State from 1969-1992. Included are 39 notebooks containing vocabularies, grammatical examples, transcripts of native texts, and line-by-line analyses of native texts; six notebooks from native Spokane speaker Pauline Flett; 147 reel tapes of Salish dialects (Spokane, Kalispel, Chewelah, and Flathead/Montana Salish); microfiche; handwritten notes; newspaper clippings; and a tape log. The majority of the notebook contents are direct transcriptions of the recordings. The collection also contains information that Carlson provided to the NAA regarding his primary consultants, Margaret Sherwood and Pauline Flett, as well as Albert Sam and Lucy Peuse, two other Spokane speakers with whom he worked.