MS 2205 Copies of Alexander von Humboldt collection of Mexican pictographic manuscripts
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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Steinen, Karl von den, 1855-1929
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undated
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18 Prints
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2205
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National Anthropological Archives
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Roth, Walter E. (Walter Edmund), 1861-1933
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1925
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218 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7295
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National Anthropological Archives
The material includes lists, texts, brief articles, clippings, vocabularies, letters, reading notes, bibliographic notes, and maps. Much of the material has to do with natural history and geography and includes material on place names and animal names. Some of the material has no direct relation to Roth's study of Guyana aborigines. For example, th...
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Lewis, Todd, 1952-
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1987
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9 Videocassettes (VHS) (15 hours 30 minutes, color sound)
17 Videocassettes (U-matic) (sound annotations)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1989.05
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Human Studies Film Archives
Full video record is a documentation project shot in a neighborhood (tol) of Kathmandu which derives its distinctive identity from its importance in the religious geography of the Kathmandu Valley. Shots document a "day in the life" of Asan Tol, a central marketplace bazaar intersected by six streets/lanes including sequenced views over twelve hour...
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1975
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2 audiotapes (Reference copies).
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 9563
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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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Vaughan, Thomas Wayland, 1870-1952
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1908-1947 and undated
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9.5 cu. ft. (9 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 99-124
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers consist of Vaughan's professional correspondence with American and foreign scientists concerning descriptions of fossil localities; the identification, description and exchange of specimens; research in coral foraminifera and oceanography; research conditions in Europe around the time of World War II; and the activities of sc...
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El-Baz, Farouk
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circa 1965-1983
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74.67 cu. ft. (54 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (4 16x20 boxes) (2 3x5 boxes) (7 5x8 boxes) (18 tall document boxes) (28 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7415
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers primarily document Farouk El-Baz's work at Bellcomm, his lunar studies and work with the United States Apollo program, and his participation in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Program, in which astronauts in space studied the earth's deserts. Also included is his Desert Bibliography. Papers include correspondence and memoranda, minutes of m...
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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1831-1984, undated
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40 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S12
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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 12: Plants and Animals contains approximately 4,000 pieces of sheet music and other materials documenting the development of and popular attitudes towards plants and animals in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
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1871-1874
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33 Contact prints
7 Enlarged prints
8 Negatives (collodion wet-plate)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.167
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National Anthropological Archives
Stereographic photographs made on the geographical explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, under Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. 1871-74. The bulk of the photographs were made by Timothy H. Sullivan during the years 1871-1872 and 1874, but there are also some taken by William Bell in 1873. The...
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Shaffer, Earl V., 1918-2002
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bulk 1803 - 2007, undated
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16 Cubic feet (50 boxes, 15 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0828
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains the trail diaries, papers, photographs and slides, and writings of Earl V. Shaffer, the man credited with being the first person to hike the entire Appalachian Trail (AT). His complete trail hikes took place in 1948, 1965, and 1998. He was also a hiking and nature enthusiast and advocate.
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McGrath, Dorn C., Jr.
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1965-2006
bulk 1975-1998
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5.67 Linear feet ((1 box, 6 binders))
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-059
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The collection, which dates from circa 1965 to 2006 and measures 5.67 linear feet, documents the built and natural environment of the Anacostia neighborhood, as well as the activities of the Anacostia Coordinating Council, which sponsored the Historic Anacostia Revitalization Project, a survey of all buildings in the Anacostia Historic District. The collection consists of slides, photographs, negatives, correspondence, newsletters, reports, printed material and ephemera.
