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Harnly, Perkins, 1901-1986
Pennington, Estill Curtis
Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe
- Dates:
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1981 Oct. 15
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1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
24 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.harnly81
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Interview of Harnly Perkins, conducted 1981 Oct. 15, by Estill Pennington for the Archives of American Art, at the National Museum of American Art, in Washington, D.C.
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Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)
- Dates:
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1948-1979
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0.2 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.contarts
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence; reports; clippings; catalogs; announcements; and photographs.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Domestic Life
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1983-1991
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 03-072
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records that document planning for and installation of New & Different: Home Interiors in Eighteenth-Century America, a small, temporary exhibition supplementing the larger, long-term installation of After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800 at the National Museum of American History. The exhibit...
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Lois W. Poinier slide collection
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Wodell, Helen Page
Cottrell, Lois Page
Poinier, Lois W.
- Dates:
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circa 1920-1999
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154 lantern slides
1 Album
2,243 color slides
2.25 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- AAG.PNR
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The Lois W. Poinier Collection documents the work of Lois W. Poinier, a self-taught garden designer who designed scores of gardens, most of them in New Jersey.
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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
- Repository:
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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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Reeside, John B. (John Bernard), 1889-1958
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1916-1958 and undated
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2.5 cu. ft. (4 document boxes) (2 half document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7326
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The 1879 act establishing the United States Geological Survey (USGS) declares "And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, and fossils, and objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer need...
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Fransioli, Thomas Adrian, 1906-1997
Brown, Robert F.
- Dates:
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1981 April 21
- Size:
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2 Items (Sound recording: 2 sound files, digital, wav file)
37 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.fransi81
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Interview of Thomas Adrian Fransioli, conducted April 21, 1981, by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Wenham, Massachusetts.
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Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
- Dates:
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1890, 1901-1916, 1923
- Size:
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6.1 cu. ft. (11 document boxes) (4 3x5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 79
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records, together with record units 80, 81, and 187 contain full documentation of construction of the 1911 National Museum Building, from internal planning and contracts to construction details and costs. Rathbun prepared a history of the museum construction, which was published as A Descriptive Account of the Building Recently Erec...
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
- Dates:
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circa 1960-1980
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107.16 cu. ft. (105 record storage boxes) (2 document boxes) (2 tall document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 638
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This record unit consists of project files documenting the repairs, improvement, and renovation of existing Smithsonian buildings. The records include memoranda with Smithsonian offices, correspondence with contractors, blueprints, cost analyses, specifications, and photographs. Buildings and museums documented in this collection include: the...
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Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
- Dates:
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1873-2001
bulk 1904-1970
- Size:
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12.9 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.poorhenr
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of Henry Varnum Poor measure 12.9 linear feet and date from 1873-2001, with the bulk from the period 1904-1970. Correspondence, writings, artwork, printed material and photographs document Poor's work as a painter, muralist, ceramic artist and potter, architect, designer, writer, war artist, educator and a co-founder of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Also found is extensive information about the design and construction of Crow House, his home in New City, New York, commissions for other architectural projects, and his personal life.