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United States National Museum. Office of the Director
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circa 1921-1973
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38 cu. ft. (76 document boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 190
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
The records contained in this record unit are essentially those of Frank A. Taylor in his capacity as Director, United States National Museum (1962-1971) and Director General of Museums (1968-1971). However, some records as Chairman of the Exhibits Modernization Committee (1943-1959) and Director of the National Museum of History and Technolog...
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National Portrait Gallery, Office of the Registrar
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1981-1991
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5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 95-164
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of the files created by the Office of the Registrar in the course of their work on fifteen exhibitions shown between 1982 and 1991, including "Peace and Friendship: Indian Peace Medals in the United States," on view from January through July 1985; "Charles Willson Peale and His World," November 1982 through January 1...
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Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886 (probable photographer)
- Dates:
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circa 1862
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1 Stereograph (albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.99-4
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Image of Tomahee wearing medals and a blanket and seated in front of a tipi, probably in Minnesota.
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Humphrey, Joseph
Humphrey, Marion
Humphrey Family
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ca. 1905-1906.
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1196
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An album of postcards dating from 1903 to 1907, including some that are unsent and undated. Many are addressed to members of the Humphrey family, but the individual who created the album is unknown.
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United States National Museum
- Dates:
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circa 1898-1963
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8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession T91021
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession contains United States National Museum annual reports; travel reports; press releases; and administrative records, including workload reports, Congressional bylaws, Works Progress Administration records, State Department dispatches, telegrams, and Smithsonian memoranda and announcements.
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Layton, Benjamin
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circa 1865-1977
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3.45 Linear feet (5 boxes; 1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- ACMA.06-031
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Anacostia Community Museum Archives
The Benjamin Layton collection documents the life, family history, and interests of Benjamin T. Layton. Items date from circa 1865 to 1977. The collection measures 3.45 linear feet and is composed of newsletters, clippings, pamphlets, newspapers, correspondence, certificates, photographs, memorabilia, books, stamps, etchings, and programs.
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Hasson, Dennis F.
- Dates:
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bulk 1959-1970
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0.36 Cubic feet ((1 letter box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2004.0064
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material chronicling the NACA/NASA career of Dennis Hasson, notably his work on Project Mercury, his work with a lenticular manned reentry vehicle for planned lunar missions; and his work with deep-space probes. The following type of material is included: Langley NASA newsletters; memos and correspondence; phone lists an...
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D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
- Dates:
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1988-2000
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0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0891
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of three music manuscripts created by Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban-born musician and composer and a photograph.
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Bertholf, Ellsworth Price, 1866-
- Dates:
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1901
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117 Prints (including duplicates, silver gelatin and albumen)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.130
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by Ellsworth Price Bertholf in Siberia. Most document his trip by sledge from Irkutsk to Yakutsk, Okhotsk, and Ola. Subjects include sleds and other means of transportation, towns, reindeer herds, and people that Bertholf encountered along the way including Cossacks, Russians, Tunguses, Yakuts, and Chukchi at Anadyr. Also include...
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Post, Marjorie Merriweather
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undated
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2 Lithographs
1 Postcard
1 Engraving
1 Print (mounted in frame)
1 newspaper clipping in squirrel frame
9 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.75-46
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs collected by Marjorie Meriweather Post relating to American Indians. They include images of Post's home at Camp Topridge, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill Cody, Indian chiefs and US officials at Pine Ridge in 1891, and Princess Angeline. Additionally, there are lithographs of Caa-tou-see and Shin-Ga-Ba-Wossinis, and a B. Picart engraving of Ame...