Paul E. Garber Collection
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Garber, Paul Edward, 1899-1992
- Dates:
-
1824-1992
- Size:
-
241.95 Cubic feet (488 boxes plus flat files)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0063
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Paul E. Garber Collection documents Paul Edward Garber's life, both personal and professional, prior to and during his 72-year tenure at the National Air and Space Museum.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Nickse, Hugo
Johnson, Hanford
Comstock, Cheney and Co.
Pratt, Read and Company
More … - Dates:
-
1839-1990
- Size:
-
84 Cubic feet (106 boxes, 28 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0320
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records documenting Pratt, Read and Company; its early competitor and later partner, Comstock, Cheney and Company; and a number of predecessor, subsidiary and related companies. Other topics include the late 19th century African ivory trade and Pratt, Read's production of troop-carrying gliders during World War II.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Myhra, David
- Dates:
-
1913 -1998
bulk 1982-1988
- Size:
-
7.91 Linear feet (20 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1999.0065
- Repository:
-
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains interviews with Reimar and Walter Horten that were recorded by David Myhra.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Princeton University
- Dates:
-
1863-1950
- Size:
-
135 Cubic feet (10,690 posters)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0433
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Primarily war-related posters.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987
- Dates:
-
1841-1988
- Size:
-
46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 148 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0519
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
National Congress of American Indians
- Dates:
-
1933-1990
bulk 1944-1989
- Size:
-
251 Linear feet (597 archival boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.010
- Repository:
-
National Museum of the American Indian
The National Congress of American Indian (NCAI), founded in 1944, is the oldest nation-wide American Indian advocacy organization in the United States. The NCAI records document the organization's work, particularly that of its office in Washington, DC, and the wide variety of issues faced by American Indians in the twentieth century. The collection is located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Sturtevant, William C.
- Dates:
-
1952-2007
- Size:
-
220 Linear feet (The total extent of the collection is 191.41 linear feet (consisting of 473 document boxes and 2 record boxes) plus 254 sound recordings, 94 computer disks, 42 card file boxes, 85 oversize folders, 9 rolled items, 18 binder boxes, and 3 oversize boxes. Of the total extent, 4.79 linear feet (14 boxes) are restricted.)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.2008-24
- Repository:
-
National Anthropological Archives
This collection contains the professional papers of William Curtis Sturtevant and documents his activities as Curator of North American Ethnology at the National Museum of Natural History, his work as the editor-in-chief of the Handbook of North American Indians, his research among the Seminole and Iroquois people, and other professional activities. The collection is comprised of books, sound recordings, research and field notes, realia, artifacts, clippings, microfilm, negatives, slides, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence, memorandums, card files, exhibition catalogs, articles, and bibliographies.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Medical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Parke, Davis Company
- Dates:
-
1867-1971
- Size:
-
300 Cubic feet (389 boxes, 42 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0001
- Repository:
-
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Parke-Davis and Company, one of the most important and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Freeman, Ethel Cutler, 1886-1972
- Dates:
-
1934-1972
- Size:
-
61.03 Linear feet (114 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.XXXX.0166
- Repository:
-
National Anthropological Archives
Ethel Cutler Freeman was an amateur Seminole specialist and research associate with the American Museum of Natural History. Her papers also reflect field work among the Arapaho, Shoshoni, Navaho, Pueblo, Hopi, Kickapoo, and people of the Virgin Islands, the Bahama Islands, and Haiti, and the music and chants of Africa, including those of the Maasai, Zulu, and Pygmies. A small amount of material relates to the Hoover Commission on Indian Affairs, of which Freeman was a member. Correspondents include several Seminole Indians and government officials, personal acquaintances, organizations, and associates of the American Museum of Natural History.
Found In
Collapse [ ]
Expand
- Creators:
-
Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for History and Art
- Dates:
-
1962-1982
- Size:
-
44.54 cu. ft. (41 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 12x17 box) (2 16x20 boxes) (2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 337
- Repository:
-
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records document the work of Susan A. Hamilton as Bicentennial Coordinator, acting under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art. They also cover preliminary planning for Bicentennial programs carried out between 1968 and the creation of the Office in 1971. For a fuller record of such activities, researchers should ...